Pulmonary Hypertension Service - Cardiorespiratory research and publications (2009)

A list of research papers authored by members of the Cardiorespiratory Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 2009.Abi-Nader K, David AL, Yates R, Pandya P (2009) Successful Outcome after Prenatal Treatment of a Cardiac Diverticulum with Massive Pericardial Effusion. Fetal Diagn Ther 25 (1): 148–152.

Ahsan SY, Wright S, Lambiase PD, McCready JW, Chow AW (2009) Use of an Angioplasty Wire to Perforate the Interatrial Septum for a Difficult Transseptal Puncture. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol n/a: n/a.

Anderson RH (2009) Innervation of the human pulmonary veins. Heart Rhythm 6 (2): 229–30.

Anderson RH (2009) When is the supravalvar mitral ring truly supravalvar?. Cardiol Young 19 (1): 10–1.

Anderson RH, Loukas M (2009) Introduction to the special issue on cardiac anatomy. Clin Anat 22 (1): 2–3.

Anderson RH, Loukas M (2009) The importance of attitudinally appropriate description of cardiac anatomy. Clin Anat 22 (1): 47–51.

Anderson RH, Smerup M, Sanchez-Quintana D, Loukas M, Lunkenheimer PP (2009) The three-dimensional arrangement of the myocytes in the ventricular walls. Clin Anat 22 (1): 64–76.

Andersson C, Weeke P, Brendorp B, Køber L, Fosbøl EL, Sharma AM, Finer N, Caterson ID, Rode RA, James PT, Torp-Pedersen C (2009) Differential changes in serum uric acid concentrations in sibutramine promoted weight loss in diabetes: results from four weeks of the lead-in period of the SCOUT trial. Nutr Metab (Lond) 6: 42.

Andersson C, Weeke P, Fosbøl EL, Brendorp B, Køber L, Coutinho W, Sharma AM, Van Gaal L, Finer N, James WP, Caterson ID, Rode RA, Torp-Pedersen C, SCOUT Executive Steering Committee, SCOUT investigators (2009) Acute effect of weight loss on levels of total bilirubin in obese, cardiovascular high-risk patients: an analysis from the lead-in period of the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome trial. Metabolism 58 (8): 1109–15.

Asimaki A, Syrris P, Ward D, Guereta LG, Saffitz JE, McKenna WJ (2009) Unique epidermolytic bullous dermatosis with associated lethal cardiomyopathy related to novel desmoplakin mutations. J Cutan Pathol 36 (5): 553–9.

Asimaki A, Tandri H, Huang H, Halushka MK, Gautam S, Basso C, Thiene G, Tsatsopoulou A, Protonotarios N, McKenna WJ, Calkins H, Saffitz JE (2009) A new diagnostic test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. N Engl J Med 360 (11): 1075–84.

Astrup A, Rössner S, Van Gaal L, Rissanen A, Niskanen L, Al Hakim M, Madsen J, Rasmussen MF, Lean ME, NN8022-1807 Study Group (2009) Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet 374 (9701): 1606–16.

Bailliard F, Anderson RH (2009) Tetralogy of Fallot. Orphanet J Rare Dis 4 (1): 2.

Benden C, Dipchand AI, Danziger-Isakov LA, Esquivel CO, Ringdén O, Wray J, Marks SD (2009) Pediatric transplantation: ten years on. Pediatr Transplant 13 (3): 272–7.

Benden C, Kansra S, Ridout DA, Shaw NL, Aurora P, Elliott MJ, Marks SD (2009) Chronic kidney disease in children following lung and heart-lung transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 13 (1): 104–10.

Benden C, Rea F, Behr J, Corris PA, Reynaud-Gaubert M, Stern M, Speich R, Boehler A (2009) Lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis: the European experience. J Heart Lung Transplant 28 (1): 1–7.

