Satish Rajagopal, MD

  1. Duhaney L, Steurer MA, Baer R, Chambers C, Rajagopal S, Mercer-Rosa LM, Reddy VM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Peyvandi S. The Association of Gestational Age and Size with Management Strategies and Outcomes in Symptomatic Neonatal Tetralogy of Fallot. Pediatric cardiology 2024. PMID: 38167967


  2. Gutierrez ME, Anders M, Guffey D, Denfield SW, Deshpande SR, Rajagopal SK, Thiagarajan RR, Alexander PMA, Lasa JJ. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannulation Timing in the Pediatric Myocarditis Population: An Exploratory Analysis From the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Critical Care Explorations 2022. PMID: 36619364


  3. Leanne Duhaney, Martina A Steurer, Rebecca Baer, Christina Chambers, Satish Rajagopal, Laura M Mercer-rosa, V. Mohan Reddy, Laura L Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Shabnam Peyvandi. Abstract 10599: The Effects of Gestational Age and Size on Management Strategies and Outcomes in Neonatal Tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation 2021. PMID:


  4. Steurer MA, Baer RJ, Chambers CD, Costello J, Franck LS, McKenzie-Sampson S, Pacheco-Werner TL, Rajagopal S, Rogers EE, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Peyvandi S. Mortality and Major Neonatal Morbidity in Preterm Infants with Serious Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal of pediatrics 2021. PMID: 34454949


  5. Rajagopal SK, Fineman JR. Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and the Hepatic "Black Box": Are We Emerging From the Darkness? JACC. Basic to translational science 2021. PMID: 33779631


  6. Steurer MA, Peyvandi S, Costello JM, Moon-Grady AJ, Habib RH, Hill KD, Jacobs ML, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Keller RL, Pasquali SK, Reddy VM, Tabbutt S, Rajagopal S. Association between Z-score for birth weight and postoperative outcomes in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2021. PMID: 33640137


  7. Martina A Steurer, Shabnam Peyvandi, John M Costello, Anita J Moon-Grady, Robert Habib, Kevin D Hill, Marshall L Jacobs, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, Roberta Keller, Sara K Pasquali, Vadiyala M Reddy, Sarah Tabbutt, satish rajagopal. Abstract 12630: Association Between Z-score for Birth Weight and Postoperative Outcomes in Neonates and Infants With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation 2020. PMID:


  8. Maria E E Gutierrez, Danielle Guffey, Marc Anders, Susan W Denfield, satish rajagopal, Javier J Lasa. Abstract 16118: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Children With Myocarditis: An Update From the Elso Registry. Circulation 2020. PMID:


  9. Peyvandi S, Baer RJ, Chambers CD, Norton ME, Rajagopal S, Ryckman KK, Moon-Grady A, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Steurer MA. Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors Influence the Live-Born Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study in California. Journal of the American Heart Association 2020. PMID: 32306820


  10. Morell E, Rajagopal SK, Oishi P, Thiagarajan RR, Fineman JR, Steurer MA. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2020. PMID: 31577693


  11. Morell E, Thompson J, Rajagopal S, Blume ED, May R. Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Palliative Care: A National Survey Study. Journal of palliative care 2019. PMID: 31597507


  12. Fineman DC, Baer RJ, Chambers CD, Rajagopal S, Maltepe E, Rinaudo PF, Fineman JR, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Steurer MA. Outcomes of pulmonary vascular disease in infants conceived with non-IVF fertility treatment and assisted reproductive technologies at 1 year of age. Pediatric pulmonology 2019. PMID: 31328432


  13. Hames DL, Ferguson MA, Kaza AK, Rajagopal S, Thiagarajan RR, Teele SA, Salvin JW. Renal replacement therapy in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2019. PMID: 31395365


  14. Rachna May, Emily Balkin, Jess Thompson, Elizabeth Blume, Satish Rajagopal. Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Palliative Care: A National Survey Study (S851). Journal of pain and symptom management 2019. PMID:


  15. Peyvandi S, Baer RJ, Moon-Grady AJ, Oltman SP, Chambers CD, Norton ME, Rajagopal S, Ryckman KK, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Steurer MA. Socioeconomic Mediators of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes: A Population-Based Study in California. Journal of the American Heart Association 2018. PMID: 30371284


  16. Steurer MA, Baer RJ, Burke E, Peyvandi S, Oltman S, Chambers CD, Norton ME, Rand L, Rajagopal S, Ryckman KK, Feuer SK, Liang L, Paynter RA, McCarthy M, Moon-Grady AJ, Keller RL, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. Effect of Fetal Growth on 1-Year Mortality in Neonates With Critical Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American Heart Association 2018. PMID: 30371167


