Browsing by Author "DiNardo, James"

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    • Development of a Charge Adjustment Model for Cardiac Catheterization 

      Brennan, Andrew; Gauvreau, Kimberlee; Connor, Jean; O’Connell, Cheryl; David, Sthuthi; Almodovar, Melvin; DiNardo, James; Banka, Puja; Mayer, John E.; Marshall, Audrey C.; Bergersen, Lisa (Springer US, 2014)
      A methodology that would allow for comparison of charges across institutions has not been developed for catheterization in congenital heart disease. A single institution catheterization database with prospectively collected ...

    • Phosphodiesterase Inhibitor‐Based Vasodilation Improves Oxygen Delivery and Clinical Outcomes Following Stage 1 Palliation 

      Mills, Kimberly I.; Kaza, Aditya K.; Walsh, Brian K.; Bond, Hilary C.; Ford, Mackenzie; Wypij, David; Thiagarajan, Ravi R.; Almodovar, Melvin C.; Quinonez, Luis G.; Baird, Christopher W.; Emani, Sitaram E.; Pigula, Frank A.; DiNardo, James A.; Kheir, John N. (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2016)
      Background: Systemic vasodilation using α‐receptor blockade has been shown to decrease the incidence of postoperative cardiac arrest following stage 1 palliation (S1P), primarily when utilizing the modified Blalock‐Taussig ...

    • The Safety and Efficacy of Antifibrinolytic Therapy in Neonatal Cardiac Surgery 

      Lin, Chih-Yuan; Shuhaiber, Jeffery H.; Loyola, Hugo; Liu, Hua; del Nido, Pedro; DiNardo, James A.; Pigula, Frank A. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Background: Neonates undergoing open-heart surgery are particularly at risk of postoperative bleeding requiring blood transfusion. Aprotinin has attained high efficacy in reducing the requirement for a blood transfusion ...