Samuel Menahem

Physical Functioning, Mental Health, and Quality of Life in Different Congenital Heart Defects: Comparative Analysis in 3538 Patients From 15 Countries

Philip Moons, Koen Luyckx, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, Andrew S Mackie, Samuel Menahem, Maryanne Caruana, Gruschen Veldtman, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: We compared physical functioning, mental health, and quality of life (QoL) of patients with different subtypes of cong..

Impact of Skin-to-Skin Parent-Infant Care on Preterm Circulatory Physiology

Arvind Sehgal, Itamar Nitzan, Nicole Jayawickreme, Samuel Menahem

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the impact of skin-to-skin care between parents and infants on cardiac function and cerebral blood flow i..

Health behaviours reported by adults with congenital heart disease across 15 countries

Christina E Holbein, James Peugh, Gruschen R Veldtman, Silke Apers, Koen Luyckx, Adrienne H Kovacs, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Health behaviours are essential to maintain optimal health and reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications in adul..

Sense of coherence in adults with congenital heart disease in 15 countries: Patient characteristics, cultural dimensions and quality of life

Philip Moons, Silke Apers, Adrienne H Kovacs, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A Sluman, Jou-Kou Wang, Jamie L Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Erwin Oechslin, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, Andrew S Mackie, Samuel Menahem, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR NURSING

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have found that sense of coherence (SOC) is positively related to quality of life (QoL) in persons wi..

Healthcare system inputs and patient-reported outcomes: a study in adults with congenital heart defect from 15 countries

Liesbet Van Bulck, Eva Goossens, Koen Luyckx, Silke Apers, Erwin Oechslin, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L Jackson, Paul Khairy, Stephen C Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, Andrew S Mackie, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: The relationship between healthcare system inputs (e.g., human resources and infrastructure) and mortality has been ex..

PARENTAL STRESS AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR INNOCENT MURMURS IN CHILDREN

Samuel Menahem, Fiona Ip, Margaret Hay

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and patient-reported outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease: An international study

Valerie Levesque, Laurence Laplante, Azadeh Shohoudi, Silke Apers, Adrienne H Kovacs, Koen Luyckx, Corina Thomet, Werner Budts, Junko Enomoto, Maayke A Sluman, Chun-Wei Lu, Jamie L Jackson, Stephen C Cook, Shanthi Chidambarathanu, Luis Alday, Katrine Eriksen, Mikael Dellborg, Malin Berghammer, Bengt Johansson, Andrew S Mackie, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEART RHYTHM

BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly being used to prevent sudden death in the growing popu..

Does Previous Cardiac Surgery Predict Impaired Quality of Life in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease?

Qi Feng Wang, Sarah Rouse, Margaret Hay, Samuel Menahem

Journal article  |  2020  |  WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY

BACKGROUND: Improved survival of children with congenital heart disease (CHD) into adult life has led to further study of their qu..

Does Echocardiography Have a Role in the Cardiologist's Diagnosis of Innocent Murmurs in Childhood?

Hiu L Ip, Samuel Menahem

Journal article  |  2020  |  HEART LUNG AND CIRCULATION

BACKGROUND: Innocent murmurs are common in childhood. Echocardiography may diagnose almost all congenital cardiac abnormalities. E..

Outcomes of the arterial switch operation in patients with aortic arch obstruction

Tyson A Fricke, Samantha Donaldson, James R Schneider, Samuel Menahem, Yves d'Udekem, Christian P Brizard, Igor E Konstantinov

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

OBJECTIVE: Transposition of the great arteries or Taussig-Bing anomaly with concomitant aortic arch obstruction is uncommon, with ..