Pulmonary Hypertension Service - Cardiorespiratory research and publications (2007)

A list of research papers authored by members of the Cardiorespiratory Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 2007.Abrams DJ, Earley MJ, Sporton SC, Kistler PM, Gatzoulis MA, Mullen MJ, Till JA, Cullen S, Walker F, Lowe MD, Deanfield JE, Schilling RJ (2007) Comparison of noncontact and electroanatomic mapping to identify scar and arrhythmia late after the Fontan procedure. Circulation 115 (13): 1738–46.

Ahmed AK, Lambiase PD (2007) How to insert a temporary pacing wire. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 68 (11): M186–8.

Anderson RH, Cook AC (2007) The structure and components of the atrial chambers. Europace 9 Suppl 6: vi3–9.

Anderson RH, Moorman AF, Farre J (2007) Re: Venice Chart international consensus document on atrial fibrillation ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 18 (10): E26.

Anderson RH, Sanchez-Quintana D, Redmann K, Lunkenheimer PP (2007) How are the myocytes aggregated so as to make up the ventricular mass?. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu n/a: 76–86.

Armillotta A, Bonhoeffer P, Dubini G, Ferragina S, Migliavacca F, Sala G, Schievano S (2007) Use of rapid prototyping models in the planning of percutaneous pulmonary valved stent implantation. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 221 (4): 407–16.

Ashrafian H, Tsang V, Kostolny M (2007) Rare presentation of subclavian artery isolation in a neonate with a family history of aortic arch anomalies. Ann Thorac Surg 83 (6): 2226–8.

Balkau B, Deanfield JE, Després JP, Bassand JP, Fox KA, Smith SC Jr, Barter P, Tan CE, Van Gaal L, Wittchen HU, Massien C, Haffner SM (2007) International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA): a study of waist circumference, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus in 168,000 primary care patients in 63 countries. Circulation 116 (17): 1942–51.

Barter PJ, Puranik R, Rye KA (2007) New insights into the role of HDL as an anti-inflammatory agent in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Curr Cardiol Rep 9 (6): 493–8.

Behr ER, Casey A, Sheppard M, Wright M, Bowker TJ, Davies MJ, McKenna WJ, Wood DA (2007) Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome: a national survey of sudden unexplained cardiac death. Heart 93 (5): 601–5.

Beierlein W, Becker V, Yates R, Tsang V, Elliott M, de Leval M, van Doorn C (2007) Long-term follow-up after mitral valve replacement in childhood: poor event-free survival in the young child. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 31 (5): 860–5.

Benden C, Danziger-Isakov LA, Astor T, Aurora P, Bluemchen K, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Michaels MG, Mogayzel PJ, Mueller C, Parakininkas D, Oberkfell D, Solomon M, Boehler A (2007) Variability in immunization guidelines in children before and after lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 11 (8): 882–7.

Benden C, Harpur-Sinclair O, Ranasinghe AS, Hartley JC, Elliott MJ, Aurora P (2007) Surveillance bronchoscopy in children during the first year after lung transplantation: Is it worth it?.Thorax 62 (1): 57–61.

Bernasconi A, Cavalle-Garrido T, Perrin DG, Anderson RH (2007) What is anatomically corrected malposition?.Cardiol Young 17 (1): 26–34.

Bixby CE, Ibe BO, Abdallah MF, Zhou W, Hislop AA, Longo LD, Raj JU (2007) Role of platelet-activating factor in pulmonary vascular remodeling associated with chronic high altitude hypoxia in ovine fetal lambs. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 293 (6): L1475–82.

Boucek MM, Aurora P, Edwards LB, Taylor DO, Trulock EP, Christie J, Dobbels F, Rahmel AO, Keck BM, Hertz MI (2007) Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: tenth official pediatric heart transplantation report--2007. J Heart Lung Transplant 26 (8): 796–807.

