Submissions from 2015
Linking exposures of particles released from nano-enabled products to toxicology: An integrated methodology for particle sampling, extraction, dispersion, and dosing, Anoop K. Pal, Christa Y. Watson, Sandra V. Pirela, Dilpreet Singh, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot, Ilias Kavouras, and Philip Demokritou
Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy carriers, John J. Parent, Ryan A. Moore, Michael D. Taylor, Jeffrey A. Towbin, and John L. Jefferies
Left ventricular noncompaction in a family with lamin A/C gene mutation, John J. Parent, Jeffrey A. Towbin, and John L. Jefferies
Social support, stigma and disclosure: Examining the relationship with HIV medication adherence among ryan white program clients in the mid-south USA, Latrice C. Pichon, Kristen R. Rossi, Siri A. Ogg, Lisa J. Krull, and Dorcas Young Griffin
Review of HIV testing efforts in historically black churches, Latrice Crystal Pichon and Terrinieka Williams Powell
Erratum to: Abnormal Myocardial Strain Indices in Children Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy [Pediatric Cardiology, DOI:10.1007/s00246-015-1203-8], Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Payam Ghazi, S. Chandra-Bose Reddy, Patrick Thompson, Qiqiong Cui, Jacqueline Castro, Mehmet F. Okcu, and John Lynn Jefferies
Abnormal Myocardial Strain Indices in Children Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy, Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Payam Ghazi, S. Chandra Bose Reddy, Patrick Thompson, Qiqiong Cui, Jacqueline Castro, Mehmet F. Okcu, and John Lynn Jefferies
Basiliximab treatment for autoimmune bowel disease in a pediatric heart transplant patient, K. Puri, S. Kocoshis, K. Risma, L. Perez, C. Hart, C. Chin, T. D. Ryan, J. L. Jefferies, K. R. Schumacher, and C. Castleberry
Eplerenone for early cardiomyopathy in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, Subha V. Raman, Kan N. Hor, Wojciech Mazur, Nancy J. Halnon, John T. Kissel, Xin He, Tam Tran, Suzanne Smart, Beth McCarthy, Michael D. Taylor, John L. Jefferies, Jill A. Rafael-Fortney, Jeovanna Lowe, Sharon L. Roble, and Linda H. Cripe
Air pollution and cardiovascular and respiratory emergency visits in Central Arkansas: A time-series analysis, Sophia Rodopoulou, Evangelia Samoli, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Advances in pediatric heart failure and treatments, Joseph W. Rossano, Anne I. Dipchand, Timothy M. Hoffman, T. P. Singh, and John L. Jefferies
Reaching consumers through effective health messages: A public health imperative, Marla B. Royne and Marian Levy
Abnormal circumferential strain measured by echocardiography is present in patients with Shwachman-Diamond syndrome despite normal shortening fraction, Thomas D. Ryan, John L. Jefferies, Clifford Chin, Joshua J. Sticka, Michael D. Taylor, Richard Harris, Joan Moore, Erica Goodridge, Leann Mount, Audrey A. Bolyard, Barbara Otto, Amanda Jones, Akiko Shimamura, Stella Davies, and Kasiani Myers
Managing Heart Failure in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease, Thomas D. Ryan, John L. Jefferies, and Ivan Wilmot
The evolving role of the total artificial heart in the management of end-stage congenital heart disease and adolescents, Thomas D. Ryan, John L. Jefferies, Farhan Zafar, Angela Lorts, and David L.S. Morales
An integrated methodology for the assessment of environmental health implications during thermal decomposition of nano-enabled products, Georgios A. Sotiriou, Dilpreet Singh, Fang Zhang, Wendel Wohlleben, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot, Ilias G. Kavouras, and Philip Demokritou
