Preclinical Validation of a Patient-Specific Patch-Planning Workflow for Congenital Cardiovascular Reconstruction.
Kizilski SB, Recco DP, Davee, JM, Masterson, A, Yao, Jiang, Earley, PD, Kneier, NE, Aycock, KI, Craven, BA, Pathmanathan, P, Hammer, PE, Hoganson DM.
Ann Biomed Eng. 2025 Oct; online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10439-025-03870-4
PMID: 41087715

Impact of Surgical Approach on Hospital Course After Repair of Aortic Coarctation With Arch Hypoplasia.
Recco DP, Kizilski SB, Gauvreau K, Dafflisio GJ, Piekarski B, Prakash A, Hoganson DM.
JTCVS. 2025 Oct; online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.07.034
PMID: 40744160

Growth of the Fontan pathway and its association with long-term outcomes.
Verma, A, Dafflisio, G, Govindarajan, V, Rathod, R, Hammer, PE, Hoganson DM, Emani, SM.
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2025 Oct. doi: 10.1177/21501351251375456
PMID: 41166324

Aortic Valve Repair Using Aortic Wall As Leaflet Patch Material In Children.
Recco, DP, Marshall, L, Mah, VK, Gauvreau, K, Hammer, PE, Hoganson, DM, Emani, SM, del Nido, PJ, Baird, CW.
JTCVS Tech. 2025 Jul. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.009.
PMID: 41112473

Evolving Hemodynamics in Fontan Circulation: Age-Driven Insights in Patients with Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatoazygos Shunt.
Kannojiya, V, Sahni, A, Eickhoff, E, Zacharia, N, St Clair, N, Schulz, N, Hammer, PE, del Nido, PJ, Rathod, R, Hoganson, DM, Govindarajan, V.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2025 Jul. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00072.2025
PMID: 40323666

Wide variation in shape of hypoplastic left ventricles undergoing recruitment and biventricular repair: A statistical shape modeling study.
Barnet, I, Schulz, NE, Ghelani, SJ, Hoganson, DM, Feins, EN, Hammer, PE, Emani, SM, Sleeper, LA, Beroukhim, RS.
J Cardio Mag Res. 2025 Jul. doi: 10.1016/j.jocmr.2024.101131

Biomechanical modeling combined with pressure-volume loop analysis to aid surgical planning in patients with complex congenital heart disease.
Gusseva, M, Thatte, N, Castellanos, DA, Hammer, PE, Ghelani, SJ, Callahan, R, Hussain, T, Chabiniok, R.
Med Image Anal. 2025 Apr. doi: 10.1016/j.media.2024.103441
PMID: 39709691

Biomechanics and clinical implications of Fontan upsizing.
Govindarajan V, Sahni A, Eickhoff E, Hammer P, Hoganson DM, Rathod RH, Del Nido PJ.
Comput Biol Med. 2024 Dec. doi: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2024.109317
PMID: 39471662

Postoperative Aortic Isthmus Size After Arch Reconstruction with Patch Augmentation Predicts Arch Reintervention.
Recco DP, Kizilski SB, Dafflisio GJ, Ghosh RM, Kittichokechai P, Gauvreau K, Piekarski B, Prakash A, Hoganson DM.
JTCVS. 2024 Sept. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.09.031.
PMID: 39326728

Development of a Simple Analytical Model to Facilitate Preoperative Surgical Planning in Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement.
Recco DP, Kizilski SB, Zhang W, Kneier NE, Earley PD, Hoganson DM, Baird CW, Hammer PE.
Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Aug. doi: 10.1007/s10439-024-03593-y.
PMID: 39107489

Multiphysiologic State Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling for Planning Fontan With Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava.
Hoganson DM, Govindarajan V, Schulz NE, Eickhoff ER, Breitbart RE, Marx GR, del Nido PJ, Hammer PE.
JACC: Advances. 2024 June; 3(7):101057. doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.101057.
PMID: 39129987

Off-center staggered leaflet plication technique to prevent residual central regurgitation in aortic valve repair.
Recco, DP, Baird, CW, Emani, S, Hammer, PE.
JTCVS Techniques. 2024 Apr; doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.03.010..
PMID: 38899070

Impact of Age-Related Change in Caval Flow Ratio on Hepatic Flow Distribution in the Fontan Circulation.
Govindarajan V, Marshall L, Sahni A, Cetatoiu MA, Eickhoff E, Davee J, St. Clair N, Schulz NE, Hoganson DM, Hammer PE, Ghelani SJ, Prakash A, del Nido PJ, Rathod RH.
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024; 17:e016104. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.016104.
PMID: 37732201