Bove EL, de Leval MR, Migliavacca F, Balossino R, Dubini G (2007) Toward optimal hemodynamics: computer modeling of the Fontan circuit. Pediatr Cardiol 28 (6): 477–81

Breckenridge RA, Anderson RH, Elliott PM (2007) Isolated left ventricular non-compaction: the case for abnormal myocardial development. Cardiol Young 17 (2): 124–9.

Brown KL (2007) Viewpoint: Kate Brown, MRCP. Interview by Emma Baines. Circulation 115 (9): f34–5.

Caforio AL, Mahon NG, Baig MK, Tona F, Murphy RT, Elliott PM, McKenna WJ (2007) Prospective familial assessment in dilated cardiomyopathy: cardiac autoantibodies predict disease development in asymptomatic relatives. Circulation 115 (1): 76–83

Catchpole KR, de Leval MR, McEwan A, Pigott N, Elliott MJ, McQuillan A, MacDonald C, Goldman AJ (2007) Patient handover from surgery to intensive care: using Formula 1 pit-stop and aviation models to improve safety and quality. Paediatr Anaesth 17 (5): 470–8.

Catchpole KR, Giddings AE, Wilkinson M, Hirst G, Dale T, de Leval MR (2007) Improving patient safety by identifying latent failures in successful operations. Surgery 142 (1): 102–10.

Cavalle-Garrido T, Bernasconi A, Perrin D, Anderson RH (2007) Hearts with concordant ventriculoarterial connections but parallel arterial trunks. Heart 93 (1): 100–6.

Charakida M, Deanfield JE, Halcox JP (2007) Childhood origins of arterial disease. Curr Opin Pediatr 19 (5): 538–45

Clur SA, Baan J, Lurz P, Bonhoeffer P, Ottenkamp J (2007) Percutaneous implantation of a pulmonary valve: an illustrative case. Neth Heart J 15 (1): 27–30.

Coats L, Bonhoeffer P (2007) New percutaneous treatments for valve disease. Heart 93 (5): 639–44

Coats L, Khambadkone S, Derrick G, Hughes M, Jones R, Mist B, Pellerin D, Marek J, Deanfield JE, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM (2007) Physiological consequences of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation: the different behaviour of volume- and pressure-overloaded ventricles. Eur Heart J 28 (15): 1886–93

Cohen MS, Anderson RH, Cohen MI, Atz AM, Fogel M, Gruber PJ, Lopez L, Rome JJ, Weinberg PM (2007) Controversies, genetics, diagnostic assessment, and outcomes relating to the heterotaxy syndrome. Cardiol Young 17 Suppl 2: 29–43

Deanfield JE, Halcox JP, Rabelink TJ (2007) Endothelial function and dysfunction: testing and clinical relevance. Circulation 115 (10): 1285–95

Dixon V, Macauley C, Burch M, Sebire NJ (2007) Unsuspected rejection episodes on routine surveillance endomyocardial biopsy post-heart transplant in paediatric patients. Pediatr Transplant 11 (3): 286–90.

Dobrzynski H, Boyett MR, Anderson RH (2007) New insights into pacemaker activity: promoting understanding of sick sinus syndrome. Circulation 115 (14): 1921–32.

Dorri F, Niederer PF, Redmann K, Lunkenheimer PP, Cryer CW, Anderson RH (2007) An analysis of the spatial arrangement of the myocardial aggregates making up the wall of the left ventricle. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 31 (3): 430–7.

Eicken A, Petzuch K, Marek J, Vogel M, Hager A, Vogt M, Skovránek J, Busch R, Schreiber C, Hess J (2007) Characteristics of Doppler myocardial echocardiography in patients with tricuspid atresia after total cavopulmonary connection with preserved systolic ventricular function. Int J Cardiol 116 (2): 212–8

Elliott MJ, Slakey CJ (2007) Thoracic pedicle screw placement: analysis using anatomical landmarks without image guidance. J Pediatr Orthop 27 (5): 582–6.

Elliott MJ, Zimmerman D, Holden RM (2007) Warfarin anticoagulation in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review of bleeding rates. Am J Kidney Dis 50 (3): 433–40.

Elliott PM (2007) Investigation and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Clin Med 7 (4): 383–7

Falcetti E, Flavell DM, Staels B, Tinker A, Haworth SG, Clapp LH (2007) IP receptor-dependent activation of PPARgamma by stable prostacyclin analogues. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 360 (4): 821–7.

Faro R, Moreno L, Hislop AA, Sturton G, Mitchell JA (2007) Pulmonary endothelium dependent vasodilation emerges after birth in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 567 (3): 240–4.

Fenton M, Burch M (2007) Understanding chronic heart failure. Arch Dis Child 92 (9): 812–6.

Ghez O, Tsang VT, Frigiola A, Coats L, Taylor A, Van Doorn C, Bonhoeffer P, De Leval M (2007) Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction for pulmonary regurgitation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Preliminary results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 31 (4): 654–8.

Gorst-Rasmussen A, Spiegelhalter DJ, Bull C (2007) Monitoring the introduction of a surgical intervention with long-term consequences. Stat Med 26 (3): 512–31.

Grech V, Elliott MJ, DeGiovanni J (2007) Stenosis of the upper body arteries in association with coarctation and interrupted aortic arch. Ann Vasc Surg 21 (6): 801–3.

Griebsch I, Knowles RL, Brown J, Bull C, Wren C, Dezateux CA (2007) Comparing the clinical and economic effects of clinical examination, pulse oximetry, and echocardiography in newborn screening for congenital heart defects: a probabilistic cost-effectiveness model and value of information analysis. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 23 (2): 192–204.

Halcox JP, Nour KR, Zalos G, Quyyumi AA (2007) Endogenous endothelin in human coronary vascular function: differential contribution of endothelin receptor types A and B. Hypertension 49 (5): 1134–41

Hall SM, Soueid A, Smith T, Brown RA, Haworth SG, Mudera V (2007) Spatial differences of cellular origins and in vivo hypoxia modify contractile properties of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells: lessons for arterial tissue engineering. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 1 (4): 287–95.

Holmqvist F, Platonov PG, Carlson J, Havmöller R, Waktare JE, McKenna WJ, Olsson SB, Meurling CJ (2007) Variable interatrial conduction illustrated in a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy population. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 12 (3): 227–36.

Hooper WC, Mensah GA, Haworth SG, Black SM, Garcia JG, Langleben D (2007) Vascular endothelium summary statement V: Pulmonary hypertension and acute lung injury: public health implications. Vascul Pharmacol 46 (5): 327–9.

Hörer J, Haas F, Cleuziou J, Schreiber C, Kostolny M, Vogt M, Holper K, Lange R (2007) Intermediate-term results of the Senning or Mustard procedures combined with the Rastelli operation for patients with discordant atrioventricular connections associated with discordant ventriculoarterial connections or double outlet right ventricle. Cardiol Young 17 (2): 158–65.

Hörer J, Müller S, Schreiber C, Kostolny M, Cleuziou J, Prodan Z, Holper K, Lange R (2007) Surgical closure of atrial septal defect in patients older than 30 years: risk factors for late death from arrhythmia or heart failure. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 55 (2): 79–83.

Hosseinpour AR, Jones TJ, Barron DJ, Brawn WJ, Anderson RH (2007) An appreciation of the structural variability in the components of the ventricular outlets in congenitally malformed hearts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 31 (5): 888–93.

Hsia TY, Khambadkone S, Bradley SM, de Leval MR (2007) Subdiaphragmatic venous hemodynamics in patients with biventricular and Fontan circulation after diaphragm plication. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 134 (6): 1397–405; discussion 1405

Hughes ML, Carstensen B, Wilkinson JL, Weintraub RG (2007) Angiographic diagnosis, prevalence and outcomes for left ventricular noncompaction in children with congenital cardiac disease. Cardiol Young 17 (1): 56–63.

Hussain T, Burch M, Fenton MJ, Whitmore PM, Rees P, Elliott M, Aurora P (2007) Positive pretransplantation cytomegalovirus serology is a risk factor for cardiac allograft vasculopathy in children. Circulation 115 (13): 1798–805.

