Publications

• Implementation of a multiphase, multi-institutional QI initiative to optimise sedation practices in cardiac ICU patients.
  Cardiol Young Volume: 35 Page(s): 900 - 902
  05/01/2025 Authors: Garcia RU; DiMaria K; Penk J; Caprarola S; Romer A; Fundora MP; Frank DU; Achuff B-J
• Effects of Cardiac Remodeling and Altered Mechanics on Cardiac Outcomes in Fulminant Myocarditis in Children: Insight from a Longitudinal Pilot Study.
  Pediatr Cardiol
  04/24/2025 Authors: Bhatia S; Singh GK; Kadiu G; Misra A; Safa R; Sanil Y; Blake JM; Eddine AC; Balakrishnan PL; Garcia RU
• Continuous Prostanoid Initiation in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
  Pediatr Cardiol Volume: 45 Page(s): 1798 - 1803
  12/01/2024 Authors: Garcia RU; Beshish A; Butto A; Kanaan U; Maher K
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Short-Term Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.
  Pediatr Cardiol
  07/15/2024 Authors: Khan AY; Curry B; Jergel A; Keesari R; Prosky J; Garcia RU
• Impact of ventricular assist device use on pediatric heart transplant waitlist mortality: Analysis of the scientific registry of transplant recipients database.
  Pediatr Transplant Volume: 28 Page(s): e14787
  06/01/2024 Authors: Butto A; Wright LK; Dyal J; Mao CY; Garcia R; Mahle WT
• The novel SALT-M score predicts 1-year post-transplant mortality in patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure.
  J Hepatol Volume: 79 Page(s): 717 - 727
  09/01/2023 Authors: Hernaez R; Karvellas CJ; Liu Y; Sacleux S-C; Khemichian S; Stein LL; Shetty K; Lindenmeyer CC; Boike JR; Simonetto DA
• Vitamin D and morbidity in children with Multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to Covid-19.
  Prog Pediatr Cardiol Volume: 66 Page(s): 101507
  09/01/2022 Authors: Torpoco Rivera D; Misra A; Sanil Y; Sabzghabaei N; Safa R; Garcia RU
• Dilated cardiomyopathy associated with a mutation in the dispatched RND transporter family member 1 gene.
  Cardiol Young Volume: 32 Page(s): 1166 - 1168
  07/01/2022 Authors: Torpoco Rivera DM; Hafzalah M; Pomerantz DJ; Garcia RU
• Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a paediatric patient with acute COVID-19 myocarditis.
  Cardiol Young Volume: 31 Page(s): 1510 - 1512
  09/01/2021 Authors: Tseng Y-S; Herron C; Garcia R; Cashen K
• Echocardiographic Indicators Associated with Adverse Clinical Course and Cardiac Sequelae in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
  J Am Soc Echocardiogr Volume: 34 Page(s): 862 - 876
  08/01/2021 Authors: Sanil Y; Misra A; Safa R; Blake JM; Eddine AC; Balakrishnan P; Garcia RU; Taylor R; Dentel JN; Ang J
• Vasoactive-ventilation-renal score: a reliable prognostic index for perioperative outcomes following congenital heart surgery in adults.
  Cardiol Young Volume: 31 Page(s): 762 - 768
  05/01/2021 Authors: Torpoco Rivera DM; Garcia RU; Aggarwal S
• Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index to Assess Central Venous Pressure in Perioperative Period Following Cardiac Surgery in Children.
  Pediatr Cardiol Volume: 42 Page(s): 560 - 568
  03/01/2021 Authors: Garcia RU; Meert KL; Safa R; Aggarwal S
• Three Cases of Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19 Due to SARS-CoV-2.
  Am J Case Rep Volume: 21 Page(s): e925779
  08/13/2020 Authors: Heidemann SM; Tilford B; Bauerfeld C; Martin A; Garcia RU; Yagiela L; Sarnaik AP
• Does obesity affect the short-term outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery in adolescents with congenital heart disease?
  Cardiol Young Volume: 30 Page(s): 372 - 376
  03/01/2020 Authors: Garcia RU; Balakrishnan PL; Aggarwal S
• Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia in the Coronary Artery: An Unusual Cause of Massive Myocardial Infarction in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.
  Fetal Pediatr Pathol Volume: 38 Page(s): 511 - 517
  12/01/2019 Authors: Safa R; Garcia R; Delius R; Kaur G; Youssef L; Poulik J; Shehata BM
• Risk Factors for Mortality in Pediatric Postsurgical versus Medical Severe Sepsis.
