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  1. Williams RJ, Houser L, Miner P, Aboulhosn J. Efficacy and Safety of Bosentan in Adults with Simple and Complex Eisenmenger's Syndrome. Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Jan;7(1):12-5.
  2. Child JS, Aboulhosn J: Adult Congenital heart disease. Chapter 236. In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 17th edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 2012 pp 1920-1928.
  3. Aboulhosn J, Child JS: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults. Chapter 82. Fuster V, Walsh RA, Harrington RA, et al; In Hurst's The Heart 13th edition, McGraw-Hill Medical, New York, 2011, pp 1884-1913.
  4. Aboulhosn J, Levi DS, Child JS. Common congenital heart disorders in adults: percutaneous therapeutic procedures. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2011 Jul;36(7):263-84.
  5. Bauer BS, Aboulhosn JA, Williams RJ, Child JS. Patients With Single-Ventricle Physiology: Prognostic Implications of Stress Testing. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 May 8.
  6. Yang-Ting S, Aboulhosn J, Sun XG, Child JS, Sietsema KE. Effects of pulmonary vasodilator therapy on ventilatory efficiency during exercise in adults with Eisenmenger syndrome. Congenit Heart Dis. 2011 Mar-Apr;6(2):139-46.
  7. Broberg CS, Aboulhosn J, Mongeon FP, Kay J, Valente AM, Khairy P, Earing MG, Opotowsky AR, Lui G, Gersony DR, Cook S, Ting JG, Webb G, Gurvitz MZ; Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC). Prevalence of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Adults With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot. Am J Cardiol. 2011 Feb 22.
  8. Lui GK, Silversides CK, Khairy P, Fernandes SM, Valente AM, Nickolaus MJ, Earing MG, Aboulhosn JA, Rosenbaum MS, Cook S, Kay JD, Jin Z, Gersony DR; Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC). Heart rate response during exercise and pregnancy outcome in women with congenital heart disease. Circulation. 2011 Jan 25;123(3):242-8.
  9. Valente AM, Bhatt AB, Cook S, Earing MG, Gersony DR, Aboulhosn J, Opotowsky AR, Lui G, Gurvitz M, Graham D, Fernandes SM, Khairy P, Webb G, Gerhard-Herman M, Landzberg MJ. The CALF (Congenital Heart Disease in Adults Lower Extremity Systemic Venous Health in Fontan Patients) Study. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2010; 56:144-150.
  10. Aboulhosn JA, Williams RJ, et al. Arrhythmia Recurrence in Adult Patients with Single Ventricle Physiology Following Surgical Fontan Conversion. Congenit Heart Dis. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 Sep;5(5):430-4.
  11. Khairy P, Aboulhosn J, Gurvitz MZ et al. Arrhythmia burden in adults with surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot: a multi-institutional study. Circulation 2010 Aug 31; 122(9): 868-75.
  12. Renella P, Aboulhosn JA, Lohan DG, Jonnala P, Finn JP, Satou GM, Williams RJ, Child JS. Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography Reliably Predict Severe Pulmonary Regurgitation as Quantified by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2010 Aug;23(8):880-6.
  13. Vaseghi M, Lee MS, Currier J, Tobis J, Shapiro S, Aboulhosn J. Percutaneous intervention of left main coronary artery compression by pulmonary artery aneurysm. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Mar 19.
  14. Dave AS, Aboulhosn J, Child JS, Shivkumar K. Transconduit puncture for catheter ablation of atrial tachycardia in a patient with extracardiac Fontan palliation. Heart Rhythm. 2010 Mar;7(3):413-6.
  15. Aboulhosn J, Levi D, Sopher M, Johnson A, Child JS, Laks H. Perventricular closure of a large ventricular septal defect in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 Jan;5(1):60-5.
  16. Child JS, Aboulhosn J: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, 3rd edition, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2009, pp 105-150.
  17. Child JS, Perloff JK, Pegues DA: Infective endocarditis in congenital heart disease. Chapter 8. Perloff JK, Child JS, AboulHosn J¬: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, 3rd edition, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 168-193.
  18. Child JS, Perloff JK, Koos B: Perloff JK, Management of pregnancy and contraception in congenital heart disease. Chapter 9. Perloff JK, Child JS, Aboulhosn J: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults, 3rd edition, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 2009, pp. 194-220.
  19. Aboulhosn JA, Child JS: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults; Chapter 46. In Hurst's The Heart Manual of Cardiology, 12th Edition. O'Rourke RA, Walsh R, Fuster V. McGraw-Hill Co, New York, 2009, pp 546-556.
  20. Aboulhosn JA, Child JS. A blue baby grows up. Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 Sep;4(5): 378-83.
  21. Saggar R, Saggar R, Aboulhosn J, Belperio JA, Zisman DA, Lynch JP 3rd. Diagnosis and hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Aug; 30 (4): 399-410.
