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Hartman PS, Hlavacek A, Wilde H, Lewicki D, Schubert W, Kern RG, Kazarians GA, Benton EV, Benton ER, Nelson GA, New Collective Author. A comparison of mutations induced by accelerated iron particles versus those induced by low earth orbit space radiation in the FEM-3 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans. Mutat Res. 2001 Mar 1;474(1-2):47-55. doi: 10.1016/s0027-5107(00)00154-8. PubMed PMID: 11239962.
Hlavacek AM, Atz AM, Bradley SM, Bandisode VM. Left atrial decompression by percutaneous cannula placement while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Aug;130(2):595-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.12.029. PubMed PMID: 16077447.
Hlavacek AM, Crawford FA Jr, Chessa KS, Shirali GS. Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography is useful in the evaluation of patients with atrioventricular septal defects. Echocardiography. 2006 Mar;23(3):225-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00193.x. PubMed PMID: 16524393.
Baker GH, Pereira NL, Hlavacek AM, Chessa K, Shirali G. Transthoracic real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in the diagnosis and description of noncompaction of ventricular myocardium. Echocardiography. 2006 Jul;23(6):490-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00246.x. PubMed PMID: 16839387.
Ellis AR, Hlavacek AM, Bandisode VM, Ringewald JM. Transcatheter device occlusion of multiple large pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in two symptomatic pediatric patients. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006 Nov;1(6):327-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00057.x. PubMed PMID: 18377503.
Hlavacek A, Lucas J, Baker H, Chessa K, Shirali G. Feasibility and utility of three-dimensional color flow echocardiography of the aortic arch: The "echocardiographic angiogram". Echocardiography. 2006 Nov;23(10):860-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00328.x. PubMed PMID: 17069605.
Baker G, Flack E, Hlavacek A, Chessa K, Fleming D, Scheurer M, Shirali G. Variability and resource utilization of bedside three-dimensional echocardiographic quantitative measurements of left ventricular volume in congenital heart disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2006 Nov;1(6):309-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00053.x. PubMed PMID: 18377499.
Baker GH, Hlavacek AM, Chessa KS, Fleming DM, Shirali GS. Left ventricular dysfunction is associated with intraventricular dyssynchrony by 3-dimensional echocardiography in children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Mar;21(3):230-3. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.08.046. Epub 2007 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 17904813.
Pilcher TA, Saul JP, Hlavacek AM, Haemmerich D. Contrasting effects of convective flow on catheter ablation lesion size: cryo versus radiofrequency energy. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2008 Mar;31(3):300-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.00989.x. PubMed PMID: 18307624.
Gonzalez JH, Shirali GS, Atz AM, Taylor SN, Forbus GA, Zyblewski SC, Hlavacek AM. Universal screening for extracardiac abnormalities in neonates with congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Apr;30(3):269-73. doi: 10.1007/s00246-008-9331-z. Epub 2008 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 19082649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4360041.
Friedman BA, Schoepf UJ, Bastarrika GA, Hlavacek AM. Computed tomographic angiography of infants with congenital heart disease receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Nov;30(8):1154-6. doi: 10.1007/s00246-009-9488-0. Epub 2009 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 19636487.
Zyblewski SC, Hill EG, Shirali G, Atz A, Forbus G, Gonzalez J, Hlavacek A. Chromosomal anomalies influence parental treatment decisions in relation to prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Nov;30(8):1105-11. doi: 10.1007/s00246-009-9514-2. Epub 2009 Aug 25. PubMed PMID: 19705187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4356125.
Hlavacek AM, Baker GH, Shirali GS. Innovation in three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac computed tomographic angiography. Cardiol Young. 2009 Nov;19 Suppl 2:35-42. doi: 10.1017/S1047951109991600. Review. PubMed PMID: 19857348.
Herman KO, Schoepf UJ, Bradley SM, Hlavacek AM. Sternal erosion detected by computed tomographic angiography before repeat sternotomy in an adolescent with congenital heart disease. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2010 Jan-Feb;4(1):66-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2009.11.005. Epub 2009 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 20159631.
Friedman BA, Hlavacek A, Chessa K, Shirali GS, Corcrain E, Spicer D, Anderson RH, Zyblewski S. Clinico-morphological correlations in the categorization of holes between the ventricles. Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Jan;3(1):12-24. doi: 10.4103/0974-2069.64367. PubMed PMID: 20814471; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2921512.
