Diego Porras, MD
Chief, Division of Invasive Cardiology; Co-Director, Center for Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Diego Porras, MD
Chief, Division of Invasive Cardiology; Co-Director, Center for Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Spanish
Education
Undergraduate School
Francisco Marroquin University
1997
Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
Medical School
Francisco Marroquin University
2001
Ciudad de Guatemala
Guatemala
Internship
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
2003
Philadelphia
PA
Residency
Pediatrics
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
2005
Nashville
TN
Fellowship
Cardiac Development
Boston Children's Hospital
2007
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
2010
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Chief Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
2010
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
Chief Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology
2010
Boston
MA
Fellowship
Senior Fellow in Interventional Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children's Hospital
2011
Boston
MA
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Meet Dr. Diego Porras
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (Cardiology)
Professional History
Dr. Porras graduated from Universidad Francisco Marroquin Medical School in Guatemala. He then worked with Drs. Richard and Stella Van Praagh as a fellow in the cardiac registry at Boston Children’s Hospital for one year, before completing his residency in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. After residency, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cardiac development, also at Vanderbilt University. He then completed his pediatric cardiology fellowship and senior fellowship in interventional cardiology at Boston Children’s, where he also served as chief fellow. As chief of the Division of Invasive Cardiology, his primary interests include interventional procedures in patients of all ages with congenital heart disease. He has a special interest in the percutaneous treatment of congenital aortic stenosis, the use of stents to palliate different forms of repaired and unrepaired complex congenital heart disease, and the use of percutaneous techniques to aid in the management of patients with middle-aortic syndrome. In addition to his role in the cardiac catheterization lab, he also serves as ward and consult service attending for several weeks each year.
Publications
Mid-term ventricular function in patients with tetralogy of Fallot after transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: Relationship to baseline right ventricular loading conditions. View Abstract
The Effect on Extubation of Early vs. Late Definitive Closure of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Premature Infants: A Target Trial Emulation Using Electronic Health Records. View Abstract
Random matrix theory approach to quantum Fisher information in quantum ergodic systems. View Abstract
Who Still Gets Ligated? Reasons for Persistence of Surgical Ligation of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus Following Availability of Transcatheter Device Occlusion for Premature Neonates. View Abstract
Safety and efficacy of combined dilation/stenting of venous abnormalities, including complete obstructions, during lead extractions in patients with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Technical Success and Serious Adverse Events for Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty in a Large 20-Year Cohort. View Abstract
Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement in surgically-created double-barrel right ventricular outflow tracts: A single center case-series. View Abstract
Variational Quantum Simulators Based on Waveguide QED. View Abstract
Pre-Glenn aorto-pulmonary collaterals in single-ventricle patients. View Abstract
Predictors of Serious Adverse Events and High-Level Cardiorespiratory Support in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Pulmonary Vein Interventions. View Abstract
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm Pseudo-Boltzmann States. View Abstract
Trends in Pulmonary Valve Replacement. View Abstract
Technically successful fetal aortic valvuloplasty acutely improves left heart output. View Abstract
Hemodynamic and anatomic changes after fetal aortic valvuloplasty are associated with procedural success and postnatal biventricular circulation. View Abstract
ICU Admission Tool for Congenital Heart Catheterization (iCATCH): A Predictive Model for High Level Post-Catheterization Care and Patient Management. View Abstract
Definitive Closure of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants and Subsequent Short-Term Respiratory Outcomes. View Abstract
Phenotyping respiratory decompensation following definitive closure of the patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants. View Abstract
Acute Management of High-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in Children: A Review. View Abstract
Aortic Valve Surgery After Neonatal Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in Congenital Aortic Stenosis. View Abstract
Acute and Short-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in Children. View Abstract
Correlation of Intravascular Ultrasound with Histology in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. View Abstract
Life-Threatening Hemoptysis in a Pediatric Referral Center. View Abstract
Surgical management of pediatric renovascular hypertension and midaortic syndrome at a single-center multidisciplinary program. View Abstract
Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement With the Sapien Prosthesis. View Abstract
Patent Ductus Arteriosus of the Preterm Infant. View Abstract
Taking snapshots of a quantum thermalization process: Emergent classicality in quantum jump trajectories. View Abstract
Preliminary findings on the use of intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis. View Abstract
Resynchronizing Right and Left Ventricles With Right Bundle Branch Block in the Congenital Heart Disease Population. View Abstract
The snared wire technique for Sapien valve implantation in the pulmonary position. View Abstract
Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty for Evolving Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: A Decision Analysis. View Abstract
Adverse Events, Radiation Exposure, and Reinterventions Following Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement. View Abstract
Floquet-Engineered Vibrational Dynamics in a Two-Dimensional Array of Trapped Ions. View Abstract
Percutaneous intraluminal downsizing of systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts: a novel application of the Diabolo stent technique-Case series and description of the technique. View Abstract
Acute coronary artery obstruction following surgical repair of congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Relationship Between Time to Left Atrial Decompression and Outcomes in Patients Receiving Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support: A Multicenter Pediatric Interventional Cardiology Early-Career Society Study. View Abstract
Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography-guided transcatheter closure of multiple mitral paravalvular leaks demonstrating real time avoidance of device-induced valve malfunction. View Abstract
Quantum chaotic fluctuation-dissipation theorem: Effective Brownian motion in closed quantum systems. View Abstract
Topological Amplification in Photonic Lattices. View Abstract
Elective Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for High-Risk Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization. View Abstract
Contrast volume to estimated glomerular filtration rate ratio for prediction of contrast-induced acute kidney injury after cardiac catheterization in adults with congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Coronary artery compression from epicardial leads: More common than we think. View Abstract
Mesenteric Artery Growth Improves Circulation (MAGIC) in Midaortic Syndrome. View Abstract
Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals a Monogenic Cause of Disease in ˜43% of 35 Families With Midaortic Syndrome. View Abstract
Tissue expander-stimulated lengthening of arteries for the treatment of midaortic syndrome in children. View Abstract
Topological Edge States in Periodically Driven Trapped-Ion Chains. View Abstract
Acute Success of Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty in the Current Era: A National Cardiovascular Data Registry Study. View Abstract
Transcatheter Mustard Revision Using Endovascular Graft Prostheses. View Abstract
Angiographically detectable Thebesian veins are a dynamic and reversible finding in the setting of congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Mechanism of valve failure and efficacy of reintervention through catheterization in patients with bioprosthetic valves in the pulmonary position. View Abstract
1629: LIQUID FLUOROCARBON LAVAGE FOR AIRWAY THROMBUS AFTER SEVERE HEMOPTYSIS REQUIRING ECMO. View Abstract
Time-Resolved Observation of Thermalization in an Isolated Quantum System. View Abstract
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Estimation by Inert Gas Rebreathing in Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Patients. View Abstract
Maladaptive aortic properties after the Norwood procedure: An angiographic analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. View Abstract
Intentional Fracture of Maximally Dilated Balloon-Expandable Pulmonary Artery Stents Using Ultra-High-Pressure Balloon Angioplasty: A Preliminary Analysis. View Abstract
Noninvasive cardiac output estimation by inert gas rebreathing in pediatric and congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Hybrid Approach for Off-Pump Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With a Dilated Right Ventricular Outflow Tract. View Abstract
Practice Variation in Single-Ventricle Patients Undergoing Elective Cardiac Catheterization: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Catheterization Project on Outcomes (C3PO). View Abstract
Balloon valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis: Multi-center safety and efficacy outcome assessment. View Abstract
Transcatheter balloon dilation for recurrent right ventricular outflow tract obstruction following valve-sparing repair of tetralogy of Fallot. View Abstract
Systemic Embolic Complications of Pulmonary Vein Angioplasty in Children. View Abstract
Inducing nonclassical lasing via periodic drivings in circuit quantum electrodynamics. View Abstract
Device therapy for atrial septal defects in a multicenter cohort: acute outcomes and adverse events. View Abstract
Use and performance of the Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve in native and postsurgical, nonconduit right ventricular outflow tracts. View Abstract
Developing tools to measure quality in congenital catheterization and interventions: the congenital cardiac catheterization project on outcomes (C3PO). View Abstract
Incidence of and risk factors for catheterization-induced complete heart block in the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory. View Abstract
Transcatheter brachial fistula creation for treatment of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. View Abstract
Nonequilibrium and nonperturbative dynamics of ultrastrong coupling in open lines. View Abstract
Safety of percutaneous patent ductus arteriosus closure: an unselected multicenter population experience. View Abstract
Acute outcomes after introduction of a standardized clinical assessment and management plan (SCAMP) for balloon aortic valvuloplasty in congenital aortic stenosis. View Abstract
Circuit QED bright source for chiral entangled light based on dissipation. View Abstract
Incidence and management of life-threatening adverse events during cardiac catheterization for congenital heart disease. View Abstract
Midaortic syndrome: 30 years of experience with medical, endovascular and surgical management. View Abstract
Risk factors for profuse systemic-to-pulmonary artery collateral burden in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. View Abstract
Mesoscopic entanglement induced by spontaneous emission in solid-state quantum optics. View Abstract
Wire-related pulmonary artery injury during pediatric and adult congenital interventional cardiac catheterization. View Abstract
Clinical and stent-related outcomes after transcatheter or operative placement of bare-metal stents in the ventricular septum or subvalvar systemic outflow tract. View Abstract
Left ventricular remodeling and improvement in diastolic function after balloon aortic valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis. View Abstract
Quantum simulation of the cooperative Jahn-Teller transition in 1D ion crystals. View Abstract
Shaping an itinerant quantum field into a multimode squeezed vacuum by dissipation. View Abstract
Experimental quantum simulations of many-body physics with trapped ions. View Abstract
Synthetic gauge fields for vibrational excitations of trapped ions. View Abstract
Factors associated with subsequent arch reintervention after initial balloon aortoplasty in patients with Norwood procedure and arch obstruction. View Abstract
Late pulmonary valve replacement in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum: a case-matched study. View Abstract
Matter-wave emission in optical lattices: single particle and collective effects. View Abstract
Quantum processing photonic states in optical lattices. View Abstract
Temporal-spatial ablation of neural crest in the mouse results in cardiovascular defects. View Abstract
Quantum manipulation of trapped ions in two dimensional coulomb crystals. View Abstract
Bose-Einstein condensation and strong-correlation behavior of phonons in ion traps. View Abstract
Density matrix renormalization group and periodic boundary conditions: a quantum information perspective. View Abstract
Effective quantum spin systems with trapped ions. View Abstract
Cleft mitral valve without ostium primum defect: anatomic data and surgical considerations based on 41 cases. View Abstract
Superoinferior ventricles with superior left ventricle and inferior right ventricle: a newly recognized form of congenital heart disease. View Abstract
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