  17. Howard TS, Kalish BT, Rajagopal SK, Williams K, Zalieckas J, Thiagarajan RR, Alexander PMA. Factors Associated With Mortality in Children Who Successfully Wean From Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018. PMID: 29965888


  18. Balkin EM, Zinter MS, Rajagopal SK, Keller RL, Fineman JR, Steurer MA. Intensive Care Mortality Prognostic Model for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018. PMID: 29923941


  19. Romer AJ, Rajagopal SK, Kameny RJ. Initial presentation and management of pediatric heart failure. Current opinion in pediatrics 2018. PMID: 29528892


  20. Martina Steurer, Edmund Burke, Scott Oltman, Rebecca Baer, Kelli Ryckman, Randi Paynter, Liang Liang, Molly McCarthy, Sky Feuer, Christina Chambers, Mary Norton, Shabnam Peyvandi, Anita Grady, Larry Rand, Satish Rajagopal, Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski. THE EFFECT OF BIRTH WEIGHT ON MORTALITY IN INFANTS WITH CRITICAL CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018. PMID:


  21. Cheng HH, Rajagopal SK, Sansevere AJ, McDavitt E, Wigmore D, Mecklosky J, Andren K, Williams KA, Danehy A, Soul JS. Post-arrest therapeutic hypothermia in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease. Resuscitation 2018. PMID: 29476891


  22. Balkin EM, Steurer MA, Delagnes EA, Zinter MS, Rajagopal S, Keller RL, Fineman JR. Multicenter mortality and morbidity associated with pulmonary hypertension in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pulmonary circulation 2017. PMID: 29251545


  23. Steurer MA, Baer RJ, Keller RL, Oltman S, Chambers CD, Norton ME, Peyvandi S, Rand L, Rajagopal S, Ryckman KK, Moon-Grady AJ, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. Gestational Age and Outcomes in Critical Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatrics 2017. PMID: 28885171


  24. Cheng HH, Rajagopal S, McDavitt E, Wigmore D, Williams K, Thiagarajan R, Grant PE, Danehy A, Rivkin MJ. Stroke in Acquired and Congenital Heart Disease Patients and Its Relationship to Hospital Mortality and Lasting Neurologic Deficits. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2016. PMID: 27509364


  25. Mah DY, Cheng H, Alexander ME, Sleeper L, Newburger JW, Del Nido PJ, Thiagarajan RR, Rajagopal SK. Heart block following stage 1 palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2016. PMID: 27343914


  26. Cheng HH, Carmona F, McDavitt E, Wigmore D, Perez-Rossello JM, Gordon CM, Pigula FA, Laussen PC, Rajagopal SK. Fractures Related to Metabolic Bone Disease in Children with Congenital Heart Disease. Congenital heart disease 2015. PMID: 26302998


  27. Diddle JW, Almodovar MC, Rajagopal SK, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the support of adults with acute myocarditis. Critical care medicine 2015. PMID: 25738858


  28. Esch JJ, Salvin JM, Thiagarajan RR, Del Nido PJ, Rajagopal SK. Acute kidney injury after Fontan completion: Risk factors and outcomes. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2015. PMID: 25963440


  29. Henry H Cheng, Satish Rajagopal, Erica McDavitt, Jesse Esch, Kathryn Williams, Ravi Thiagarajan, Ellen Grant, Michael J Rivkin. Abstract T P368: High Risk of Mortality in Congenital Heart Disease Patients Who Suffer Strokes. Stroke 2015. PMID:


  30. Henry Cheng, Fabio Carmona, Catherine Gordon, Jeannette Perez-Rossello, Frank Pigula, Peter Laussen, Satish Rajagopal. 206. Critical care medicine 2014. PMID:


  31. Rajagopal SK, Thiagarajan RR. More does not mean better: modified ultrafiltration and outcomes after cardiac surgery*. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2014. PMID: 25186321


  32. Jolley M, Yarlagadda VV, Rajagopal SK, Almodovar MC, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported cardiopulmonary resuscitation following stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2014. PMID: 24797720


  33. Madenci AL, Stoffan AP, Rajagopal SK, Blinder JJ, Emani SM, Thiagarajan RR, Weldon CB. Factors associated with survival in patients who undergo peritoneal dialysis catheter placement following cardiac surgery. Journal of pediatric surgery 2013. PMID: 23845617


  34. C.S. Almond, V. Yarlagadda, C. Vander Pluym, S. Rajagopal, B. Millian, K. Daly, T.P. Singh, F. Fynn-Thompson, K. Gauvreau. US Trends in Pediatric VAD Utilization: Analysis of Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Data. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2013. PMID:


  35. Madenci AL, Thiagarajan RR, Stoffan AP, Emani SM, Rajagopal SK, Weldon CB. Characterizing peritoneal dialysis catheter use in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2012. PMID: 23142113


