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Meet Dr. Francis Fynn-Thompson
MEDICAL SERVICES
Specialties
Departments
Programs
- Heart Transplant Program
- Center for Airway Disorders
- Lung Transplant Program
- Ventricular Assist Device Program
Languages
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English
EDUCATION
Undergraduate Degree
- University of Pennsylvania , 1993 , Philadelphia , PA
Medical School
- Harvard Medical School , 1997 , Boston , MA
Internship
- Massachusetts General Hospital , 1998 , Boston , MA
Residency
- Massachusetts General Hospital , 2002 , Boston , MA
Fellowship
- Boston Children's Hospital , 2004 , Boston , MA
CERTIFICATIONS
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Congenital Heart Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
PUBLICATIONS
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- Moynihan KM, Ge S, Sleeper LA, Lu M, Andren KG, Mecklosky J, Rahbar R, Fynn-Thompson F, Porras D, Arnold J, Kelly DP, Agus MSD, Thiagarajan RR, Alexander PMA. Life-Threatening Hemoptysis in a Pediatric Referral Center. Crit Care Med. 2021 Jan 07; Publish Ahead of Print. View abstract
- Mah DY, O'Leary ET, Harrild DM, Porras D, Gurvitz M, Marx G, Rathod RH, Fynn-Thompson F. Resynchronizing Right and Left Ventricles With Right Bundle Branch Block in the Congenital Heart Disease Population. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Dec; 6(14):1762-1772. View abstract
- Wei C, Staffa S, Zurakowski D, Saleeb S, Fynn-Thompson F, Emani SM. Comparison of outcomes following thoracoscopic versus thoracotomy closure for persistent patent ductus arteriosus. Cardiol Young. 2020 Oct; 30(10):1433-1438. View abstract
- VanderPluym CJ, Cantor RS, Machado D, Boyle G, May L, Griffiths E, Niebler RA, Lorts A, Rossano J, Sutcliffe DL, Lytrivi ID, Buchholz H, Fynn-Thompson F, Hawkins B, Conway J. Utilization and Outcomes of Children Treated with Direct Thrombin Inhibitors on Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device Support. ASAIO J. 2020 08; 66(8):939-945. View abstract
- Guariento A, Doulamis IP, Duignan T, Kido T, Regan WL, Saeed MY, Hoganson DM, Emani SM, Fynn-Thompson F, Matte GS, Del Nido PJ, McCully JD. Mitochondrial transplantation for myocardial protection in ex-situ?perfused hearts donated after circulatory death. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Jun 29. View abstract
- Nair AG, Sleeper LA, Smoot LB, Wigmore D, Mecklosky J, Andren K, Bastardi HJ, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR, Alexander PMA. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support After Heart Transplantation in Children-Outcomes of a Single Center Cohort. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 04; 21(4):332-339. View abstract
- O'Connor MJ, Lorts A, Davies RR, Fynn-Thompson F, Joong A, Maeda K, Mascio CE, McConnell PI, Mongé MC, Nandi D, Peng DM, Rosenthal DN, Si MS, Sutcliffe DL, VanderPluym CJ, Viegas M, Zafar F, Zinn M, Morales DLS. Early experience with the HeartMate 3 continuous-flow ventricular assist device in pediatric patients and patients with congenital heart disease: A multicenter registry analysis. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Jun; 39(6):573-579. View abstract
- O'Halloran CP, Andren KG, Mecklosky J, Larsen S, Brediger S, Vitali S, Zalieckas JM, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR, Alexander PMA. Mortality and Factors Associated With Hemorrhage During Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 01; 21(1):75-81. View abstract
- Rinewalt D, Cruz SM, Wong M, Fynn-Thompson F, Singh S. Strategies for pediatric lung transplantation: bridging, listing and surgical technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan; 9(1):51-53. View abstract
- Rinewalt D, Wong M, Cruz SM, Fynn-Thompson F, Singh S. Donor directed lobar lung transplantation. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan; 9(1):56-57. View abstract
- Li Y, Williams RJ, Dombrowski ND, Watters K, Daly KP, Irace AL, Visner GA, Rahbar R, Fynn-Thompson F. Current evaluation and management of plastic bronchitis in the pediatric population. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Mar; 130:109799. View abstract
- VanderPluym CJ, Cantor RS, Machado D, Boyle G, May L, Griffiths E, Niebler RA, Lorts A, Rossano J, Sutcliffe DL, Lytrivi ID, Buchholz H, Fynn-Thompson F, Hawkins B, Conway J. Utilization and Outcomes of Children Treated with Direct Thrombin Inhibitors on Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device Support. ASAIO J. 2019 Nov 20. View abstract
