Annual Report 2001 - The Hospital for Sick Children

after atrial repair of transposition of the
great arteries. Heart, Aug 2001: 86(2): pp
203-206. SRI
Dhillon R, Josen M, Henein M, Redington
AN: Transcatheter closure of atrial septal
defect preserves right ventricular function.
Heart 2002: 87(5): pp 461-465. SRI
Dillenburg RF, Hamilton RM: Implantable
loop monitor in children. American Heart
Journal: 2002:89: 233-236.
Dipchand AI, Pietra B, McCrindle BW,
Rosebrook-Bicknell HL, Boucek MM:
Mycophenolate acid levels in pediatric
heart transplant recipients receiving
mycophenolate mofetil. Journal of Heart
and Lung Transplantation: 2001: 20: 1035-
1043.
Dipchand AI, Williams WG, Hornberger LK:
Double aortic arch with interruption
proximal to the right carotid artery,
bilateral patent ductus arteriosi, and
complex congenital heart disease. Pediatric
Cardiology: 2002: 23: 246-247.
Elias CL, Lukas A, Shurraw S, Scott J,
Omelchenko A, Gross GJ, Hnatowich M,
and Hryshko LV: Inhibition of Na+/Ca2+
exchange by KB-R7943: transport mode
selectivity and antiarrhythmic consequences.
American Journal of Physiology: 2001: 281:
H1334-1345.
Azakie A, McCrindle BW, VanArsdell G,
Benson LN, Coles J, Hamilton R, Freedom
RM, Williams RG: Extracardiac conduit
versus lateral tunnel cavopulmonary
connections at a single institution: Impact
on outcomes. Journal of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery: 2001: 122: 1219-
1228.
Golomb MR, MacGregor DL, Domi T,
Armstrong DC, McCrindle BW, Mayank S,
DeVeber GA: Early Childhood arterial
ischemic stroke with delayed diagnosis: risk
factors and outcomes. Annals of Neurology:
2001: 50:163-168.
Gou C, Ju H, Leung D, Massael H, Shi M,
Rabinovitch M: A novel vascular smooth
muscle chymase is unregulated in
spontaneously hypersensitive rats. Journal
of Clinical Investigation: 2001: 107: 703-715.
Greve G, Lab MJ, Chen R, Barron D, White
PA, Redington AN, Penny DJ: Right
ventricular distension alters monophasic
action potential duration during pulmonary
arterial occlusion in anaesthetised lambs:
evidence for arrhythmogenic right
ventricular mechanoelectrical feedback.
Experimental Physiology, Sep 2001: 86
(Pt 5): pp 651-657. C
Gupta AA, Leaker M, Andrew M, Massicotte
P, Liu L, Benson LN, McCrindle B: Safety
and outcomes of thrombolysis with tissue
plasminogen activator for treatment of
intravascular thrombosis in children.
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Journal of Pediatrics: 2001: 139: 682-688.
Hechter SJ, Fredrikson PM, Liu P, Benson LN,
Merchant N, Veldtman G, Freeman M, Warsi
MA, Siu S, Webb G: Cardiopulmonary
exercise performance in adult survivors
with the Mustard procedure. Cardioloy in
the Young: 2001: 11: 407-414.
Hornberger LK: Congenital ductus arteriosus
aneurysm, editorial comment. Journal of
the American College of Cardiology: 2002:
39: 348-350.
Jaeggi ET, Hamilton RM, Silverman ED,
Zamora SA, Hornberger LK: Outcome of
children with fetal, neonatal or childhood
diagnosis of isolated congenital
atrioventricular block. A single institution's
experience of 30 years. Journal of the
American College of Cardiology: 2002: 39:
130-137.
Ju H, Gros R, You X, Tsang S, Husain M,
Rabinovitch M: Conditional and targeted
over expression of vascular chymase causes
hypertension in transgenic mice. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Science: 2001:
98: 7469-7474.
Justino H, Lee N, Benson LN, Nykanen DG:
Transcatheter creation of an artial septal
defect using radiofrequency perforation.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular
Intervention: 2001: 54: 83-87.
