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    • Habermann, Alyssa C., James M. Meza, Ashley N. Dischinger, Lillian Kang, Neel K. Prabhu, Abigail R. Benkert, Joseph W. Turek, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Predictors of increased postoperative length of stay after complete atrioventricular canal repair.” Cardiol Young, September 28, 2022, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951122003067.
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    • Prabhu, Neel K., Joseph R. Nellis, James M. Meza, Abigail R. Benkert, Alexander Zhu, Andrew W. McCrary, Veerajalandhar Allareddy, Nicholas D. Andersen, and Joseph W. Turek. “Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion During the Norwood Operation and Postoperative Recovery.” Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, February 14, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2022.02.003.
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    • Meza, James M., Joseph R. Nellis, J Scott Rankin, Ryan M. Wolsky, Vinay Badhwar, G Chad Hughes, and Joseph W. Turek. “Complex Repair of a Completely Fused Nullicuspid Aortic Valve Late in Adolescence.” World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 12, no. 6 (November 2021): 790–93. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501351211017854.
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    • Prabhu, Neel K., Alexander Zhu, James M. Meza, Kevin D. Hill, Gregory A. Fleming, Reid C. Chamberlain, Andrew J. Lodge, Joseph W. Turek, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Transition to Ductal Stenting for Single Ventricle Patients Led to Improved Survival: An Institutional Case Series.” World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 12, no. 4 (July 2021): 518–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501351211007808.
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    • Meza, James M., Neel Prabhu, Reid C. Chamberlain, Joseph W. Turek, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Commentary: Ductal stenting for ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow: Time for an exclusive club to expand its membership?” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 161, no. 2 (February 2021): 392–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.07.069.
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    • Nellis, Joseph R., Nicolas D. Drysdale, Megan A. Evans, Alyssa C. Habermann, James M. Meza, Nicholas D. Andersen, Mani A. Daneshmand, and Joseph W. Turek. “Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery Repair Through an Anterior Minithoracotomy.” Innovations (Phila) 16, no. 5 (2021): 480–84. https://doi.org/10.1177/15569845211031541.
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    • Ranney, David N., Alyssa C. Habermann, James M. Meza, Joseph W. Turek, Andrew J. Lodge, Travis P. Vesel, Sonya Kirmani, Jacob N. Schroder, and Nicholas D. Andersen. “Implantation of a HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device in a 21-kg pediatric patient with Fontan failure.” J Card Surg 35, no. 12 (December 2020): 3634–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15088.
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    • Meza, James M., Nicholas D. Andersen, and Joseph W. Turek. “Commentary: The over/under is set at 17? Let's not gamble with discharge after the Norwood operation.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 160, no. 4 (October 2020): 1033–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.11.094.
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    • Hinton, Zoe W., James M. Meza, Alyssa C. Habermann, Nicholas D. Andersen, Mani A. Daneshmand, and Joseph W. Turek. “Right Anterior Mini-Incision Approach to Anomalous Right Coronary Artery Repair.” World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 11, no. 2 (March 2020): 215–16. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135119892928.
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    • Wolsky, Ryan M., J Scott Rankin, James M. Meza, G Chad Hughes, and Joseph W. Turek. “Geometric ring annuloplasty for bicuspid aortic valve repair in a child.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 159, no. 2 (February 2020): e135–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.06.047.
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    • Nellis, Joseph R., Andrew M. Vekstein, James M. Meza, Nicholas D. Andersen, John C. Haney, and Joseph W. Turek. “Left Anterior Mini-Incision for Pulmonary Valve Replacement Following Tetralogy of Fallot Repair.” Innovations (Phila) 15, no. 2 (2020): 106–10. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556984520911025.
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    • Meza, James M. “Commentary: Shouldering ever heavier burdens: Aortic root replacement in the context of depressed left ventricular ejection fraction.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 158, no. 4 (October 2019): 994–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.11.043.
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    • Karamlou, Tara, James M. Meza, Hani K. Najm, John J. Nigro, and Kevin D. Hill. “Single-ventricle reconstruction 2.0: A closer look at our understanding of care for infants undergoing the Norwood procedure.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 158, no. 3 (September 2019): 837-842.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.12.121.
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    • Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Sean M. O’Brien, Kevin D. Hill, S Ram Kumar, Erle H. Austin, J William Gaynor, Peter J. Gruber, et al. “Refining The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Mortality Risk Model With Enhanced Risk Adjustment for Chromosomal Abnormalities, Syndromes, and Noncardiac Congenital Anatomic Abnormalities.” Ann Thorac Surg 108, no. 2 (August 2019): 558–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.069.
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    • Slieker, Martijn G., James M. Meza, Paul J. Devlin, Phillip T. Burch, Tara Karamlou, William M. DeCampli, Brian W. McCrindle, et al. “Pre-intervention morphologic and functional echocardiographic characteristics of neonates with critical left heart obstruction: a Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) inception cohort study.” European Heart Journal. Cardiovascular Imaging 20, no. 6 (June 2019): 658–67. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jey141.