- DeWitt ES, Chandler SF, Hylind RJ, Beausejour Ladouceur V, Blume ED, VanderPluym C, Powell AJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Roberts AE, Sanders SP, Bezzerides V, Lakdawala NK, MacRae CA, Abrams DJ. Phenotypic Manifestations of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy in Children and Adolescents. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 07 23; 74(3):346-358. View abstract
- Lozano-Balseiro M, Martínez-Bendayán I, Pato-López O, De la Torre-Bravos M, Fynn-Thompson F, Bautista-Hernández V. Successful Combined Bilateral Lung Transplant and Congenital Heart Disease Repair in a Pediatric Patient. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2019 Oct; 72(10):882-884. View abstract
- Brown ML, Fynn-Thompson F. Commentary: Between the devil and the deep blue sea: A new palliation for high-risk neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 08; 158(2):e65-e66. View abstract
- Fynn-Thompson F. Heart Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2019 Apr-Jun; 15(2):145-148. View abstract
- VanderPluym CJ, Adachi I, Niebler R, Griffiths E, Fynn-Thompson F, Chen S, O'Connor MJ, Machado D, Hawkins B, Bleiweis MS, Koehl DA, Cantor RS, Morales D, Lorts A. Outcomes of children supported with an intracorporeal continuous-flow left ventricular assist system. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 04; 38(4):385-393. View abstract
- O'Leary ET, Gauvreau K, Alexander ME, Banka P, Bezzerides VJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Triedman JK, Walsh EP, Mah DY. Dual-Site Ventricular Pacing in Patients With Fontan Physiology and Heart Block: Does it Mitigate the Detrimental Effects of Single-Site Ventricular Pacing? JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 10; 4(10):1289-1297. View abstract
- Mah DY, Prakash A, Porras D, Fynn-Thompson F, DeWitt ES, Banka P. Coronary artery compression from epicardial leads: More common than we think. Heart Rhythm. 2018 10; 15(10):1439-1447. View abstract
- O'Halloran CP, Alexander PMA, Andren KG, Mecklosky J, Salvin JW, Larsen S, Zalieckas J, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR. RBC Exposure in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Epidemiology and Factors Associated With Large Blood Transfusion Volume. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 08; 19(8):767-774. View abstract
- Fiedler AG, Banka P, Zaleski K, Fahey MC, Breitbart RE, Fynn-Thompson F. Delayed Presentation of Traumatic Pericardial Rupture: Diagnostic and Surgical Considerations for Treatment. Heart Surg Forum. 2018 06 14; 21(4):E254-E256. View abstract
- Kim HB, Lee EJ, Vakili K, Stein DR, Ferguson MA, Porras D, Lock JE, Fynn-Thompson F, Fishman SJ. Mesenteric Artery Growth Improves Circulation (MAGIC) in Midaortic Syndrome. Ann Surg. 2018 06; 267(6):e109-e111. View abstract
- Bryant ME, Regan WL, Fynn-Thompson F, Hoganson D, Nasr VG, Zaleski K, Faella K, Matte GS. Comparison of two pediatric cases requiring the use of bivalirudin during cardiopulmonary bypass. Perfusion. 2018 10; 33(7):525-532. View abstract
- Nathan M, Tishler B, Gauvreau K, Matte GS, Howe RJ, Durham L, Boyle S, Mathieu D, Fynn-Thompson F, DiNardo JA, Ibla JC. A red cell preservation strategy reduces postoperative transfusions in pediatric heart surgery patients. Paediatr Anaesth. 2018 05; 28(5):450-457. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Singh TP, Bastardi H, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F. Liver abnormalities and post-transplant survival in pediatric Fontan patients. Pediatr Transplant. 2017 Dec; 21(8). View abstract
- Hylind RJ, Ladouceur VB, Fynn-Thompson F, Hourigan SE, Bezzerides VJ, Abrams DJ. Genotype-phenotype-guided medical and surgical intervention in long QT syndrome. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2018 Jan; 4(1):14-17. View abstract
- Chandler SF, Fynn-Thompson F, Mah DY. Role of cardiac pacing in congenital complete heart block. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2017 Nov; 15(11):853-861. View abstract
- Hawkins B, Fynn-Thompson F, Daly KP, Corf M, Blume E, Connor J, Porter C, Almond C, VanderPluym C. The Evolution of a Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Program: The Boston Children's Hospital Experience. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Jun; 38(5):1032-1041. View abstract
