Publications by authors named "Laura M Mercer-Rosa"
Article Synopsis
- Right ventricular outflow dysfunction is a common issue in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot, leading to increased health risks as they age.
- The American Heart Association has released an update focusing on how to monitor and treat this condition effectively, including new therapies and techniques for managing complications.
- The statement highlights the importance of understanding how other health issues and patients' perspectives affect their quality of life and includes discussions on when and how to perform pulmonary valve replacements.
Introduction: Disparities in CHD outcomes exist across the lifespan. However, less is known about disparities for patients with CHD admitted to neonatal ICU. We sought to identify sociodemographic disparities in neonatal ICU admissions among neonates born with cyanotic CHD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn neonatal, symptomatic tetralogy of Fallot (sTOF), data are lacking on whether high-risk groups would benefit from staged (SR) or complete repair (CR). We studied the association of gestational age (GA) at birth and z-score for birth weight (BWz), with management strategy and outcomes in sTOF. California population-based cohort study (2011-2017) of infants with sTOF (defined as catheter or surgical intervention prior to 44 weeks corrected GA) was performed, comparing management strategy and timing by GA and BWz categories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft 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
August 2023
Aims: We hypothesized left atrial (LA) stiffness may serve as a surrogate marker in children to differentiate elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) from normal and help detect diastolic dysfunction in myocardial injury due to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).
Methods And Results: We validated LA stiffness in 76 patients (median age 10.5 years), 33 had normal PCWP (<12 mmHg) and 43 had elevated PCWP (≥12 mmHg).
Objectives: The increased relative risk of heart failure (HF) from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is greatest at younger ages, but the etiology remains unclear. We identified risk factors for HF in children and adults with SLE and evaluated associations between SLE manifestations and HF.
Methods: Incident SLE cases without preceding HF were identified using Clinformatics DataMart® (OptumInsight, Eden Prairie, MN) US claims data (2000-2015), and categorized by age of SLE onset (children 5-17, young adults 18-24, adults 25-44 years old).
Background: Pulmonary artery acceleration time measured by echocardiography inversely correlates with pulmonary artery pressures in adults and children older than 1 year of age. There is a paucity of data investigating this relationship in young children, particularly among preterm infants.
Objective: To characterize the relationship between pulmonary artery acceleration time (PAAT) and pulmonary artery pressures in infants.
Background: Data related to the epidemiology and resource utilization of congenital heart disease (CHD)-related emergency department (ED) visits in the pediatric population is limited.
Objectives: The purpose of this analysis was to describe national estimates of pediatric CHD-related ED visits and evaluate medical complexity, admissions, resource utilization, and mortality.
Methods: This was an epidemiological analysis of ED visit-level data from the 2006 to 2014 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample.