Selected Publications

Bell S, Berger J, Boyle C, Edelson JB, Edwards JJ, Ha L, Lin KY, Maeda K, Rossano JW, Wittlieb-Weber CA, White R, O'Connor MJ: Characteristics and outcomes of children determined to be noncandidates for heart transplant. JHLT Open 4, May 2024.

Kamsheh AM, Meyers KE, Palermo RA, Wu L, Burstein DS, Edelson JB, Lin KY, Maeda K, Rossano JW, Wittlieb-Weber CA, O'Connor MJ: Hypertension: an important but reversible cause of systolic dysfunction in a cohort of pediatric patients. Pediatr Cardiol 45: 331-339, 2024.

Holzhauser L, Reza N, Edwards JJ, Birati EY, Owens AT, McLean R, Maeda K, O'Connor MJ, Rossano JW, Mondal A, Katcoff H, Edelson JB: Emergency department use and hospital mortality among heart transplant recipients in the United States. J Am Heart Assoc 13: e032676, 2024.

Ybarra AM, Kamsheh AM, O'Connor MJ, Hollander SA, Bano M, Ploutz M, Vaughn G, Lambert A, Wallendorf M, Kirklin J, Canter CE: Survival does not differ by annual center transplant volume-A Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Registry study. Pediatr Transplant 28: e14720, 2024.

O'Connor MJ, Shezad M, Ahmed H, Amdani S, Auerbach SR, Bearl DW, Butto A, Byrnes JW, Conway J, Dykes JC, Glass L, Lantz J, Law S, Mongé MC, Morales DLS, Parent JJ, Peng DM, Ploutz MS, Puri K, Shugh S, Shwaish NS, VanderPluym CJ, Wilkens S, Wright L, Zinn MD, Lorts A: Expanding use of the HeartMate 3 ventricular assist device in pediatric and adult patients within the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION). J Heart Lung Transplant Jul 2023.

Bansal N, D'Souza N, Wisotzkey BL, Albers E, Shih R, Exil V, McQueen M, Hillenburg JP, Azeka E, Law S, Peng DM, O'Connor M, Gajarski R, Vanderpluym C, Lorts A, Barnes A, Sojka M, Bano M, Keating M, Rosenthal DN, Conway J, Schroeder K, Nandi D: Successful implementation of telehealth visits in the paediatric heart failure and heart transplant population. Pediatr Cardiol Jul 2023.

Stack KO, Schluger C, Roberts AL, Lawrence K, Balsara S, Hunt M, Kaplinski M, Gardner MM, Ravishankar C, Rossano J, Goldberg DJ, Mahle M, O'Connor MJ, Mascio CE, Gaynor JW, Burstein D: Impact of Ventricular Dysfunction and Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation on Pre-Fontan Attrition. Ann Thorac Surg Jul 2023.

Boucek K, Alzubi A, Zafar F, O'Connor MJ, Mehegan M, Mokshagundam D, Davies RR, Adachi I, Lorts A, Rosenthal DN: Taking ACTION: A Prognostic Tool for Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Mortality. ASAIO J Jun 2023.

Restaino K, Zhang X, Faerber JA, Rossano JW, Burstein D, Wittlieb-Weber CA, Lin KY, Edelson JB, Edwards JJ, O'Connor MJ: Temporal trends in primary payers in pediatric heart transplant and association with long-term survival. Pediatr Transplant 27(5): e14484, May 2023.

Kwiatkowski DM, Shezad M, Barnes AP, Ploutz MS, Law SP, Zafar F, Morales DLS, O'Connor MJ; ACTION Network Investigators: Impact of weight on ventricular assist device outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy patients in pediatric centers: an ACTION registry study. ASAIO J 69(4): 496-503, May 2023.