Ilbawi AM, Spicer DE, Bharati S, Cook A, Anderson RH (2007) Morphologic study of the ascending aorta and aortic arch in hypoplastic left hearts: surgical implications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 134 (1): 99–105.

Jacobs JP, Anderson RH, Weinberg PM, Walters HL 3rd, Tchervenkov CI, Del Duca D, Franklin RC, Aiello VD, Béland MJ, Colan SD, Gaynor JW, Krogmann ON, Kurosawa H, Maruszewski B, Stellin G, Elliott MJ (2007) The nomenclature, definition and classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy. Cardiol Young 17 Suppl 2: 1–28.

Jacobs JP, Mavroudis C, Jacobs ML, Maruszewski B, Tchervenkov CI, Lacour-Gayet FG, Clarke DR, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Kurosawa H, Stellin G, Ebels T, Bacha EA, Walters HL 3rd, Elliott MJ (2007) Nomenclature and databases - the past, the present, and the future : a primer for the congenital heart surgeon. Pediatr Cardiol 28 (2): 105–15.

Jacobs JP, Wernovsky G, Elliott MJ (2007) Analysis of outcomes for congenital cardiac disease: can we do better?. Cardiol Young 17 Suppl 2: 145–58.

Kaski JP, Burch M, Elliott PM (2007) Mutations in the cardiac Troponin C gene are a cause of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood. Cardiol Young 17 (6): 675–7.

Kaski JP, Elliott P, ESC Working Group (2007) The classification concept of the ESC Working Group on myocardial and pericardial diseases for dilated cardiomyopathy. Herz 32 (6): 446–51.

Khambadkone S, Nordmeyer J, Bonhoeffer P (2007) Percutaneous implantation of the pulmonary and aortic valves: indications and limitations. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 8 (1): 57–61.

Kidane AG, Edirisinghe MJ, Bonhoeffer P, Seifalian AM (2007) Flow behaviour of a POSS biopolymer solution. Biorheology 44 (4): 265–72.

Kiraly L, Hubay M, Cook AC, Ho SY, Anderson RH (2007) Morphologic features of the uniatrial but biventricular atrioventricular connection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133 (1): 229–34.

Knowles RL, Griebsch I, Bull C, Brown J, Wren C, Dezateux C (2007) Quality of life and congenital heart defects: comparing parent and professional values. Arch Dis Child 92 (5): 388–93.

Kocyildirim E, Franck LS, Elliott MJ (2007) Intra-operative imaging in paediatric cardiac surgery: the reactions of parents who requested and watched a video of the surgery performed on their child. Cardiol Young 17 (4): 407–13

Koçyildirim E, Kanani M, Bonhoeffer P, Elliott MJ (2007) Amplatzer device embolization: hazards of multiple attempts at catheter retrieval. Anadolu Kardiyol Derg 7 (3): 329–30.

Kostolny M, Hoerer J, Eicken A, Dietrich C, Schreiber CF, Lange R (2007) Impact of placing a conduit from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries as the first stage of further palliation in the Norwood sequence for hypoplasia of the left heart. Cardiol Young 17 (5): 517–22

Kostolny M, Tsang VT, Marek J, Derrick G, Cook AC (2007) Neonatal tetralogy of Fallot with doubly committed ventricular septal defect and severe pulmonary valvar stenosis: a contraindication for catheter intervention?. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 134 (1): 258–9.

Kubo T, Gimeno JR, Bahl A, Steffensen U, Steffensen M, Osman E, Thaman R, Mogensen J, Elliott PM, Doi Y, McKenna WJ (2007) Prevalence, clinical significance, and genetic basis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with restrictive phenotype. J Am Coll Cardiol 49 (25): 2419–26.

Lammers AE, Derrick G, Haworth SG, Bonhoeffer P, Yates R (2007) Efficacy and long-term patency of fenestrated amplatzer devices in children. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 70 (4): 578–84.

