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R. Lacro

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R. Lacro — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 39
Works: 105
Citations: 5,790

Most-cited papers

Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Formerly Premature Infants With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Clinical Features and Outcomes in the Surfactant Era
E. Khemani, D. McElhinney, L. Rhein, Olyn Andrade +3 more
2007Pediatrics525 citations
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Genetic Basis for Congenital Heart Disease: Revisited
M. Pierpont, Martina Brueckner, W. Chung, V. Garg +9 more
2018Circulation514 citations Open access
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Atenolol versus Losartan in Children and Young Adults with Marfan's Syndrome
R. Lacro, H. Dietz, Lynn A. Sleeper, A. Yetman +29 more
2014New England Journal of Medicine483 citations Open access
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Pattern of malformations in the children of women treated with carbamazepine during pregnancy.
K. L. Jones, R. Lacro, K. Johnson, J. Adams
1989New England Journal of Medicine393 citations
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Increased Vertebral Artery Tortuosity Index Is Associated With Adverse Outcomes in Children and Young Adults With Connective Tissue Disorders
S. Morris, D. Orbach, T. Geva, Michael N. Singh +2 more
2011Circulation279 citations Open access
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Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of beta-blocker therapy (atenolol) versus angiotensin II receptor blocker therapy (losartan) in individuals with Marfan syndrome.
R. Lacro, H. Dietz, L. Wruck, T. Bradley +14 more
2007American Heart Journal240 citations Open access
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Expression of dihydropyridine receptor (Ca2+ channel) and calsequestrin genes in the myocardium of patients with end-stage heart failure.
Toshiyuki Takahashi, P. Allen, R. Lacro, A. Marks +5 more
1992Journal of Clinical Investigation227 citations Open access
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Sudden death in Williams syndrome: report of ten cases.
Lynne M. Bird, Glenn F. Billman, R. Lacro, Robert L. Spicer +7 more
1996Jornal de Pediatria179 citations
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Cardiovascular disease in Noonan syndrome
T. Prendiville, K. Gauvreau, E. Tworog-Dube, Lynne Patkin +3 more
2014Archives of Disease in Childhood167 citations Open access
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Clinical approach to genetic cardiomyopathy in children.
M. Schwartz, G. Cox, A. Lin, M. Korson +3 more
1996Circulation157 citations
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Performant Mutation Identification Using Targeted Next‐Generation Sequencing of 14 Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Genes
D. Proost, G. Vandeweyer, J. Meester, S. Salemink +12 more
2015Human Mutation112 citations Open access
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Renal findings in 40 individuals with Williams syndrome.
B. Pober, R. Lacro, C. Rice, V. Mandell +1 more
1993American journal of medical genetics110 citations
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MATR3 disruption in human and mouse associated with bicuspid aortic valve, aortic coarctation and patent ductus arteriosus
F. Quintero-Rivera, Qiongchao J. Xi, K. Keppler-Noreuil, J. H. Lee +18 more
2015Human Molecular Genetics107 citations Open access
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Coarctation of the aorta in Turner syndrome: a pathologic study of fetuses with nuchal cystic hygromas, hydrops fetalis, and female genitalia.
R. Lacro, K. L. Jones, Kurt Benirschke
1988Pediatrics107 citations
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Fetal pulmonary artery diameters and their association with lung hypoplasia and postnatal outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
J. Sokol, D. Bohn, R. Lacro, G. Ryan +4 more
2002American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology105 citations
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Bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortic dilation in the young
Susan M. Fernandes, P. Khairy, Dionne A. Graham, S. Colan +5 more
2012Heart94 citations
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Surgical Management of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Associations with Surgical Technique, Age, and Trisomy 21
A. Atz, John A. Hawkins, Min-Min Lu, Meryl S. Cohen +8 more
2010Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery94 citations Open access
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Applying massive parallel sequencing to molecular diagnosis of Marfan and Loeys‐Dietz syndromes
M. Baetens, L. Van Laer, K. De Leeneer, J. Hellemans +11 more
2011Human Mutation91 citations Open access
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New autosomal dominant branchio‐oculo‐facial syndrome
A. Fujimoto, M. Lipson, R. Lacro, Nancy W. Shinno +5 more
1987American journal of medical genetics87 citations
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Measurement of technical performance in congenital heart surgery: a pilot study.
