Selected Publications
Hayes EA, Koehl D, Cantor R, Fisher LA, Azeka E, Mokshagundam D, Asante-Korang A, Rusconi P, O'Connor MJ, Nandi D, Kirklin JK, Boyle GJ: Long-term survival in children following heart transplantation Pediatr Transplant 29 : e70042,2025.
Amdani S, Shezad MF, Kroslowitz B, Townsend M, Joong A, Najm H, Marino BS, Rosenthal DN, Lorts A, O'Connor MJ: Outcomes for children with congenital heart disease undergoing ventricular assist device implantation: an ACTION registry analysis J Am Coll Cardiol 85 : 804-814,2025.
Edelson JB, Raskin A, Absi M, Adachi I, Aljohani O, Alzubi A, Amdani S, Asante-Korang A, Auerbach S, Bansal N, Bearl D, Boucek K, Butto A, Butts R, Byrnes J, Castleberry C, Conway J, Do N, Dykes J, Friedland-Little J, Greiten L, Henderson H, Hsu D, Jeewa A, Joong A, Khan S, Knoll C, Lantz J, Law S, Lorts A, Maeda K, Martinez H, May L, Mehegan M, Mokshagundam D, Montgomery C, O'Connor M, Parent JJ, Peng DM, Rosenthal DN, Sheybani A, Shezad M, Shugh L, Shwaish N, Spinner J, Su J, Sutcliffe D, Tunuguntla H, VanderPluym C, Vaughn G, Wallis G, Wilkens S, Zinn M, Niebler R; ACTION collaborators: The ACTION VAD registry: a collective five-year experience J Heart Lung Transplant : 2025.
Wooster L, O'Connor MJ, Zhang X, Mavroudis CD, Maeda K, Ahmed H, Edwards J, Lin KY, Wittlieb-Weber C, Rossano J, Edelson JB: Impact of heart transplant allocation changes on waitlist mortality and clinical practice in pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy Circulation : epub ahead of print,2025.
Chen S, Simpson KE; ACTION Learning Network Investigators: Over 100 Fontan patients on systemic ventricular assist device support: an ACTION update ASAIO J : 2024.
Lorts A, VanderPluym C, Adachi I, Perry T, Alexander PMA, Almond CS, Auerbach SR, Barbaro RP, Bhavsar S, Bourque K, Conway J, Danziger-Isakov LA, Davies RR, Eghtesady P, Hirata Y, Ichord RN, Kormos RL, Kroslowitz R, Krucoff M, Lantz J, Mehegan M, Mehran R, Morales DLS, Murray J, Niebler RA, O'Connor MJ, Pagani FD, Peng DM, Rossano JW, Spitzer E, Steiner ME, Sutcliffe DL, Taylor JM, Villa CR, Wearden PD, Rosenthal D: ACTION-ARC pediatric and adult congenital heart disease ventricular assist device adverse event definitions - 2023 ASAIO J 70 : 911-919,2024.
Nandi D, Wright LK, Sublett-Smith J, Brax A, Bansal N, Almond CS, Azeka E, Butts R, Chen S, Conway J, Cunningham C, Fisher LA, Hall EK, Hunter T, Kobayashi R, Patterson D, Peng DM, Simpson KE, Ryan TD, Spinner JA, Wisotzkey B, Zangwill S, Gajarski RJ, O'Connor M: Suboptimal titration of heart failure medications in pediatric patients: baseline data from ACTION J Card Fail 20 : S1071-9164,2024.
Bonilla-Ramirez C, Lorts A, Spinner JA, Wright L, Niebler RA, Peng DM, Davies RR, Rosenthal DN, O'Connor MJ: Development and validation of a novel pediatric mechanical circulatory support risk stratification tool: the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) ventricular assist device score ASAIO J : 2024.
Kamsheh AM, Bilker WB, Huang YS, Okunowo O, Burstein DS, Edelson JB, Lin KY, Maeda K, Mavroudis CD, O'Connor MJ, Wittlieb-Weber CA, Bogner HR, Rossano JW: Prolonged inotrope use after surgery for congenital heart disease: a common occurrence with a high burden of mortality Pediatr Cardiol : 2024.
Shugh SB, Tume SC, Bansal N, Dykes JC, Esch JJ, Jeewa A, Law S, O'Connor M, Parent JJ, Said AS, Scholl FG, Shezad MF, Morray BH; ACTION Investigators: Transcatheter axial pump use in pediatric patients on veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: an ACTION collaborative experience ASAIO J 70 : 602-608,2024.
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