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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.
Butts RJ, Uber WE, Savage AJ. Treatment of BK viremia in a pediatric heart transplant recipient. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 May;31(5):552-3. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2012.02.011. Epub 2012 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 22406086; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3997063.
Hodge AB, Yeager CJ, Preston TJ, Savage AJ, Butts RJ, Kavarana MN. The Thoratec CentriMag for pediatric right ventricular failure. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2013 Jun;45(2):133-5. PubMed PMID: 23930384; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4557580.
Kavarana MN, Savage A, O'Connell R, Rubinstein CS, Flynn-Reeves J, Joshi K, Stroud MR, Ikonomidis JS, Bradley SM. Composite risk factors predict survival after transplantation for congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Oct;146(4):888-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.06.016. Epub 2013 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 23886031.
Trezzi M, Bradley SM, Savage AJ, Kavarana MN. Effective mechanical cardiac support in a child in the absence of a mitral valve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Dec;146(6):e61-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Sep 23. PubMed PMID: 24071467.
Butts RJ, Scheurer MA, Atz AM, Moussa O, Burnette AL, Hulsey TC, Savage AJ. Association of human leukocyte antigen donor-recipient matching and pediatric heart transplant graft survival. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 Jul;7(4):605-11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.001008. Epub 2014 May 15. PubMed PMID: 24833649; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4102664.
Butts RJ, Savage AJ, Nietert PJ, Kavarana M, Moussa O, Burnette AL, Atz AM. Effect of human leukocyte antigen-C and -DQ matching on pediatric heart transplant graft survival. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Dec;33(12):1282-7. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.07.014. Epub 2014 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 25128416; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4252914.
Butts RJ, Savage AJ, Atz AM, Heal EM, Burnette AL, Kavarana MM, Bradley SM, Chowdhury SM. Validation of a Simple Score to Determine Risk of Early Rejection After Pediatric Heart Transplantation. JACC Heart Fail. 2015 Sep;3(9):670-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2015.04.014. PubMed PMID: 26362445; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4631313.
Butts RJ, Chowdhury SM, Baker GH, Bandisode V, Savage AJ, Atz AM. Effect of Sildenafil on Pressure-Volume Loop Measures of Ventricular Function in Fontan Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Jan;37(1):184-91. doi: 10.1007/s00246-015-1262-x. Epub 2015 Sep 26. PubMed PMID: 26409473; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4833409.
Elhoff JJ, Chowdhury SM, Taylor CL, Hassid M, Savage AJ, Atz AM, Butts RJ. Decline in ventricular function as a result of general anesthesia in pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Dec;20(8):1106-1110. doi: 10.1111/petr.12825. Epub 2016 Oct 30. PubMed PMID: 27796066; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5558209.
Lewis K, Butts R, Antonio Quiros J, Hudspeth M, Twombley K, Savage A, Self S, Burnette A, Sun S. Autoimmune enteropathy and hepatitis in pediatric heart transplant recipient. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Mar;21(2). doi: 10.1111/petr.12877. Epub 2017 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 28097735.
Butts R, Davis M, Savage A, Burnette A, Kavarana M, Bradley S, Atz A, Nietert PJ. Effect of Induction Therapy on Graft Survival in Primary Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Propensity Score Analysis of the UNOS Database. Transplantation. 2017 Jun;101(6):1228-1233. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000001285. PubMed PMID: 27362312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5199632.
Steflik D, Butts RJ, Baker GH, Bandisode V, Savage A, Atz AM, Chowdhury SM. A preliminary comparison of two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography and pressure-volume loop analysis in patients with Fontan physiology: The role of ventricular morphology. Echocardiography. 2017 Sep;34(9):1353-1359. doi: 10.1111/echo.13641. Epub 2017 Jul 28. PubMed PMID: 28752570; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5607109.
Glass L, Savage A, Haddad O, Kavarana MN. Continuous-flow, implantable biventricular assist device as bridge to cardiac transplantation in a small child with restrictive cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Jan;37(1):173-174. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2017.08.001. Epub 2017 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 28843949.
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