Cardiology Department

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Dr Robert G Weintraub - Publications

Cardiac re-synchronization therapy in a child with severe anthracycline-induced congestive heart failure and normal QRS duration. Jones BO, Davis AM, Alison J, Weintraub RG, Butt W, Cheung MM. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Dec;26(12):1333-5.

Safety And Efficacy Of Transitioning From Subcutaneous Treprostinil To Oral Sildenafil In Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Keogh AM, Jabbour A, Weintraub RG, Brown K, Hayward CS, Macdonald PS, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2007: 26: 1079-83

X-linked cardiomyopathy presenting as contracted endocardial fibroelastosis. Sjoberg G, Cooper S, Weintraub RG, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2007; 26: 293-5

Cardiac Manifestations in Oxidative Phosphorylation Disorders of Childhood, Yaplito-Lee J, Thorburn DR, Kirby DM, Weintraub R, Chow CW, Boneh A, Journal of Pediatrics 2007: 150: 407-11

Probability of compatible heart donors arising within specified times according to weight of recipient. Galati JC, Carlin JB, Weintraub RG, Tibballs J, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2007; 43; 49-54

Prevalence and Outcomes for Angiographically Determined Left Ventricular Noncompaction in Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Hughes ML, Carstensen B, Wilkinson JL, Weintraub RG, Cardiology in the Young 2007; 17: 56-63

Public Funding of Bosentan for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Australia. A model for Cost-Effectiveness and Risk Sharing. Wlodarczyk JH, Cleland LG, Keogh AM, McNeil KD, Mitchell A, Perl K, Weintraub RG, Williams T, Pharmacoeconomics 2006: 24: 903-915

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Childhood Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Results from a National Population-Based Study. Daubeney PEF, Nugent A, Chondros P, Carlin J, Cheung M, Davis AM, Chow CW, Weintraub RG, Circulation 2006; 114: 2671-2678

Preliminary Experience with Bosentan-Combination Therapy in Childhood Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Simpson CM, Penny DJ, Cochrane AC, Davis AM, Rose ML, Wilson SE, Weintraub RG, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2006:25: 469-473

Clinical Features and Outcomes of Childhood Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Results from a National Population-Based Study. Nugent A, Daubeney PEF, Chondros P, Carlin J, Colan SD, Cheung M, Davis AM, Chow CW, Weintraub RG., Circulation 2005; 112: 1332-1338.

Cardiac Troponin I Mutations in Australian Families with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Clinical, Genetic and Functional Consequences. Doolan A, Tebo M, Ingles J, Nguyen L, Tsoutsman T, Lam L, Chiu C, Chung J, Weintraub RG, Semsarian C, Journal of Molecular and Cellular. Cardiology 2005; 38: 387-393

Exercise Echocardiography reflects Cumulative Anthracycline Exposure During Childhood. Smibert E, Carlin JB, Wilkinson LC, Newton M, Weintraub RG. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2004; 42: 556-62

Arterial Switch with Full Flow Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Limited Circulatory Arrest: Neurodevelopmental Outcome.Karl T, Hall S, Kelly EA, Ford G, Brizard C, Mee RBB, Weintraub RG, Cochrane AD, Glidden D. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2004; 127: 213-22

The Epidemiology of Childhood Cardiomyopathy in Australia. Nugent A, Daubeney PED, Chondros P, Carlin JB, Cheung M, Wilkinson JL, Davis AM, Kahler SG, Wilkinson L, Weintraub RG. New England Journal of Medicine 2003; 348: 1639-46.

Restoration Of Genetic Growth Potential After Early Repair Of Tetralogy Of Fallot. Cheung MMH, Davis AM, Weintraub RG. Heart 2003; 89:1340-43

Mechanisms and Management of Gingival overgrowth After Paediatric Heart Transplantation. Chabria D, Weintraub RG, Kilpatrick N. International Journal of Pediatric Dentistry 2003; 13: 220-9.

T-Wave Alternans Threshold Late After Repair Of Tetralogy of Fallot.Cheung MMH, Davis AM, Weintraub RG, Cohen RJ, Karl TR, Wilkinson JL. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology 2002; 13: 657-61.

Renal function in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients is not Influenced by the Usual Late Reduction in Cyclosporine Dose. Rice JE, Shipp AT, Carlin JB, Vidmar SI, Weintraub RG. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2002; 21: 1109-1112

Outcome of Idiopathic Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in Children. Weller RJ, Weintraub R, Addonizio LJ, Chrisant MR, Gersony WM, Hsu DT. Am J Cardiol 2002; 90(5): 501-6.