Koirala B, Van Ardsell GS, Merklinger S,
McCrindle BW, Borger MA, Caldarone C,
Coles JG, Williams WG: Extending the
usable size range of homografts in the
pulmonary circulation: Outcome of
“bicuspid homografts”. Annals of Thoracic
Surgery: 2002: 73: 866-869.
LeBlanc JG, Russell JL, Potts JE, Deagle ML,
Sett SS: Surgical closure of secundum atrial
septal defects-the cutting edge? Asian
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals: 2001:
9: 192-195.
Lee KJ, Humpl T, Hashmi A, Nykanen DG,
Benson LN: Restored patency of aortopulmonary
shunts after stent implantation.
American Journal of Cardiology: 2001: 88:
325-328.
Maeno YV, Kamenir SA, Sinclair B, van der
Velde ME, Smallhorn JF, Hornberger LK:
Prenatal features of ductus arteriosus
constriction and restrictive foramen ovale
in d-transposition of the great artries.
Circulation: 2002: 99: 1209-1214.
McCrindle BW: Considerations in the
appraisal of mortality associated with
congenital cardiac lesions. Seminars in
Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Annual: 2001: 4:
244-255.
McCrindle BW: Myocardial bridging o f the
left anterior descending coronary artery in
children with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American
College of Cardiology: 2001: 38: 921-922.
McCrindle BW, Blackstone EH, Williams WG,
Sittiwangkul R, Spray TL, Azakie A, Jonas
RA: Are outcomes of surgical versus
transcatheter balloon valvotomy equivalent
in neonatal critical aortic stenosis?
Circulation: 2001: 104 I: I-152-I-15.
Morgan H, Khan I, Hashmi A, Herbert D,
McCrindle BW, Balfe JW: Ambulatory blood
pressure monitoring and cardiac
hypertrophy after pediatric renal
transplantation. Pediatric Nephrology:
2001: 16: 843-847.
Nield LE, Silverman ED, Taylor GP,
Smallhorn JF, Mullen BBM, Silverman NH,
Finley JP, Law YM, Human DG, Seaward
PG, Hamilton RM, Hornberger LK:
Maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibody
induced primary endocardial fibroelastosis.
Circulation 2002: 105: 843-848.
O'Blenes CA, Kinnear C, Rabinovitch M:
TNF-alpha induces fibronectin synthesis in
coronary artery smooth muscle cells by a
NO-dependent post-transcriptional
mechanism. Circulation Research: 2001:
89: 26-32.
O'Blenes SB, Fischer S, McIntyre B, Keshavjee
S, Rabinovitch M: Hemodynamic
unloading leads to regression of pulmonary
vascular disease in rats. Journal of Thoracic
and Cardiovascular Surgery: 2001: 121:
279-289.
Okubo M, Benson LN: Intracardiac stents in
congenital heart disease. Current Opinion
in Cardiology Vol 16: 2001: 84-91.
Rabinovitch M: Linking a serotonin
transporter polymorphism to vascular
smooth muscle proliferation in patients
with primary pulmonary hypertension.
Journal of Clinical Investigation: 2001: 108:
1109-1111.
Rastegari M, Redington AN, Sullivan ID:
Influence of the introduction of Amplatzer
device on the interventional closure of
defects within the oval fossa in children.
Cardiology in the Young, Sep 2001: 11(5):
pp 521-525. C
Sanatani S, Peirone A, Chiu C, Human DG,
Gross GJ, Hamilton RM: Use of implantable
loop recorder in the evaluation of children
with congenital heart disease. American
Heart Journal 2002: 143: 366-372.
Sanatani S, Saul JP, Walsh EP, Gross GJ:
Spontaneously terminating apparent
ventricular fibrillation during
transesophageal electrophysiologic testing
in infants with Wolff-Parkinson-White
Syndrome. PACE: 2001: 24: 1816-1818.
Sittiwangkul R, Ma RY, McCrindle BW, Coles
JG, Smallhorn JF: The echocardiographic
assessment of obstructive lesions in
atrioventricular septal defect. Journal of the
American College of Cardiology: 2001: 38: