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The impact of fetal echocardiography by Kovalchin, J P, Silverman, N H

“…Fetal echocardiography has impacted the fetus with congenital heart disease in many important ways. Advances in fetal echocardiography have allowed for more…”
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Accuracy of prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis and prognosis of fetuses with conotruncal anomalies by Tometzki, Andrew J.P, Suda, Kenji, Kohl, Thomas, Kovalchin, John P, Silverman, Norman H

“…OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to determine the accuracy of the prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis and prognosis of fetuses with conotruncal…”
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Nitric oxide in the evaluation of congenital heart disease with pulmonary hypertension: factors related to nitric oxide response by Cannon, B C, Feltes, T F, Fraley, J Kennard, Grifka, R G, Riddle, E M, Kovalchin, J P

“…Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) has been used in the preoperative evaluation of patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. The purpose of…”
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Safety and efficacy of intravenous contrast imaging in pediatric echocardiography by McMahon, C J, Ayres, N A, Bezold, L I, Lewin, M B, Alonzo, M, Altman, C A, Kovalchin, J P, Eidem, B W, Pignatelli, R H

“…This study was performed to determine the safety and efficacy of intravenous contrast echocardiography in children attending a tertiary cardiac center. This…”
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Echocardiographic hemodynamic and morphometric predictors of survival after two-ventricle repair in infants with critical aortic stenosis by KOVALCHIN, J. P, BROOK, M. M, ROSENTHAL, G. L, SUDA, K, HOFFMAN, J. I. E, SILVERMAN, N. H

“…The purpose of this study was to identify echocardiographic hemodynamic and morphometric factors that would predict which infants with critical aortic stenosis…”
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Infected pseudoaneurysm of a right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by Dimas, V V, Kovalchin, J P, McKenzie, E D, Kung, G C

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Resection of subaortic stenosis; can a more aggressive approach be justified? by Parry, Andrew J., Kovalchin, John P., Suda, Kenji, McElhinney, Doff B., Wudel, James, Silverman, Norman H., Reddy, V. Mohan, Hanley, Frank L.

“…Objectives: Discrete subaortic stenosis causes left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction and often produces aortic regurgitation (AR) which alone may…”
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Echocardiographic Determinants of Clinical Course in Infants With Critical and Severe Pulmonary Valve Stenosis by Kovalchin, John P, Forbes, Thomas J, Nihill, Michael R, Geva, Tal

“…Objectives. The purposes of this study were to determine the growth pattern of the pulmonary valve (PV) annulus and right heart structures in patients with…”
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Echocardiographic Predictors of Poor Outcome in Infants With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Suda, Kenji, Kohl, Thomas, Kovalchin, John P., Silverman, Norman H.

“…Although hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC) is readily diagnosed by echocardiography in infants with isolated ventricular hypertrophy, echocardiographic…”
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Harmonic imaging in fetal echocardiography by Kovalchin, J P, Lewin, M B, Bezold, L I, Altman, C A, Ayres, N A

“…Noncontrast harmonic imaging (HI) has been shown to improve image quality in adults with poor acoustic windows. The utility of fetal echocardiography may be…”
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Growth of an atrial septal defect: missing the window for transcatheter closure by Tortoriello, T A, McMahon, C, Kovalchin, J P, Bricker, J T, Grifka, R G

“…We describe a patient diagnosed with a small atrial septal defect (3-4 mm) that had grown to 24 mm in diameter over a six-year period. Timing of transcatheter…”
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Aneurysmal dilatation of the ductus arteriosus in a neonate by Siu, B L, Kovalchin, J P, Kearney, D L, Fraser, C D, Fenrich, A L

“…Fetal ultrasound provides the capacity for early detection of a variety of congenital heart diseases. We report a case of aneurysmal dilatation of a patent…”
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Balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty and stent implantation for peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis in Alagille syndrome by SAIDI, A. S, KOVALCHIN, J. P, FISHER, D. J, FERRY, G. D, GRIFKA, R. G

“…We report the case of a patient with Alagille syndrome and severe pulmonary valve and bilateral pulmonary artery branch stenosis. In this patient,…”
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Right coronary artery to right atrium fistula mimicking a right atrial mass by Kovalchin, John P., Grifka, Ronald G., McQuinn, Timothy C., Pignatelli, Ricardo H., Geva, Tal

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Nitric oxide for the evaluation and treatment of pulmonary hypertension in congenital heart disease by KOVALCHIN, J. P, MOTT, A. R, ROSEN, K. L, FELTES, T. F

“…The use of inhaled nitric oxide as a selective pulmonary vasodilator has expanded to include patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension…”
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Pulmonary valve eccentricity in d-transposition of the great arteries and implications for the arterial switch operation by Kovalchin, John P., Allen, Hugh D., Cassidy, Steven C., Lev, Maurice, Bharati, Saroja

“…Neoaortic valve regurgitation is a known complication of the arterial switch operation for d-transposition. Its etiology and long-term effects are…”
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Coronary artery fistula: Management and intermediate-term outcome after transcatheter coil occlusion by MCMAHON, Colin J, NIHILL, Michael R, KOVALCHIN, John P, MULLINS, Charles E, GRIFKA, Ronald G

“…During the last 2 decades, transcatheter occlusion of coronary artery fistulae has developed into a safe and effective therapy for children. This procedure…”
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Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy in children: characterisation of clinical status using tissue Doppler-derived indices of left ventricular diastolic relaxation by McMahon, Colin J, Pignatelli, Ricardo H, Nagueh, Sherif F, Lee, Vei-Vei, Vaughn, William, Valdes, Santiago O, Kovalchin, John P, Lynn Jefferies, J, Dreyer, William J, Denfield, Susan W, Clunie, Sarah, Towbin, Jeffrey A, Eidem, Benjamin W

“…Background: Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) may manifest an undulating phenotype ranging from dilated to hypertrophic appearance. It is unknown whether…”
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Use of tissue harmonic imaging in pediatric echocardiography by McMahon, C J, Fraley, J K, Kovalchin, J P

“…Tissue harmonic imaging improves the quality of images in adults with poor acoustic windows, but its utility in children has yet to be evaluated. The use of…”
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Echocardiographic features of Chiari's network in association with tricuspid atresia by McMahon, C J, Nihill, M R, Kovalchin, J P, Lewin, M B

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