David Kalfa Department of Surgery Columbia University Medical Center Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles David Kalfa has not added a biography. If you are David Kalfa and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Repair of Congenital Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia: The Croissant Technique JTCVS Techniques. Aug, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 37555053 In Vitro Proof of Concept of a First-Generation Growth-Accommodating Heart Valved Conduit for Pediatric Use Macromolecular Bioscience. Jul, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36905285 Designing Biocompatible Tissue Engineered Heart Valves In Situ: JACC Review Topic of the Week Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Mar, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36889879 Outcomes After Anatomic Versus Physiologic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. Jan, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36847766 Operative Mortality After Society of Thoracic Surgeons-European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Mortality Category 1 to 3 Procedures: Deficiencies and Opportunities for Quality Improvement The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Aug, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 36621456 Novel Valve Choices for Pulmonary Valve Replacement Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Autumn, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 35032644 Age-related Enhanced Degeneration of Bioprosthetic Valves Due to Leaflet Calcification, Tissue Crosslinking, and Structural Changes Cardiovascular Research. Mar, 2023 | Pubmed ID: 35020813 A Biomimetic Multilayered Polymeric Material Designed for Heart Valve Repair and Replacement Biomaterials. Sep, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 36041938 Transcatheter Cardiac Interventions in the Newborn: JACC Focus Seminar Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jun, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35654498 Interventions for Congenital Atrioventricular Valve Dysfunction: JACC Focus Seminar Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Jun, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35654497 Familial Recurrence Patterns in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries: An International Study Circulation. Genomic and Precision Medicine. Jun, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35549293 Commentary: How to Train Residents…and How to Train Attendings to Train Residents: One Train Can Hide Another The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 33773818 Commentary: Let's Push on Medical Device Innovation The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 33773814 Commentary: Another Way to Band Pulmonary Arteries: Anatomic, Hemodynamic, and Scientific Considerations JTCVS Techniques. Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34647080 Intrathymic Differentiation of Natural Antibody-producing Plasma Cells in Human Neonates Nature Communications. Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34599177 The Ross Procedure in Children: a Systematic Review Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Jul, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34422554 Design Optimization of a Cardiovascular Stent with Application to a Balloon Expandable Prosthetic Heart Valve Materials & Design. Nov, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34366534 Commentary: Should Aortopulmonary Shunts Be Combined with Aorto-right Ventricular Shunts or with a Ventricular Assist Device? JTCVS Techniques. Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34318254 Commentary: Virtual Reality in Presurgical Planning: The Future is Already Here JTCVS Techniques. Apr, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34318174 Commentary: Innovation in the Clinical Care of Congenital Heart Defects: Surgeons Can and Need to Weigh In The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33618864 Commentary: The Case for a Comprehensive Clinical, Basic, and Translational Research Strategy to Understand, Prevent, Detect, and Treat Cerebrovascular Injury in Fontan Patients The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Oct, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33610355 Cardiac Transplantation in Adult Congenital Heart Disease with Prior Sternotomy Clinical Transplantation. Apr, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33476438 Commentary: Turkish Blacksmiths Were Expert Craftsmen at Manufacturing Scimitars; Congenital Cardiac Surgeons Need to Be Expert Craftsmen at Repairing Them JTCVS Techniques. Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 34318018 Commentary: Lessons Learned During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic Could Make Us Better at Something JTCVS Techniques. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32996907 Commentary: Should the Cone Repair Be the Only Option to Consider for All Patients with Ebstein's Anomaly? Definitely Not The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32665108 Characterization of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for Single Ventricle Patients World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32093561 Wireless Monitoring and Artificial Intelligence: A Bright Future in Cardiothoracic Surgery The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31843227 Indications and Results for Hybrid Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases. Feb, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31492537 Mechanical Considerations for Polymeric Heart Valve Development: Biomechanics, Materials, Design and Manufacturing Biomaterials. Dec, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31569017 State of the Art: Tissue Engineering in Congenital Heart Surgery Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31176798 Commentary: To Valve, or Not to Valve-That is the Stage I Question The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31101349 Commentary: What is the Best Surgical Technique to Repair Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return into the Superior Vena Cava? We Still Do Not Know The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. May, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30803777 Aortic Valve Neocuspidization: A Bright Future in Pediatric Aortic Valve Surgery? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Feb, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30669233 "Splint" Mitral Valve Repair for Destructive Endocarditis in Children World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30126326 Outcomes of the Arterial Switch Operation in ≤2.5-kg Neonates Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2019 | Pubmed ID: 29621622 Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Complex D-Transposition of the Great Arteries World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. Nov, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30322365 Surgical Closure of Atrial Septal Defects Journal of Thoracic Disease. Sep, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30305953 Fontan-associated Liver Disease: Is It All About Hemodynamics? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29730114 Modified Technique for Melody Valve Implantation in the Mitral Position The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29709362 Extra-anatomic Suprahepatic to Innominate Vein Conduit in Heterotaxy The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29655540 Pseudoaneurysm Formation Associated With a Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29601909 Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for Postsurgical Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in the Current Era The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29576261 When a Coronary Artery Fistula is Not Simply a Fistula: Using Multimodality Imaging to Demonstrate an Unusual Embryologic Remnant The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jul, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29548587 Patients with Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Coronary Artery Remain at Risk After Surgical Repair The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29526358 Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Feb, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29054305 Neurocognitive and Psychological Outcomes in Adults With Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries Corrected by the Arterial Switch Operation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Mar, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29033017 Early and Late Outcomes After Surgical Repair of Congenital Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis: a European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Multicentric Study European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery : Official Journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery. Oct, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29156017 Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Severity Score in a Multicentric Study The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Jul, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28633223 Outcomes and Prognostic Factors for Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Primary or Reoperative Systemic Atrioventricular Valve Surgery World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery. May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28520541 Cognitive Outcomes and Health-related Quality of Life in Adults Two Decades After the Arterial Switch Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Sep, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28476420 Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in the Fontan Circulation: A World of Uncertainties… The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Jun, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28400109 Postoperative Pulmonary Artery Stenosis: Current Options and Future Directions Translational Pediatrics. Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28164031 The Effects of Postoperative Hematocrit on Shunt Occlusion for Neonates Undergoing Single Ventricle Palliation The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27938905 Patent Ductus Arteriosus Surgical Ligation: Still a Lot to Understand The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27157919 Use of Stented Bovine Pericardial Valve for Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement in Infants The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26474898 Polymer-Based Reconstruction of the Inferior Vena Cava in Rat: Stem Cells or RGD Peptide? Tissue Engineering. Part A. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25611092 Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in Patients Weighing <2.5 Kg: Affect of Patient-dependent and -independent Variables The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25156464 Surgical Volume-to-outcome Relationship and Monitoring of Technical Performance in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Pediatric Cardiology. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24894896 Advancing Cardiac Procedure Testing Prior to Embarking on Large Animal Studies (Video) | JoVE V. Reed LaSala1, Halil Beqaj2, Mingze Sun1, Sabrina Castagnini3, Senay Ustunel1, Elizabeth Cordoves2, Kavya Rajesh2, Sophia Jackman2, David Kalfa1,4 1Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 2College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 3School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, 4Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Section of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center JoVE 65885 Bioengineering
Advancing Cardiac Procedure Testing Prior to Embarking on Large Animal Studies (Video) | JoVE V. Reed LaSala1, Halil Beqaj2, Mingze Sun1, Sabrina Castagnini3, Senay Ustunel1, Elizabeth Cordoves2, Kavya Rajesh2, Sophia Jackman2, David Kalfa1,4 1Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, 2College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 3School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, 4Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery, Section of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center JoVE 65885 Bioengineering