Activity engagement: Perspectives from nursing home residents with dementia, Sunghee H. Tak, Satish Kedia, Tera M. Tongumpun, and Song Hee Hong
Dystrophin Genotype–Cardiac Phenotype Correlations in Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies Using Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Animesh Tandon, John L. Jefferies, Chet R. Villa, Kan N. Hor, Brenda L. Wong, Stephanie M. Ware, Zhiqian Gao, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Wojciech Mazur, Robert J. Fleck, Joshua J. Sticka, D. Woodrow Benson, and Michael D. Taylor
Myocardial fibrosis burden predicts left ventricular ejection fraction and is associated with age and steroid treatment duration in duchenne muscular dystrophy, Animesh Tandon, Chet R. Villa, Kan N. Hor, John L. Jefferies, Zhiqian Gao, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Brenda L. Wong, Wojciech Mazur, Robert J. Fleck, Joshua J. Sticka, D. Woodrow Benson, and Michael D. Taylor
Factors affecting the relationship between environmental concern and behaviors, Jeff Thieme, Marla B. Royne, Subhash Jha, Marian Levy, and Wendy Barnes McEntee
Arrhythmia as a cardiac manifestation in MELAS syndrome, Tamara Thomas, William J. Craigen, Ryan Moore, Richard Czosek, and John L. Jefferies
The use of a Berlin Heart EXCOR LVAD in a child receiving chemotherapy for Castleman's disease, Tamara O. Thomas, Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, Maureen O'Brien, John L. Jefferies, Thomas D. Ryan, Ivan Wilmot, Michael L. Baker, Peace C. Madueme, David Morales, and Angela Lorts
Autonomic Dysfunction: A Driving Force for Myocardial Fibrosis in Young Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients?, Tamara O. Thomas, John L. Jefferies, Angela Lorts, Jeffrey B. Anderson, Zhiqian Gao, D. Woodrow Benson, Kan N. Hor, Linda H. Cripe, and Elaine M. Urbina
Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Angela Lorts, and John Lynn Jefferies
Left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy and PLEC1 mutation, Chet R. Villa, Thomas D. Ryan, James J. Collins, Michael D. Taylor, Anne W. Lucky, and John L. Jefferies
Response to: PLEC1 mutation associated with left ventricular hypertrabeculation/noncompaction, Chet R. Villa, Thomas D. Ryan, Michael D. Taylor, and John L. Jefferies
Neurological and cardiac responses after treatment with miglustat and a ketogenic diet in a patient with Sandhoff disease, Ives T. Villamizar-Schiller, Laudy A. Pabón, Sophia B. Hufnagel, Norma C. Serrano, Gabriela Karl, John L. Jefferies, Robert J. Hopkin, and Carlos E. Prada
The waterpipe: An emerging global epidemic in need of action, Kenneth D. Ward
The relationship between waterpipe smoking and body weight: Population-based findings from Syria, Kenneth D. Ward, Sang Nam Ahn, Fawaz Mzayek, Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Taghrid Asfar, Fouad Fouad, and Wasim Maziak
Waterpipe tobacco smoking: The critical need for cessation treatment, Kenneth D. Ward, Kamran Siddiqi, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, Adam C. Alexander, and Taghrid Asfar
Integration of tobacco cessation services into multidisciplinary lung cancer care: Rationale, state of the art, and future directions, Graham W. Warren and Kenneth D. Ward
Sexual Health Communication Within Religious African-American Families, Terrinieka T. Williams, Latrice C. Pichon, and Bettina Campbell
Modeling spatial segregation and travel cost influences on utilitarian walking: Towards policy intervention, Yong Yang, Amy H. Auchincloss, Daniel A. Rodriguez, Daniel G. Brown, Rick Riolo, and Ana V. Diez-Roux