Fiberscope-Based Measurement of Coaptation Height for Intraoperative Assessment of Mitral Valve Repair.
Recco DP, Kneier NE, Earley PD, Kizilski SB, Hammer PE, Hoganson DM.
WJPCHS. 2024 Feb; 15(3):371-379. doi: 10.1177/21501351231221459.
PMID: 38327093

Aortic growth after arch reconstruction with patch augmentation: a 2-decade experience.
Recco DP, Kizilski SB, Ghosh RM, Piekarski B, Prakash A, Hoganson DM.
ICVTS. 2023 Dec; 37(6):ivad210. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad210.
PMID: 38134426

Mechanical failure analysis of patch materials used in aortic arch reconstruction: implications for clinical practice.
Recco DP*, Kizilski SB*, Marshall LE, Earley PD, Kneier NE, del Nido PJ, Hammer PE, Hoganson DM.
EJCTS. 2023 Nov; 64(5):ezad366. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad366.
PMID: 37897688

Systematic Analysis of PTFE Monocusp Leaflet Design in a Patient-Based 3D in-Vitro Model of Tetralogy of Fallot.
Zhang X, Kizilski SB, Recco DP, Chaillo Lizarraga MD, Kneier NE, Schulz NE, Baird CW, Hammer PE, Hoganson DM.
CVET. 2023 Nov; 14:827-839. doi: 10.1007/s13239-023-00690-2.
PMID: 37973699

Validation of a laser projection platform for the preparation of surgical patches used in paediatric cardiac surgery.
Saunders T, Recco D, Kneier N, Kizilski S, Hammer P, Hoganson D.
ICVTS. 2023 Aug; 37(2):ivad129. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivad129.
PMID: 37555820

Transcatheter Pulmonary Artery Banding in High-Risk Neonates: In-Vitro Study Provoked by Initial Clinical Experience.
Kizilski SB*, Recco DP*, Sperotto F, Lang N, Hammer PE, Baird CW, Maschietto N, Hoganson DM.
CVET. 2023 July; 14:650-654. doi: 10.1007/s13239-023-00674-2.
PMID: 37580629

An In Vitro Circulatory Loop Model of the Pediatric Right Ventricular Outflow Tract as a Platform for Valve Evaluation.
Kizilski SB, Zhang X, Kneier NE, Chaillo Lizarraga MD, Schulz NE, Hammer PE, Hoganson DM.
CVET. 2022 Dec; 14:217-229. doi: 10.1007/s13239-022-00648-w.
PMID: 36456745

Intraoperative conduction mapping in complex congenital heart surgery.
Feins EN, O'Leary ET, Hoganson DM, Schulz N, Eickoff E, Davee J, Triedman JK, Baird CW, Del Nido PJ, Emani S, DeWitt ES.
JTCVS Tech. 2022 Feb 1;12:159-163. doi: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.11.017. eCollection 2022 Apr.
PMID: 35403044

Improving transcatheter aortic valve interventional predictability via fluid-structure interaction modelling using patient-specific anatomy.
Govindarajan V, Kolanjiyil A, Johnson NP, Kim H, Chandran KB, McPherson DD.
R Soc Open Sci. 2022 Feb 9;9(2):211694. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211694. eCollection 2022 Feb.
PMID: 35154799

The feasibility of mitral valve device foldoplasty: an in vivo study to evaluate durable retention.
Wamala I, Saeed MY, Hammer PE, Bautista-Salinas D, Gauvreau K, Ghelani SJ, Vasilyev NV, Del Nido PJ.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2022 Jan 6;34(1):128-136. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivab225. Epub 2021 Aug 12.
PMID: 34999794

Mechanical strain triggers endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition of the endocardium in the immature heart.
Vorisek C, Weixler V, Dominguez M, Axt-Fliedner R, Hammer PE, Lin RZ, Melero-Martin JM, Del Nido PJ, Friehs I.
Pediatr Res. 2021 Nov 26:10.1038/s41390-021-01843-6. doi: 10.1038/s41390-021-01843-6. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 34837068

The Role of Elevated Wall Shear Stress in Progression of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Evidence from Two Case Studies.
Hammer PE, McEnaney K, Callahan R, Baird CW, Hoganson DM, Jenkins KJ.
Children (Basel). 2021 Aug 25;8(9):729. doi: 10.3390/children8090729.
PMID: 34572161

A Tribute to Ajit Yoganathan's Cardiovascular Fluid Mechanics Lab: A Survey of Its Contributions to Our Understanding of the Physiology and Management of Single-Ventricle Patients.
Hammer PE, Hoganson DM, Del Nido PJ.
Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2021 Dec;12(6):631-639. doi: 10.1007/s13239-021-00540-z. Epub 2021 May 20.
PMID: 34018153