L. A. Larrazabal, P. D. del Nido, K. Jenkins, K. Gauvreau +7 more
2007Annals of Thoracic Surgery86 citations Open access
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Angiotensin receptor blockers and β-blockers in Marfan syndrome: an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials
Alex Pitcher, E. Spata, J. Emberson, Kelly Davies +27 more
2022The Lancet80 citations Open access
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X-linked laterality sequence: situs inversus, complex cardiac defects, splenic defects.
R. Mathias, R. Lacro, K. L. Jones, J. M. Opitz +1 more
1987American journal of medical genetics79 citations
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Clinical utility of a next generation sequencing panel assay for Marfan and Marfan‐like syndromes featuring aortopathy
Whitney L. Wooderchak-Donahue, Chad VanSant-Webb, T. Tvrdik, Parker Plant +17 more
2015American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A67 citations
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Thoracic Aortic Disease in Two Patients with Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome and SMAD4 mutations
P. Teekakirikul, D. Milewicz, David T. Miller, R. Lacro +5 more
2012American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A67 citations Open access
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Segmental Aortic Stiffness in Children and Young Adults With Connective Tissue Disorders: Relationships With Age, Aortic Size, Rate of Dilation, and Surgical Root Replacement
A. Prakash, H. Adlakha, Nicole Rabideau, Cara J. Hass +5 more
2015Circulation60 citations Open access
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Characteristics of children and young adults with Marfan syndrome and aortic root dilation in a randomized trial comparing atenolol and losartan therapy
R. Lacro, L. Guey, H. Dietz, Gail D. Pearson +19 more
2013American Heart Journal57 citations Open access
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Partial and Transitional Atrioventricular Septal Defect Outcomes
L. Minich, A. Atz, S. Colan, L. Sleeper +9 more
2010Annals of Thoracic Surgery55 citations Open access
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Cardiovascular malformations: changes in prevalence and birth status, 1972-1990.
A. Lin, A. Herring, Karen Scharenberg Amstutz, M. Westgate +4 more
1999American journal of medical genetics55 citations
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Echocardiographic Methods, Quality Review, and Measurement Accuracy in a Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial of Marfan Syndrome
E. S. Selamet Tierney, J. Levine, Shan Chen, T. Bradley +18 more
2013Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography53 citations Open access
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Heart Size on Chest X-Ray as a Predictor of Cardiac Enlargement by Echocardiography in Children
Gary M. Satou, R. Lacro, T. Chung, K. Gauvreau +1 more
2001Pediatric Cardiology49 citations
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Design and rationale of a prospective, collaborative meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials of angiotensin receptor antagonists in Marfan syndrome, based on individual patient data: A report from the Marfan Treatment Trialists' Collaboration
Alex Pitcher, J. Emberson, R. Lacro, L. Sleeper +30 more
2015American Heart Journal45 citations Open access
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Adams-Oliver syndrome associated with cardiovascular malformations.
Angela E. Lin, M. Westgate, M. E. van der Velde, R. Lacro +1 more
1998Clinical Dysmorphology44 citations
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Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of a 60-kDa phosphoprotein in rabbit skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum which is an isoform of phosphoglucomutase.