Clinical, Electrocardiographic, and histologic correlations in children with dilated cardiomyopathy. Nugent AW, Davis AM, Kleinert S, Wilkinson JL, Weintraub RG J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20:1152-1157

Growth In Congenital Heart Disease (editorial comment). Weintraub RG, Menahem S. Cardiology In The Young 2000; 10: 428-9

Pulmonary vascular resistance and reactivity in children with end-stage cardiomyopathy. Hughes ML, Kleinert S, Keogh A, Macdonald P, Wilkinson JL, Weintraub RG J Heart Lung Transplant. 2000;19:701-704

Relationship of the dimension of cardiac structures to body size: an echocardiographic study in normal infants and children. Daubeney PE, Blackstone EH, Weintraub RG, Slavik Z, Scanlon J, Webber SA Cardiol Young 1999;9:402-410

Persistent truncus arteriosus in monozygotic twins: a case report and review of the literature. Mas C, Delatycki M, Weintraub RG. American Journal of Medical Genetics 1999; 82: 148-8.

Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy is associated with both regional changes in cerebral blood flow velocity and alterations in cardiovascular function. Benahggen R, Weintraub RG, Lundstrom N-R, Svenningsen NW. Biology of the Human Neonate 1998;73:275-86.

Anatomic features and surgical strategies in double outlet right ventricle Kleinert S, Sano T, Weintraub RG, Mee RBB, Karl TR, Wilkinson JL Circulation 1997; 96:1233-39.

Senning plus arterial switch operation for discordant (congenitally corrected) transposition of the great arteries Karl T, Weintraub RG, Brizard C, Cochrane AD, Mee RBB. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1997; 64: 495-502.

Gingival overgrowth in pediatric heart and heart-lung recipients. Kilpatrick NM, Weintraub RG, Lucas JO, Shipp AT, Byrt T, Wilkinson JL. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 1997; 1231-7.

Myocarditis presenting in children with dilated cardiomyopathy; incidence and outcome after dual therapy immunosuppression. Kleinert S, Weintraub RG, Wilkinson JL, Chow CW. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 1997; 16:1248-54.

Surgical commissurotomy of the aortic valve: outcome of surgical valvotomy in neonates with critical aortic stenosis. Gildein HP, Kleinert S, Weintraub RG, Wilkinson JL, Karl TR, Mee RBB.American Heart Journal 1996; 131(4): 754-9.

Haemodynamic and angiographic findings after arterial switch repair of transposition of the great arteries. Ranjit MS, Srinivas A, Wilkinson JL, Goh TH, Edis BD, Menahem S, Weintraub RG Cardiology in the Young 1996; 6: 198-307.

Heart transplantation for post fontan chyloptysis. Robotin MC, Edis BD, Weintraub RG, Pawade A, Karl TR. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1995; 59: 1570-1.

Foetal echocardiography: Indications and results Penny D, Weintraub RG. Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health 1995; 31: 371-4.

Re-evaluation of ventricular septal defect by transesophageal echocardiography: Intraoperative assessment Tee SDC, Shiota T, Weintraub R, Teien DE, Deng Y-B, Sahn DJ, Omoto R, Kyo S. American Heart Journal 1994; 127: 585-92

Relation between persistent atrial arrhythmias and redundant septum primum flap (atrial septal aneurysm) in fetuses: An echocardiographic study Toro L, Weintraub RG, Shiota T, Sahn DJ, Sahn C, Rice MJ, Hagen-Ansert S. American Journal of Cardiology 1994; 73: 711-13.

Effects of adjacent surfaces of different shapes on regurgitant jet sizes: An in vitro study using color doppler imaging and laser-illuminated dye visualization. Zhang J, Shiota T, Shandas R, Deng Y-B, Weintraub R, Paik J, Liepmann D, Sahn DJ. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1993; 22: 1522-9.

Growth and congenital heart disease Weintraub RG, Menahem S. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1993; 25: 95-98.

Long-term growth following neonatal anatomic repair of transposition of the great arteries Swan J, Weintraub RG, Radley-Smith R, Yacoub M. Clinical Cardiology 1993; 16: 392-96.

Accuracy of flow convergence estimates of mitral regurgitant flow rates obtained by use of multiple color flow doppler m-mode aliasing boundaries: an experimental animal study Zhang J, Jones M, Shandas R, Valdes-Cruz L, Murillo A, Yamada I, Kang SU, Weintraub RG, Shiota T, Sahn DJ. American Heart Journal 1993; 125: 449-53

Transesophageal echocardiography in infants and children with congenital heart disease Weintraub RG, Shiota T, Elkadi T, Golebiovski P, Zhang J, Ritter S, Sahn DJ, Rothman A. Circulation 1992; 86: 711-22.