- Herrin MA, Zurakowski D, Fynn-Thompson F, Baird CW, Del Nido PJ, Emani SM. Outcomes following thoracotomy or thoracoscopic vascular ring division in children and young adults. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 08; 154(2):607-615. View abstract
- Morales DLS, Zafar F, Almond CS, Canter C, Fynn-Thompson F, Conway J, Adachi I, Lorts A. Berlin Heart EXCOR use in patients with congenital heart disease. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2017 Nov; 36(11):1209-1216. View abstract
- Alexander P, Fynn-Thompson F, Buchmiller T, Porras D, Marshall A, Thiagarajan R, Arnold J. 1629: LIQUID FLUOROCARBON LAVAGE FOR AIRWAY THROMBUS AFTER SEVERE HEMOPTYSIS REQUIRING ECMO. Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec; 44(12 Suppl 1):482. View abstract
- Alexander P, Nair A, Smoot L, Wigmore D, McDavitt E, Bastardi H, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan R. 143: OUTCOMES OF EARLY GRAFT FAILURE IN PEDIATRIC HEART TRANSPLANTATION MANAGED WITH ECMO. Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec; 44(12 Suppl 1):113. View abstract
- Toprak D, Midyat L, Freiberger D, Boyer D, Fynn-Thompson F, Visner G. Outcomes of mechanical support in a pediatric lung transplant center. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 03; 52(3):360-366. View abstract
- O'Leary E, Alexander ME, Fynn-Thompson F, Mah D. Transvenous approach to pacemaker lead implantation for sinus node dysfunction after extracardiac lateral tunnel Fontan conduit placement. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2016 Nov; 2(6):495-498. View abstract
- Fabozzo A, DiOrio M, Newburger JW, Powell AJ, Liu H, Fynn-Thompson F, Sanders SP, Pigula FA, Del Nido PJ, Nathan M. Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries: A Single-Center Experience. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Winter; 28(4):791-800. View abstract
- Nomoto R, Sleeper LA, Borisuk MJ, Bergerson L, Pigula FA, Emani S, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Del Nido PJ, Baird CW. Outcome and performance of bioprosthetic pulmonary valve replacement in patients with congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 11; 152(5):1333-1342.e3. View abstract
- Faella KH, Whiting D, Fynn-Thompson F, Matte GS. Bivalirudin Anticoagulation for a Pediatric Patient with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Ventricular Assist Device Placement. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2016 Mar; 48(1):39-42. View abstract
- Matte GS, Connor KR, Toutenel NA, Gottlieb D, Fynn-Thompson F. A Modified EXIT-to-ECMO with Optional Reservoir Circuit for Use during an EXIT Procedure Requiring Thoracic Surgery. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2016 Mar; 48(1):35-8. View abstract
- Visner GA, Fynn-Thompson F. Paracorporeal lung assist device in infants and toddlers: Coming of age? Pediatr Transplant. 2016 Mar; 20(2):191-3. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Watters K, Rahbar R, Fynn-Thompson F. Evolution of Surgical Approaches in the Management of Congenital Tracheal Stenosis: Single-Center Experience. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2016 Jan; 7(1):16-24. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Watters K, Rahbar R, Fynn-Thompson F. Management of Congenital Tracheal Stenosis. Pediatrics. 2015 Sep; 136(3):e660-9. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Alexander ME, Mah DY, Bautista-Hernandez V, del Nido PJ, Fynn-Thompson F. Impact of pacing on systemic ventricular function in L-transposition of the great arteries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Jan; 151(1):131-8. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Fynn-Thompson F. Rare Etiology of Cardiogenic Shock in Children: Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Opposite Sinus with an Intramural Course. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2015 Sep; 4(3):166-167. View abstract
- Quinonez LG, Gauvreau K, Borisuk M, Ireland C, Marshall AM, Mayer JE, Jenkins KJ, Fynn-Thompson FE, Baird CW. Outcomes of surgery for young children with multivessel pulmonary vein stenosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Oct; 150(4):911-7. View abstract
