Selected Publications

Christine Falkensammer: Fetal Cardiology. Rudolph's Pediatrics 24th edition 2023, in press.

Taylor Hartzel Houlihan, Jill Combs, Elizabeth Smith, Elizabeth Coulter, Lucia Figueroa, Christine Falkensammer, Jill Savla, Elizabeth Goldmuntz, Karl Degenhardt, Anita Szwast, Amanda Shillingford, Jack Rychik: Parental Impressions and Perspectives of Efficacy in Prenatal Counseling for Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatric Cardiology Dec 2023.

Zuckerberg JC, Matsubara D, Kauffman HL, Chang JC, Calderon-Anyosa R, Patel C, Hogarty AN, Falkensammer CB, Mercer-Rosa LM, Quartermain MD, Wang Y, Banerjee A: Left atrial stiffness and strain are novel indices of left ventricular diastolic function in children: validation followed by application in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children due to COVID-19. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging May 2023.

Punn R, Falkensammer CB, Blinder JJ, Fifer CG, Thorsson T, Perens G, Federman M, Gupta P, Best T, Arya B, Chan T, Sherman-Levine S, Smith SN, Axelrod DM, Roth SJ, Tacy TA: Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Predictors of Mortality in Pediatric Patients on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Multicenter Investigation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 36(2): 233-241, Feb 2023.

Evelyn K. Shih, Lauren A. Beslow, Shobha S. Natarajan, Christine B. Falkensammer, Steven R. Messe, and Rebecca N. Ichord: Prevalence of Patent Foramen Ovale in a Cohort of Children with Cryptogenic Ischemic Stroke. Neurology 97(21): e2096-e2102, Nov 2021.

Jill J. Savla; Jack Rychik; Karl Degenhardt; Christine B. Falkensammer; Jill Combs; and Anita L. Szwast: Risk Factors for Adverse Outcome in Prenatally Diagnosed Heterotaxy Syndrome in the Current Era. American Heart Association’s Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA 2021 Notes: poster.

Kasey J. Chaszczewski, Sarah Perelman, Christine B. Falkensammer, Nahla Khalek, Chengcheng Pang, Zhiyun Tian, Jack Rychik: Fetoscopic Selective Laser Photocoagulation of Placental Anastomoses Leads to Early Reduction of Cardiovascular Burden in the Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. American Heart Association’s Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA 2021 Notes: poster.

K. Chaszczweski, J. DiFrancesco, C. Pascua, A. Banerjee, S. Ewing, C.B. Falkensammer, D. Goldberg, E. Goldmuntz, M. Jolley, L. Mercer-Rosa, M. O'Connor, L. Rogers, J. Savla, A. Shillingford, A. Szwast, S. Fuller, M. Cohen, M. Quartermain, S. Natarajan: Implementing a Quality Improvement Tool to Systematically Identify Discrepancies between Preoperative Echocardiographic Findings and Intraoperative Inspection in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Repair for Congenital Heart Defects. American Society of Echocardiography, virtual 2020 Notes: poster.

C.B. Falkensammer, Z. Tian, M.A. Harris, L. Mercer-Rosa, J. Rychik: Natural history, associated findings and outcome of prenatally diagnosed ventricular aneurysms. International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology World Congress, virtual 2020 Notes: poster.

Goudar SP, Zak V, Atz AM, Altmann K, Colan SD, Falkensammer CB, Friedberg MK, Frommelt M, Hill KD, Hsu DT, Levine JC, Margossian R, Mart CR, Sticka J, Shrader P, Shirali G; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators.: Comparison of echocardiographic measurements to invasive measurements of diastolic function in infants with single ventricle physiology: a report from the Pediatric Heart Network Infant Single Ventricle Trial. Cardiol Young 29(10): 1248-1256, Oct 2019.