UPMC Children’s Faculty Presenting at Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative 11th Annual Scientific Sessions

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh faculty will be speaking and presenting research abstracts at the 11^th Annual Scientific Sessions of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Collaborative, October 24-27, 2022 in Montréal, Québec.

Multidisciplinary faculty from the Heart Institute, Radiology, Critical Care Medicine, Neurology, Behavioral Sciences and other Divisions are presenting collaborative research in nearly a dozen scientific abstracts and lectures focused on improving aspects of neurodevelopmental care delivery and outcomes in pediatric patients facing critical illness and complex cardiac conditions and congenital heart anomalies.

Below is a summary of the presentations and research abstracts. We look forward to seeing our colleagues, alumni, and friends at this year’s event.

Lectures and Presentations 

• Lecture Title: An Essential Primer on Neuroimaging Modalities, Including MRI, EEG, NIRS, and Functional Measures
  Tuesday, October 25, 2022; 11:02 AM - 11:12 AM

   

• Lecture Title: White Matter Network Topology Predicts Cognitive Flexibility Deficits in Preadolescent Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Report from the Pediatric Heart Network SVRIII Brain Connectome Study Group

Wednesday, October 26, 2022; 9:23 AM - 9:34 AM

Scientific Abstract Presentations

• Intraoperative Volatile Anesthetic Exposure Predicts Postnatal Microstructural White Matter Alterations in Complex CHD: A Retrospective Multi-Center Study

  Authors: Lee V, Adams P, Votava-Smith J, Del Castillo S, von Busse S, Rajagopalan V, Tran N, O’Neil S, Baust T, Lorenzi Quigley L, Meyers B, Wallace J, Landsittel D, Badaly D, Gaynor JW, Licht D, Simpao, Easley RB , Ceschin R, Andropoulos D

   

• White Matter Network Topology Predicts Cognitive Flexibility Deficits in Preadolescent Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Report from the Pediatric Heart Network SVRIII Brain Connectome Study Group

  Authors: Schmithorst V, Ceschin R, Lee V, Wallace J, Chenevert T, Parmar H, Berman JI, Vassough A, Qiu D, Kadom N,  Grant PE, Gagoski B, LaViolette P, Maheshwari M, Sleeper L, Trachtenberg F, Bellinger D, Ilardi D, O’Neil S, Balady D, Miller T, Detterich J, Hill K, Atz A, Richmond M, Cnota J, Mahle W, Ghanayem N, J. Gaynor JW, Goldberg CS, Newburger JW, -  for the Pediatric Heart Network SVRIII Brain Connectome Study Investigators 

   

• Parental Wellness and Self-Care Promotion - Psychoeducation Delivery Mechanisms in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

  Authors: Lorenzi Quigley L, Canyon Meyer M, Harris K, Burgess D, Baust T, Johnson J

   

• Telehealth and Embedded Neurodevelopmental Care - Implementing Lessons Learned From the COVID Pandemic

  Authors: Baust T, Yeh J, Herrup E, Johnson J, Weinberg J, Lorenzi Quigley L

   

• Preoperative Levels of Neurofilament Light (NF-L) May Help Predict Early Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass Surgery

  Authors: Lorenzi Quigley L, Baust T, Lorenzi E, Domnina Y, Sanchez de Toledo J, Lin J

• Caregiver Perspectives on Family Centered Follow-up After Pediatric ECMO

  Authors: Herrup E, Huntington T, Baust T, Aspenleiter M, Sabia J, Jarvis J, Viegas M, Yeh J, Rak K, Fink E

   

• Quantitative Morphological Alterations of the Olfaction Bulb Predict Executive Dysfunction in CHD

  Authors: Racki A, Shah A, Slabicki R, Wallace J, Lo C, Ceschin R

   

• Introducing Uncertainty: An Observational Study of Clinician-Parent Conversations Following Prenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease

  Authors: Harris K, Schweiberger K, Kavanaugh-McHugh A, Arnold R, Merlin J, Chang J, Kasparian N

   

• Parent Perception of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Resiliency in Children with Repaired Symptomatic Tetralogy of Fallot is Related to Parent Education

  Authors: Ilardi D, Zampi J, McCracken C, Glatz A, Goldberg C, Petit C, Goldstein B, Qureshi A, Beshish A, Batlivala S, Law M, Mascio C, Maskatia S, Meadows J, Pettus J, Romano J, Shahanavaz S, Nicholson G

   

• Neonatal Cerebrovascular Stability Index is Associated with 9-month Cognitive Developmental Scores

          Authors: Tran N, Votava-Smith J, Rajagopalan V, Brady K