Emile A. Bacha, M.D.

Pediatric/Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
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Overview

Dr. Emile Bacha is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon with a subspecialization in pediatric cardiac surgery. From 2000-2004, he was the Surgical Director of the Congenital Heart Center at the University of Chicago. From 2004-2009, he was Senior Associate in Cardiac Surgery at the Children's Hospital Boston and Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, as well as Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program Director, and Director of the Pediatric Heart Valve Center. Since January 2010, Dr. Bacha has been Director of the Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Weill Cornell Medical School. In July 2011, he was appointed Chief of the Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Heart Surgery
  • Heart Transplant, Pediatric
  • Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
  • Pediatric Heart Transplant
  • Valve Reconstruction/Repair

Academic Appointments

  • Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery

Administrative Titles

  • Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, & Vascular Surgery
  • Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Congenital Heart Center

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center

Languages

  • English
  • French

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Medicaid Managed Care

AgeWell

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Special Needs

Amerigroup of New Jersey

  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)

AmeriHealth of New Jersey

  • EPO - New Jersey Services

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan

Fidelis Care

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicare Managed Care

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Quality Health Management

  • Quality Health Management

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • SelectHealth

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University (Germany)
  • Residency: Klinikum Grosshadern University Hospital
  • Residency: Emory University Affiliated Hosptials
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston
  • Fellowship: Hospital Marie-Lannelongue, France
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Committees, Societies, Councils

  • American College of Surgeons, Fellow
  • American College of Cardiology, Fellow
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Member
  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Fellow
  • World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Founding Member
  • European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Member
  • Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society, Member
  • Chicago Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, Founding Member
  • American International Health Council, Member
  • University of Chicago Surgical Society, Member
  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member
  • Society of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Aldo R. Castaneda, Member

Editorial Boards

  • Member, Editorial Board, World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
  • Surgical Editor, Pediatric Cardiology
  • Member, Editorial Board, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery – (Top 10 reviewer 2008)
  • Member, Editorial Committee, Cardiology in the Young (Supplement) “Complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital heart disease”

Ad Hoc Reviewer

  • Circulation
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
  • Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
  • American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs
  • The Journal of Cardiac Surgery
  • Pediatrics
  • Congenital Heart Disease
  • Surgery
  • Cardiology
  • Journal of Heart Valve Disease
  • World Journal of Surgery

Board Certifications

  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
  • Congenital Cardiac Surgery
America's Top Doctor
NY Top Doctor

Research

Research Interests

  • Hybrid procedures
  • Patient safety and performance measures for surgeons
  • Valve repair procedures