  22. Aboulhosn J, Oudiz R, Dave AS, Ardehali A, Ross DJ. Successful tricuspid valve replacement in a patient with server pulmonary arterial hypertension and preserved right ventricular systolic function. Case Report Med. 2009:108295. Epub 2009. Jun 16.
  23. Seltzer S, Aboulhosn J, Levi DS. Use of Interlock fibered detachable coils for occlusion of collaterals, coronary artery fistulae, and patent ductus arteriosus. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 Apr 27 (Epub ahead of print).
  24. Cesario D, Kedia R, Desai N, Aboulhosn J, Uslan D, Boyle N, Fujimura O, Shehata M, Buch E, Shivkumar K. Device extraction in adults with congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Mar; 32 (3): 340-5.
  25. Truong T, Slavin L, Kashani R, Higgins J, Puri A, Chowdhry M, Cheung P, Tanious A, Child JS, Perloff JK, Tobis JM. Prevalence of migraine headaches in patients with congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2008;101:396-400. (View article)
  26. Child JS, Freed MD, Mavroudis C, Moodie DS, Tucker AL. Task force 9: training in the care of adult patients with congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008;51:389-93. (View article)
  27. Child JS: Adult Congenital heart disease. Chapter 229. In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 2008, pp 1458-1465.
  28. Aboulhosn J, Child JS: Congenital Heart Disease in Adults. Chapter 82, In Hurst: The Heart 12th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2008, pp 1922-1948.
  29. Khairy P, Aboulhosn J, et al. Multicenter research in adult congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol. 2008 Sep 26; 129 (2):155-9.
  30. Wu JC, Fishbein MC, Child JS. An unusual cause of stroke from a left atrial mass. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2007;20:537 e1-2. (View article)
  31. Pike NA, Evangelista LS, Doering LV, Koniak-Griffin D, Lewis AB, Child JS. Health-related quality of life: a closer look at related research in patients who have undergone the Fontan operation over the last decade. Heart Lung 2007;36:3-15. (View article)
  32. Perlowski AA, Aboulhosn J, Castellon Y, Miner P, Child JS. Relation of brain natriuretic peptide to myocardial performance index in adults with congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2007;100:110-4. (View article)
  33. Han TH, Perloff JK, Liao JC. Nitric oxide metabolism in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2007;99:691-5. (View article)
  34. Fenchel M, Saleh R, Dinh H, Lee MH, Nael K, Krishnam M, Ruehm SG, Miller S, Child J, Finn J P. Juvenile and adult congenital heart disease: time-resolved 3D contrast-enhanced MR angiography. Radiology 2007;244:399-410. (View article)
  35. Buch E, Lellouche N, De Diego C, Vaseghi M, Cesario DA, Fujimura O, Wiener I, Child JS, Boyle NG, Shivkumar K. Left ventricular apical wall motion abnormality is associated with lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Heart Rhythm 2007;4:1300-5. (View article)
  36. Aboulhosn J, Child JS. The adult with a Fontan operation. Curr Cardiol Rep 2007;9:331-5.
  37. Williams RG, Pearson GD, Barst RJ, Child JS, del Nido P, Gersony WM, Kuehl KS, Landzberg MJ, Myerson M, Neish SR, Sahn DJ, Verstappen A, Warnes CA, Webb CL. Report of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group on research in adult congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;47:701-7. (View article)
  38. Perloff JK, Middlekauf HR, Child JS, Stevenson WG, Miner PD, Goldberg GD. Usefulness of post-ventriculotomy signal averaged electrocardiograms in congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2006;98:1646-51. (View article)
  39. Moons P, Canobbio MM, Harrison J. The International Adult Congenital Heart Disease Nursing Network: coming together for the future. Prog Cardiovasc Nurs 2006;21:94-6.
  40. Mayr M, Zhang J, Greene AS, Gutterman D, Perloff J, Ping P. Proteomics-based development of biomarkers in cardiovascular disease: mechanistic, clinical, and therapeutic insights. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006;5:1853-64. (View article)
  41. Lill MC, Perloff JK, Child JS. Pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia in cyanotic congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2006;98:254-8. (View article)
  42. Finn JP, Saleh R, Thesen S, Ruehm SG, Lee MH, Grinstead J, Child JS, Laub G. MR imaging with remote control: feasibility study in cardiovascular disease. Radiology 2006;241:528-37. (View article)
  43. Dedkov EI, Perloff JK, Tomanek RJ, Fishbein MC, Gutterman DD. The coronary microcirculation in cyanotic congenital heart disease. Circulation 2006;114:196-200. (View article)
  44. Canobbio MM, Morris CD, Graham TP, Landzberg MJ. Pregnancy outcomes after atrial repair for transposition of the great arteries. Am J Cardiol 2006;98:668-72. (View article)
  45. Aboulhosn J, Child JS. Left ventricular outflow obstruction: subaortic stenosis, bicuspid aortic valve, supravalvar aortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. Circulation 2006;114:2412-22. (View article)
  46. Aboulhosn J, Child JS. Management after childhood repair of tetralogy of fallot. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med 2006;8:474-83.