  J Surg Res Volume: 242 Page(s): 100 - 110
  10/01/2019 Authors: Thakkar RK; Weiss SL; Fitzgerald JC; Keele L; Thomas NJ; Nadkarni VM; Muszynski JA; Hall MW; SPROUT Investigators; Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network
• Noonan syndrome associated with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a patient with the rare RAF1 mutation: A case report and review of literature.
  Ann Pediatr Cardiol Volume: 12 Page(s): 298 - 301
  01/01/2019 Authors: Garcia RU; Safa R; Evans C; Alessio D; Delius R; Shehata B
• The Association of Nutrition Status Expressed as Body Mass Index z Score With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis: A Secondary Analysis From the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapies (SPROUT) Study.
  Crit Care Med Volume: 46 Page(s): e1029 - e1039
  11/01/2018 Authors: Irving SY; Daly B; Verger J; Typpo KV; Brown A-M; Hanlon A; Weiss SL; Fitzgerald JC; Nadkarni VM; Thomas NJ
• Hematuria in an Adult with Congenital Heart Disease.
  J Emerg Med Volume: 54 Page(s): e69 - e71
  04/01/2018 Authors: Noble J; Amdani SM; Garcia RU; Arora R
• Heart Disease in Children.
  Prim Care Volume: 45 Page(s): 143 - 154
  03/01/2018 Authors: Garcia RU; Peddy SB
• Acute kidney injury following first-stage palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: hybrid versus Norwood palliation.
  Cardiol Young Volume: 28 Page(s): 261 - 268
  02/01/2018 Authors: Garcia RU; Natarajan G; Walters HL; Delius RE; Aggarwal S
• High Levels of Morbidity and Mortality Among Pediatric Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients With Severe Sepsis: Insights From the Sepsis PRevalence, OUtcomes, and Therapies International Point Prevalence Study.
  Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 1114 - 1125
  12/01/2017 Authors: Lindell RB; Gertz SJ; Rowan CM; McArthur J; Beske F; Plunkett A; Weiss SL; Thomas NJ; Nadkarni VM; Fitzgerald JC
• Outcome and Freedom From Re-Intervention After Systemic Atrioventricular Valve Intervention in Functional Single Ventricle Patients: A Case-Control Study
  Volume: 136
  11/14/2017 Authors: Garcia RU; Yuerek M; Goldberg DJ; Glatz AC; Griffis H; Gaynor JW; Rychik J
• New or Progressive Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: A Sepsis Phenotype With Higher Morbidity and Mortality.
  Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 8 - 16
  01/01/2017 Authors: Lin JC; Spinella PC; Fitzgerald JC; Tucci M; Bush JL; Nadkarni VM; Thomas NJ; Weiss SL; Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapy Study Investigators
• Acute Kidney Injury in Pediatric Severe Sepsis: An Independent Risk Factor for Death and New Disability.
  Crit Care Med Volume: 44 Page(s): 2241 - 2250
  12/01/2016 Authors: Fitzgerald JC; Basu RK; Akcan-Arikan A; Izquierdo LM; Pieres Olave BE; Hassinger AB; Szczepanska M; Deep A; Williams D; Sapru A
• Comparison of Pediatric Severe Sepsis Managed in U.S. and European ICUs.
  Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 522 - 530
  06/01/2016 Authors: Giuliano JS; Markovitz BP; Brierley J; Levin R; Williams G; Lum LCS; Dorofaeff T; Cruces P; Bush JL; Keele L
• Parental perception of functional status and impact on the family of children with congenital heart surgery.
  Early Hum Dev Volume: 96 Page(s): 45 - 51
  05/01/2016 Authors: Garcia RU; Aggarwal S; Natarajan G
• Vasoactive Inotropic Score (VIS) as Biomarker of Short-Term Outcomes in Adolescents after Cardiothoracic Surgery.
  Pediatr Cardiol Volume: 37 Page(s): 271 - 277
  02/01/2016 Authors: Garcia RU; Walters HL; Delius RE; Aggarwal S
• Discordant identification of pediatric severe sepsis by research and clinical definitions in the SPROUT international point prevalence study.
  Crit Care Volume: 19 Page(s): 325
  09/16/2015 Authors: Weiss SL; Fitzgerald JC; Maffei FA; Kane JM; Rodriguez-Nunez A; Hsing DD; Franzon D; Kee SY; Bush JL; Roy JA