Search Results - "LOFLAND, Gary"
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Survival and right ventricular performance for matched children after stage-1 Norwood: Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt versus right-ventricle-to-pulmonary-artery conduit
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-12-2015)“…Abstract Objective Early survival advantages after Norwood with right-ventricle-(RV)-to-pulmonary-artery conduit (NW-RVPA) over Norwood-operation with a…”
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Gene expression in cardiac tissues from infants with idiopathic conotruncal defects
Published in BMC genomics (05-01-2011)“…Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most commonly observed conotruncal congenital heart defect. Treatment of these patients has evolved dramatically in the last…”
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Decellularization reduces calcification while improving both durability and 1-year functional results of pulmonary homograft valves in juvenile sheep
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-04-2009)“…Objective The juvenile sheep functional valve chronic implant calcification model was used to compare long-term calcification rates, functional performance,…”
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Performance and Morphology of Decellularized Pulmonary Valves Implanted in Juvenile Sheep
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-07-2011)“…Background Because of cryopreserved heart valve–mediated immune responses, decellularized allograft valves are an attractive option in children and young…”
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Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-12-2007)“…Objective In critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, the common perception that biventricular physiology is superior to univentricular physiology…”
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Noncoding RNA Expression in Myocardium From Infants With Tetralogy of Fallot
Published in Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics (01-06-2012)“…BACKGROUND—The importance of noncoding RNAs (ncRNA), especially microRNAs (miRNAs), for maintaining stability in the developing vertebrate heart has recently…”
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Persistent risk of subsequent procedures and mortality in patients after interrupted aortic arch repair: A Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society study
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-11-2010)“…Objective Multiple subsequent procedures directed at the arch and/or the left ventricular outflow tract are frequently required after interrupted aortic arch…”
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Bioengineered human and allogeneic pulmonary valve conduits chronically implanted orthotopically in baboons: Hemodynamic performance and immunologic consequences
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-04-2013)“…Objective This study assesses in a baboon model the hemodynamics and human leukocyte antigen immunogenicity of chronically implanted bioengineered…”
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Pulmonary Arterioplasty With Decellularized Allogeneic Patches
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-04-2014)“…Background Decellularized allogeneic nonvalved pulmonary artery patches for arterioplasty are a relatively new option compared with cryopreserved allogeneic,…”
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Effects of cryopreservation, decellularization and novel extracellular matrix conditioning on the quasi-static and time-dependent properties of the pulmonary valve leaflet
Published in Acta biomaterialia (01-07-2012)“…Decellularized allografts offer potential as heart valve substitutes and scaffolds for cell seeding. The effects of decellularization on the quasi-static and…”
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Determinants of mortality and type of repair in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-04-2004)“…We sought to define the prevalence of definitive end states and their determinants in children given a diagnosis of pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular…”
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The Nonfenestrated Extracardiac Fontan Procedure: A Cohort of 145 Patients
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-06-2010)“…Background There are limited data available on the outcomes of single-ventricle patients who have undergone a nonfenestrated extracardiac Fontan procedure…”
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Truncus Arteriosus Associated with Interrupted Aortic Arch in 50 Neonates: A Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Study
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (2006)“…Patients with both interrupted aortic arch (IAA) and truncus arteriosus (TA) have worse outcomes than those with either lesion in isolation. We determined…”
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Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-05-2003)“…Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the demographic, anatomic, institutional, and surgical risk factors associated with outcomes after the…”
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Initial Pediatric Cardiac Experience With Decellularized Allograft Patches
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2012)“…Purpose This study examines use patterns, early outcomes, and technical surgical adaptability of a newly approved decellularized allograft pulmonary artery…”
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Biventricular strategies for neonatal critical aortic stenosis: High mortality associated with early reintervention
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-2012)“…Objective To characterize the risk of reintervention after biventricular strategies to treat neonatal critical aortic stenosis, and the effect of…”
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Determining Cell Seeding Dosages for Tissue Engineering Human Pulmonary Valves
Published in The Journal of surgical research (01-05-2012)“…Background This study examines in vitro seeding of decellularized human pulmonary valves (hPVs) with human valve interstitial cells (hVICs) isolated from…”
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Critical aortic stenosis in the neonate: A multi-institutional study of management, outcomes, and risk factors
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-01-2001)“…Objectives: We sought to determine factors that would predict whether a biventricular repair or Norwood procedure pathway would give the best survival in…”
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Neonatal acute myocardial infarction of unknown etiology treated with surgical thrombectomy
Published in Congenital heart disease (01-09-2014)“…Coronary artery thrombosis and resultant myocardial infarction in neonates are exceedingly rare. Seldom does a neonate survive this myocardial insult. Often…”
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Intraoperative Hyperglycemia and Postoperative Bacteremia in the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patient
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-02-2010)“…Background Intraoperative hyperglycemia has been found to be associated with a higher incidence of postoperative infections in the adult cardiac surgery…”
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