Pediatric heart transplant waiting list mortality in the era of ventricular assist devices, Farhan Zafar, Chesney Castleberry, Muhammad S. Khan, Vivek Mehta, Roosevelt Bryant, Angela Lorts, Ivan Wilmot, John L. Jefferies, Clifford Chin, and David L.S. Morales
Biventricular berlin heart EXCOR pediatric use across the United States, Farhan Zafar, John L. Jefferies, Christine J. Tjossem, Roosevelt Bryant, Robert D.B. Jaquiss, Peter D. Wearden, David N. Rosenthal, Antonio G. Cabrera, Joseph W. Rossano, Tilman Humpl, and David L.S. Morales
Submissions from 2014
Gender roles, sociosexuality, and sexual behavior among US Black women
Tobacco smoking status and perception of health among a sample of Jordanian students, Sukaina Alzyoud, Khalid A. Kheirallah, Linda S. Weglicki, Kenneth D. Ward, Abdallah Al-Khawaldeh, and Ali Shotar
Behavioral cessation treatment of waterpipe smoking: The first pilot randomized controlled trial, Taghrid Asfar, Radwan Al Ali, Samer Rastam, Wasim Maziak, and Kenneth D. Ward
Food availability as a determinant of weight gain among renal transplant recipients, Robin F. Bloodworth, Kenneth D. Ward, George E. Relyea, and Ann K. Cashion
Trends of non-accidental, cardiovascular, stroke and lung cancer mortality in Arkansas are associated with ambient PM2.5 reductions, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot, Tamara A. Jones, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the functional content of organic aerosols: A review, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot and Ilias G. Kavouras
Functional characterization of the water-soluble organic carbon of size-fractionated aerosol in the southern Mississippi Valley, M. C.G. Chalbot, J. Brown, P. Chitranshi, G. Gamboa Da Costa, E. D. Pollock, and I. G. Kavouras
Heart transplantation, Clifford Chin and John Lynn Jefferies
Recovery of echocardiographic function in children with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Results from the pediatric cardiomyopathy registry, Melanie D. Everitt, Lynn A. Sleeper, Minmin Lu, Charles E. Canter, Elfriede Pahl, James D. Wilkinson, Linda J. Addonizio, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Joseph Rossano, Rakesh K. Singh, Jacqueline Lamour, Steven A. Webber, Steven D. Colan, Renee Margossian, Paul F. Kantor, John L. Jefferies, and Steven E. Lipshultz
Genetics of congenital and acquired cardiovascular disease, John L. Jefferies, Hugo R. Martinez, and Jeffrey A. Towbin
Relationship of racial composition and cancer risks from air toxics exposure in memphis, Tennessee, USA, Chunrong Jia, Wesley James, and Satish Kedia
Blood 2,5-dimethyfuran as a sensitive and specific biomarker for cigarette smoking, Chunrong Jia, Kenneth D. Ward, Fawaz Mzayek, and George Relyea
Occupational safety and health, Ilias G. Kavouras and Marie Cecile G. Chalbot
Preface, Ilias G. Kavouras and Marie Cecile G. Chalbot
Response to letter regarding article, "mortality and sudden death in pediatric left ventricular noncompaction in a tertiary referral center", Jeffrey J. Kim, Samuel T. Brescia, Joseph W. Rossano, Ricardo Pignatelli, John L. Jefferies, Jack F. Price, Jamie A. Decker, Susan W. Denfield, W. Jeffrey Dreyer, O'brian Smith, and Jeffrey A. Towbin
Cardiomyopathies in children, Angela Lorts, Thomas D. Ryan, and John Lynn Jefferies
Comparison of area-length method by echocardiography versus full-volume quantification by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of left atrial volumes in children, adolescents, and young adults, Peace C. Madueme, Wojciech Mazur, Kan N. Hor, Joshua T. Germann, John L. Jefferies, and Michael D. Taylor