Boubertakh R, Prieto C, Batchelor PG, Uribe S, Atkinson D, Eggers H, Sørensen TS, Hansen MS, Razavi RS, Schaeffter T (2009) Whole-heart imaging using undersampled radial phase encoding (RPE) and iterative sensitivity encoding (SENSE) reconstruction. Magn Reson Med 62 (5): 1331–7. Breymann T, Blanz U, Wojtalik MA, Daenen W, Hetzer R, Sarris G, Stellin G, Planche C, Tsang V, Weissmann N, Boethig D (2009) European Contegra multicentre study: 7-year results after 165 valved bovine jugular vein graft implantations. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 57 (5): 257–69

Brown KL, Ramaiah R, Fenton M, Lunnon-Wood T, Scott K, Carter K, Wray J, Burch M. Adverse family social circumstances and outcome in pediatric cardiac transplant recipients at a UK center.  Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2009; 28:1267-1272

Brown KL, Wray J, Wood TL, Mc Mahon AM, Burch M, Cairns J (2009) Cost utility evaluation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to transplant for children with end-stage heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant 28 (1): 32–8.

Brown LA, Kerr CJ, Whiting P, Finer N, McEneny J, Ashton T (2009) Oxidant stress in healthy normal-weight, overweight, and obese individuals. Obesity (Silver Spring) 17 (3): 460–6.

Caterson I, Coutinho W, Finer N, Van Gaal L, Maggioni A, Torp-Pedersen C, Sharma AM, Ge H, Santoro D, Shepherd G, James P, ; for The SCOUT Investigators (2009)Early Response to Sibutramine in Patients Not Meeting Current Label Criteria: Preliminary Analysis of SCOUT Lead-in Period. Obesity (Silver Spring) Not given: Not given.

Charakida M, Besler C, Batuca JR, Sangle S, Marques S, Sousa M, Wang G, Tousoulis D, Delgado Alves J, Loukogeorgakis SP, Mackworth-Young C, D'Cruz D, Luscher T, Landmesser U, Deanfield JE (2009) Vascular abnormalities, paraoxonase activity, and dysfunctional HDL in primary antiphospholipid syndrome. JAMA 302 (11): 1210–7.

Charakida M, Deanfield JE (2009) Myeloperoxidase expression in early life. On the causal pathways for atherosclerosis?. Atherosclerosis 205 (1): 37–8.

Charakida M, Donald AE, Leary S, Halcox JP, Turner MW, Johnson M, Loukogeorgakis SP, Okorie MI, Smith GD, Deanfield JE, Klein NJ (2009)Endothelial response to childhood infection: The role of mannose-binding lectin (MBL). Atherosclerosis n/a: n/a.

Charakida M, Masi S, Loukogeorgakis SP, Deanfield JE (2009) The role of flow-mediated dilatation in the evaluation and development of antiatherosclerotic drugs. Curr Opin Lipidol 20 (6): 460–6.

Charakida M, Tousoulis D, Skoumas I, Pitsavos C, Vasiliadou C, Stefanadi E, Antoniades C, Latsios G, Siasos G, Stefanadis C (2009) Inflammatory and thrombotic processes are associated with vascular dysfunction in children with familial hypercholesterolemia. Atherosclerosis 204 (2): 532–7.

Danziger-Isakov LA, Worley S, Michaels MG, Arrigain S, Aurora P, Ballmann M, Boyer D, Conrad C, Eichler I, Elidemir O, Goldfarb S, Mallory GB, Mogayzel PJ, Parakininkas D, Solomon M, Visner G, Sweet S, Faro A (2009) The risk, prevention, and outcome of cytomegalovirus after pediatric lung transplantation. Transplantation 87 (10): 1541–8.

de Jaegere PP, Ruiz C, Bonhoeffer P, Vahanian A, Marco J, Serruys PW (2009) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Where are we?. EuroIntervention 5 (2): 169–71.

