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| Thomas S KlitznerSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Benefits of care coordination for children with complex disease: a pilot medical home project in a resident teaching clinicThomas S Klitzner
Mattel Children s Hospital, Pediatrics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Pediatr 156:1006-10. 2010..To study the integration of comprehensive care coordination for children with complex disease in our resident education clinic at University of California Los Angeles by analyzing alterations in medical resource use...
Sex-related disparity in surgical mortality among pediatric patientsThomas S Klitzner
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Congenit Heart Dis 1:77-88. 2006..There was no difference in length of hospital stay between males and females. The mechanism by which female gender acts as a risk factor requires further investigation...- Can regionalization decrease the number of deaths for children who undergo cardiac surgery? A theoretical analysisRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA
Pediatrics 109:173-81. 2002..To simulate the effects of regionalization of pediatric cardiac surgery, we assessed the impact of reducing the number of pediatric cardiac centers on surgical mortality and patient's travel distance... - Screening newborns for congenital heart disease with pulse oximetry: survey of pediatric cardiologistsRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Box 491, Torrance, CA 90509, USA
Pediatr Cardiol 30:20-5. 2009..This study aimed to evaluate current practices and opinions of pediatric cardiologists in relation to newborn screening for congenital heart disease (CHD) using pulse oximetry... - A pediatric case report on arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasiaEllen L P Chan
UCLA School of Medicine, Mattel Children s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology, Los Angeles, CA 90015 9524, USA
Congenit Heart Dis 3:132-7. 2008..We examined the diagnostic steps and current treatment and preventive options in a child with ARVD to highlight these features for clinicians who often evaluate children with syncope... - Risk factors for deaths occurring within 30 days and 1 year after hospital discharge for cardiac surgery among pediatric patientsRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Am Heart J 152:386-93. 2006..Little is known regarding the risk factors for early and late death after hospital discharge among pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery... - Changes in the newborn delivery practice and neonatal outcomes as financing changed in Los Angeles County and Orange County, CaliforniaRuey Kang R Chang
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
Manag Care Interface 18:53-7, 62. 2005..The newborn interhospital transfer rate for patients in LAC remained unchanged. The newborn in-hospital mortality rates for both LAC and OC decreased during the study period... - Variations in adult congenital heart disease training in adult and pediatric cardiology fellowship programsMichelle Z Gurvitz
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 46:893-8. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate adult congenital heart disease (CHD) training among U.S. cardiology fellowship programs... - Parental preference regarding hospitals for children undergoing surgery: a trade-off between travel distance and potential outcome improvementRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, USA
Can J Cardiol 20:877-82. 2004..To explore parental preference in the choice between a local and a referral hospital for children undergoing heart surgery... - Resources, use, and regionalization of pediatric cardiac servicesRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Mattel Children s Hospital at the University of California Los Angeles, 90024, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 18:98-101. 2003.... - Female sex as a risk factor for in-hospital mortality among children undergoing cardiac surgeryRuey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, Calif 90509, USA
Circulation 106:1514-22. 2002..The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sex disparity in cardiovascular outcomes exists in children who undergo cardiac surgery... - HIV type 1 glycoprotein 120 inhibits cardiac myocyte contractionFuhua Chen
UCLA School of Medicine, 675 C E Young Drive South, MRL 3754, Los Angeles, CA 90095 7045, USA
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 18:777-84. 2002..These results suggest that HIV-1 gp120 may directly contribute to cardiac dysfunction as seen in many HIV patients... - Clinical management of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the United States, 1988-1997Ruey Kang R Chang
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Harbor UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90509, USA
Pediatrics 110:292-8. 2002..To evaluate changes in the clinical management of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) over a 10-year period... - Evaluation of safety and efficacy of pacemaker and defibrillator implantation by axillary incision in pediatric patientsJoselyn C R Lee
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 27:304-7. 2004..The axillary or extrathoracic venous entry site avoids subclavian crush syndrome... - Autonomic regulation of calcium cycling in developing embryonic mouse heartsFuhua Chen
Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 675 Charles Young Drive So. 3754 MRL, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7045, USA
Cell Calcium 39:375-85. 2006..These results define the functional and structural sequence of autonomic regulation of Ca(2+) transient in the embryonic mouse heart... - Atrioventricular ring reentry in embryonic mouse heartsMiguel Valderrabano
Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 675 Charles Young Dr So, 3645 MRL, Los Angeles, Calif 90095 1760, USA
Circulation 114:543-9. 2006..We studied AV conduction during this transition and its sensitivity to autonomic modulation... 
Atrioventricular conduction and arrhythmias at the initiation of beating in embryonic mouse heartsFuhua Chen
UCLA Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 675 Charles Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Dev Dyn 239:1941-9. 2010..In summary, at the onset of beating, I(f)-dependent pacemaking drives both AP propagation and Ca(i) transient generation through activation of voltage-dependent Ca channels. Na channels and intracellular Ca cycling have minor roles...