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Research & Publications

Advancing the field of congenital heart disease through innovative research and scholarship

56+
Publications & Presentations
$124K
Research Funding
3
Research Grants

Research Focus Areas

Dr. Charla's research program focuses on improving outcomes and quality of life for patients with congenital heart disease through innovative clinical investigations and translational research.

Primary Research Areas

  • Fontan physiology and novel therapeutic interventions
  • Heart failure management in congenital heart disease
  • Advanced cardiac imaging and hemodynamic assessment
  • Pregnancy outcomes in women with heart disease

Methodologies

  • Cardiac MRI with flow quantification
  • Clinical outcomes research
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
  • Program development and quality improvement

Research Grants & Funding

Feasibility and Efficacy of Biphasic Cuirass Ventilation in the Ambulatory Fontan population: Cardiovascular flow assessments by MRI

$24,840
Health Innovations Clinical Research GrantPrincipal Investigator20192020

Efficacy and Feasibility of Negative Pressure Ventilation in Fontan patients

$75,000
Peter Munk Cardiac Center Innovation FundCo-Principal Investigator20162018

Efficacy and Feasibility of negative pressure ventilation in Fontan patients

$24,350
SickKids Labatt Heart Center Innovation FundCo-Principal Investigator20162018
$124,190
Total Research Funding Awarded

Publications & Presentations

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Augmentation of the Pulmonary Blood Flow and Cardiac Output by Non-Invasive External Ventilation Late After Fontan Palliation

Charla P, Karur G, Yamamura K, Yoo SH, Granton J, Oechslin E, Shah A, Benson L, Mertens L, Alonso-Gonzalez R, Hanneman K, Wald R
Heart Journal2020Fontan Physiology

Pulmonary arterial hypertension in pregnancy: a systematic review of outcomes in the modern era

Low TT, Guron N, Ducas R, Yamamura K, Charla P, Granton J, Silversides CK
Pulmonary Circulation2021Cardio-Obstetrics

Lateral Tunnel Fontan Atrial Ablation Trans-Baffle Access Is Not Mandatory as the Initial Strategy

Bhaskaran A, Nayyar S, Charla P, Saeed Y, Haldar S, Porta-Sanchez A, Kugamoorthy P, Jons C, Oechslin E, Hickey E, Harris L, Silversides C, Roche L, Downar E, Nanthakumar K, Nair K
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology2019ACHD

Transmural circumflex infarction in a young Fontan patient: to leave home to find it

Meier LM, Van De Bruaene A, Charla P, Wald RM, Oechslin E
European Heart Journal2018ACHD

Reliability of The Cardiac Output Measurements During Catheterization: Comparison of Various Commonly Used Formulae Calculating Assumed O2 Consumption

Kendall G, Kirkwood G, Schneider H, Mahadevan V, Stokes A, Karadakhy O, Carmichael J, Nagra R, Yearoo T, Patel M, Hama B, Gill A, Shauq A, Hoschtitzky A, Jenkins P, Dua J, Shah P, Charla P, Shah A
JACC Interventions2018ACHD

Creating a Fontan Fenestration in a Child with Dextrocardia and Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava

Charlagorla P, Breinholt J
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology2016Pediatric Cardiology

Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis: Encouraging midterm outcomes

Charlagorla P, Becerra D, Patel P, Turrentine M, Hoyer MH, Darragh R
Journal of Pediatric Cardiology2015Pediatric Cardiology

Metabolic scaling and twin pregnancies

Salafia CM, Kiryankova N, Inany H, Charlagorla P, Park M, Kwahar N, VanHorn S, Dygulska B, Narula P, Lederman S
Journal of Placenta2015Pediatric Cardiology

Fetal intestinal perforation and meconium peritonitis associated with maternal autoimmune hepatitis

Charlagorla P, Sublett S, Kessler E, Gad A
Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine2014Pediatric Cardiology

Loss of plasma membrane integrity, complement response and formation of reactive oxygen species during early myocardial ischemia/reperfusion

Charlagorla P, Liu J, Patel M, Rushbrook JI, Zhang M
Molecular Immunology2013Cardiac Imaging

Histologic chorioamnionitis as a consideration in the management of newborns of febrile mothers

Hoang D, Charlagorla P, Salafia C, VanHorn S, Dygulska B, Narula P, Gad A
Journal of Maternal-Fetal Neonatal Medicine2013Pediatric Cardiology

The superiority of targeted neonatal echocardiography for umbilical venous catheter tip localization: accuracy of a clinician performance model

Pulickal AS, Charlagorla PK, Tume SC, Chhabra M, Narula P, Nadroo AM
Journal of Perinatology2013Pediatric Cardiology

Vessel enhancement with multiscale and curvilinear filter matching for placenta images

Mark P, Yampolsky M, Shlakhter O, VanHorn S, Dygulska B, Kiryankova N, Inany H, Charlagorla PK, Salafia C
Placenta2013Cardiac Imaging

Assessment of Cardiac Parameters in Large for Gestational Age Infants in Mothers with & without Gestational Diabetes: Correlation with Placental Pathology

Charlagorla P, Inany H, Gudavalli M, Chhabra M, Salafia C, Dygulska B, Narula P, Gad A
Placenta2013Cardio-Obstetrics

Research Collaboration Opportunities

Interested in collaborating on congenital heart disease research? Dr. Charla welcomes opportunities for academic partnerships and joint investigations