Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiology

Christopher J. Petit practices Pediatric Cardiology. He went to medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He has 1 awards "Fellow (FACC)". Christopher Petit is also published. He has 36 publications published. The lastest publication: "Efficacy and safety of catheter-based rheolytic and aspiration thrombectomy in children.'

Publications

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• Efficacy and safety of catheter-based rheolytic and aspiration thrombectomy in children.
• Direct physician reporting is associated with reductions in radiation exposure in pediatric cardiac catheterizations.
• Association of Interstage Home Monitoring With Mortality, Readmissions, and Weight Gain: A Multicenter Study from the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement...
• Influence of Morphology and Initial Surgical Strategy on Survival of Infants With Tricuspid Atresia.
• Validation of a Prescreening Program for Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure.
• Transcatheter interventions across fresh suture lines in infants and children: An 8-year experience.
• Cardiac Catheterization in the Early Post-Operative Period After Congenital Cardiac Surgery.
• Single Ventricle Palliation in Low Weight Patients Is Associated With Worse Early And Midterm Outcomes.
• Melody Valve implantation in the pulmonary and tricuspid position.
• Contemporary experience with surgical treatment of Aortic valve disease in children.
• Impact of postoperative nutrition on weight gain in infants with hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
• Impact of preoperative risk factors on outcomes after Norwood palliation for hypoplastic left Heart syndrome.
• Treatment of severe Pulmonary hypertension in the setting of the large patent ductus arteriosus.
• A 25-year experience of endomyocardial biopsy safety in infants.
• Effect of Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis on Right Ventricular Volume Overload in Patients With Tetralogy of Fallot After Initial Surgical Repair.
• Diminished left ventricular function is associated with poor mid-term outcomes in neonates after balloon Aortic valvuloplasty.
• Aortic valve morphology is associated with outcomes following balloon valvuloplasty for congenital Aortic stenosis.
• Ischemic changes associated with a large Patent arterial duct in small infants.
• Repeat balloon Aortic valvuloplasty effectively delays surgical intervention in children with recurrent Aortic stenosis.
• Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Infants and Toddlers: Predictors of Success.
• Neonatal MidAortic Syndrome and Renal Artery Atresia Presenting as Malignant Hypertension.
• Percutaneous closure of an Atrial septal defect in an infant with shone's syndrome.
• Staged Single-ventricle Palliation in 2011: Outcomes and Expectations.
• Twenty-Five Year Experience With Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty for Congenital Aortic Stenosis.
• Impact of Pharmacotherapy on Interstage Outcomes in Single Ventricle Infants.
• The impact of a dedicated single-ventricle home-monitoring program on interstage somatic growth, interstage attrition, and one-year survival.
• Transthoracic echocardiographic assistance for interAtrial stenting in low birth-weight neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact Atrial septum.
• Relief of branch pulmonary artery stenosis reduces pulmonary Valve insufficiency in a swine model.
• Preoperative brain injury in transposition of the great arteries is associated with oxygenation and time to surgery, not balloon Atrial septostomy.
• Novel use of a modified Amplatzer Vascular Plug to occlude a Patent ductus arteriosus in two patients.
• Creation of a coronary sinus to Atrial communication in coronary sinus ostial atresia improves cardiac function after Fontan.
• Endovascular stents for relief of cyanosis in single-ventricle patients with shunt or conduit-dependent Pulmonary blood flow.
• A three-thousand-year history of vegetation and human impact in Burgundy (France) reconstructed from pollen and non-pollen palynomophs analysis.
• Heparin dosing in obese pediatric patients in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
• Relation of Aortic Valve Morphologic Characteristics to Aortic Valve Insufficiency and Residual Stenosis in Children With Congenital Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Balloon...

Schools

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• Vanderbilt University School Of Medicine

• McGaw Medical Center Of Northwestern University

Procedures Preformed

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• Cardiac Imaging

Conditions Treated

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• Aortic Valve Disease
• Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
• Cardiomegaly
• Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Cardiology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACC)

Education

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• McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Texas Children's Hospital
• Northside Hospital

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