Dickstein K, Cohen-Solal A, Filippatos G, McMurray JJ, Ponikowski P, Poole-Wilson PA, Strömberg A, van Veldhuisen DJ, Atar D, Hoes AW, Keren A, Mebazaa A, Nieminen M, Priori SG, Vahanian A, Camm J, De Caterina R, Dean V, Funck-Brentano C, Hellemans I, Kristensen SD, McGregor K, Sechtem U, Silber S, Tendera M, Widimsky P, Zamorano JL, Auricchio A, Bax J, Böhm M, Corrà U, della Bella P, Elliott PM, Follath F, Gheorghiade M, Hasin Y, Hernborg A, Jaarsma T, Komajda M, Kornowski R, Piepoli M, Prendergast B, Tavazzi L, Vachiery JL, Verheugt FW, Zannad F, Task Force per la Diagnosi e il Trattamento dello Scompenso Cardiaco Acuto e Cronico 2008 della Societá Europea di Cardiologia (2009) [Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008]. G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 10 (3): 141–98; discussion 199–202.

Doherty DR, Parshuram CS, Gaboury I, Hoskote A, Lacroix J, Tucci M, Joffe A, Choong K, Farrell R, Bohn DJ, Hutchison JS, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (2009) Hypothermia therapy after pediatric cardiac arrest. Circulation 119 (11): 1492–500.

Dragulescu A, Khambadkone S, Sullivan I, Marek J (2009) Does multiplanar review of 3-D data alter clinical management?. Ann Thorac Surg 87 (6): 2006–7; author reply 2007.

Dyer EC, Jacques AM, Hoskins AC, Ward DG, Gallon CE, Messer AE, Kaski JP, Burch M, Kentish JC, Marston SB (2009) Functional analysis of a unique troponin c mutation, GLY159ASP, that causes familial dilated cardiomyopathy, studied in explanted heart muscle. Circ Heart Fail 2 (5): 456–64.

Elliott MJ, Speggiorin S, Vida VL, Padalino MA, Cogo PE, Cutrone C, Mirri L, Stellin G (2009) Slide tracheoplasty as a rescue technique after unsuccessful patch tracheoplasty. Ann Thorac Surg 88 (3): 1029–31.

Elliott PM, Arbustini E (2009) The role of endomyocardial biopsy in the management of cardiovascular disease: a ommentary on joint AHA/ACC/ESC guidelines. Heart 95 (9): 759–60.

Esquivel CO, Benden C (2009) Clinical models of tolerance induction in pediatric transplantation. Pediatr Transplant 13 (4): 397–9.

Evans WN, Acherman RJ, Anderson RH (2009) One hundred years of texts describing congenitally malformed hearts from 1814 to 1914. Cardiol Young 19 (1): 12–29.

Fine RN, Becker Y, De Geest S, Eisen H, Ettenger R, Evans R, Rudow DL, McKay D, Neu A, Nevins T, Reyes J, Wray J, Dobbels F.  Nonadherence consensus conference summary report. American Journal of Transplantation 2009;9:35-41.

Footitt EJ, Karimova A, Burch M, Yayeh T, Dupré T, Vuillaumier-Barrot S, Chantret I, Moore SE, Seta N, Grunewald S (2009) Cardiomyopathy in the congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG): a case of late presentation and literature review. J Inherit Metab Dis n/a: n/a.

Formigari R, Michielon G, Digilio MC, Piacentini G, Carotti A, Giardini A, Di Donato RM, Marino B (2009) Genetic syndromes and congenital heart defects: how is surgical management affected?. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 35 (4): 606–14.

Fox KA, Després JP, Richard AJ, Brette S, Deanfield JE, IDEA Steering Committee and National Co-ordinators (2009) Does abdominal obesity have a similar impact on cardiovascular disease and diabetes? A study of 91,246 ambulant patients in 27 European countries. Eur Heart J 30 (24): 3055–63.

Fraga JC, Calkoen EE, Gabra HO, McLaren CA, Roebuck DJ, Elliott MJ (2009) Aortopexy for persistent tracheal obstruction after double aortic arch repair. J Pediatr Surg 44 (7): 1454–7.

Fraga JC, Gabra HO, Calkoen EE, McLaren CA, Roebuck DJ, Elliott MJ (2009) Long segment congenital tracheal stenosis in twins successfully treated by slide tracheoplasty. J Pediatr Surg 44 (3): 640–3.