Young Sup Lee, A. Marks, N. Gureckas, R. Lacro +2 more
1992Journal of Biological Chemistry43 citations Open access
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Updated Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome
Siddharth Srivastava, M. Sahin, J. Buxbaum, E. Berry-Kravis +41 more
2023American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A41 citations Open access
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Cardiovascular Management of Aortopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
S. Morris, J. Flyer, A. Yetman, Emilio Quezada +7 more
2024Circulation40 citations
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Outcomes After Primary Transcatheter Therapy in Infants and Young Children With Severe Bilateral Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenosis
J. Cunningham, D. McElhinney, K. Gauvreau, Lisa Bergersen +4 more
2013Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions40 citations Open access
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Fetal cardiac dextroposition in the absence of an intrathoracic mass: sign of significant right lung hypoplasia.
Mustafa M. Abdullah, R. Lacro, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, D. Chitayat +4 more
2000Journal of ultrasound in medicine40 citations Open access
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Recent Clinical Drug Trials Evidence in Marfan Syndrome and Clinical Implications.
Michael N. Singh, R. Lacro
2016Canadian Journal of Cardiology39 citations
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Surgical Interventions for Atrioventricular Septal Defect Subtypes: The Pediatric Heart Network Experience
A. Kaza, S. Colan, J. Jaggers, Min-Min Lu +9 more
2011Annals of Thoracic Surgery38 citations Open access
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Potocki–Lupski syndrome: An inherited dup(17)(p11.2p11.2) with hypoplastic left heart
R. Yusupov, Amy E. Roberts, R. Lacro, M. Sandstrom +1 more
2011American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A36 citations
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Influence of Aortic Stiffness on Aortic-Root Growth Rate and Outcome in Patients with the Marfan Syndrome
E. S. Selamet Tierney, J. Levine, Lynn A. Sleeper, M. Roman +23 more
2018American Journal of Cardiology34 citations Open access
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Pattern of Malformations in the Children of Women Treated with Carbamazepine during Pregnancy
K. Jones, R. Lacro, Kathleen A. Johnson, J. Adams
199033 citations
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Lessons Learned from a Pediatric Clinical Trial: The Pediatric Heart Network Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Mitral Regurgitation Study
Jennifer S. Li, S. Colan, Lynn A. Sleeper, Jane W. Newburger +9 more
2011American Heart Journal25 citations Open access
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Molecular characterization and investigation of the role of genetic variation in phenotypic variability and response to treatment in a large pediatric Marfan syndrome cohort
J. Meester, Silke Peeters, Lotte J. F. Van Den Heuvel, G. Vandeweyer +23 more
2022Genetics in Medicine24 citations Open access
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FAMILY FUNCTIONING AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH MARFAN SYNDROME
Lauren S Crafts, L. Sleeper, R. Lacro
2023Journal of the American College of Cardiology19 citations Open access
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Frequency of Ventricular Arrhythmias and Other Rhythm Abnormalities in Children and Young Adults With the Marfan Syndrome
D. Mah, L. Sleeper, J. Crosson, R. Czosek +10 more
2018American Journal of Cardiology19 citations Open access
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MATR 3 disruption in human and mouse associated with bicuspid aortic valve , aortic coarctation and patent ductus arteriosus
F. Quintero-Rivera, Qiongchao J. Xi, K. Keppler-Noreuil, J. H. Lee +18 more
201517 citations
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Challenges in Echocardiographic Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation in Children After Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defect
A. Prakash, R. Lacro, L. Sleeper, L. Minich +7 more
2011Pediatric Cardiology17 citations Open access
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Predictors of Rapid Aortic Root Dilation and Referral for Aortic Surgery in Marfan Syndrome
A. Hoskoppal, S. Menon, F. Trachtenberg, Kristin M. Burns +17 more
2018Pediatric Cardiology16 citations Open access
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Longitudinal Changes in Segmental Aortic Stiffness Determined by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Children and Young Adults With Connective Tissue Disorders (the Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, and Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes, and Nonspecific Connective Tissue Disorders).
A. Merlocco, R. Lacro, K. Gauvreau, Nicole Rabideau +2 more
2017American Journal of Cardiology16 citations
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