  47. Sheehan R, Perloff JK, Fishbein MC, Gjertson D, Aberle DR. Pulmonary neovascularity: a distinctive radiographic finding in Eisenmenger syndrome. Circulation 2005;112:2778-85. (View article)
  48. Odim J, Laks H, Allada V, Child J, Wilson S, Gjertson D. Results of aortic valve-sparing and restoration with autologous pericardial leaflet extensions in congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:647-53; discussion 53-4. (View article)
  49. Gurvitz MZ, Chang RK, Ramos FJ, Allada V, Child JS, Klitzner TS. Variations in adult congenital heart disease training in adult and pediatric cardiology fellowship programs. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005;46:893-8. (View article)
  50. Fyfe A, Perloff JK, Niwa K, Child JS, Miner PD. Cyanotic congenital heart disease and coronary artery atherogenesis. Am J Cardiol 2005;96:283-90. (View article)
  51. Canobbio MM, Perloff JK, Rapkin AJ. Gynecological health of females with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol 2005;98:379-87. (View article)
  52. Brunken RC, Perloff JK, Czernin J, Campisi R, Purcell S, Miner PD, Child JS, Schelbert HR. Myocardial perfusion reserve in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005;289:H1798-806. (View article)
  53. Boechat MI, Ratib O, Williams PL, Gomes AS, Child JS, Allada V. Cardiac MR imaging and MR angiography for assessment of complex tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia. Radiographics 2005;25:1535-46. (View article)
  54. Aboulhosn J, French WJ, Buljubasic N, Matthews RV, Budoff MJ, Shavelle DM. Electron beam angiography for the evaluation of percutaneous atrial septal defect closure. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;65:565-8. (View article)
  55. Wu JC, Child JS. Common congenital heart disorders in adults. Curr Probl Cardiol 2004;29:641-700. (View article)
  56. Tede NH, Shivkumar K, Perloff JK, Middlekauff HR, Fishbein MC, Child JS, Laks H. Signal-averaged electrocardiogram in Ebstein's anomaly. Am J Cardiol 2004;93:432-6. (View article)
  57. Ratib O, Perloff JK, Child JS. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Unique discordance: thoracic situs solitus with left isomerism. Circulation 2004;109:2252-3. (View article)
  58. Ratib O, Perloff JK, Child JS. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Bicuspid aortic valve aneurysm. Circulation 2004;109:671. (View article)
  59. Perloff JK, Perloff M. Coronary artery bypass: a user's manual. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:172-7. (View article)
  60. Perloff JK. The coronary circulation in cyanotic congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol 2004;97 Suppl 1:79-86. (View article)
  61. Perloff JK. The Howard Gilman Foundation Lecture. Where have we come from and where are we going? Valve management past, present and future. Adv Cardiol 2004;41:1-8.
  62. Niwa K, Perloff JK, Webb GD, Murphy D, Liberthson R, Warnes C A, Gatzoulis MA. Survey of specialized tertiary care facilities for adults with congenital heart disease. Int J Cardiol 2004;96:211-6.
  63. Kaemmerer H, Meisner H, Hess J, Perloff JK. Surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus: a new historical perspective. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:1153-4.
  64. Chugh R, Perloff JK, Fishbein M, Child JS. Extramural coronary arteries in adults with cyanotic congenital heart disease. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:1355-7. (View article)
  65. Child JS. Fallot's tetralogy and pregnancy: prognostication and prophesy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004;44:181-3.
  66. Canobbio MM. Contraception for the adolescent and young adult with congenital heart disease. Nurs Clin North Am 2004;39:769-85.
  67. Anzai H, Child J, Natterson B, Krivokapich J, Fishbein MC, ChanVK, Tobis JM. Incidence of thrombus formation on the CardioSEAL and the Amplatzer interatrial closure devices. Am J Cardiol 2004;93:426-31. (View article)
  68. Child JS: Role of Echocardiography in Anatomic Imaging and Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Adult with Congenital Heart Disease. Chapter 6. Perloff JK
  69. Aboulhosn J, Child JS: Echocardiographic Evaluation of the Adult with Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease. Chapter --. In The Practice of Clinical Echocardiography, Otto C (Ed), 4th edition W.B. Saunders Philadelphia, in press.