Ellis AR, Mulvihill D, Bradley SM, Hlavacek AM. Utility of computed tomographic angiography in the pre-operative planning for initial and repeat congenital cardiovascular surgery. Cardiol Young. 2010 Jun;20(3):262-8. doi: 10.1017/S1047951109990904. Epub 2010 Mar 29. PubMed PMID: 20346198.
Savage A, Hlavacek A, Ringewald J, Shirali G. Evaluation of the myocardial performance index and tissue doppler imaging by comparison to near-simultaneous catheter measurements in pediatric cardiac transplant patients. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Aug;29(8):853-8. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.03.014. Epub 2010 May 14. PubMed PMID: 20471861.
Hlavacek AM. Imaging of congenital cardiovascular disease: the case for computed tomography. J Thorac Imaging. 2010 Aug;25(3):247-55. doi: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181cc05e6. PubMed PMID: 20711041.
Renker M, Schoepf UJ, Hlavacek AM. Coronary artery dilation in LEOPARD syndrome: surveillance with low radiation dose cardiac CT. Heart. 2010 Sep;96(17):1429. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2010.202572. PubMed PMID: 20801861.
Hlavacek A, Loukas M, Spicer D, Anderson RH. Anomalous origin and course of the coronary arteries. Cardiol Young. 2010 Dec;20 Suppl 3:20-5. doi: 10.1017/S1047951110001058. PubMed PMID: 21087556.
Takx R, Schoepf UJ, Friedman B, Hlavacek AM, Henzler T. Recurrent subaortic membrane causing subvalvular aortic stenosis 13 years after primary surgical resection. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2011 Mar-Apr;5(2):127-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2011.01.004. Epub 2011 Jan 20. PubMed PMID: 21367685.
Butts RJ, Crean AM, Hlavacek AM, Spicer DE, Cook AC, Oechslin EN, Anderson RH. Veno-venous bridges: the forerunners of the sinus venosus defect. Cardiol Young. 2011 Dec;21(6):623-30. doi: 10.1017/S1047951111000710. Epub 2011 May 24. PubMed PMID: 21729517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4004967.
Beroukhim RS, Prakash A, Buechel ER, Cava JR, Dorfman AL, Festa P, Hlavacek AM, Johnson TR, Keller MS, Krishnamurthy R, Misra N, Moniotte S, Parks WJ, Powell AJ, Soriano BD, Srichai MB, Yoo SJ, Zhou J, Geva T. Characterization of cardiac tumors in children by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging: a multicenter experience. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Aug 30;58(10):1044-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.05.027. PubMed PMID: 21867841.
Prakash A, Lacro RV, Sleeper LA, Minich LL, Colan SD, McCrindle B, Covitz W, Golding F, Hlavacek AM, Levine JC, Cohen MS. Challenges in echocardiographic assessment of mitral regurgitation in children after repair of atrioventricular septal defect. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Feb;33(2):205-14. doi: 10.1007/s00246-011-0107-5. Epub 2011 Sep 10. PubMed PMID: 21909774; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3265615.
Hsia TY, Cosentino D, Corsini C, Pennati G, Dubini G, Migliavacca F, Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators. Use of mathematical modeling to compare and predict hemodynamic effects between hybrid and surgical Norwood palliations for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Circulation. 2011 Sep 13;124(11 Suppl):S204-10. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.010769. PubMed PMID: 21911814.
Ramos-Duran L, Nance JW Jr, Schoepf UJ, Henzler T, Apfaltrer P, Hlavacek AM. Developmental aortic arch anomalies in infants and children assessed with CT angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012 May;198(5):W466-74. doi: 10.2214/AJR.11.6982. Review. PubMed PMID: 22528928.
Meyer M, Schoepf UJ, Fink C, Hlavacek AM, Henzler T. Progressive intra-individual radiation dose reduction during CT surveillance of a patient with ALCAPA syndrome. Diagn Interv Radiol. 2012 Nov-Dec;18(6):547-51. doi: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.5380-11.1. Epub 2012 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 22692595.
Watson TG, Mah E, Joseph Schoepf U, King L, Huda W, Hlavacek AM. Effective radiation dose in computed tomographic angiography of the chest and diagnostic cardiac catheterization in pediatric patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Mar;34(3):518-24. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0486-2. Epub 2012 Sep 6. PubMed PMID: 22956060.