Frigiola A, Nordmeyer J, Bonhoeffer P (2009) Percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement. Coron Artery Dis 20 (3): 189–91.

Gebauer RA, Tomek V, Salameh A, Marek J, Chaloupecký V, Gebauer R, Matejka T, Vojtovic P, Janousek J (2009)Predictors of left ventricular remodelling and failure in right ventricular pacing in the young. Eur Heart J 30 (9): 1097–104.

Giardini A, Donti A, Sciarra F, Bronzetti G, Mariucci E, Picchio FM (2009) Long-term incidence of atrial fibrillation and flutter after transcatheter atrial septal defect closure in adults. Int J Cardiol 134 (1): 47–51.

Giardini A, Gholam C, Khambadkone S, Kostolny M (2009) Need for Comprehensive Vascular Assessment Before Surgical Repair of Aortic Coarctation in PHACES Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol n/a: n/a.

Giardini A, Hager A, Lammers AE, Derrick G, Müller J, Diller GP, Dimopoulos K, Odendaal D, Gargiulo G, Picchio FM, Gatzoulis MA (2009) Ventilatory efficiency and aerobic capacity predict event-free survival in adults with atrial repair for complete transposition of the great arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 53 (17): 1548–55.

Giardini A, Khambadkone S, Rizzo N, Riley G, Napoleone CP, Muthialu N, Picchio FM, Derrick G (2009) Determinants of exercise capacity after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. Am J Cardiol 104 (7): 1007–12

Giardini A, Specchia S, Gargiulo G, Sangiorgi D, Picchio FM (2009) Accuracy of oxygen uptake efficiency slope in adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol 133 (1): 74–9.

Giardini A, Tacy TA (2009)Pressure Recovery Explains Doppler Overestimation of Invasive Pressure Gradient across Segmental Vascular Stenosis. Echocardiography n/a: n/a.

Gimeno JR, Tomé-Esteban M, Lofiego C, Hurtado J, Pantazis A, Mist B, Lambiase P, McKenna WJ, Elliott PM (2009) Exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias and risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 30 (21): 2599–605.

Griffin HR, Hall DH, Topf A, Eden J, Stuart AG, Parsons J, Peart I, Deanfield JE, O'Sullivan J, Babu-Narayan SV, Gatzoulis MA, Bu'lock FA, Bhattacharya S, Bentham J, Farrall M, Riveron JG, Brook JD, Burn J, Cordell HJ, Goodship JA, Keavney B (2009) Genetic variation in VEGF does not contribute significantly to the risk of congenital cardiovascular malformation. PLoS One 4 (3): e4978

Halcox JP, Donald AE, Ellins E, Witte DR, Shipley MJ, Brunner EJ, Marmot MG, Deanfield JE (2009) Endothelial function predicts progression of carotid intima-media thickness. Circulation 119 (7): 1005–12

Hallas C, Banner NR, Wray J. A qualitative study of the psychological experience of patients during and after mechanical cardiac support. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 2009; 24(1):31-9

Hallas C, Howard C, Wray J. Understanding panic disorder in chronic respiratory disease. British Journal of Nursing 2009;18:527-529

Haworth SG, Hislop AA (2009) Treatment and survival in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension: the UK Pulmonary Hypertension Service for Children 2001-2006. Heart 95 (4): 312–7.

Hildreth V, Anderson RH, Henderson DJ (2009) Autonomic innervation of the developing heart: origins and function. Clin Anat 22 (1): 36–46

Horsthuis T, Christoffels VM, Anderson RH, Moorman AF (2009)Can recent insights into cardiac development improve our understanding of congenitally malformed hearts?. Clin Anat 22 (1): 4–20.

Hoschtitzky JA, Trivedi DB, Elliott MJ (2009) Saved by the video: added value of recording surgical procedures on video. Ann Thorac Surg 87 (3): 940–1.

