Jason Williams

Journal Article Pediatr Cardiol · August 2024 Our essay discusses the impact of underrepresentation in medical training, with a focus on pediatric cardiology. We use the perspective of a physician who is underrepresented in medicine (URiM), and has chosen to pursue a career in pediatric cardiology, to ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Association of Race and Ethnicity with Mortality in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: a Systematic Review.

Journal Article J Racial Ethn Health Disparities · August 2024 CONTEXT: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common condition with high morbidity and mortality and is subject to racial and ethnic health disparities. OBJECTIVE: To conduct a systematic review of the literature to identify differences in mortality in pedi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Detection of occult thrombosis in individuals with Fontan circulation by cardiac MRI.

Journal Article Cardiol Young · July 2024 OBJECTIVE: Identifying thrombus formation in Fontan circulation has been highly variable, with reports between 17 and 33%. Initially, thrombus detection was mainly done through echocardiograms. Delayed-enhancement cardiac MRI is emerging as a more effectiv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Gaps in Care in Children with Congenital Heart Disease.

Conference Pediatr Cardiol · June 2024 Adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) benefit from cardiology follow-up at recommended intervals of ≤ 2 years. However, benefit for children is less clear given limited studies and unclear current guidelines. We hypothesize there are identifiable risk ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diffuse myocardial fibrosis is uncommon in people with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Journal Article AIDS Res Ther · March 4, 2024 BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death in people living with HIV. Myocardial fibrosis is well-described in HIV infection acquired in adulthood. We evaluate the burden of fibrosis by cardiac magnetic resonance in people wi ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of pulmonary stenosis on right ventricular global longitudinal strain in repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients post transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.

Journal Article Echocardiography · February 2024 BACKGROUND: Mixed pulmonary disease with pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and stenosis (PS) in repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF) can negatively impact ventricular health. Myocardial strain has been shown to be more sensitive at detecting occult ventricular d ... Full text Link to item Cite

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2022 Cases of SCMR case series.

Journal Article J Cardiovasc Magn Reson · 2024 "Cases of SCMR" is a case series on the SCMR website (https://www.scmr.org) for the purpose of education. The cases reflect the clinical presentation, and the use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pediatric Myocarditis.

Journal Article Cardiol Ther · June 2023 Myocarditis is a condition caused by acute or chronic inflammation of the cardiac myocytes, resulting in associated myocardial edema and myocardial injury or necrosis. The exact incidence is unknown, but is likely underestimated, with more mild cases going ... Full text Link to item Cite

Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2020 Case of the Week series.

Journal Article J Cardiovasc Magn Reson · October 11, 2021 The Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) is an international society focused on the research, education, and clinical application of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Case of the week is a case series hosted on the SCMR website ( htt ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Coronary artery ectasia in post-pericardiotomy syndrome.

Journal Article Echocardiography · September 2021 Post-pericardiotomy syndrome (PPS) is a common inflammatory process following cardiac surgery, in which the pericardial space was opened. Pericardial effusion (PE) is a common manifestation in PPS; however, coronary artery dilation is not associated with P ... Full text Link to item Cite

Causes of Death in Infants and Children with Congenital Heart Disease.

Journal Article Pediatric cardiology · August 2021 With improved surgical outcomes, infants and children with congenital heart disease (CHD) may die from other causes of death (COD) other than CHD. We sought to describe the COD in youth with CHD in North Carolina (NC). Patients from birth to 20 years of ag ... Full text Cite

An Unusual Association: Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return and Aortic Arch Obstruction in Patients with Cat Eye Syndrome.

Journal Article J Pediatr Genet · March 2021 Cat eye syndrome (CES) is a rare genetic defect, characterized by iris colobomas, preauricular skin tags, and anal malformations. Affecting 1 in 150,000 people, this defect is caused by duplication or triplication of the proximal long (q) arm of chromosome ... Full text Link to item Cite

Left-sided congenitally unguarded tricuspid valve with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: A rare diagnosis confirmed by three-dimensional echocardiography.

Journal Article Echocardiography · July 2020 Left-sided unguarded tricuspid valve disease with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a rare cardiac malformation, only reported a few times in the literature. Two-dimensional echocardiography (2DE) uses standard views to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Sedated Echocardiograms Better Characterize Branch Pulmonary Arteries Following Bidirectional Glenn Palliation with Minimal Risk of Adverse Events.

Journal Article Pediatr Cardiol · June 2020 Patients post-bidirectional Glenn (BDG) operation are at risk of left and right pulmonary artery (LPA and RPA) hypoplasia. Transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) in active children can miss essential elements of anatomy. Procedural sedation improves image qua ... Full text Link to item Cite

CASE 6--2012: suspected amiodarone hepatotoxicity after cardiac surgery.

Journal Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · August 2012 Full text Link to item Cite