Kung E, Baretta A, Baker C, Arbia G, Biglino G, Corsini C, Schievano S, Vignon-Clementel IE, Dubini G, Pennati G, Taylor A, Dorfman A, Hlavacek AM, Marsden AL, Hsia TY, Migliavacca F, Modeling Of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA)+ Investigators. Predictive modeling of the virtual Hemi-Fontan operation for second stage single ventricle palliation: two patient-specific cases. J Biomech. 2013 Jan 18;46(2):423-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.10.023. Epub 2012 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 23174419.
Anderson RH, Chiu IS, Spicer DE, Hlavacek AJ. Understanding coronary arterial anatomy in the congenitally malformed heart. Cardiol Young. 2012 Dec;22(6):647-54. doi: 10.1017/S1047951112001485. Review. PubMed PMID: 23331583.
Tricarico F, Hlavacek AM, Schoepf UJ, Ebersberger U, Nance JW Jr, Vliegenthart R, Cho YJ, Spears JR, Secchi F, Savino G, Marano R, Schoenberg SO, Bonomo L, Apfaltrer P. Cardiovascular CT angiography in neonates and children: image quality and potential for radiation dose reduction with iterative image reconstruction techniques. Eur Radiol. 2013 May;23(5):1306-15. doi: 10.1007/s00330-012-2734-5. Epub 2012 Dec 4. PubMed PMID: 23207869.
Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Hlavacek AJ, Hill A, Loukas M. Describing the cardiac components--attitudinally appropriate nomenclature. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2013 Apr;6(2):118-23. doi: 10.1007/s12265-012-9434-z. Epub 2012 Dec 8. PubMed PMID: 23225360.
Butts RJ, Hsia TY, Hamilton Baker G, MOCHA Investigators. Feasibility of conductance catheter-derived pressure-volume loops to investigate ventricular mechanics in shunted single ventricles. Cardiol Young. 2013 Oct;23(5):776-9. doi: 10.1017/S1047951112002053. Epub 2013 Jan 25. PubMed PMID: 23347797; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3997067.
Baker CE, Corsini C, Cosentino D, Dubini G, Pennati G, Migliavacca F, Hsia TY, Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators. Effects of pulmonary artery banding and retrograde aortic arch obstruction on the hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Dec;146(6):1341-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.01.038. Epub 2013 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 23434295.
Trezzi M, Kavarana MN, Hlavacek AM, Bradley SM. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm after perventricular ventricular septal defect device closure. J Card Surg. 2014 Mar;29(2):186-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12226. Epub 2013 Oct 17. PubMed PMID: 24131474.
Meinel FG, Huda W, Schoepf UJ, Rao AG, Cho YJ, Baker GH, Hlavacek AM. Diagnostic accuracy of CT angiography in infants with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2013 Nov-Dec;7(6):367-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.001. Epub 2013 Nov 7. PubMed PMID: 24331932.
Gray JC 3rd, Krazinski AW, Schoepf UJ, Meinel FG, Pietris NP, Suranyi P, Hlavacek AM. Cardiovascular manifestations of Williams syndrome: imaging findings. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2013 Nov-Dec;7(6):400-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.007. Epub 2013 Nov 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 24331936.
Wolla CD, Hlavacek AM, Schoepf UJ, Bucher AM, Chowdhury S. Cardiovascular manifestations of heterotaxy and related situs abnormalities assessed with CT angiography. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2013 Nov-Dec;7(6):408-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2013.11.008. Epub 2013 Nov 7. Review. PubMed PMID: 24331937; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3947807.
Elhoff JJ, Watson TG, Hlavacek AM. Veno-venous bridge in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 11;63(5):e9. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.06.073. Epub 2013 Nov 27. PubMed PMID: 24291277.
Chowdhury SM, Butts RJ, Buckley J, Hlavacek AM, Hsia TY, Khambadkone S, Baker GH, MOCHA Investigators. Comparison of pressure-volume loop and echocardiographic measures of diastolic function in patients with a single-ventricle physiology. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Aug;35(6):998-1006. doi: 10.1007/s00246-014-0888-4. Epub 2014 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 24584211; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4082737.