Selected Publications

  • Comorbid Conditions in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease. Krishnamurthy G, Ratner V, Bacha E, Aspelund G. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Aug;17(8 Suppl 1):S367-76. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000000832.
  • The Use of Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest During Heart Transplantation Does Not Worsen Posttransplant Survival. Sorabella RA, Guglielmetti L, Bader A, Gomez A, Takeda K, Chai PJ, Takayama H, Bacha EA, Naka Y, George I. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 May 18. pii: S0003-4975(16)30167-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.03.058. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Welcome to the 12th. International Conference on Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support Systems and Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Perfusion. Ãœndar A, Chai P, Bacha E. Artif Organs. 2016 May;40(5):431-3. doi: 10.1111/aor.12752. No abstract available.
  • Survival of Three Neonates With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and d-Transposition of the Great Arteries. Blancha VL, Ratner V, Aspelund G, Chai P, Levasseur S, Krishnan U, Bacha E, Krishnamurthy G. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 May 6. pii: 2150135116632509. [Epub ahead of print]
  • The concept of "palliation" in children with heterotaxy syndrome. Cheung EW, Bacha EA. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 May;151(5):1378-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.02.050. Epub 2016 Feb 27. No abstract available.
  • Evolving hybrid approaches: the preservation of the 'neglected' pulmonary valve function in patients with congenital heart disease. Vida VL, Bacha E, Stellin G. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2016 Jul;14(7):793-8. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2016.1162711. Epub 2016 Apr 20.
  • Aiming to Preserve Pulmonary Valve Function in Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: Comparing a New Approach to Traditional Management. Sen DG, Najjar M, Yimaz B, Levasseur SM, Kalessan B, Quaegebeur JM, Bacha EA. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Jun;37(5):818-25. doi: 10.1007/s00246-016-1355-1. Epub 2016 Feb 26. Erratum in: Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Jun;37(5):990.
  • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Consensus Guidelines: Reasons and purpose. Svensson LG, Gillinov AM, Weisel RD, Keshavjee S, Bacha EA, Moon MR, Cameron DE, Sugarbaker DJ, Adams DH, Gaynor JW, Coselli JS, Del Nido PJ, Jones D, Sundt TM, Cohn LH, Pomar JL, Lytle BW, Schaff HV. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr;151(4):935-9.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.138. Epub 2016 Jan 23. Review.
  • Transcatheter Versus Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defects. Bacha E. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Jan 11;9(1):87-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2015.11.011. No abstract available.
  • Ota T, Yerebakan H, Neely RC, Mongero L, George I, Takayama H, Williams MR, Naka Y, Argenziano M, Bacha E, Smith CR, Stewart AS. Short-term outcomes in adult cardiac surgery in the use of del Nido cardioplegia solution. Perfusion. 2015 Jul 30. [Epub ahead of print)
  • Zuckerman WA, Richmond ME, Lee TM, Bacha EA, Chai PJ, Chen JM, Addonizio LJ. Heart transplantation in the setting of complex congenital heart disease and physiologic single lung. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jun 17. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.06.021. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Marshall CD, Weigand J, Sambatakos P, Hayes DA, Chen JM, Quaegebeur JM, Bacha E, Richmond ME. Repair of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Right Pulmonary Artery: A Series of Nine Cases. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2015 Jul;6(3):382-6.
  • Anderson BR, Ciarleglio AJ, Cohen DJ, Lai WW, Neidell M, Hall M, Glied SA, Bacha EA. The Norwood operation: Relative effects of surgeon and institutional volumes on outcomes and resource utilization. Cardiol Young. 2015 Jul 14:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Kalfa D, Krishnamurthy G, Levasseur S, Najjar M, Chai P, Chen J, Quaegebeur J, Bacha E. Norwood Stage I Palliation in Patients Less Than or Equal to 2.5 kg: Outcomes and Risk Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;100(1):167-73
  • Stephens EH, Ibrahimiye AN, Yerebakan H, Yilmaz B, Chelliah A, Levasseur S, Mosca RS, Chen JM, Chai P, Quaegebeur J, Bacha EA. Early Complete Atrioventricular Canal Repair Yields Outcomes Equivalent to Late Repair. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015;99(6):2109-16.
  • Gerrah R, Turner ME, Gottlieb D, Quaegebeur JM, Bacha E. Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Children Less Than 4 kg Body Weight. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Apr 3. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Anderson BR, Ciarleglio AJ, Krishnamurthy G, Glied SA, Bacha EA. Neonatal hypoplastic left heart syndrome: effects of bloodstream infections on outcomes and costs. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 May;99(5):1648-54.
  • Sen S, Duchon J, Lampl B, Aspelund G, Bacha E, Krishnamurthy G. Heterotaxy syndrome infants are at risk for early shunt failure after Ladd procedure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Mar;99(3):918-25.
  • Yerebakan H, Sorabella RA, Najjar M, Castillero E, Mongero L, Beck J, Hossain M, Takayama H, Williams MR, Naka Y, Argenziano M, Bacha E, Smith CR, George I. Del Nido Cardioplegia can be safely administered in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting surgery after acute myocardial infarction: a propensity matched comparison. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 30;9:141
  • Bernier PL, Gottlieb D, Bacha E. Successful treatment of mediastinitis in a young child by omental translocation following extracardiac Fontan graft placement.World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2014 Oct;5(4):608-10
  • Weigand J, Marshall CD, Bacha EA, Chen JM, Richmond ME. Repair of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in the modern era: preoperative predictors of immediate postoperative outcomes and long term cardiac follow-up. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):489-97
  • Heching HJ, Bacha EA, Liberman L. Post-pericardiotomy syndrome in pediatric patients following surgical closure of secundum atrial septal defects: incidence and risk factors. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Mar;36(3):498-502.
  • Anderson BR, Ciarleglio AJ, Salavitabar A, Torres A, Bacha EA. Earlier stage 1 palliation is associated with better clinical outcomes and lower costs for neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Jan;149(1):205-10.e1.