- Stock C, Nathan M, Murray R, Rahbar R, Fynn-Thompson F. Modified end-to-end anastomosis for the treatment of congenital tracheal stenosis with a bridging bronchus. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Jan; 99(1):346-8. View abstract
- Nathan M, Marshall AC, Kerstein J, Liu H, Fynn-Thompson F, Baird CW, Mayer JE, Pigula FA, del Nido PJ, Emani S. Technical performance score as predictor for post-discharge reintervention in valve-sparing tetralogy of Fallot repair. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014; 26(4):297-303. View abstract
- Balkin EM, Wolfe J, Ziniel SI, Lang P, Thiagarajan R, Dillis S, Fynn-Thompson F, Blume ED. Physician and parent perceptions of prognosis and end-of-life experience in children with advanced heart disease. J Palliat Med. 2015 Apr; 18(4):318-23. View abstract
- Yankah C, Fynn-Thompson F, Antunes M, Edwin F, Yuko-Jowi C, Mendis S, Thameur H, Urban A, Bolman R. Cardiac surgery capacity in sub-saharan Africa: quo vadis? Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug; 62(5):393-401. View abstract
- Emani S, Trainor B, Zurakowski D, Baird CW, Fynn-Thompson FE, Pigula FA, Emani SM. Aspirin unresponsiveness predicts thrombosis in high-risk pediatric patients after cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Sep; 148(3):810-4; discussion 814-6. View abstract
- Teele SA, Salvin JW, Barrett CS, Rycus PT, Fynn-Thompson F, Laussen PC, Thiagarajan RR. The association of carotid artery cannulation and neurologic injury in pediatric patients supported with venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 May; 15(4):355-61. View abstract
- Vanderpluym CJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Blume ED. Ventricular assist devices in children: progress with an orphan device application. Circulation. 2014 Apr 08; 129(14):1530-7. View abstract
- Escobar-Diaz MC, Tworetzky W, Friedman K, Lafranchi T, Fynn-Thompson F, Alexander ME, Mah DY. Perinatal outcome in fetuses with heterotaxy syndrome and atrioventricular block or bradycardia. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Aug; 35(6):906-13. View abstract
- Restrepo M, Mirabella L, Tang E, Haggerty CM, Khiabani RH, Fynn-Thompson F, Valente AM, McElhinney DB, Fogel MA, Yoganathan AP. Fontan pathway growth: a quantitative evaluation of lateral tunnel and extracardiac cavopulmonary connections using serial cardiac magnetic resonance. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Mar; 97(3):916-22. View abstract
- Weinstein S, Bello R, Pizarro C, Fynn-Thompson F, Kirklin J, Guleserian K, Woods R, Tjossem C, Kroslowitz R, Friedmann P, Jaquiss R. The use of the Berlin Heart EXCOR in patients with functional single ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Feb; 147(2):697-704; discussion 704-5. View abstract
- Hofferberth SC, Cecchin F, Loberman D, Fynn-Thompson F. Left thoracoscopic sympathectomy for cardiac denervation in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan; 147(1):404-9. View abstract
- Nathan M, Karamichalis J, Liu H, Gauvreau K, Colan S, Saia M, Pigula F, Fynn-Thompson F, Emani S, Baird C, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Technical Performance Scores are strongly associated with early mortality, postoperative adverse events, and intensive care unit length of stay-analysis of consecutive discharges for 2 years. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jan; 147(1):389-94, 396.e1-396.e3. View abstract
- Mah DY, Alexander ME, Banka P, Abrams DJ, Triedman JK, Walsh EP, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Cecchin F. The role of cardiac resynchronization therapy for arterial switch operations complicated by complete heart block. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Sep; 96(3):904-9. View abstract
- Daly KP, Chandler SF, Almond CS, Singh TP, Mah H, Milford E, Matte GS, Bastardi HJ, Mayer JE, Fynn-Thompson F, Blume ED. Antibody depletion for the treatment of crossmatch-positive pediatric heart transplant recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2013 Nov; 17(7):661-9. View abstract
- Allan CK, Pigula F, Bacha EA, Emani S, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR, Imprescia A, Hayes G, Weinstock P. An extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation curriculum featuring a novel integrated skills trainer leads to improved performance among pediatric cardiac surgery trainees. Simul Healthc. 2013 Aug; 8(4):221-8. View abstract