Lammers AE, Hislop AA, Flynn Y, Haworth SG (2007) Epoprostenol treatment in children with severe pulmonary hypertension. Heart 93 (6): 739–43.

Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Marino B, Digilio MC, Sarkozy A, Elliott P, Versacci P, Calabro P, De Zorzi A, Di Salvo G, Syrris P, Patton M, McKenna WJ, Dallapiccola B, Calabro R (2007) Prevalence and clinical significance of cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with the LEOPARD syndrome. Am J Cardiol 100 (4): 736–41.

Lode HN, Krings G, Schulze-Neick I, Dähmlow S, Schroeder U, Bonnet R, DaPalma J, Luck W, Strauss G, Berger F, Gaedicke G (2007) Pulmonary hypertension in a case of Hb-Mainz hemolytic anemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 29 (3): 173–7.

Loh LE, Brown K, Marek J (2007) Severely obstructed totally anomalous pulmonary venous return with residual connection to the left atrium. Cardiol Young 17 (4): 441–4.

Loukas M, Tubbs RS, Bright JL, Fudalej M, Wagner T, Anderson RH (2007) The anatomy of the tendon of the infundibulum revisited. Folia Morphol (Warsz) 66 (1): 33–8.

Loukogeorgakis SP, Williams R, Panagiotidou AT, Kolvekar SK, Donald A, Cole TJ, Yellon DM, Deanfield JE, MacAllister RJ (2007) Transient limb ischemia induces remote preconditioning and remote postconditioning in humans by a K(ATP)-channel dependent mechanism. Circulation 116 (12): 1386–95.

Lovato L, Giardini A, La Palombara C, Russo V, Gostoli V, Gargiulo G, Picchio FM, Fattori R (2007) Role and effectiveness of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the diagnosis, preoperative evaluation and follow-up of patients with congenital heart diseases. Radiol Med 112 (5): 660–80.

Lunkenheimer PP, Redmann K, Cryer CW, Batista RV, Stanton JJ, Niederer P, Anderson RH (2007) Beta-blockade at low doses restoring the physiological balance in myocytic antagonism. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 32 (2): 225–30.

Lurz P, Taylor A, Bonhoeffer P (2007) Percutaneous treatment of a giant right ventricular outflow tract pseudo-aneurysm and severe pulmonary regurgitation. Eur Heart J 28 (17): 2086.

Macfadyen RJ, Varma C, Anderson RH (2007) Multiple microvessels extending from the coronary arteries to the left ventricle in a middle aged female presenting with ischaemic chest pain: a case report. J Med Case Reports 1: 177.

Mangat JS, Lunnon-Wood T, Rees P, Elliott M, Burch M (2007) Successful cardiac transplantation in Barth syndrome--single-centre experience of four patients. Pediatr Transplant 11 (3): 327–31.

Mangat JS, Rao K, Kingston J, Veys P, Amrolia P, Burch M (2007) Early pediatric anthracycline cardiotoxicity: managed by serial heart and bone marrow transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 26 (6): 658–60.

McMahon CJ, Murchan H, Prendiville T, Burch M (2007) Long-term support with milrinone prior to cardiac transplantation in a neonate with left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol 28 (4): 317–8.

Moorman AF, Anderson RH (2007) Creative concepts. Heart Rhythm 4 (8): 1120–1; author reply 1121–3.

Moorman AF, Anderson RH (2007) Development of the pulmonary vein. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 290 (9): 1046–9.

Nordmeyer J, Khambadkone S, Coats L, Schievano S, Lurz P, Parenzan G, Taylor AM, Lock JE, Bonhoeffer P (2007) Risk stratification, systematic classification, and anticipatory management strategies for stent fracture after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Circulation 115 (11): 1392–7.

Nyberg MT, Stoevring B, Behr ER, Ravn LS, McKenna WJ, Christiansen M (2007) The variation of the sarcolipin gene (SLN) in atrial fibrillation, long QT syndrome and sudden arrhythmic death syndrome. Clin Chim Acta 375 (1-2): 87–91.

