Texas Children's Heart Center physicians to present at American Heart Association national meeting

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cardiologists from Texas Children's Heart Center and Baylor College of Medicine will serve as presenters and moderators during the annual American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions held Nov. 15 through 19 in Chicago. Texas Children's Heart Center is ranked #2 nationally in cardiology and heart surgery by U.S. News & World Report. For more information about Texas Children's Heart Center visit texaschildrens.org/heart.

More than 17,000 cardiovascular experts from more than 100 countries will meet to discuss basic, translational, clinical and population science, with an additional 1.5 million professionals attending virtually. The five-day meeting includes presentations from the world's leaders in cardiovascular disease, 14 of which will be given or moderated by Texas Children's Heart Center experts.

"We are proud to represent Texas Children's in front of an international audience," says Dr. Daniel J. Penny, chief of cardiology at Texas Children's Hospital and section head and professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor. "It is exciting that so many of our leading Heart Center experts are presenting and moderating at this year's Scientific Sessions."

In addition to Texas Children's Heart Center experts who will present or moderate throughout the meeting, attendees will also include Penny and Dr. Doug Moodie, associate chief, pediatric cardiology at Texas Children's and professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor. The 14 experts who will present or moderate throughout the meeting include:

• Dr. Antonio Cabrera, medical director of the Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will moderate the Early Career Investigator Awards Session of The Council on Cardiovascular Diseases in the Young.
• Dr. John Colquitt, pediatric cardiology fellow at Texas Children's and Baylor, will present: Survival in Children with Trisomy 21 Undergoing Single Ventricle Palliation.
• Dr. Moreshwar S. Desai, critical care physician at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-critical care at Baylor, will present: TGR5 - A Novel Membrane Receptor for Bile Acids Regulates Myocardial Response to Exercise, Catecholamine and Pressure Overload Induced Stress.
• Dr. Jeff Dreyer, medical director of Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and Cardiac Transplantation at Texas Children's and professor of pediatrics-cardiology will present: Is There an Alternative "Travel Plan" If There Is No Transplant? Destination Therapy in Children.
• Dr. Henri Justino, medical director of the Charles E. Mullins Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Balloon Valvuloplasty Is the Primary Treatment for Congenital Aortic Valve Stenosis.
• Dr. Aimee Liou, pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Randomized Trial of Atenolol Versus Losartan in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome.
• Dr. Shaine Morris, pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Outcomes after In-Utero Cardiac Interventions: A Preliminary Report of the Collaborative International Fetal Cardiac Intervention Registry.
• Dr. Mary K. Olive, pediatric cardiology fellow at Texas Children's and Baylor, will present: The Right Ventricular Infundibular Sparing Approach for the Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot Results in Better Intermediate-Term Right Ventricular and Left Ventricular Systolic Function as Assessed by Cardiac MRI.
• Dr. Jack Price, pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's and associate professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Hyponatremia in Children Hospitalized with Decompensated Heart Failure: Prevalence, Severity and Association with Clinical Outcome.
• Dr. Athar Qureshi, pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's and associate professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Clinical Presentation, Management and Longitudinal Follow-Up of Neonatal and Infants with Coronary Artery Fistula - A Multicenter Study from the Coronary Artery Fistula Registry.
• Dr. Craig G. Rusin, PhD, cardiology research core, physiological signal processing and algorithm development at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Prediction of Imminent Deterioration of Children after Stage I Palliation Using Real-Time Processing of Physiological Data.
• Dr. Santiago Valdes, pediatric cardiologist at Texas Children's and assistant professor of pediatrics-cardiology at Baylor, will present: Improved Adolescent Pre-Athletic Screening Sensitivity and Specialty with Seattle Criteria-Interpreted ECGs.
• Dr. Nitya Viswanathan, pediatric resident at Baylor, will present: Description of Aortic Root Growth and Outcomes in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome and Rates and Risk Factors for Faster Aortic Root Growth in Pediatric Patients with Marfan Syndrome.
• Dr. Eric L. Vu, anesthesiology fellow at Texas Children's and Baylor, will present: ST Segment Variability as a Predictor of Clinical Deterioration in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

About Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital, a not-for-profit health care organization, is committed to creating a healthier future for children and women throughout the global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation, Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthroughs in pediatric and women's health. The hospital includes the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute; the Feigin Center for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, a second community hospital planned to open in 2017. The organization also created the nation's first HMO for children, has the largest pediatric primary care network in the country and a global health program that's channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, go to www.texaschildrens.org. Get the latest news by visiting the online newsroom and Twitter at twitter.com/texaschildrens.

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