  • Kalfa D, Krishnamurthy G, Duchon J, Najjar M, Levasseur S, Chai P, Chen J, Quaegebeur J, Bacha E. Outcomes of cardiac surgery in patients weighing <2.5 kg: effect of patient-dependent and -independent variables. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec;148(6):2499-506.e1. </li>
  • Cheung EW, Richmond ME, Turner ME, Bacha EA, Torres AJ. Pulmonary atresia/intact ventricular septum: influence of coronary anatomy on single-ventricle outcome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Oct;98(4):1371-7.
  • Woldu KL, Arya B, Bacha EA, Williams IA. Impact of neonatal versus nonneonatal total repair of tetralogy of Fallot on growth in the first year of life. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Oct;98(4):1399-404
  • Murray MT, Corda R, Turcotte R, Bacha E, Saiman L, Krishnamurthy G. Implementing a standardized perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis protocol for neonates undergoing cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Sep;98(3):927-33.
  • Kalfa D, Lai W, Ferris A, Krishnan U, Bacha E. Technique of coronary sinus plasty for left pulmonary vein stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul;98(1):e27-9
  • Turcotte RF, Brozovich A, Corda R, Demmer RT, Biagas KV, Mangino D, Covington L, Ferris A, Thumm B, Bacha E, Smerling A, Saiman L. Health Care-Associated Infections in Children After Cardiac Surgery. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Jul 5.
  • Kalfa D, Chai P, Bacha E. Surgical Volume-to-Outcome Relationship and Monitoring of Technical Performance in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery.Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Aug;35(6):899-905.
  • Havalad V, Cabreriza SE, Cheung EW, Aponte-Patel L, Wang A, Cheng B, Wang DY, Silver E, Bacha EA, Spotnitz HM.Optimized Multisite Ventricular Pacing in Postoperative Single-Ventricle Patients. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Oct;35(7):1213-9.
  • Anderson BR, Ciarleglio AJ, Hayes DA, Quaegebeur JM, Vincent JA, Bacha EA. Earlier arterial switch operation improves outcomes and reduces costs for neonates with transposition of the great arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 11;63(5):481-7.
  • Murray MT, Krishnamurthy G, Corda R, Turcotte RF, Jia H, Bacha E, Saiman L. Surgical site infections and bloodstream infections in infants after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul;148(1):259-65.
  • Valente AM, Lewis M, Vaziri SM, Bautista-Hernandez V, Harmon A, Kim Y, Wu FM, Joyce C, Loyola H, Mayer JE, Bacha E, Landzberg MJ. Outcomes of adolescents and adults undergoing primary Fontan procedure. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Dec 15;112(12):1938-42.
  • Hayes DA, Jones S, Quaegebeur JM, Richmond ME, Andrews HF, Glickstein JS, Chen JM, Bacha E, Liberman L. Primary arterial switch operation as a strategy for total correction of Taussig-Bing anomaly: a 21-year experience. Circulation. 2013 Sep 10;128(11 Suppl 1):S194-8.
  • Allan CK, Pigula F, Bacha EA, Emani S, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR, Imprescia A, Hayes G, Weinstock P. An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation curriculum featuring a novel integrated skills trainer leads to improved performance among pediatric cardiac surgery trainees. Simul Healthc. 2013 Aug;8(4):221-8.
  • Henaine R, Vergnat M, Mercier O, Serraf A, De Montpreville V, Ninet J, Bacha EA. Hemodynamics and arteriovenous malformations in cavopulmonary anastomosis: the case for residual antegrade pulsatile flow. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Dec;146(6):1359-65.
  • Hoque T, Richmond M, Vincent JA, Bacha E, Torres A. Current outcomes of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with restrictive atrial septum: a single-center experience. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Jun;34(5):1181-9.
  • Turner ME, Richmond ME, Quaegebeur JM, Shah A, Chen JM, Bacha EA, Vincent JA. Intact right ventricle-pulmonary artery shunt after stage 2 palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome improves pulmonary artery growth. Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Apr;34(4):924-30.
  • Henaine R, Vergnat M, Bacha EA, Baudet B, Lambert V, Belli E, Serraf A. Effects of lack of pulsatility on pulmonary endothelial function in the Fontan circulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Sep;146(3):522-9.
  • Bautista-Hernandez V, Myers PO, Loyola H, Marx GR, Bacha EA, Baird CW, del Nido PJ. Atrioventricular valve annular remodeling with a bioabsorbable ring in young children. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Nov 20;60(21):2256-8
  • Elder RW, Quaegebeur JM, Bacha EA, Chen JM, Bourlon F, Williams IA. Outcomes of the infant Ross procedure for congenital aortic stenosis followed into adolescence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jun;145(6):1504-11.
  • Nathan M, Karamichalis JM, Liu H, Emani S, Baird C, Pigula F, Colan S, Thiagarajan RR, Bacha EA, Del Nido P. Surgical technical performance scores are predictors of late mortality and unplanned reinterventions in infants after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Nov;144(5):1095-1101.e7.
  • Richmond ME, Charette K, Chen JM, Quaegebeur JM, Bacha E. The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass prime volume on the need for blood transfusion after pediatric cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Apr;145(4):1058-64.
  • Nathan M, Williamson AK, Mayer JE, Bacha EA, Juraszek AL. Mortality in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: review of 216 autopsy cases of aortic atresia with attention to coronary artery disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec;144(6):1301-6
  • Shuhaiber J, Gauvreau K, Thiagarjan R, Bacha E, Mayer J, Del Nido P, Pigula F. Congenital heart surgeon's technical proficiency affects neonatal hospital survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Nov;144(5):1119-24.
  • Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Austin EH 3rd, Mavroudis C, Pasquali SK, Lacour-Gayet FG, Tchervenkov CI, Walters H 3rd, Bacha EA, Nido PJ, Fraser CD, Gaynor JW, Hirsch JC, Morales DL, Pourmoghadam KK, Tweddell JS, Prager RL, Mayer JE. Quality measures for congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2012 Jan 1;3(1):32-47.
  • Vogel M, Marx GR, Tworetzky W, Cecchin F, Graham D, Mayer JE, Pigula FA, Bacha EA, Del Nido PJ. Ebstein's malformation of the tricuspid valve: short-term outcomes of the "cone procedure" versus conventional surgery. Congenit Heart Dis. 2012 Jan-Feb;7(1):50-8.
  • Kim YY, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, Landzberg MJ, Benavidez OJ. Resource use among adult congenital heart surgery admissions in pediatric hospitals: risk factors for high resource utilization and association with inpatient death. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Nov 1;4(6):634-9.