Olschewski H, Hoeper MM, Borst MM, Ewert R, Grünig E, Kleber FX, Kopp B, Opitz C, Reichenberger F, Schmeisser A, Schranz D, Schulze-Neick I, Wilkens H, Winkler J, Worth H (2007)[Diagnosis and therapy of chronic pulmonary hypertension]. Clin Res Cardiol 96 (5): 301–30.

Ostberg JE, Storry C, Donald AE, Attar MJ, Halcox JP, Conway GS (2007) A dose-response study of hormone replacement in young hypogonadal women: effects on intima media thickness and metabolism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 66 (4): 557–64.

Pablo Kaski J, Tomé Esteban MT, Lowe M, Sporton S, Rees P, Deanfield JE, McKenna WJ, Elliott PM (2007) Outcomes after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator treatment in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart 93 (3): 372–4.

Page SP, Pantazis A, Elliott PM (2007) Acute myocardial ischemia associated with latent left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in the absence of left ventricular hypertrophy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 20 (6): 772.e1–4.

Park MS, Rieger-Fackeldey E, Schanbacher BL, Cook AC, Bauer JA, Rogers LK, Hansen TN, Welty SE, Smith CV (2007) Altered expressions of fibroblast growth factor receptors and alveolarization in neonatal mice exposed to 85% oxygen. Pediatr Res 62 (6): 652–7.

Phillips HM, Rhee HJ, Murdoch JN, Hildreth V, Peat JD, Anderson RH, Copp AJ, Chaudhry B, Henderson DJ (2007) Disruption of planar cell polarity signaling results in congenital heart defects and cardiomyopathy attributable to early cardiomyocyte disorganization. Circ Res 101 (2): 137–45.

Preston LC, Lipscomb S, Robinson P, Mogensen J, McKenna WJ, Watkins H, Ashley CC, Redwood CS (2007) Functional effects of the DCM mutant Gly159Asp troponin C in skinned muscle fibres. Pflugers Arch 453 (6): 771–6.

Quill JL, Laske TG, Hill AJ, Bonhoeffer P, Iaizzo PA (2007) Images in cardiovascular medicine. Direct visualization of a transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation within the visible heart: a glimpse into the future. Circulation 116 (22): e548.

Radley-Smith R, Wray J, Chinnock R, Uzark K. Child development post-transplant: Growth, intellectual/developmental functioning, and psychosocial functioning.  In: C.E.Canter CE, Kirklin JK. (eds) Pediatric Heart Transplantation  (ISHLT Monograph series 2; pp 203-214) 2007: Elsevier

Rogers DP, Lambiase PD, Chow AW (2007) Successful coronary sinus lead replacement despite total venous occlusion using femoral pull through, two operator counter-traction and subclavian venoplasty. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 19 (1): 69–71.

Saunders DE, Thompson C, Gunny R, Jones R, Cox T, Chong WK (2007) Magnetic resonance imaging protocols for paediatric neuroradiology. Pediatr Radiol 37 (8): 789–97.

Schievano S, Migliavacca F, Coats L, Khambadkone S, Carminati M, Wilson N, Deanfield JE, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM (2007) Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation based on rapid prototyping of right ventricular outflow tract and pulmonary trunk from MR data. Radiology 242 (2): 490–7.

Schievano S, Petrini L, Migliavacca F, Coats L, Nordmeyer J, Lurz P, Khambadkone S, Taylor AM, Dubini G, Bonhoeffer P (2007) Finite element analysis of stent deployment: understanding stent fracture in percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. J Interv Cardiol 20 (6): 546–54.

Schindler MB, Hislop AA, Haworth SG (2007) Postnatal changes in pulmonary vein responses to endothelin-1 in the normal and chronically hypoxic lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 292 (5): L1273–9.

Schmid P, Lunkenheimer PP, Redmann K, Rothaus K, Jiang X, Cryer CW, Jaermann T, Niederer P, Boesiger P, Anderson RH (2007) Statistical analysis of the angle of intrusion of porcine ventricular myocytes from epicardium to endocardium using diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 290 (11): 1413–23

Schreiber C, Boening A, Kostolny M, Pines E, Cremer J, Lange R, Scheewe J (2007) European clinical experience with REPEL-CV. Expert Rev Med Devices 4 (3): 291–5.