Change in carbon monoxide exposure among water pipe bar patrons, Mary P. Martinasek, Kenneth D. Ward, and Allison V. Calvanese
Novel cardiovascular findings in association with a POMT2 mutation: Three siblings with α-dystroglycanopathy, Hugo R. Martinez, William J. Craigen, Monika Ummat, Adekunle M. Adesina, Timothy E. Lotze, and John L. Jefferies
Epigenetic alterations induced by ambient particulate matter in mouse macrophages, Isabelle R. Miousse, Marie Cécile G. Chalbot, Nükhet Aykin-Burns, Xiaoying Wang, Alexei Basnakian, Ilias G. Kavouras, and Igor Koturbash
The current and future landscape of urinary thromboxane testing to evaluate atherothrombotic risk, Sean Xavier Neath, John L. Jefferies, Jeffrey S. Berger, Alan H.B. Wu, Joseph P. McConnell, Jeffrey L. Boone, Peter A. McCullough, Robert L. Jesse, and Alan S. Maisel
Perceptions and recommendations by scientists for a potential release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Nigeria, Patricia N. Okorie, John M. Marshall, Onoja M. Akpa, and Olusegun G. Ademowo
Are we there yet? Feasibility of continuous stress assessment via wireless physiological sensors, Md Mahbubur Rahman, Rummana Bari, Amin Ahsan Ali, Moushumi Sharmin, Andrew Raij, Karen Hovsepian, Syed Monowar Hossain, Emre Ertin, Ashley Kennedy, David H. Epstein, Kenzie L. Preston, Michelle Jobes, Gayle Beck, Satish Kedia, Kenneth D. Ward, Mustafa Al'absiz, and Santosh Kumar
Peritoneal dialysis does not adversely affect kidney function recovery after congenital heart surgery, Alyssa A. Riley, John L. Jefferies, David P. Nelson, Michael R. Bennett, Joshua J. Blinder, Qing Ma, Prasad Devarajan, and Stuart L. Goldstein
Air pollution and hospital emergency room and admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Sophia Rodopoulou, Marie Cecile Chalbot, Evangelia Samoli, David W. DuBois, Bruce D. San Filippo, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Dilated cardiomyopathy in a 32-year-old woman with Russell-Silver syndrome, Thomas D. Ryan, Anita Gupta, Divya Gupta, Paula Goldenberg, Michael D. Taylor, Angela Lorts, and John L. Jefferies
Implantation of the HeartMate II and HeartWare left ventricular assist devices in patients with duchenne muscular dystrophy: Lessons learned from the first applications, Thomas D. Ryan, John L. Jefferies, Hemant Sawnani, Brenda L. Wong, Aimee Gardner, Megan Del Corral, Angela Lorts, and David L.S. Morales
Provision of Cardiovascular Genetic Counseling Services: Current Practice and Future Directions, Allyson E. Somers, Stephanie M. Ware, Kathleen Collins, John L. Jefferies, Hua He, and Erin M. Miller
Fine structure in manhattan’s daytime Urban heat island: A new dataset, Brian Vant-Hull, Maryam Karimi, Awolou Sossa, Jade Wisanto, Rouzbeh Nazari, and Reza Khanbilvardi
The effect of anthropogenic volatile organic compound sources on ozone in Boise, Idaho, Victor Vargas, Marie Cecile Chalbot, Robert O'Brien, George Nikolich, David W. Dubois, Vic Etyemezian, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Age-related differences in urinary 11-dehydroxythromboxane B2 between infants, children, and adolescents: Another example of developmental hemostasis?, Charles D. Varnell, Stuart L. Goldstein, Donald L. Yee, Jun Teruya, Kirk E. Guyer, Shakeel Siddiqui, and John L. Jefferies
Barriers to breastfeeding in the African American population of Shelby County, Tennessee, Julie L. Ware, Larita Webb, and Marian Levy
Discussing Adolescent Sexual Health in African-American Churches, Terrinieka T. Williams, Darcy Dodd, Bettina Campbell, Latrice C. Pichon, and Derek M. Griffith