- Nathan M, Pigula FA, Liu H, Gauvreau K, Colan SD, Fynn-Thompson F, Emani S, Baird CA, Mayer JE, Del Nido PJ. Inadequate technical performance scores are associated with late mortality and late reintervention. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Aug; 96(2):664-9. View abstract
- Nathan M, Liu H, Pigula FA, Fynn-Thompson F, Emani S, Baird CA, Marx G, Mayer JE, Del Nido PJ. Biventricular conversion after single-ventricle palliation in unbalanced atrioventricular canal defects. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Jun; 95(6):2086-95; discussion 2095-6. View abstract
- Karamichalis JM, Colan SD, Nathan M, Pigula FA, Baird C, Marx G, Emani SM, Geva T, Fynn-Thompson FE, Liu H, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Technical performance scores in congenital cardiac operations: a quality assessment initiative. Ann Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct; 94(4):1317-23; discussion 1323. View abstract
- Costello JM, O'Brien M, Wypij D, Shubert J, Salvin JW, Newburger JW, Laussen PC, Arnold JH, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR. Quality of life of pediatric cardiac patients who previously required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jul; 13(4):428-34. View abstract
- Sherwin ED, Gauvreau K, Scheurer MA, Rycus PT, Salvin JW, Almodovar MC, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec; 144(6):1337-43. View abstract
- Haggerty CM, Fynn-Thompson F, McElhinney DB, Valente AM, Saikrishnan N, Del Nido PJ, Yoganathan AP. Experimental and numeric investigation of Impella pumps as cavopulmonary assistance for a failing Fontan. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Sep; 144(3):563-9. View abstract
- Kovach JR, Naftel DC, Pearce FB, Tresler MA, Edens RE, Shuhaiber JH, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F, Kirklin JK, Zangwill SD. Comparison of risk factors and outcomes for pediatric patients listed for heart transplantation after bidirectional Glenn and after Fontan: an analysis from the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Feb; 31(2):133-9. View abstract
- Betit P, Matte GS, Howe R, Iudiciani P, Barrett C, Thiagarajan R, Fynn-Thompson F. The addition of a membrane oxygenator to a ventricular assist device in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2011 Dec; 43(4):264-6. View abstract
- Bautista-Hernandez V, Sanchez-Andres A, Portela F, Fynn-Thompson F. Current pharmacologic management of pediatric heart failure in congenital heart disease. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2011 Sep; 9(5):619-28. View abstract
- Karamanlidis G, Bautista-Hernandez V, Fynn-Thompson F, Del Nido P, Tian R. Impaired mitochondrial biogenesis precedes heart failure in right ventricular hypertrophy in congenital heart disease. Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Nov; 4(6):707-13. View abstract
- Karamichalis JM, del Nido PJ, Thiagarajan RR, Jenkins KJ, Liu H, Gauvreau K, Pigula FA, Fynn-Thompson FE, Emani SM, Mayer JE, Bacha EA. Early postoperative severity of illness predicts outcomes after the stage I Norwood procedure. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Aug; 92(2):660-5. View abstract
- Ford MA, Almond CS, Gauvreau K, Piercey G, Blume ED, Smoot LB, Fynn-Thompson F, Singh TP. Association of graft ischemic time with survival after heart transplant among children in the United States. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Nov; 30(11):1244-9. View abstract
- Almond CS, Singh TP, Gauvreau K, Piercey GE, Fynn-Thompson F, Rycus PT, Bartlett RH, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for bridge to heart transplantation among children in the United States: analysis of data from the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Circulation. 2011 Jun 28; 123(25):2975-84. View abstract
- Shuhaiber J, Thiagarajan RR, Laussen PC, Fynn-Thompson F, del Nido P, Pigula F. Survival of children requiring repeat extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after congenital heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Jun; 91(6):1949-55. View abstract
- Shuhaiber J, Rehman M, Jenkins K, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha E. The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Jun; 32(5):639-45. View abstract
- Rood KL, Teele SA, Barrett CS, Salvin JW, Rycus PT, Fynn-Thompson F, Laussen PC, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support after the Fontan operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Sep; 142(3):504-10. View abstract