Sen-Chowdhry S, Syrris P, Ward D, Asimaki A, Sevdalis E, McKenna WJ (2007) Clinical and genetic characterization of families with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy provides novel insights into patterns of disease expression. Circulation 115 (13): 1710–20.

Shamaei-Tousi A, Halcox JP, Henderson B (2007) Stressing the obvious? Cell stress and cell stress proteins in cardiovascular disease. Cardiovasc Res 74 (1): 19–28.

Sharma R, Chemla E, Tome M, Mehta RL, Gregson H, Brecker SJ, Chang R, Pellerin D (2007) Echocardiography-based score to predict outcome after renal transplantation. Heart 93 (4): 464–9.

Shroff RC, Donald AE, Hiorns MP, Watson A, Feather S, Milford D, Ellins EA, Storry C, Ridout D, Deanfield J, Rees L (2007) Mineral metabolism and vascular damage in children on dialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol 18 (11): 2996–3003.

Sjöstrand K, Hansen MS, Larsson HB, Larsen R (2007) A path algorithm for the support vector domain description and its application to medical imaging. Med Image Anal 11 (5): 417–28.

Solis-Trapala IL, Carthey J, Farewell VT, de Leval MR (2007) Dynamic modelling in a study of surgical error management. Stat Med 26 (28): 5189–202.

Sullivan ID (2007) Transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defect: is the risk of heart block too high a price? Heart 93 (3): 284–6.

Syrris P, Ward D, Asimaki A, Evans A, Sen-Chowdhry S, Hughes SE, McKenna WJ (2007) Desmoglein-2 mutations in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: a genotype-phenotype characterization of familial disease. Eur Heart J 28 (5): 581–8.

Taylor CJ, Derrick G, McEwan A, Haworth SG, Sury MR (2007) Risk of cardiac catheterization under anaesthesia in children with pulmonary hypertension. Br J Anaesth 98 (5): 657–61.

Tonetti MS, D'Aiuto F, Nibali L, Donald A, Storry C, Parkar M, Suvan J, Hingorani AD, Vallance P, Deanfield J (2007) Treatment of periodontitis and endothelial function. N Engl J Med 356 (9): 911–20.

Tousoulis D, Antoniades C, Bosinakou E, Kotsopoulou M, Tsoufis C, Marinou K, Charakida M, Stefanadi E, Vavuranakis M, Latsios G, Stefanadis C (2007) Differences in inflammatory and thrombotic markers between unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 115 (2): 203–7.

Tsang VT, Kilner PJ, Hsia TY, Hughes S, Yacoub M (2007) Interruption of the aorta with multilobulated arch aneurysms: a new clinicopathologic entity. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 133 (4): 1092–3.

Uribe S, Muthurangu V, Boubertakh R, Schaeffter T, Razavi R, Hill DL, Hansen MS (2007) Whole-heart cine MRI using real-time respiratory self-gating. Magn Reson Med 57 (3): 606–13.

van Doorn C, Ebels T (2007) Ligation of the arterial duct in pre-term babies - where should it be done, and by whom?. Cardiol Young 17 (5): 470–1.

Vettukattil JJ, Bharucha T, Anderson RH (2007) Defining Ebstein's malformation using three-dimensional echocardiography. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 6 (6): 685–90.

Wilkinson JL, Anderson RH (2007) The early history of paediatric cardiology in the United Kingdom, with specific reference to KD Wilkinson. Cardiol Young 17 (2): 136–9.

Wray J, Hallas CN, Banner NR. Quality of life and psychological well-being during and after left ventricular assist device support. Clinical Transplantation 2007;21:622-627

Wray J, Radley-Smith R. Prospective psychological evaluation of paediatric heart and heart-lung recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology  2007; 32: 217-222