  36. Taylor ML, Carmona F, Thiagarajan RR, Westgate L, Ferguson MA, del Nido PJ, Rajagopal SK. Mild postoperative acute kidney injury and outcomes after surgery for congenital heart disease. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2012. PMID: 23040323


  37. Barrett CS, Jaggers JJ, Cook EF, Graham DA, Rajagopal SK, Almond CS, Seeger JD, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan RR. Outcomes of neonates undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support using centrifugal versus roller blood pumps. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2012. PMID: 22921236


  38. Christina J. VanderPluym, Gary E. Piercy, Tajinder P. Singh, Satish K. Rajagopal, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Christopher S. Almond. Utility of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Graft Failure After Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the Unites States: Analysis of Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Database and Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry. Journal of cardiac failure 2012. PMID:


  39. Marnie L. Taylor, Fabio Carmona, Ravi Thiagarajan, Michael Ferguson, Pedro del Nido, Satish Rajagopal. EARLY POSTOPERATIVE ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AND OUTCOMES FOLLOWING SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2012. PMID:


  40. John M. Costello, Satish K. Rajagopal, Thomas J. Kulik. Postoperative Problems. Pediatric Cardiovascular Medicine 2012. PMID:


  41. Almond CS, Gauvreau K, Canter CE, Rajagopal SK, Piercey GE, Singh TP. A risk-prediction model for in-hospital mortality after heart transplantation in US children. American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2012. PMID: 22300640


  42. Rajagopal SK, Yarlagadda VV, Thiagarajan RR, Singh TP, Givertz MM, Almond CS. Pediatric heart failure and worsening renal function: association with outcomes after heart transplantation. The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation 2011. PMID: 22014450


  43. Rajagopal SK, Thiagarajan RR. Perioperative care of children with tetralogy of fallot. Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine 2011. PMID: 21647576


  44. Polito A, Patorno E, Costello JM, Salvin JW, Emani SM, Rajagopal S, Laussen PC, Thiagarajan RR. Perioperative factors associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation after complex congenital heart surgery. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2011. PMID: 20625334


  45. Madden K, Thiagarajan RR, Rycus PT, Rajagopal SK. Survival of neonates with enteroviral myocarditis requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2011. PMID: 20625340


  46. S.K. Rajagopal, R.R. Thiagarajan, T.P. Singh, F. Fynn-Thompson, C.S.D. Almond. 266 Pediatric Heart Failure and Worsening Renal Function: Impact on Outcomes After Heart Transplantation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2011. PMID:


  47. Rajagopal SK, Emani SM, Roy N, Westgate L, Bacha EA. Acute kidney injury and regional abdominal perfusion during neonatal aortic arch reconstruction. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2010. PMID: 20447657


  48. Rajagopal SK, Almond CS, Laussen PC, Rycus PT, Wypij D, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the support of infants, children, and young adults with acute myocarditis: a review of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry. Critical care medicine 2010. PMID: 19789437


  49. 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. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2009. PMID: 19766826


  50. Zhou B, Ma Q, Rajagopal S, Wu SM, Domian I, Rivera-Feliciano J, Jiang D, von Gise A, Ikeda S, Chien KR, Pu WT. Epicardial progenitors contribute to the cardiomyocyte lineage in the developing heart. Nature 2008. PMID: 18568026


  51. Rajagopal SK, Ma Q, Obler D, Shen J, Manichaikul A, Tomita-Mitchell A, Boardman K, Briggs C, Garg V, Srivastava D, Goldmuntz E, Broman KW, Benson DW, Smoot LB, Pu WT. Spectrum of heart disease associated with murine and human GATA4 mutation. Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2007. PMID: 17643447


  52. Bisping E, Ikeda S, Kong SW, Tarnavski O, Bodyak N, McMullen JR, Rajagopal S, Son JK, Ma Q, Springer Z, Kang PM, Izumo S, Pu WT. Gata4 is required for maintenance of postnatal cardiac function and protection from pressure overload-induced heart failure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006. PMID: 16983087


  53. Bosse T, Piaseckyj CM, Burghard E, Fialkovich JJ, Rajagopal S, Pu WT, Krasinski SD. Gata4 is essential for the maintenance of jejunal-ileal identities in the adult mouse small intestine. Molecular and cellular biology 2006. PMID: 16940177


  54. Rivera-Feliciano J, Lee KH, Kong SW, Rajagopal S, Ma Q, Springer Z, Izumo S, Tabin CJ, Pu WT. Development of heart valves requires Gata4 expression in endothelial-derived cells. Development (Cambridge, England) 2006. PMID: 16914500