- Morales DL, Almond CS, Jaquiss RD, Rosenthal DN, Naftel DC, Massicotte MP, Humpl T, Turrentine MW, Tweddell JS, Cohen GA, Kroslowitz R, Devaney EJ, Canter CE, Fynn-Thompson F, Reinhartz O, Imamura M, Ghanayem NS, Buchholz H, Furness S, Mazor R, Gandhi SK, Fraser CD. Bridging children of all sizes to cardiac transplantation: the initial multicenter North American experience with the Berlin Heart EXCOR ventricular assist device. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2011 Jan; 30(1):1-8. View abstract
- Bautista-Hernandez V, Scheurer M, Thiagarajan R, Salvin J, Pigula FA, Emani S, Fynn-Thompson F, Loyola H, Schiff J, del Nido PJ, Bacha EA. Right ventricle and tricuspid valve function at midterm after the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: impact of shunt type. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Feb; 32(2):160-6. View abstract
- Goldfarb SB, Gaynor JW, Fuller S, Kreindler J, Montenegro LM, Fynn-Thompson F, Visner G. Induction therapy with antithymocyte globulin before reperfusion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Oct; 90(4):1110-4; discussion 1114-5. View abstract
- Kane DA, Thiagarajan RR, Wypij D, Scheurer MA, Fynn-Thompson F, Emani S, del Nido PJ, Betit P, Laussen PC. Rapid-response extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to support cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children with cardiac disease. Circulation. 2010 Sep 14; 122(11 Suppl):S241-8. View abstract
- Silva JN, Canter CE, Singh TP, Gauvreau K, Piercey GE, Berul CI, Smoot LB, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F, Almond CS. Outcomes of heart transplantation using donor hearts from infants with sudden infant death syndrome. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2010 Nov; 29(11):1226-30. View abstract
- Shuhaiber JH, Bergersen L, Pigula F, Emani S, McElhinney D, Marshall A, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha EA. Intraoperative assessment after pediatric cardiac surgical repair: initial experience with C-arm angiography. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Jul; 140(1):e1-3. View abstract
- Almond CS, Gauvreau K, Thiagarajan RR, Piercey GE, Blume ED, Smoot LB, Fynn-Thompson F, Singh TP. Impact of ABO-incompatible listing on wait-list outcomes among infants listed for heart transplantation in the United States: a propensity analysis. Circulation. 2010 May 04; 121(17):1926-33. View abstract
- Radbill AE, Triedman JK, Berul CI, Fynn-Thompson F, Atallah J, Alexander ME, Walsh EP, Cecchin F. System survival of nontransvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators compared to transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in pediatric and congenital heart disease patients. Heart Rhythm. 2010; 7(2):193-8. View abstract
- Bautista-Hernandez V, Thiagarajan RR, Fynn-Thompson F, Rajagopal SK, Nento DE, Yarlagadda V, Teele SA, Allan CK, Emani SM, Laussen PC, Pigula FA, Bacha EA. Preoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Oct; 88(4):1306-11. View abstract
- Mah D, Singh TP, Thiagarajan RR, Gauvreau K, Piercey GE, Blume ED, Fynn-Thompson F, Almond CS. Incidence and risk factors for mortality in infants awaiting heart transplantation in the USA. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Dec; 28(12):1292-8. View abstract
- Kaza AK, Lim HG, Dibardino DJ, Bautista-Hernandez V, Robinson J, Allan C, Laussen P, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha E, del Nido PJ, Mayer JE, Pigula FA. Long-term results of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in neonatal cardiac surgery: options and outcomes. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Oct; 138(4):911-6. View abstract
- Takahashi K, Cecchin F, Fortescue E, Berul CI, Alexander ME, Walsh EP, Fynn-Thompson F, Triedman JK. Permanent atrial pacing lead implant route after Fontan operation. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2009 Jun; 32(6):779-85. View abstract
- Lim HG, Bacha EA, Marx GR, Marshall A, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Del Nido P, Pigula FA. Biventricular repair in patients with heterotaxy syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Feb; 137(2):371-379.e3. View abstract