Echocardiographic study of the morphology and growth of the aortic arch in the human fetus: Observations related to the prenatal diagnosis of coarctation Hornberger LK, Weintraub RG, Pesonen E, Murillo-Olivas A, Simpson IA, Sahn C, Hagen-Ansert S, Sahn DJ. Circulation 1992; 86: 741-7.

Transesophageal echocardiography in pediatric cardiology Sahn DJ, Weintraub RG. Anesthesiology 1992; 77: 611.

Intraluminal ultrasound imaging through a balloon dilation catheter in an animal model of coarctation of the aorta Rothman A, Ricou F, Weintraub RG, Crowley R, Archangeli R, Shiota T, Zhang J, Sahn DJ. Circulation 1992; 85: 2291-5.

Applications of intravascular scanning in congenital heart disease Ludomirsky A, Ricou F, Weintraub RG, Sahn DJ. In: INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IMAGING (eds. J.M. Tobin and P.G. Yock, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1992).

Transesophageal echocardiography: Present and future Weintraub RG, Sahn DJ. Anesthesiology 1992; 76: 159-60.

Influence of the coanda effect on color doppler jet area and color encoding: In-vitro studies using color doppler flow mapping Chao K, Moises VA, Shandas R, Elkadi T, Sahn DJ, Weintraub RG. Circulation 1992; 85: 333-41.

Color doppler flow mapping studies of "physiological" pulmonary and tricuspid regurgitation: Evidence for true regurgitation as opposed to a valve closing volume Maciel BC, Simpson IA, Valdes-Cruz L, Recusani F, Hoit B, Dalton N, Dittrich H, Weintraub RG, Sahn DJ. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 1991; 4: 589-97.

A new method for noninvasive estimation of ventricular septal defect shunt flow by doppler color flow mapping: Imaging of the laminar flow convergence region on the left septal surface Moises VA, Maciel BC, Hornberger LK, Murillo-Olivas A, Valdes-Cruz L, Sahn DJ, Weintraub RG. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1991; 18: 24-32.

Early surgical closure of a large ventricular septal defect: influence on long-term growth Weintraub RG, Menahem S. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1991; 18: 552-8.

Applications of intravascular scanning and transesophageal echocardiography in congenital heart disease: Tradeoffs and the merging of technologies Ricou F, Ludomirsky A, Weintraub RG, Sahn DJ. International Journal of Cardiac Imaging 1991; 6: 221-30.

Growth before and after correction of congenital heart disease Weintraub RG, Swan JW, Menahem S. 1990-1991 Annual of Cardiac Surgery (ed. M. Yacoub, Backwell Scientific Publications, London).

The congenital long qt syndromes in childhood Weintraub RG, Gow RM, Wilkinson JL. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1990; 16: 674-80.

Two-patch repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect in the first year of life Weintraub RG, Brawn WJ, Venables AW, Mee RBB. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 1990; 99: 320-26.

Absent leaflets of the aortic valve in digeorge syndrome Weintraub RG, Chow CW, Gow RM. International Journal of Cardiology 1989; 23: 255-7.

Neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report and family study Weintraub RG, Swinburn MJ, Lee L. Australian Paediatric Journal 1987; 23: 249-51.

High aluminium content of infant milk formulas. Weintraub RG, Hams G, Meerkin M, Rosenberg AR. Archives of Disease in Childhood 1986; 61: 914-16.

Comparative nephrotoxicity of two aminoglycosides: gentamicin and tobramycin Weintraub RG, Duggin GG, Hovarth JS, Tiller DJ. Medical Journal of Australia 1982; 2: 129-32.

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS:

Pulmonary Hypertension. Gabbay E, Weintraub RG. Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, 2^nd edition, 2005, editors Taussig L, Landau LI; Elsevier

Cardiomyopathies. Mackenzie I.M., Weintraub R.G. Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthesia, 4^th edition, editors Lake CL, Booker PD, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.

Growth Before And After Correction Of Congenital Heart Disease. Weintraub RG, Swan JW, Menahem S. 1990-1991 Annual Of Cardiac Surgery (Ed. M. Yacoub, Blackwell Scientific Publications, London).

BOOK REVIEW:

Pediatric Cardiology handbook, 3^rd Edition, MK Park 2003. Weintraub RG. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2003

Last Updated 28-Jul-2008. Authorised by: Jim Wilkinson. Enquiries: Adam Leadoux.