  • Charette K, Gerrah R, Quaegebeur J, Chen J, Riley D, Mongero L, Corda R, Bacha E. Single dose myocardial protection technique utilizing del Nido cardioplegia solution during congenital heart surgery procedures. Perfusion. 2012 Mar;27(2):98-103.
  • Nathan M, Karamichalis JM, Liu H, del Nido P, Pigula F, Thiagarajan R, Bacha EA. Intraoperative adverse events can be compensated by technical performance in neonates and infants after cardiac surgery: a prospective study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Nov;142(5):1098-107, 1107.e1-5.
  • Porras D, Brown DW, Marshall AC, Del Nido P, Bacha EA, McElhinney DB. Factors associated with subsequent arch reintervention after initial balloon aortoplasty in patients with Norwood procedure and arch obstruction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Aug 16;58(8):868-76.
  • Karamichalis JM, del Nido PJ, Thiagarajan RR, Jenkins KJ, Liu H, Gauvreau K, Pigula FA, Fynn-Thompson FE, Emani SM, Mayer JE Jr, Bacha EA. Early postoperative severity of illness predicts outcomes after the stage I Norwood procedure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug;92(2):660-5.
  • Robinson JD, Rathod RH, Brown DW, Del Nido PJ, Lock JE, McElhinney DB, Bacha EA, Marshall AC. The evolving role of intraoperative balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in valve-sparing repair of tetralogy of Fallot. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Dec;142(6):1367-73.
  • Kim YY, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, Landzberg MJ, Benavidez OJ. Risk factors for death after adult congenital heart surgery in pediatric hospitals. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Jul;4(4):433-9.
  • Friedman KG, Salvin JW, Wypij D, Gurmu Y, Bacha EA, Brown DW, Laussen PC, Scheurer MA. Risk factors for failed staged palliation after bidirectional Glenn in infants who have undergone stage one palliation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Oct;40(4):1000-6.
  • Banka P, Bacha E, Powell AJ, Benavidez OJ, Geva T. Outcomes of inferior sinus venosus defect repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Sep;142(3):517-22.
  • Salvin JW, Scheurer MA, Laussen PC, Wypij D, Polito A, Bacha EA, Pigula FA, McGowan FX, Costello JM, Thiagarajan RR. Blood transfusion after pediatric cardiac surgery is associated with prolonged hospital stay. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;91(1):204-10.
  • Porras, D, Bacha E, McElhinney D. Factors Associated with Subsequent Arch Reintervention After Initial Balloon Aortoplasty in Patients with a Norwood Procedure and Arch Obstruction. JACC (in press)
  • Shuhaiber J, Rehman M, Jenkins K, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha E. The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jun;32(5):639-45.
  • Shuhaiber JH, Bergersen L, Pigula F, Emani S, McElhinney D, Marshall A, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha EA. Intraoperative assessment after pediatric cardiac surgical repair: initial experience with C-arm angiography. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jul;140(1):e1-3.
  • Bautista-Hernandez V, Scheurer M, Thiagarajan R, Salvin J, Pigula FA, Emani S, Fynn-Thompson F, Loyola H, Schiff J, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA. Right ventricle and tricuspid valve function at midterm after the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: impact of shunt type. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Feb;32(2):160-6.
  • Karamichalis JM, Thiagarajan RR, Liu H, Mamic P, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA. Stage I Norwood: Optimal technical performance improves outcomes irrespective of preoperative physiologic status or case complexity. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010;139:962-968.
  • Banka P, McElhinney DB, Bacha EA, Mayer JE Jr, Gauvreau K, Geva T, Brown DW. What is the clinical utility of routine cardiac catheterization before a Fontan operation? Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Oct;31(7):977-85.
  • Goldstein BH, Bergersen L, Powell AJ, Graham DA, Bacha EA, Lang P. Long-term outcome of surgically repaired unilateral anomalous pulmonary artery origin. Pediatr Cardiol. 2010 Oct;31(7):944-51.
  • Kipps AK, Wypij D, Thiagarajan RR, Bacha EA, Newburger JW. Blood transfusion is associated with prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation in infants undergoing reparative cardiac surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan;12(1):52-6.
  • Rajagopal SK, Emani SM, Roy N, Westgate L, Bacha EA. Acute kidney injury and regional abdominal perfusion during neonatal aortic arch reconstruction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Aug;140(2):453-8.
  • Valente AM, Lock JE, Gauvreau K, Rodriguez-Huertas E, Joyce C, Armsby L, Bacha EA, Landzberg MJ. Predictors of long-term adverse outcomes in patients with congenital coronary artery fistulae. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Apr;3(2):134-9.
  • Allan CK, Thiagarajan RR, Beke D, Imprescia A, Kappus LJ, Garden A, Hayes G, Laussen PC, Bacha E, Weinstock PH. Simulation-based training delivered directly to the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit engenders preparedness, comfort, and decreased anxiety among multidisciplinary resuscitation teams. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Sep;140(3):646-52.
  • Costello JM, Polito A, Brown DW, McElrath TF, Graham DA, Thiagarajan RR, Bacha E, Allan CK, Cohen JN, Laussen PC. Birth before 39 weeks' gestation is associated with worse outcomes in neonates with heart disease. Pediatrics 2010;126:e277-84.
  • Emani SR, Beroukhim R, Zurakowski D, Mayer JE Jr., Pigula F, del Nido P, Geva T, Bacha EA. Outcomes of Anatomic Repair for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction. Circulation 2009;120:S53-S-58
  • Bautista-Hernandez V, Thiagarajan RR, Fynn-Thompson F, Rajagopal SK, Nento DE, Yarlagadda V, Teele SA, Allan CK, Emani SM, Laussen PC, Pigula FA, Bacha EA. Pre-operative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. Ann Thor Surg 2009;88:1306-11
  • Kaza AK, Lim HG, Dibardino DJ, Bautista-Hernandez V, Robinson J, Allan C, Laussen P, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha E, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE Jr., Pigula FA. Long-term results of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in neonatal cardiac surgery: options and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;138:911-6.
  • Emani SM, Bacha EA, McElhinney DB, Marx GR, Tworetzky W, Pigula FA, Del Nido PJ. Primary left ventricular rehabilitation is effective in maintaining two-ventricle physiology in the borderline left heart. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009;138:1276-82.
  • Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Lacour-Gayet FG, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, Clarke DR, Gaynor JW, Spray, TL, O'Brien SM, Elliott MJ, Mavroudis C. Stratification of Complexity Improves Utility and Accuracy of Outcomes Analysis in a Multi-institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Application of the RACHS-1 and Aristotle Systems in the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Pediatric Cardiology 2009;30:1117-30
  • Jacobs JP, Benavidez OJ, Bacha EA, Walters HL, Jacobs ML. The nomenclature of safety and quality of care for patients with congenital cardiac disease: a report of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Database Taskforce Subcommittee on Patient Safety. Cardiol Young. 2008;18 Suppl 2:81-91.
  • Jacobs ML, Jacobs JP, Franklin RC, Mavroudis C, Lacour-Gayet F, Walters H, Bacha EA, Clarke DR, William Gaynor J, Spray TL, Maruszewski B, Tobota Z, Kurosawa H, Elliott M. Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease - the perspective of cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young. 2008;18 Suppl 2:101-15.
  • Bacha EA, Cooper D, Thiagarajan R, Krogmann O, Deal B, Mavroudis C, Shukla A, Yeh T, Barach P, Wessel D, Stellin G, Colan SD. Cardiac complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiol Young. 2008;18 Suppl 2:196-201.
  • Jacobs JP, Jacobs ML, Lacour-Gayet FG, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, Clarke DR, Gaynor JW, Spray, TL, O'Brien SM, Elliott MJ, Mavroudis C. Stratification of Complexity Improves Utility and Accuracy of Outcomes Analysis in a Multi-institutional Congenital Heart Surgery Database - Application of the RACHS-1 and Aristotle Systems in the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Pediatric Cardiology (in press).
  • Kussman BD, Wypij, D, DiNardo JA, Newburger JW, Mayer Jr. JE, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA, Pigula F, McGrath E, Laussen PC. Cerebral Oximetry during Infant Cardiac Surgery: Evaluation and Relationship to Early Postoperative Outcome. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2009;108:1122-31.
  • Bacha EA, McElhinney D, Mayer JE Jr., Lang P. Discontinuous pulmonary arteries in the Fontan Circulation. Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1948-54.
  • Bacha EA, Larrazabal LA, Pigula FA, Gauvreau K, Jenkins KJ, Colan SD, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Measurement of Technical Performance in Congenital Heart disease: the stage I Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:993-7.
  • Salvin JW, Scheurer MA, Laussen PC, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ, Pigula FA, Bacha EA, Thiagarajan R. Factors Associated with Prolonged Recovery Following the Fontan Operation. Circulation 2008;118(14 Suppl):171-6.
  • Barach P, Johnson JK, Ahmad A, Galvan C, Bognár A, Duncan RC, Starr JP, Bacha EA. A Prospective Observational Study of Human Factors, Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2008;136:1422-8.
  • Larrazabal LA, Tierney ESS, Brown DW, Gauvreau K, Vida VL, Bergersen L, Pigula FA, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA. Ventricular Function Deteriorates with Recurrent Coarctation in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:869-874.
  • Scheurer M, Thiagarajan R, Salvin J, Wessel D, Vida V, Bacha EA, Pigula F, Fynn-Thompson F, del Nido P, Mayer JE, Laussen P. Survival and clinical course at Fontan after stage one palliation with either a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt or a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit. JACC 2008;52:52-9.
  • Lodge AJ, Austin E, Wells W, Bacha EA, Yeh T, DeCampli WM, Weinstein S. A Novel Bioresorbable Film Reduces Postoperative Adhesions After Infant Cardiac Surgery Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:614-21.
  • Bognár A, Barach P, Johnson JK, Duncan RC, Birnbach D, Woods D, Holl JL, Bacha EA. Errors and the Burden of Errors: Attitudes, Perceptions and the Culture of Safety in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Teams. Ann Thor Surg 2008;85:1374-81.
  • Benavidez O, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins K. Application of a Complication Screening Method to Congenital Heart Surgery Admissions: A Preliminary Report. Pediatric Cardiology 2008;29(2),258-265.
  • Bacha EA, McElhinney DB, Guleserian C, Colan SD, Jonas RA, del Nido PJ, Marx G. Surgical Aortic Valvuloplasty in Children and Adolescents with Aortic Regurgitation: Acute and Intermediate Effects on Aortic Valve Function and Left Ventricular Dimensions. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:552-559.e3.
  • Vasilyev NV, Melnychenko I, Kitahori K, Freudenthal FP, Phillips AB, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Salgo IS, del Nido P, Bacha EA. Beating-Heart Patch Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects under Real-Time 3D Echo Guidance: a Pre-Clinical Study. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:603-9.
  • Vida VL, Bacha EA, Larrazabal A, Gauvreau K, Dorfman AL, Marx G, Geva T, Marshall AC, Pigula FA, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ, Fynn-Thompson F. Surgical outcome for patients with the mitral stenosis-aortic atresia variant of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008;135:339-46.
  • Wypij D, Jonas RA, Bellinger DC, Laussen PC, Mayer JE Jr, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA, Forbess JM, Pigula F, Newburger J W. The Effect of Hematocrit during Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infant Heart Surgery: Results from the Combined Boston Hematocrit Trials J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:355-60.
  • Newburger JW, Jonas RA, Soul J, Kussman BD, Bellinger DC, Laussen PC, Robertson R, Mayer JE Jr, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA, Forbess JM, Pigula F, Stephen J. Roth, Visconti KJ, du Plessis AJ, Farrell DM, McGrath E, Rappaport LA, Wypij D. Randomized Trial of Hematocrit 25% versus 35% during Hypothermic Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Infant Heart Surgery. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:347-54.
  • Diab KA, Cao QL, Bacha EA, Hijazi ZM. Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects Using the Amplatzer Septal Occluder: Safety and Outcome in Infants. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:960-6.
  • Wernovsky G, Ghanayem N, Ohye RG, Bacha EA, Jacobs JP, Gaynor JW, Tabbutt S. Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Consensus and Controversies in 2007. Cardiology in the Young 2007;17:75-86.
  • Bolotin G, Raman J, Williams U, Bacha E, Kosherginski M, Jeevanandam V. Glutamine improves myocardial function following ischemia-reperfusion injury. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2007;15:463-7.
  • Jacobs J, Jacobs ML, Mavroudis C, Maruszewski B, Tchervenkov CI, Lacour-Gayet FG, Clarke DR, Yeh T, Walters H, Kurosawa H, Stellin G, Ebels T, Elliott M, Vener D, Barach P, Benavidez O, Bacha EA. What is Operative Morbidity? Defining Complications in a Surgical Registry Database Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:1416-1421.