- Almond CSD, Thiagarajan RR, Piercey GE, Gauvreau K, Blume ED, Bastardi HJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Singh TP. Waiting list mortality among children listed for heart transplantation in the United States. Circulation. 2009 Feb 10; 119(5):717-727. View abstract
- Atallah J, Fynn-Thompson F, Cecchin F, DiBardino DJ, Walsh EP, Berul CI. Video-assisted thoracoscopic cardiac denervation: a potential novel therapeutic option for children with intractable ventricular arrhythmias. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Nov; 86(5):1620-5. View abstract
- Cecchin F, Frangini PA, Brown DW, Fynn-Thompson F, Alexander ME, Triedman JK, Gauvreau K, Walsh EP, Berul CI. Cardiac resynchronization therapy (and multisite pacing) in pediatrics and congenital heart disease: five years experience in a single institution. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2009 Jan; 20(1):58-65. View abstract
- Bacha EA, Larrazabal LA, Pigula FA, Gauvreau K, Jenkins KJ, Colan SD, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ. Measurement of technical performance in surgery for congenital heart disease: the stage I Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Oct; 136(4):993-7, 997.e1-2. View abstract
- Takahashi K, Fynn-Thompson F, Cecchin F, Khairy P, del Nido P, Triedman JK. Clinical outcomes of Fontan conversion surgery with and without associated arrhythmia intervention. Int J Cardiol. 2009 Nov 12; 137(3):260-6. View abstract
- Scheurer MA, Salvin JW, Vida VL, Fynn-Thompson F, Bacha EA, Pigula FA, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ, Wessel DL, Laussen PC, Thiagarajan RR. Survival and clinical course at Fontan after stage one palliation with either a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt or a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jul 01; 52(1):52-9. View abstract
- Vida VL, Bacha EA, Larrazabal A, Gauvreau K, Dorfman AL, Marx G, Geva T, Marshall AC, Pigula FA, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ, Fynn-Thompson F. Surgical outcome for patients with the mitral stenosis-aortic atresia variant of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Feb; 135(2):339-46. View abstract
- Vida VL, Bacha EA, Larrazabal A, Gauvreau K, Thiagaragan R, Fynn-Thompson F, Pigula FA, Mayer JE, del Nido PJ, Tworetzky W, Lock JE, Marshall AC. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact or highly restrictive atrial septum: surgical experience from a single center. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Aug; 84(2):581-5; discussion 586. View abstract
- Fynn-Thompson F, Almond C. Pediatric ventricular assist devices. Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Mar-Apr; 28(2):149-55. View abstract
- Larrazabal LA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Lacro R, Colan SD, Pigula F, Benavidez OJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Bacha EA. Measurement of technical performance in congenital heart surgery: a pilot study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jan; 83(1):179-84. View abstract
- P. Frangini, F. Cecchin, F. Fynn-Thompson, D. Brown, M. Alexander, J. Triedman, E. Walsh, C. Berul. Cardiac resynchronization therapy is associated with improved systolic ventricular function in pediatrics and congenital heart disease. Heart Rhythm. 2006; 3(5):S172. View abstract
- Nathan M, Baird C, Fynn-Thompson F, Almond C, Thiagarajan R, Laussen P, Blume E, Pigula F. Successful implantation of a Berlin heart biventricular assist device in a failing single ventricle. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jun; 131(6):1407-8. View abstract
- Christopher Baird, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Meena Nathan, Frank Pigula. Berlin Heart: Biventricular Assist Device. 2005. View abstract
- Fynn-Thompson F, Vander Salm TJ. Methods for reduction of sternal wound infection. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004; 16(1):77-80. View abstract
- Fynn-Thompson, F., Allan, J.,. Management of tracheobronchial and esophageal trauma. The Trauma Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital. 2004; 314-327 . View abstract
- Horiuchi K, Fynn-Thompson F, Ohene-Frempong K. Quantitative analysis of the degree of irreversible deformation of F cells and non-F cells and its relationship to cell density in sickle cell disease. Exp Hematol. 1994 Oct; 22(11):1058-63. View abstract
- Fynn-Thompson, F.,. Dynamics of Health Care in Ghana: A model for Africa. 1993. View abstract