Practicing what is preached: Congregational characteristics related to hiv testing behaviors and hiv discussions among black women, Terrinieka T. Williams, Latrice C. Pichon, Carl A. Latkin, and Melissa Davey-Rothwell
Interactions between psychological and environmental characteristics and their impacts on walking, Yong Yang
Examining the impact of thewalking school buswith an agent-based model, Yong Yang, Ana Diez-Roux, Kelly R. Evenson, and Natalie Colabianchi
Submissions from 2013
Awareness and utilization of affordable medicine facility-malaria among caregivers of under-five children in Ibadan north-west local government area, oyo state, Ikeoluwapo O. Ajayi, Tolulope Soyannwo, and Onoja M. Akpa
Mortality and sudden death in pediatric left ventricular noncompaction in a tertiary referral center, Samuel T. Brescia, Joseph W. Rossano, Ricardo Pignatelli, John L. Jefferies, Jack F. Price, Jamie A. Decker, Susan W. Denfield, W. Jeffrey Dreyer, O'brian Smith, Jeffrey A. Towbin, and Jeffrey J. Kim
NMR Analysis of the Water-Soluble Fraction of Airborne Pollen Particles, Marie Cecile G. Chalbot, Gonçalo Gamboa da Costa, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Assessment of the contribution of wildfires to ozone concentrations in the central US-Mexico border region, Marie Cecile Chalbot, Ilias G. Kavouras, and David W. Dubois
Spatial attribution of sulfate and dust aerosol sources in an urban area using receptor modeling coupled with Lagrangian trajectories, Marie Cecile Chalbot, Maria Lianou, Ino Christina Vei, Anastasia Kotronarou, and Ilias G. Kavouras
Sources, trends and regional impacts of fine particulate matter in southern Mississippi valley: Significance of emissions from sources in the Gulf of Mexico coast, M. C. Chalbot, B. McElroy, and I. G. Kavouras
Soil humic-like organic compounds in prescribed fire emissions using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, M. C. Chalbot, G. Nikolich, V. Etyemezian, D. W. Dubois, J. King, D. Shafer, G. Gamboa Da Costa, J. F. Hinton, and I. G. Kavouras
Quantification of environmental tobacco smoke contribution on outdoor particulate aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, M. Gini, M. Lianou, M. C. Chalbot, A. Kotronarou, I. G. Kavouras, and C. G. Helmis
Prevalence and distribution of late gadolinium enhancement in a large population of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Effect of age and left ventricular systolic function, Kan N. Hor, Michael D. Taylor, Hussein R. Al-Khalidi, Linda H. Cripe, Subha V. Raman, John L. Jefferies, Robert O'Donnell, D. Woodrow Benson, and Wojciech Mazur
Barth syndrome, John L. Jefferies
Ultrafiltration in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction comparison with systolic heart failure patients, John L. Jefferies, Cheryl Bartone, Santosh Menon, Gregory F. Egnaczyk, Thomas M. O'Brien, and Eugene S. Chung
Cardorenal syndrome: An emerging problem in pediatric critical care, John Lynn Jefferies and Stuart L. Goldstein
Erratum: Cardiorenal syndrome: An emerging problem in pediatric critical care (Pediatr Nephrol DOI: 10.1007/s00467-012-2251-4)), John Lynn Jefferies and Stuart L. Goldstein
Presentation, diagnosis, and medical management of heart failure in children: Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines, Paul F. Kantor, Jane Lougheed, Adrian Dancea, Michael McGillion, Nicole Barbosa, Carol Chan, Rejane Dillenburg, Joseph Atallah, Holger Buchholz, Catherine Chant-Gambacort, Jennifer Conway, Letizia Gardin, Kristen George, Steven Greenway, Derek G. Human, Aamir Jeewa, Jack F. Price, Robert D. Ross, S. Lucy Roche, Lindsay Ryerson, Reeni Soni, Judith Wilson, Kenny Wong, Sarah Bowdin, Charles Canter, Christian Drolet, Melanie Everitt, and Mark Friedberg