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    • Meza, James M., Paul J. Devlin, David M. Overman, David Gremmels, Gina Baffa, Meryl S. Cohen, Michael D. Quartermain, et al. “The Congenital Heart Surgeon's Society Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Cohort: Baseline, Preintervention Echocardiographic Characteristics.” Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 31, no. 1 (March 2019): 80–86. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.02.004.
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    • Devlin, Paul J., Brian W. McCrindle, James K. Kirklin, Eugene H. Blackstone, William M. DeCampli, Christopher A. Caldarone, Ali Dodge-Khatami, et al. “Intervention for arch obstruction after the Norwood procedure: Prevalence, associated factors, and practice variability.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 157, no. 2 (February 2019): 684-695.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.130.
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    • Meza, James M., Martijn Slieker, Eugene H. Blackstone, Luc Mertens, William M. DeCampli, James K. Kirklin, Mohsen Karimi, et al. “A novel, data-driven conceptualization for critical left heart obstruction.” Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 165 (October 2018): 107–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2018.08.014.
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    • Alaeddine, Mohamad, Vinay Badhwar, Maria V. Grau-Sepulveda, Lawrence M. Wei, Chris C. Cook, Michael E. Halkos, Vinod H. Thourani, et al. “Aortic clamping strategy and postoperative stroke.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 156, no. 4 (October 2018): 1451-1457.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.160.
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    • Kartha, Vyas M., Jeffrey P. Jacobs, David F. Vener, Kevin D. Hill, Neil A. Goldenberg, Sara K. Pasquali, James M. Meza, et al. “National Benchmarks for Proportions of Patients Receiving Blood Transfusions During Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 4 (October 2018): 1197–1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.088.
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    • Holst, Kimberly A., Joseph A. Dearani, Sameh M. Said, Ryan R. Davies, Christian Pizarro, Christopher Knott-Craig, TK Susheel Kumar, et al. “Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis.” Ann Thorac Surg 106, no. 3 (September 2018): 785–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.04.049.
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    • Jean-St-Michel, Emilie, James M. Meza, Jonathon Maguire, John Coles, and Brian W. McCrindle. “Survival to Stage II with Ventricular Dysfunction: Secondary Analysis of the Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial.” Pediatric Cardiology 39, no. 5 (June 2018): 955–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-018-1845-4.
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    • Cua, Clifford L., Patrick I. McConnell, James M. Meza, Kevin D. Hill, Shuaiqi Zhang, Diane Hersey, Tara Karamlou, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, and Mark Galantowicz. “Hybrid Palliation: Outcomes After the Comprehensive Stage 2 Procedure.” Ann Thorac Surg 105, no. 5 (May 2018): 1455–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.046.
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    • Meza, James M., Edward Hickey, Brian McCrindle, Eugene Blackstone, Brett Anderson, David Overman, James K. Kirklin, et al. “The Optimal Timing of Stage-2-Palliation After the Norwood Operation.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 105, no. 1 (January 2018): 193–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.041.
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    • Nellis, Joseph R., Zachary W. Fitch, Ashley Y. Choi, James M. Meza, Zebulon Z. Spector, Nicholas H. Von Bergen, Jose E. Torres, Jacob A. Klapper, Jude S. Sauer, and Joseph W. Turek. “A Minimally Invasive Approach for Placing Sew-On Epicardial Leads in the Child.” Innovations (Phila) 13, no. 6 (2018): 455–57. https://doi.org/10.1097/IMI.0000000000000568.
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    • Ranney, David N., Ehsan Benrashid, James M. Meza, Jeffrey E. Keenan, Desiree Bonadonna, Leila Mureebe, Mitchell W. Cox, and Mani A. Daneshmand. “Vascular Complications and Use of a Distal Perfusion Cannula in Femorally Cannulated Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.” Asaio J 64, no. 3 (2018): 328–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000656.
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    • Meza, James M., Edward J. Hickey, Eugene H. Blackstone, Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Brett R. Anderson, William G. Williams, Sally Cai, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Tara Karamlou, and Brian W. McCrindle. “The Optimal Timing of Stage 2 Palliation for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: An Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial Public Data Set.” Circulation 136, no. 18 (October 2017): 1737–48. https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.117.028481.
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    • Meza, James M., Matthew D. Elias, Travis J. Wilder, James E. O’Brien, Richard W. Kim, Constantine Mavroudis, William G. Williams, et al. “Exercise restriction is not associated with increasing body mass index over time in patients with anomalous aortic origin of the coronary arteries.” Cardiology in the Young 27, no. 8 (October 2017): 1538–44. https://doi.org/10.1017/s104795111700066x.
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    • Keeling, Brent, Vinod Thourani, Gorav Aliawadi, Sunghee Kim, Derek Cyr, Vinay Badhwar, Jeff P. Jacobs, et al. “Conversion From Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting to On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.” Ann Thorac Surg 104, no. 4 (October 2017): 1267–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.03.032.
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    • Foote, Darci C., James M. Meza, Vikram Sood, and Rishindra M. Reddy. “Assessment of Female Medical Students' Interest in Careers in Cardiothoracic Surgery.” Journal of Surgical Education 74, no. 5 (September 2017): 811–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2017.02.013.