Hothi DK, Rees L, Marek J, Burton J, McIntyre CW (2009) Pediatric myocardial stunning underscores the cardiac toxicity of conventional hemodialysis treatments. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4 (4): 790–7

Howard C, Hallas CN, Wray J, Carby M.  The relationship between illness perceptions and panic in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Behavior Research and Therapy 2009;47(1):71-6

Howard F, Brown KL, Garside V, Walker I, Elliott MJ (2009) Fast-track paediatric cardiac surgery: the feasibility and benefits of a protocol for uncomplicated cases. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg n/a: n/a.

Huber CH, Hurni M, Tsang V, von Segesser LK (2009) Valved stents for transapical pulmonary valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 137 (4): 914–8.

Hutchinson S, Wray J, Banda P, Cumper M, Wooton J. The information jigsaw. In: Cook K, Langton H. (eds) Cardiothoracic care for children and young people: a multidisciplinary approach.  2009: Wiley-Blackwell

Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Lacour-Gayet FG, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Bacha E, Maruszewski B, Clarke DR, Tchervenkov CI, Gaynor JW, Spray TL, Stellin G, O'Bien SM, Elliott MJ, Mavroudis C (2009) Stratification of complexity improves the utility and accuracy of outcomes analysis in a Multi-Institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database: Application of the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) and Aristotle Systems in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Pediatr Cardiol 30 (8): 1117–30.

Kanani M, Tsang V, Cook A, Kostolny M (2009) Re-repair of the left atrioventricular valve in atrioventricular septal defects: the morphologic approach to the role of Gore-tex band reduction annuloplasty. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg n/a: n/a

Karimova A, Brown K, Ridout D, Beierlein W, Cassidy J, Smith J, Pandya H, Firmin R, Liddell M, Davis C, Goldman A (2009) Neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: practice patterns and predictors of outcome in the UK. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 94 (2): F129–32

Kaski JP, Daubeney PE (2009) Normalization of echocardiographically derived paediatric cardiac dimensions to body surface area: time for a standardized approach. Eur J Echocardiogr 10 (1): 44–5.

Kaski JP, Syrris P, Esteban MT, Jenkins S, Pantazis A, Deanfield JE, McKenna WJ, Elliott PM (2009) Prevalence of sarcomere protein gene mutations in preadolescent children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2 (5): 436–41

Kaski JP, Wolfenden J, Magee A (2009) Obliteration of left superior caval vein draining to the left atrium during spontaneous closure of ventricular septal defect. Eur J Echocardiogr 10 (1): 160–2.

Kidane AG, Burriesci G, Cornejo P, Dooley A, Sarkar S, Bonhoeffer P, Edirisinghe M, Seifalian AM (2009) Current developments and future prospects for heart valve replacement therapy. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 88 (1): 290–303.

Kidane AG, Burriesci G, Edirisinghe M, Ghanbari H, Bonhoeffer P, Seifalian AM (2009) A novel nanocomposite polymer for development of synthetic heart valve leaflets. Acta Biomater 5 (7): 2409–17

Kilner PJ, Balossino R, Dubini G, Babu-Narayan SV, Taylor AM, Pennati G, Migliavacca F (2009) Pulmonary regurgitation: the effects of varying pulmonary artery compliance, and of increased resistance proximal or distal to the compliance. Int J Cardiol 133 (2): 157–66

Kuper H, Nicholson A, Kivimaki M, Aitsi-Selmi A, Cavalleri G, Deanfield JE, Heuschmann P, Jouven X, Malyutina S, Mayosi BM, Sans S, Thomsen T, Witteman JC, Hingorani AD, Lawlor DA, Hemingway H (2009) Evaluating the causal relevance of diverse risk markers: horizontal systematic review. BMJ 339: b4265.

Lambiase PD, Ahmed AK, Ciaccio EJ, Brugada R, Lizotte E, Chaubey S, Ben-Simon R, Chow AW, Lowe MD, McKenna WJ (2009) High-density substrate mapping in Brugada syndrome: combined role of conduction and repolarization heterogeneities in arrhythmogenesis. Circulation 120 (2): 106–17, 1–4.

Lammers AE, Hislop AA, Haworth SG (2009) Prognostic value of B-type natriuretic peptide in children with pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol 135 (1): 21–6.