Automatic extraction of the mitral valve chordae geometry for biomechanical simulation.
Panicheva D, Villard PF, Hammer PE, Perrin D, Berger MO.
Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2021 May;16(5):709-720. doi: 10.1007/s11548-021-02368-3. Epub 2021 May 12.
PMID: 33978895

Conceptual Framework Development for a Double-Walled Aortic Stent-Graft to Manage Blood Pressure.
Kizilski SB, Amili O, Coletti F, Faizer R, Barocas VH.
J Med Device. 2020 Sep 1;14(3):031005. doi: 10.1115/1.4047873. Epub 2020 Jul 31.
PMID: 32983314

A geometrically adaptable heart valve replacement.
Hofferberth SC, Saeed MY, Tomholt L, Fernandes MC, Payne CJ, Price K, Marx GR, Esch JJ, Brown DW, Brown J, Hammer PE, Bianco RW, Weaver JC, Edelman ER, Del Nido PJ.
Sci Transl Med. 2020 Feb 19;12(531):eaay4006. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aay4006.
PMID: 32075944

Flow disturbances and the development of endocardial fibroelastosis.
Weixler V, Marx GR, Hammer PE, Emani SM, Del Nido PJ, Friehs I.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb;159(2):637-646. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.101. Epub 2019 Sep 26.
PMID: 31668539

Flow disturbances and progression of endocardial fibroelastosis - a case report.
Weixler V, Hammer PE, Marx GR, Emani SM, Del Nido PJ, Friehs I.
Cardiovasc Pathol. 2019 Sep-Oct;42:1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2019.04.004. Epub 2019 May 3.
PMID: 31150840

Microfluidic and computational study of structural properties and resistance to flow of blood clots under arterial shear.
Mitrophanov AY, Govindarajan V, Zhu S, Li R, Lu Y, Diamond SL, Reifman J.
Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2019 Oct;18(5):1461-1474. doi: 10.1007/s10237-019-01154-0. Epub 2019 May 4.
PMID: 31055691

Mechanical Properties of Autologous Pericardium Change With Fixation Time: Implications for Valve Reconstruction.
Hofferberth SC, Baird CW, Hoganson DM, Quiñonez LG, Emani SM, Del Nido PJ, Hammer PE.
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Winter;31(4):852-854. doi: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2019.03.001. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
PMID: 30858112

Innovation and science: The future of valve design.
Karamichalis JM, Hammer PE.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct;156(4):1641. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.043.
PMID: 30248801

Three-Dimensional Mitral Valve Morphology in Children and Young Adults With Marfan Syndrome.
Jolley MA, Hammer PE, Ghelani SJ, Adar A, Sleeper LA, Lacro RV, Marx GR, Nathan M, Harrild DM.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 Nov;31(11):1168-1177.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.06.009. Epub 2018 Aug 8.
PMID: 30098871

Dehiscence of patch augmentation of a left-sided atrioventricular valve related to strenuous isometric exercise: Case report and failure analysis.
Hammer PE, Baird CW, Del Nido PJ, Marx GR.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Oct;156(4):e165-e168. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.04.101. Epub 2018 May 3.
PMID: 29804663

Flow Preservation of Umbilical Vein for Autologous Shunt and Cardiovascular Reconstruction.
Hoganson DM, Cooper DA, Rich KN, Piekarski BL, Gui L, Gaut JP, Mayer JE, Aikawa E, Niklason LE, Emani SM.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Jun;105(6):1809-1818. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.076. Epub 2018 Mar 3.
PMID: 29510094

Fast image-based mitral valve simulation from individualized geometry.
Villard PF, Hammer PE, Perrin DP, Del Nido PJ, Howe RD.
Int J Med Robot. 2018 Apr;14(2). doi: 10.1002/rcs.1880. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
PMID: 29356304

A leaflet plication clip is an effective surgical template for mitral valve foldoplasty.
Wamala I, Saeed M, Ghelani SJ, Gauvreau K, Hammer PE, Vasilyev NV, Del Nido PJ.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 May 1;53(5):939-944. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx423.
PMID: 29220425

Designing valves: An art or science?
Karamichalis JM, Hammer PE.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Feb;155(2):775-776. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.10.048. Epub 2017 Oct 27.
PMID: 29198788

Management of severe calcific aortic stenosis in children with progeria syndrome.
Hoganson DM, Eickhoff ER, Prakash A, del Nido PJ.
JTCVS. 2023 May; 166:1292-1297. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.05.015.
PMID: 37236599