Spatiotemporal variability of ground-level ozone and influence of smoke in Treasure Valley, Idaho, I. G. Kavouras, D. W. DuBois, V. Etyemezian, and G. Nikolich
Quantitative determination of regional contributions to fine and coarse particle mass in urban receptor sites, I. G. Kavouras, M. Lianou, M. C. Chalbot, I. C. Vei, A. Kotronarou, G. Hoek, K. Hameri, and R. M. Harrison
Rare DNA copy number variants in cardiovascular malformations with extracardiac abnormalities, Seema R. Lalani, Chad Shaw, Xueqing Wang, Ankita Patel, Lance W. Patterson, Katarzyna Kolodziejska, Przemyslaw Szafranski, Zhishuo Ou, Qi Tian, Sung Hae L. Kang, Amina Jinnah, Sophia Ali, Aamir Malik, Patricia Hixson, Lorraine Potocki, James R. Lupski, Pawel Stankiewicz, Carlos A. Bacino, Brian Dawson, Arthur L. Beaudet, Fatima M. Boricha, Runako Whittaker, Chumei Li, Stephanie M. Ware, Sau Wai Cheung, Daniel J. Penny, John Lynn Jefferies, and John W. Belmont
MCTP2 is a dosage-sensitive gene required for cardiac outflow tract development, Seema R. Lalani, Stephanie M. Ware, Xueqing Wang, Gladys Zapata, Qi Tian, Luis M. Franco, Zhengxin Jiang, Kristine Bucasas, Daryl A. Scott, Philippe M. Campeau, Neil Hanchard, Luis Umaña, Ashley Cast, Ankita Patel, Sau W. Cheung, Kim L. McBride, Molly Bray, A. Craig Chinault, Barbara A. Boggs, Miao Huang, Mariah R. Baker, Susan Hamilton, Jeff Towbin, John L. Jefferies, Susan D. Fernbach, Lorraine Potocki, and John W. Belmont
Telephone surveys underestimate cigarette smoking among African-Americans, Hope Landrine, Irma Corral, Denise Adams Simms, Scott C. Roesch, Latrice C. Pichon, Diane Ake, and Feion Villodas
Self-reported training needs of emergency responders in disasters requiring military interface, Marian Levy, Robert W. Koch, and Maria B. Royne
The impact of wind on particle mass concentrations in four European urban areas, M. Lianou, M. C. Chalbot, I. C. Vei, A. Kotronarou, I. G. Kavouras, G. Hoek, K. Hameri, and R. M. Harrison
The Impact of Wind Conditions on Particle Mass Concentrations in Athens, Greece, M. Lianou, I. G. Kavouras, T. Kopania, and A. Kotronarou
Lung cancer risk perception and distress: Difference by smoking status, and role of physical activity and race among us population, Sunil Mathur and Marian Levy
An exploration of faith leaders' beliefs concerning hiv prevention: Thirty years into the epidemic, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka T. Williams, and Bettina Campbell
Abnormal circumferential strain is present in young duchenne muscular dystrophy patients, Thomas D. Ryan, Michael D. Taylor, Wojciech Mazur, Linda H. Cripe, Jesse Pratt, Eileen C. King, Kathleen Lao, Michelle A. Grenier, John L. Jefferies, D. Woodrow Benson, and Kan N. Hor
Disorders of left ventricular trabeculation/compaction or right ventricular wall formation, Joseph T.C. Shieh, John L. Jefferies, and Alvin J. Chin
Taking pictures to take control: Photovoice as a tool to facilitate empowerment among poor and racial/ethnic minority women with HIV, Michelle Teti, Latrice Pichon, Allison Kabel, Rose Farnan, and Diane Binson
Prompt recognition and percutaneous coronary intervention leads to favorable myocardial recovery after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction secondary to acute promyelocytic leukemia: Pediatric case report, Tamara O. Thomas, Preeti Ramachandran, John L. Jefferies, Robert H. Beekman, Kan Hor, and Angela Lorts
Myocarditis, Jeffrey A. Towbin, Angela Lorts, and John Lynn Jefferies