Lammers AE, Munnery E, Hislop AA, Haworth SG (2009) Heart rate variability predicts outcome in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Int J Cardiol Not given: Not given

Levitt G, Anazodo A, Burch M, Bunch K (2009) Cardiac or cardiopulmonary transplantation in childhood cancer survivors: an increasing need?. Eur J Cancer 45 (17): 3027–34.

Limongelli G, Pacileo G, Calabroʼ P, Rea A, Masarone D, Di Salvo G, Dʼandrea A, Vatta M, Elliott PM, Calabroʼ R (2009) Right ventricular hypertrabeculation associated with double-outlet left ventricle: exaggeration of a normal pattern or right ventricular cardiomyopathy?. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) n/a: n/a.

Loukas M, Bilinsky S, Bilinsky E, el-Sedfy A, Anderson RH (2009) Cardiac veins: a review of the literature. Clin Anat 22 (1): 129–45.

Loukas M, Bilinsky S, Bilinsky E, Petru M, Anderson RH (2009) The clinical anatomy of the coronary collateral circulation. Clin Anat 22 (1): 146–60.

Loukas M, Groat C, Khangura R, Owens DG, Anderson RH (2009) The normal and abnormal anatomy of the coronary arteries. Clin Anat 22 (1): 114–28

Lurz P, Gaudin R, Taylor AM, Bonhoeffer P (2009) Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu Not given: 112–7.

Lurz P, Muthurangu V, Schievano S, Nordmeyer J, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM, Hansen MS (2009) Feasibility and reproducibility of biventricular volumetric assessment of cardiac function during exercise using real-time radial k-t SENSE magnetic resonance imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 29 (5): 1062–1070

Lurz P, Nordmeyer J, Coats L, Taylor AM, Bonhoeffer P, Schulze-Neick I (2009) Immediate clinical and haemodynamic benefits of restoration of pulmonary valvar competence in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Heart 95 (8): 646–50.

Lurz P, Nordmeyer J, Muthurangu V, Khambadkone S, Derrick G, Yates R, Sury M, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM (2009) Comparison of bare metal stenting and percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for treatment of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction: use of an x-ray/magnetic resonance hybrid laboratory for acute physiological assessment. Circulation 119 (23): 2995–3001.

Lurz P, Puranik R, Nordmeyer J, Muthurangu V, Hansen MS, Schievano S, Marek J, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM (2009) Improvement in left ventricular filling properties after relief of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit obstruction: contribution of septal motion and interventricular mechanical delay. Eur Heart J 30 (18): 2266–74.

Mahmoud M, Borthwick GM, Hislop AA, Arthur HM (2009) Endoglin and activin receptor-like-kinase 1 are co-expressed in the distal vessels of the lung: implications for two familial vascular dysplasias, HHT and PAH. Lab Invest 89 (1): 15–25.

Mangat JS, Carter C, Riley G, Foo Y, Burch M (2009) The clinical utility of brain natriuretic peptide in paediatric left ventricular failure. Eur J Heart Fail 11 (1): 48–52.

Marston S, Copeland O, Jacques A, Livesey K, Tsang V, McKenna WJ, Jalilzadeh S, Carballo S, Redwood C, Watkins H (2009) Evidence from human myectomy samples that MYBPC3 mutations cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy through haploinsufficiency. Circ Res 105 (3): 219–22.

Masi S, Charakida M, Wang G, O'Neill F, Taddei S, Deanfield J (2009) Hope for the future: early recognition of increased cardiovascular risk in children and how to deal with it. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16 Suppl 1: S61–4.

McGrath KC, Li XH, Puranik R, Liong EC, Tan JT, Dy VM, DiBartolo BA, Barter PJ, Rye KA, Heather AK (2009)Role of 3beta-hydroxysteroid-delta 24 reductase in mediating antiinflammatory effects of high-density lipoproteins in endothelial cells. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 29 (6): 877–82.

