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1. A novel association of biventricular cardiac noncompaction and diabetic embryopathy: case report and review of the literature. Woo JS, Perez-Rosendahl M, Haydel D, Perens G, Fishbein MC. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2015 Jan-Feb;18(1):71-5. doi: 10.2350/14-07-1532-CR.1. Epub 2014 Nov 11. Review. PMID: 25386687 Similar articles. Select item 25108499
2. Posterolateral hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a rare, but clinically significant variant of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Seki A, Perens G, Fishbein MC. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2014 Nov-Dec;23(6):381-2. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2014.07.002. Epub 2014 Jul 15. PMID: 25108499 Similar articles. Select item 23518027
3. Primary endocardial fibroelastosis: an underappreciated cause of cardiomyopathy in children. Seki A, Patel S, Ashraf S, Perens G, Fishbein MC. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2013 Sep-Oct;22(5):345-50. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2013.02.003. Epub 2013 Mar 19. PMID: 23518027. Similar articles. Select item 23696469
4. First report of a de novo 18q11.2 microdeletion including GATA6 associated with complex congenital heart disease and renal abnormalities. Bui PH, Dorrani N, Wong D, Perens G, Dipple KM, Quintero-Rivera F. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Jul;161A(7):1773-8. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35974. Epub 2013 May 21. PMID: 23696469 Similar articles. Select item 22475572
5. Canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling in epicardial fibrosis of failed pediatric heart allografts with diastolic dysfunction. Ye B, Ge Y, Perens G, Hong L, Xu H, Fishbein MC, Li F. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2013 Jan-Feb;22(1):54-7. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2012.03.004. Epub 2012 Apr 2. PMID: 22475572 Free PMC Article. Similar articles. Select item 21640617
6. Diverse morphologic manifestations of cardiac allograft vasculopathy: a pathologic study of 64 allograft hearts. Lu WH, Palatnik K, Fishbein GA, Lai C, Levi DS, Perens G, Alejos J, Kobashigawa J, Fishbein MC. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Sep;30(9):1044-50. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.04.008. Epub 2011 Jun 2. PMID: 21640617 Similar articles. Select item 20224752
7. Initial Experience with Sildenafil, Bosentan, and Nitric Oxide for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance before and after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation. Daftari B, Alejos JC, Perens G. J Transplant. 2010;2010:656984. doi: 10.1155/2010/656984. Epub 2010 Mar 10. PMID: 20224752 Free PMC Article. Similar articles. Select item 19017288
8. Clinico-pathologic findings in end-stage pediatric heart transplant grafts. Perens G, Li F, Meier S, Kaur R, Alejos JC, Fishbein M. Pediatr Transplant. 2009 Nov;13(7):887-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01087.x. Epub 2008 Oct 31. PMID: 19017288 Similar articles. Select item 19660618
9. The corrected QT interval before and after heart transplantation. Moore JP, Alejos JC, Perens G, Wong S, Shannon KM. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 15;104(4):596-601. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.04.024. Epub 2009 Jun 18. PMID: 19660618. Similar articles. Select item 18466430
10. Growth and weight gain of prepubertal children after cardiac transplantation. Peterson RE, Perens GS, Alejos JC, Wetzel GT, Chang RK. Pediatr Transplant. 2008 Jun;12(4)436-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00826.x. PMID: 18466430

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