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    • Andersen, Nicholas D., James M. Meza, Matthew R. Byler, Andrew J. Lodge, Kevin D. Hill, Christoph P. Hornik, and Robert D. B. Jaquiss. “Comparison of right ventricle-pulmonary artery shunt position in the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial.” J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 153, no. 6 (June 2017): 1490-1500.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.104.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Jeffrey D. Leimberger, Sean van Diepen, James Meza, Alice Wang, Rachael Jankowich, Robert W. Harrison, et al. “Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.” N Engl J Med 376, no. 21 (May 25, 2017): 2032–42. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1616218.
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    • Meza, James M., Robert D. B. Jaquiss, Brett R. Anderson, Michael-Alice Moga, James K. Kirklin, George Sarris, William G. Williams, Brian W. McCrindle, and Brian W. Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society. “Current Practices in the Timing of Stage 2 Palliation.” World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery 8, no. 2 (March 2017): 135–41. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135116677253.
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    • Iribarne, Alexander, Jeffrey Keenan, Ehsan Benrashid, Hanghang Wang, James M. Meza, Asvin Ganapathi, Jeffrey G. Gaca, Han W. Kim, Lynne M. Hurwitz, and G Chad Hughes. “Imaging Surveillance After Proximal Aortic Operations: Is it Necessary?” Ann Thorac Surg 103, no. 3 (March 2017): 734–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.085.
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    • Elias, Matthew D., James Meza, Brian W. McCrindle, Julie A. Brothers, Stephen Paridon, and Meryl S. Cohen. “Effects of Exercise Restriction on Patients With Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery.” World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery 8, no. 1 (January 2017): 18–24. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150135116674444.
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    • Zhu, Jiaquan, James Meza, Atsuko Kato, Arezou Saedi, Devin Chetan, Rachel Parker, Christopher A. Caldarone, Brian W. McCrindle, Glen S. Van Arsdell, and Osami Honjo. “Pulmonary flow study predicts survival in pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries.” The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 152, no. 6 (December 2016): 1494-1503.e1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.07.082.
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    • Mehta, Rajendra H., Sean Van Diepen, James Meza, Paula Bokesch, Jeffrey D. Leimberger, Sandra Tourt-Uhlig, Merri Swartz, et al. “Levosimendan in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass: Rationale and study design of the Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass (LEVO-CTS) trial.” Am Heart J 182 (December 2016): 62–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2016.09.001.
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    • Benrashid, Ehsan, Hanghang Wang, Jeffrey E. Keenan, Nicholas D. Andersen, James M. Meza, Richard L. McCann, and G Chad Hughes. “Evolving practice pattern changes and outcomes in the era of hybrid aortic arch repair.” J Vasc Surg 63, no. 2 (February 2016): 323–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2015.09.004.
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    • Castleberry, Anthony W., Adam D. DeVore, Kevin W. Southerland, James M. Meza, William D. Irish, Joseph G. Rogers, Carmelo A. Milano, and Chetan B. Patel. “Assessing Consequences of Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation Versus Left Ventricular Assist Devices at the Time of Heart Transplantation.” Asaio J 62, no. 3 (2016): 232–39. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000000329.
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    • Gulack, Brian C., Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Paul J. Speicher, James M. Meza, Lin Gu, Xiaofei Wang, Thomas A. D’Amico, Matthew G. Hartwig, and Mark F. Berry. “The impact of tumor size on the association of the extent of lymph node resection and survival in clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer.” Lung Cancer 90, no. 3 (December 2015): 554–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2015.10.011.
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    • Gulack, Brian C., Asvin M. Ganapathi, Paul J. Speicher, James M. Meza, Sameer A. Hirji, Laurie D. Snyder, R Duane Davis, and Matthew G. Hartwig. “What Is the Optimal Transplant for Older Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis?” Ann Thorac Surg 100, no. 5 (November 2015): 1826–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.05.008.
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    • Meza, James M., John E. Rectenwald, and Rishindra M. Reddy. “The bias against integrated thoracic surgery residency applicants during general surgery interviews.” The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 99, no. 4 (April 2015): 1206–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.11.053.
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    • Gulack, Brian C., James M. Meza, Shu S. Lin, Matthew G. Hartwig, and R Duane Davis. “Reflux and allograft dysfunction: is there a connection?” Thorac Surg Clin 25, no. 1 (2015): 97–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thorsurg.2014.09.006.
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    • Meza, James M., and Sandra L. Wong. “Surgical options for advanced/metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors.” Current Problems in Cancer 35, no. 5 (September 2011): 283–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2011.09.003.
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    • Ranney, David N., Ehsan Benrashid, James M. Meza, Jeffrey E. Keenan, Desiree K. Bonadonna, Raquel Bartz, Carmelo A. Milano, et al. “Central Cannulation as a Viable Alternative to Peripheral Cannulation in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.” Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 29, no. 2 (n.d.): 188–95. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.02.007.
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