Butts RJ, Chowdhury SM, Buckley J, Hlavacek AM, Hsia TY, Khambadkone S, Baker GH, MOCHA investigators. Comparison of echocardiographic and pressure-volume loop indices of systolic function in patients with single ventricle physiology: a preliminary report. Congenit Heart Dis. 2015 Jan-Feb;10(1):E17-24. doi: 10.1111/chd.12191. Epub 2014 May 28. PubMed PMID: 24869911; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4373647.
Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Henry GW, Rigsby C, Hlavacek AM, Mohun TJ. What is aortic overriding?. Cardiol Young. 2015 Apr;25(4):612-25. doi: 10.1017/S1047951114001139. Epub 2014 Jul 1. Review. PubMed PMID: 24983250.
Dyer KT, Hlavacek AM, Meinel FG, De Cecco CN, McQuiston AD, Schoepf UJ, Pietris NP. Imaging in congenital pulmonary vein anomalies: the role of computed tomography. Pediatr Radiol. 2014 Sep;44(9):1158-68; quiz 1155-7. doi: 10.1007/s00247-014-3044-7. Epub 2014 Aug 21. Review. PubMed PMID: 25142330.
Corsini C, Baker C, Baretta A, Biglino G, Hlavacek AM, Hsia TY, Kung E, Marsden A, Migliavacca F, Vignon-Clementel I, Pennati G, Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators. Integration of clinical data collected at different times for virtual surgery in single ventricle patients: a case study. Ann Biomed Eng. 2015 Jun;43(6):1310-20. doi: 10.1007/s10439-014-1113-6. Epub 2014 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 25344350.
Meinel FG, Henzler T, Schoepf UJ, Park PW, Huda W, Spearman JV, Dyer KT, Rao AG, Hlavacek AM. ECG-synchronized CT angiography in 324 consecutive pediatric patients: spectrum of indications and trends in radiation dose. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):569-78. doi: 10.1007/s00246-014-1051-y. Epub 2014 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 25380963.
Schiavazzi DE, Kung EO, Marsden AL, Baker C, Pennati G, Hsia TY, Hlavacek A, Dorfman AL, Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Investigators. Hemodynamic effects of left pulmonary artery stenosis after superior cavopulmonary connection: a patient-specific multiscale modeling study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar;149(3):689-96.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.12.040. Epub 2014 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 25659189.
Anderson RH, Spicer DE, Henry GW, Rigsby C, Hlavacek AM, Mohun TJ. Reply: the significance of aortic overriding and pulmonary stenosis in tetralogy of Fallot. Cardiol Young. 2015 Apr;25(4):627. doi: 10.1017/s1047951114002649. PubMed PMID: 25879107.
Meoli A, Cutrì E, Krishnamurthy A, Dubini G, Migliavacca F, Hsia TY, Pennati G, Modeling of Congenital Hearts Alliance (MOCHA) Group, Taylor A, Giardini A, Khambadkone S, Schievano S, de Leval M, Hsia TY, Bove E, Dorfman A, Baker GH, Hlavacek A, Migliavacca F, Pennati G, Dubini G, Marsden A, Feinstein J, Vignon-Clementel I, Figliola R, McGregor J. A multiscale model for the study of cardiac biomechanics in single-ventricle surgeries: a clinical case. Interface Focus. 2015 Apr 6;5(2):20140079. doi: 10.1098/rsfs.2014.0079. PubMed PMID: 25844151; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4342947.
Loomba RS, Hlavacek AM, Spicer DE, Anderson RH. Isomerism or heterotaxy: which term leads to better understanding?. Cardiol Young. 2015 Aug;25(6):1037-43. doi: 10.1017/S1047951115001122. Epub 2015 Jun 19. Review. PubMed PMID: 26088959.
Han BK, Rigsby CK, Hlavacek A, Leipsic J, Nicol ED, Siegel MJ, Bardo D, Abbara S, Ghoshhajra B, Lesser JR, Raman S, Crean AM, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, Society of Pediatric Radiology, North American Society of Cardiac Imaging. Computed Tomography Imaging in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Part I: Rationale and Utility. An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT): Endorsed by the Society of Pediatric Radiology (SPR) and the North American Society of Cardiac Imaging (NASCI). J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2015 Nov-Dec;9(6):475-92. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.07.004. Epub 2015 Jul 23. Review. PubMed PMID: 26272851.
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