  • Vida VL, Bacha EA, Larrazabal LA, Gauvreau K, Thiagaragan R, Fynn-Thompson F, Pigula FA, Mayer JE Jr, del Nido PJ, Tworetzky W, Lock JE, Marshall AC. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact or highly restrictive atrial septum: Surgical experience from a single center. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84:581-5.
  • Odegard KC, DiNardo JA, Kussman BD, Shukla A, Harrington J, Casta A, McGowan, Jr. FX, Hickey PR, Bacha EA, Thiagarajan RR, Laussen PC. Frequency of anesthesia-related cardiac arrests in patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2007; 105:335-43.
  • Benavidez O, Gauvreau K, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins K. Complications and Risk Factors for Mortality During Congenital Heart Surgery Admissions. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 84:147-55.
  • Nathan M, Rimmer D, Piercey G, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE, Bacha EA, Pigula FA. Early Repair of Hemitruncus: Excellent Early and Late Outcomes. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:1329-35.
  • Bautista-Hernandez V, Marx GR, Gauvreau K, Pigula FA, Bacha EA, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Transection of the posterior coarctation shelf reduces neoaortic obstruction in HLHS. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2007; 133:1540-6.
  • Bacha EA, Sawaqed R. Use of the Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery in Complex Aortic Arch Reconstruction. Ann Thorac Surg 2007; 83:1566-8.
  • Larrazabal LA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Lacro R, Colan SD, Pigula F, Benavidez OJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Jr., Bacha EA. Measurement of Technical Performance in Congenital Heart Surgery: A Pilot Study. Ann Thor Surg 2007;83:179-184.
  • Bautista-Hernandez V, Marx GR, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ. Aortic root translocation plus arterial switch for transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: Intermediate results. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:485-90.
  • Nathan M, Rimmer D, Gauvreau K, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE, Bacha EA, Shin E, Regan W, Gonzalez R, Pigula F. Aortic atresia or severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction with ventricular septal defect: Results of Primary Biventricular Repair in Neonates. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:2227-32.
  • Shah RK, Mora BN, Bacha E, Sena LM, Buonomo C, Del Nido P, Rahbar R. The presentation and management of vascular rings: An otolaryngology perspective. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2006.
  • Endovascular Stenting of Obstructed Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Conduits: A Fifteen-Year Experience. Circulation 2006;113:2598-2605.
  • Takeuchi K, McGowan FX, Bacha EA, Mayer JE, Zurakowsky D, Otaki M, del Nido PJ. An analysis of surgical outcome in complex DORV with heterotaxy syndrome and/or complete AV canal defect. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:146-52.
  • Peng LF, McElhinney DB, Nugent AW, Powell AJ, Marshall AC, Bacha EA, Lock JE.
  • Bacha EA, Daves S, Hardin J, Abdulla R, Anderson J, Kahana M, Koenig P, Mora BN, Gulecyuz M, Starr JP, Alboliras E, Sandhu S, Hijazi ZM. Single Ventricle Palliation for High-Risk Neonates: The Emergence of an Alternative Hybrid Stage I Strategy. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:163-171.
  • Wang DHJ, Smith DE, Bacha EA, Hijazi ZM, Magovern JA. Development of a Percutaneous Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device. ASAIO Journal. 2005;51:551-556.
  • Bacha EA, Hijazi ZM, Cao QL, Abdulla R, Starr JP, Quinones J, Koenig P, Agarwala B. Hybrid pediatric cardiac surgery. Pediatric Cardiology. 2005;26:315-22.
  • Bacha EA, Cao QL, Galantowicz ME, Cheatham JP, Fleishman CE, Weinstein S, Becker PA, Hill SL, Koenig P, Alboliras E, Abdulla R, Starr JP, Hijazi ZM. Multicenter experience with perventricular device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects. Pediatric Cardiology 2005;26: 441-450.
  • Bacha EA, Zimmerman F, Mor-Avi V, Weinert L, Sugeng L, Starr JP, Lang R. Ventricular resynchronization by multisite pacing improves myocardial performance in the post-operative single ventricle patient. Ann Thor Surg 2005, 78:1678-83.
  • Bacha EA, Hardin J, Cronin DC, Millis JM, Brady L, Starr JP, Koenig P, Daves S, Kahana MD. Pediatric Open-Heart Surgery in Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease. Ann Thor Surg 2004; 78:E30-3.
  • Bacha EA, Kalimi R, Starr JP, Quinones J, Koenig P. Autologous Repair of Supravalvar Pulmonic Stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 77:734-6.
  • Bacha EA, Cao QL, Starr JP, Waight D, Ebeid MR, Hijazi ZM. Perventricular device closure of muscular ventricular septal defects on the beating heart: Technique and results. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 126;1718-23.
  • Wischmeyer PE, Jayakar D, Williams U, Singleton KD, Riehm J, Bacha EA, Jeevanandam V, Christians U, Serkova N. Single dose of glutamine enhances myocardial tissue metabolism, glutathione content, and improves myocardial function after ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2003; 27:396-403.
  • Jonas RA, Wypij D, Roth SJ, Bellinger DC, Visconti KJ, du Plessis AJ, Goodkin H, Laussen PC, Bartlett J, McGrath E, Rappaport LJ, Bacha EA, Forbess JM, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE, Jr., Newburger JW. The influence of hemodilution on outcome after hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass: Results of a randomized trial in infants. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 126:1765-74.
  • Zimmerman F, Starr JP, Koenig P, Smith P, Hijazi ZM, Bacha EA. Acute hemodynamic benefit of multisite ventricular pacing following congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75:6, 1775 - 1780.
  • Zimmerman F, Starr JP, Koenig P, Smith P, Hijazi ZM, Bacha EA. Acute hemodynamic benefit of multisite ventricular pacing following congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2003; 75:6, 1775 - 1780.
  • Davis FJ, Gupta M, Pogwizd SM, Bacha EA, Jeevanandam V, Gupta MP. Increased Expression of an Alternatively Spliced Dominant Negative Isoform of Serum-Response Factor in Human Failing Hearts. Am J Physiol: Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H1521-1533.
  • Davis FJ, Gupta M, Pogwizd SM, Bacha EA, Jeevanandam V, Gupta MP. Increased Expression of an Alternatively Spliced Dominant Negative Isoform of Serum-Response Factor in Human Failing Hearts. Am J Physiol: Heart Circ Physiol 2002; 282:H1521-1533.
  • Waight DJ, Bacha EA, Kahana M, Cao QL, Hijazi ZM. Catheter therapy of swiss cheese ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002; 55:355-361.
  • Waight DJ, Bacha EA, Kahana M, Cao QL, Hijazi ZM. Catheter therapy of swiss cheese ventricular septal defects using the Amplatzer muscular VSD occluder. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002; 55:355-361.