Michaelides AP, Stamatopoulos I, Antoniades C, Anastasakis A, Kotsiopoulou C, Theopistou A, Misailidou M, Fourlas C, Elliott PM, Stefanadis C (2009) ST segment "hump" during exercise testing and the risk of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 14 (2): 158–64.

Momenah TS, El Oakley R, Al Najashi K, Khoshhal S, Al Qethamy H, Bonhoeffer P (2009) Extended application of percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol 53 (20): 1859–63

Moon JC, McKenna WJ (2009) The emerging role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in refining the diagnosis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 6 (3): 166–7.

Moulik M, Vatta M, Witt SH, Arola AM, Murphy RT, McKenna WJ, Boriek AM, Oka K, Labeit S, Bowles NE, Arimura T, Kimura A, Towbin JA (2009) ANKRD1, the gene encoding cardiac ankyrin repeat protein, is a novel dilated cardiomyopathy gene. J Am Coll Cardiol 54 (4): 325–33.

Nordmeyer J, Tsang V, Gaudin R, Lurz P, Frigiola A, Jones A, Schievano S, van Doorn C, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor AM (2009) Quantitative assessment of homograft function 1 year after insertion into the pulmonary position: impact of in situ homograft geometry on valve competence. Eur Heart J 30 (17): 2147–54.

O'Neill SG, Woldman S, Bailliard F, Norman W, McEwan J, Isenberg DA, Taylor AM, Rahman A (2009) Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis 68 (9): 1478–81.

Pace Napoleone C, Oppido G, Angeli E, Giardini A, Resciniti E, Gargiulo G (2009) Results of the modified Fontan procedure are not related to age at operation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg n/a: n/a.

Pantazis AA, Elliott PM (2009) Left ventricular noncompaction. Curr Opin Cardiol 24 (3): 209–13.

Partridge JB, Anderson RH (2009) Left ventricular anatomy: its nomenclature, segmentation, and planes of imaging. Clin Anat 22 (1): 77–84

Pasquale F, Tomé-Esteban MT, Morgagni R, Elliott P (2009) Provokable left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in a patient without hypertrophy. Nat Rev Cardiol 6 (4): 313–6

Patel S, Puranik R, Nakhla S, Lundman P, Stocker R, Wang XS, Lambert G, Rye KA, Barter PJ, Nicholls SJ, Celermajer DS (2009) Acute hypertriglyceridaemia in humans increases the triglyceride content and decreases the anti-inflammatory capacity of high density lipoproteins. Atherosclerosis 204 (2): 424–8.

Prandstraller D, Mazzanti L, Giardini A, Lovato L, Tamburrino F, Scarano E, Cicognani A, Fattori R, Picchio FM (2009) Correlations of phenotype and genotype in relation to morphologic remodelling of the aortic root in patients with Turner's syndrome. Cardiol Young 19 (3): 264–71.

Pratesi G, Pulli R, Fargion A, Marek J, Troisi N, Dorigo W, Innocenti AA, Pratesi C (2009) Alternative hybrid reconstruction for bilateral common and internal iliac artery aneurysms associated with external iliac artery occlusion. J Endovasc Ther 16 (5): 638–41

Priestley-Barnham L, Kennedy F, Wray J.  Transition to adult services. In: Cook K, Langton H.  (eds) Cardiothoracic care for children and young people: a multidisciplinary approach.  2009: Wiley-Blackwell

Puranik R, Fox OJ, Sullivan DS, Duflou J, Bao S (2009) Inflammatory characteristics of premature coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiol n/a: n/a

Puranik R, Tsang VT, Broadley A, Nordmeyer J, Lurz P, Muthialu N, Graham D, Walker F, Cullen S, de Leval M, Bonhoeffer P, Taylor A, Muthurangu V (2009) Functional Outcomes After the Ross (Pulmonary Autograft) Procedure assessed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Heart n/a: n/a

Puranik R, Tsang VT, Puranik S, Jones R, Cullen S, Bonhoeffer P, Hughes ML, Taylor AM (2009) Late magnetic resonance surveillance of repaired coarctation of the aorta. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 36 (1): 91–5; discussion 95.

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