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Overview

Lee N. Benson is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The scientist's research spans multiple subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, epidemiology, surgery, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

Key topics covered by their work include:

  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Coronary Artery Anomalies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Lee N. Benson has published research in a variety of medical journals, with frequent publications in:

  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Circulation
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Several recent papers highlight the scientist's work in cardiac risk prediction, treatment trials, and intervention guidelines:

  • A Validated Model for Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Prediction in Pediatric Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2020, Circulation)
  • Valsartan in early-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a randomized phase 2 trial (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Cardiovascular Interventions in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease (2022, Canadian Journal of Cardiology)
  • Duct stenting versus modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in neonates and infants with duct-dependent pulmonary blood flow: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)
  • The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: Management of infants and neonates with tetralogy of Fallot (2022, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery)

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's research include Eric Horlick, Mark Osten, Lusine Abrahamyan, Eduardo Flores-Umanzor, and Erwin Oechslin.

Best Publications

  • Angiographic classification of the isolated, persistently patent ductus arteriosus and implications for percutaneous catheter occlusion.

    Antoninho Krichenko;Lee N. Benson;Patricia Burrows;C.A.F. Möes

  • Complications associated with pediatric cardiac catheterization

    Renato Vitiello;Brian W McCrindle;David Nykanen;Robert M Freedom

  • Evolving strategies and improving outcomes of the modified Norwood procedure. A 10-year single-institution experience

    Anthony Azakie;Sandra L. Merklinger;Brian W. McCrindle;Glen S. Van Arsdell

  • Transcatheter occlusion of the persistently patent ductus arteriosus. Forty-month follow-up and prevalence of residual shunting.

    Martin C.k. Hosking;Lee N. Benson;Norman Musewe;John D. Dyck

  • Heparin Therapy in Pediatric Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Maureen Andrew;Velma Marzinotto;Patti Massicotte;Victor Blanchette

  • Extracardiac conduit versus lateral tunnel cavopulmonary connections at a single institution: Impact on outcomes

    Anthony Azakie;Brian W. McCrindle;Glen Van Arsdell;Lee N. Benson

  • Echocardiographic follow-up of atrial septal defect after catheter closure by double-umbrella device.

    C Boutin;N N Musewe;J F Smallhorn;J D Dyck

  • Outcome of coronary artery aneurysms after Kawasaki disease.

    Teiji Akagi;Vera Rose;Lee N. Benson;Alice Newman

  • The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: clinical impact and morbidity in Fallot's tetralogy in the current era.

    Gordon Gladman;Brian W. McCrindle;William G. Williams;Robert M. Freedom

  • Endovascular Stents in the Pulmonary Circulation Clinical Impact on Management and Medium-term Follow-up

    Rami Fogelman;David Nykanen;Jeffrey F. Smallhorn;Brian W. McCrindle

  • Transcatheter Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects: A Safety Review

    John Moore;Sanjeet Hegde;Howaida El-Said;Robert Beekman

  • Safety and outcomes of thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator for treatment of intravascular thrombosis in children

    Abha A. Gupta;Michael Leaker;Maureen Andrew;Patti Massicotte

  • Complications of pediatric cardiac catheterization: a review in the current era.

    Rohit Mehta;Kyong-Jin Lee;Rajiv Chaturvedi;Lee Benson

  • Infective Endocarditis After Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using the Melody Valve Combined Results of 3 Prospective North American and European Studies

    Doff B. McElhinney;Lee N. Benson;Andreas Eicken;Jacqueline Kreutzer

  • Scimitar Syndrome in Infancy

    Yong-An Gao;Patricia E. Burrows;Lee N. Benson;Marlene Rabinovitch

  • Subaortic stenosis, the univentricular heart, and banding of the pulmonary artery: an analysis of the courses of 43 patients with univentricular heart palliated by pulmonary artery banding.

    R M Freedom;L N Benson;J F Smallhorn;W G Williams

  • Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2009 Consensus Conference on the management of adults with congenital heart disease: Executive summary

    Candice K. Silversides;Ariane Marelli;Luc Beauchesne;Annie Dore

  • Complete heart block associated with device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects.

    Dragos Predescu;Rajiv R. Chaturvedi;Mark K. Friedberg;Lee N. Benson

  • Balloon Angioplasty of Recurrent Coarctation: A 12-Year Review

    Angela T Yetman;David Nykanen;Brian W. McCrindle;Jan Sunnegardh

  • Stenting the neonatal arterial duct in duct-dependent pulmonary circulation: new techniques, better results

    Marc Gewillig;Derize E Boshoff;Joseph Dens;Luc Mertens

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Freedom
Robert M. Freedom University of Toronto
Brian W. McCrindle
Brian W. McCrindle University of Toronto
William G. Williams
William G. Williams University of Toronto
Jeffrey F. Smallhorn
Jeffrey F. Smallhorn University of Alberta
Luc Mertens
Luc Mertens University of Toronto
Andrew N. Redington
Andrew N. Redington Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Gareth J. Morgan
Gareth J. Morgan Boston University
Patricia E. Burrows
Patricia E. Burrows Medical College of Wisconsin
Gary D. Webb
Gary D. Webb Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Brian H. Robinson
Brian H. Robinson Hospital for Sick Children

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