  • Hew CC, Bacha EA, Zurakowski D, del Nido PJ, Mayer Jr. JE, Jonas RA. Optimal surgical approach for repair of aortopulmonary window. Cardiology in the Young 2001; 11:385-90.
  • Hew CC, Bacha EA, Zurakowski D, del Nido PJ, Mayer Jr. JE, Jonas RA. Optimal surgical approach for repair of aortopulmonary window. Cardiology in the Young 2001; 11:385-90.
  • Bacha EA, Satou GM, Moran AM, Zurakowski D, Marx GR, Keane JF, Jonas RA. Valve-sparing operation for balloon-induced aortic regurgitation in congenital aortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:162-68.
  • Bacha EA, Satou GM, Moran AM, Zurakowski D, Marx GR, Keane JF, Jonas RA. Valve-sparing operation for balloon-induced aortic regurgitation in congenital aortic stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:162-68.
  • Bacha EA, Scheule AM, Zurakowski D, Erickson LC, Hung J, Lang P, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE Jr., Jonas RA. Long-term results after early primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:154-61.
  • Bacha EA, Scheule AM, Zurakowski D, Erickson LC, Hung J, Lang P, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE Jr., Jonas RA. Long-term results after early primary repair of tetralogy of Fallot. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001;122:154-61.
  • Bacha EA, Almodovar M, Wessel DL, Zurakowski D, Mayer JE Jr., Jonas RA, del Nido PJ. Surgery for coarctation of the aorta in infants weighing less than 2 kg. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 71:1260-4.
  • Nicholson IA, Bichell DP, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ. Minimal sternotomy approach for congenital heart operations. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 71:469-72.
  • Hoerstrup SP, Sodian R, Daebritz S, Wang J, Bacha EA, Martin DP, Moran A, Sperling JS, Kaushal S, Guleserian KJ, Hatsuoka SI, Schoen FJ, Vacanti JP, Mayer JE Jr. Functional living trileaflet heart valves grown in vitro. Circulation 2000; 102(suppl III):III-44-III-49.
  • Stamm C, Friehs I, Zurakowski D, Bacha E, Moran A, Mayer JE, Jonas RA, del Nido PJ. Surgery for bilateral outflow tract obstruction in elastin arteriopathy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 120:755-63.
  • Jahangiri M, Kreutzer J, Zurakowski D, Bacha E, Jonas RA. Evaluation of heamostatic and coagulation factor abnormalities in patients undergoing the Fontan operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 120:778-82.
  • Bichell DP, Geva T, Bacha EA, Mayer JE, Jonas RA, del Nido PJ. Minimal access approach for the repair of atrial septal defect: The initial 135 patients. Ann Thorac Surg 2000; 70:115-8.
  • Bacha EA, Mayer JE Jr., del Nido P, Perry S, Jonas RA. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in complex congenital heart disease: management spectrum. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000; 119:175-78.
  • Keel SB, Bacha E, Mark EJ, Rosenberg AE. Primary pulmonary sarcoma: a clinicopathologic study of 26 cases. Modern Pathology 1999; 12;1124-31.
  • Fadel E, Chapelier A, Bacha EA, Macchiarini P, Dartevelle P. Subclavian artery resection and reconstruction for thoracic inlet cancers. Journal of Vascular Surgery 1999; 29:581-588.
  • Bacha EA, Wright CD, Grillo HC, Moncure AC, Wain JC, Keel SB, Donahue DM, Mathisen DM. Surgical management of primary pulmonary sarcomas. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 1999; 15:456-460.
  • Fadel E, Riou JY, Mazmanian M, Brenot P, Dulmet E, Detruit H, Serraf A, Bacha EA, Herve P, Dartevelle P. Pulmonary thrombendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic obstruction of the pulmonary artery in piglets. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117:787-93.
  • Bacha EA, Chapelier AR, Macchiarini P, Fadel E, Dartevelle P. Surgery for invasive primary mediastinal tumors. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1998; 66:234-9.
  • Dominguez-Fernandez E, Bacha EA, Kraemling H-J, Enders G, Schildberg FW. Mediators of antigen-induced gastrin release: Role of Ag-Ab complexes and the complement system. Research in Experimental Medicine 1997; 197:37-43.
  • Bacha EA, Dominguez-Fernandez E, Peskar BM, Stroff T, Enders G, Kraemling H-J. Gastric antigen challenge releases gastrin and eicosanoids and protects against ethanol. Journal of Surgical Research 1997; 70:69-74.
  • Chapelier A, Bacha EA, de Montpreville V, Dulmet E, Rietjens M, Margulis A, Macchiarini P, Dartevelle P. Radical resection of radiation-induced sarcoma of the chest wall: Report of 15 cases. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997; 63:214-19.
  • Murakami S, Bacha EA, Mazmanian GM, Chapelier AR, Dartevelle P, Herve P. Effect of various timings and concentrations of inhaled nitric oxide on lung ischemia-reperfusion. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1997; 156:454-58.
  • Bacha EA, Sellak H, Murakami S, Mazmanian GM, Detruit H, de Montpreville V, Chapelier AR, Libert JM, Dartevelle PG, Herve P. Inhaled nitric oxide attenuates reperfusion injury in non-heart-beating donor lung transplantation. Transplantation 1997; 63:1380-86.
  • Murakami S, Bacha EA, Herve P, Detruit H, Chapelier AR, Dartevelle PG, Mazmanian GM. Inhaled nitric oxide and pentoxifylline in rat lung transplantation from non-heart-beating donors. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1997; 113:821-9.
  • Murakami S, Bacha EA, Herve P, Detruit H, Chapelier A, Dartevelle P, Mazmanian M. Prevention of reperfusion injury by inhaled nitric oxide in lungs harvested from non-heart-beating cadavers. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1996; 62:1632-38.
  • Bacha EA, Herve P, Murakami S, Chapelier A, Mazmanian M, de Montpreville V, Detruit H, Libert JM, Dartevelle P. Lasting beneficial effect of short term inhaled nitric oxide on graft function after lung transplantation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1996; 112:590-8.
  • Chapelier A, Danel C, Mazmanian M, Bacha EA, Sellak H, Herve P, Lemarchand P. Gene therapy in lung transplantation: Feasability of ex vivo adenovirus -mediated gene transfer to the graft. Human Gene Therapy 1996; 7:1837-1845.
  • Lumsden AB, Mattar SG, Allen RC, Bacha EA. Hepatic artery aneurysms: An account of the management of 22 patients. Journal of Surgical Research 1996; 60:345-350.
  • Hughes JD, Bacha EA, Dodson TF, Smith RB, Chaikof EL. Peripheral vascular complications of aortic dissection. American Journal of Surgery 1995; 170:209-212.
  • Jordan WD, Smith RB, Salam AS, Dodson TF, Lumsden AB, Bacha EA, Chaikof EL. The occluded renal artery: An ongoing surgical challenge. Annals of Vascular Surgery 1995; 9:344-351.
  • Jauch KW, Bacha EA, Denecke H, Anthuber M, Schildberg FW. Esophageal carcinoma: Prognostic features and comparison between blunt transhiatal dissection and transthoracic resection. European Journal of Surgical Oncology 1992; 18:553-562.

