Search Results - "Fawwaz, R"
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Mitral Valve Replacement in Infants and Children: Five-Year Outcomes of the HALO Clinical Trial
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-2024)“…Repair is preferable for children with mitral valve disease, but mitral valve replacement (MVR) is occasionally necessary. This report presents the results of…”
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Long-term Outcomes After Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-2024)“…Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is associated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) and DiGeorge syndrome. High-risk infantile surgery is…”
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Long-term Outcomes After Surgical Intervention for Congenital Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis in Children
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2024)“…Primary supravalvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) is a rare congenital cardiovascular condition that can coexist with Williams-Beuren syndrome, coronary artery…”
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Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2024)“…The impact of antegrade pulmonary blood flow (APBF) during single-ventricle (SV) palliation continues to be debated. We sought to assess its impact on the…”
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Neonatal heart transplantation in the United States: Trends and outcomes
Published in Pediatric transplantation (01-08-2024)“…Background Heart transplantation in the neonatal period is associated with excellent survival. However, outcomes data are scant and have been obtained…”
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Early Functional Status Change After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in a Pediatric Heart Center: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Published in Pediatric cardiology (01-12-2023)“…Children with cardiac disease are at significantly higher risk for in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) compared with those admitted without cardiac disease. CA…”
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Pulmonary Artery Banding and Arch Repair vs Norwood for Unbalanced Atrioventricular Canal Defect
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2024)“…The outcomes of single-ventricle palliation in unbalanced atrioventricular canal defect with coarctation of aorta (uAVC+CoA) have not been well studied…”
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Impact of prolonged ischemic time on pediatric heart transplantation outcomes: Improved outcomes in the most recent era
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-07-2024)“…Impacts of ischemic time (IT) on pediatric heart transplant outcomes are multifactorial. We aimed to analyze the effect of prolonged IT on graft loss after…”
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Bioprosthetic Pulmonary Valve Dysfunction in Congenital Heart Disease
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2023)“…We aim to identify the incidence and timing of dysfunction and failure of stented bioprosthetic valves in the pulmonary position in congenital heart disease…”
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Worsening racial disparity in waitlist mortality for pediatric heart transplant candidates since the 2016 Pediatric Heart Allocation Policy revision
Published in Pediatric transplantation (01-05-2023)“…Background The US Pediatric Heart Allocation Policy (PHAP) was revised in March 2016, with the goal of reducing waitlist mortality. We evaluated the hypothesis…”
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Cardiac surgery in children with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18: How safe is it?
Published in JTCVS open (01-12-2022)“…Surgery for heart defects in children with trisomy 13 or 18 is controversial. We analyzed our 20-year experience. Since 2002, we performed 21 operations in 19…”
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Rhabdomyolysis-Induced Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in a Young Bodybuilder: A Case Report
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (04-02-2023)“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a serious medical condition that can have many causes, including rhabdomyolysis. Rhabdomyolysis is the breakdown of muscle tissue…”
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Surgical Considerations in Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Published in Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (01-06-2017)“…Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is predominantly a neonatal congenital cardiac diagnosis in which the pulmonary veins fail to return to the…”
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Vision Loss in Older Persons
Published in American family physician (01-06-2009)“…Family physicians have an essential role in assessing, identifying, treating, and preventing or delaying vision loss in the aging population. Approximately one…”
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Effect of streptavidin on cardiac allograft prolongation is due to host T-Cell suppression
Published in Transplantation proceedings (2005)“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of streptavidin immunomodulation in the high-responder WF-to-Lewis combination. We examined the effects…”
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The role of nuclear medicine in the evaluation of pancreatic disease
Published in The Surgical clinics of North America (01-04-2001)“…F-18 FDG PET in patients with nonendocrine pancreatic cancer and somatostatin receptor imaging in patients with endocrine pancreatic cancer have an important…”
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Abstract 10672: Long-Term Need for Heart Transplantation and Post-Transplantation Survival After Fontan Palliation
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (16-11-2021)“…IntroductionFontan palliation for single ventricle frequently leads to heart failure and need for transplant; timing and factors associated with post-Fontan…”
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Abstract 10540: Worsening Racial Disparity in Waitlist Mortality for Pediatric Heart Transplant Candidates Since the 2016 Pediatric Heart Allocation Policy Revision
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (16-11-2021)“…IntroductionThe US Pediatric Heart Allocation Policy was recently revised with the goal of lowering waitlist mortality. Effective March 2016, these rules…”
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Extubation delays and the associated prostaglandin and opiate dose following coarctation of the aorta repair
Published in Progress in pediatric cardiology (01-12-2022)“…Coarctation of the aorta (COA) is one of the most common congenital heart lesions. Most patients undergoing repair extubate without complication. A subset of…”
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Mechanisms of acquired tolerance induced by adoptive transfer of MHC-specific alloreactive T cells: effector T cells migrate to the thymus
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