Editorials

  • Bacha EA. Surgical Treatment of severe complications caused by transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defects. (invited commentary). World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 1(2),186; 2010
  • Bacha EA. The training of congenital heart surgeons. (Editorial). Pediatric Cardiology 2009;3:217-8

Book Chapters

  • Bacha EA, Marshall AC. Hybrid Procedures: Catheterization Techniques and Procedures with Operative Exposure. In: Lock J, Marshall A, McElhinney D, Bergersen L (eds), Diagnostic and Interventional Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease, 3d Edition, Springer Verlag 2010 (in press)
  • Bacha EA. Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great arteries. In: Vricella L, Cameron DE (eds) Johns Hopkins Manual of cardiothoracic Surgery, 2d Edition 2010 (in press)
  • Bacha EA: Ventricular Septal Defects and Double-Outlet Right Ventricle. In: Sellke F, del Nido P, Swanson S (eds) Sabiston & Spencer's Surgery of the Chest,8th edition, Elsevier Science 2009 (in press)
  • Bacha EA: Congenital Tracheal Disease. In: Sellke F, del Nido P, Swanson S (eds) Sabiston & Spencer's Surgery of the Chest,8th edition, Elsevier Science 2009 (in press)
  • Valente A, Landzberg M, Bacha EA: Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. In: Sellke F, del Nido P, Swanson S (eds) Sabiston & Spencer's Surgery of the Chest,8th edition, Elsevier Science 2009 (in press)
  • Vasyliev N, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ: Image guided and hybrid surgery; Surgical Simulation. In: Sellke F, del Nido P, Swanson S (eds) Sabiston & Spencer's Surgery of the Chest, 8th edition, Elsevier Science 2009 (in press)