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Ronald Vincent Lacro, M.D.

TitleAssistant Professor of Pediatrics
InstitutionChildren's Hospital Boston
DepartmentPediatrics
AddressChildrens Hospital
Cardiology, Bader 2
300 Longwood Ave
Boston MA 02115
Phone617/355-8794
Fax617/739-3784

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  1. Teekakirikul P, Milewicz DM, Miller DT, Lacro RV, Regalado ES, Rosales AM, Ryan DP, Toler TL, Lin AE. Thoracic aortic disease in two patients with juvenile polyposis syndrome and SMAD4 mutations. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Jan; 161(1):185-91.
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  2. Fernandes S, Khairy P, Graham DA, Colan SD, Galvin TC, Sanders SP, Singh MN, Bhatt A, Lacro RV. Bicuspid aortic valve and associated aortic dilation in the young. Heart. 2012 Jul; 98(13):1014-9.
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  3. McElhinney DB, Lacro RV, Gauvreau K, O'Brien CM, Yaroglu Kazanci S, Vogel M, Emani S, Brown DW. Dilation of the ascending aorta after balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis during infancy and childhood. Am J Cardiol. 2012 Sep 1; 110(5):702-8.
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  4. Prakash A, Lacro RV, Sleeper LA, Minich LL, Colan SD, McCrindle B, Covitz W, Golding F, Hlavacek AM, Levine JC, Cohen MS. Challenges in echocardiographic assessment of mitral regurgitation in children after repair of atrioventricular septal defect. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Feb; 33(2):205-14.
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  5. Kaza AK, Colan SD, Jaggers J, Lu M, Atz AM, Sleeper LA, McCrindle BW, Lambert LM, Margossian R, Lacro RV, Richmond ME, Natarajan S, Minich LL. Surgical interventions for atrioventricular septal defect subtypes: the pediatric heart network experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Oct; 92(4):1468-75; discussion 1475.
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  6. Morris SA, Orbach DB, Geva T, Singh MN, Gauvreau K, Lacro RV. Increased vertebral artery tortuosity index is associated with adverse outcomes in children and young adults with connective tissue disorders. Circulation. 2011 Jul 26; 124(4):388-96.
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  7. Yusupov R, Roberts AE, Lacro RV, Sandstrom M, Ligon AH. Potocki-Lupski syndrome: an inherited dup(17)(p11.2p11.2) with hypoplastic left heart. Am J Med Genet A. 2011 Feb; 155A(2):367-71.
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  8. Li JS, Colan SD, Sleeper LA, Newburger JW, Pemberton VL, Atz AM, Cohen MS, Golding F, Klein GL, Lacro RV, Radojewski E, Richmond ME, Minich LL. Lessons learned from a pediatric clinical trial: the Pediatric Heart Network angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in mitral regurgitation study. Am Heart J. 2011 Feb; 161(2):233-40.
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  9. Atz AM, Hawkins JA, Lu M, Cohen MS, Colan SD, Jaggers J, Lacro RV, McCrindle BW, Margossian R, Mosca RS, Sleeper LA, Minich LL. Surgical management of complete atrioventricular septal defect: associations with surgical technique, age, and trisomy 21. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2011 Jun; 141(6):1371-9.
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  10. Minich LL, Atz AM, Colan SD, Sleeper LA, Mital S, Jaggers J, Margossian R, Prakash A, Li JS, Cohen MS, Lacro RV, Klein GL, Hawkins JA. Partial and transitional atrioventricular septal defect outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Feb; 89(2):530-6.
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  11. Radbill AE, Brown DW, Lacro RV, Cecchin F, Berul CI, Triedman JK, Bevilacqua LM, Walsh EP, Alexander ME. Ascending aortic dilation in patients with congenital complete heart block. Heart Rhythm. 2008 Dec; 5(12):1704-8.
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  12. Khemani E, McElhinney DB, Rhein L, Andrade O, Lacro RV, Thomas KC, Mullen MP. Pulmonary artery hypertension in formerly premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: clinical features and outcomes in the surfactant era. Pediatrics. 2007 Dec; 120(6):1260-9.
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  13. Lacro RV, Dietz HC, Wruck LM, Bradley TJ, Colan SD, Devereux RB, Klein GL, Li JS, Minich LL, Paridon SM, Pearson GD, Printz BF, Pyeritz RE, Radojewski E, Roman MJ, Saul JP, Stylianou MP, Mahony L. Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of beta-blocker therapy (atenolol) versus angiotensin II receptor blocker therapy (losartan) in individuals with Marfan syndrome. Am Heart J. 2007 Oct; 154(4):624-31.
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  14. Larrazabal LA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Lacro R, Colan SD, Pigula F, Benavidez OJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, Bacha EA. Measurement of technical performance in congenital heart surgery: a pilot study. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jan; 83(1):179-84.
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  15. Anttila V, Piaszczynski M, Mora B, Hagino I, Lacro RV, Zurakowski D, Jonas RA. Improved outcome with composite graft versus homograft root replacement for children with aortic root aneurysms. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Mar; 27(3):420-4.
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  16. Sokol J, Bohn D, Lacro RV, Ryan G, Stephens D, Rabinovitch M, Smallhorn J, Hornberger LK. Fetal pulmonary artery diameters and their association with lung hypoplasia and postnatal outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 May; 186(5):1085-90.
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  17. Satou GM, Lacro RV, Chung T, Gauvreau K, Jenkins KJ. Heart size on chest x-ray as a predictor of cardiac enlargement by echocardiography in children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2001 May-Jun; 22(3):218-22.
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  18. Abdullah MM, Lacro RV, Smallhorn J, Chitayat D, van der Velde ME, Yoo SJ, Oman-Ganes L, Hornberger LK. Fetal cardiac dextroposition in the absence of an intrathoracic mass: sign of significant right lung hypoplasia. J Ultrasound Med. 2000 Oct; 19(10):669-76.
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  19. Lin AE, Herring AH, Amstutz KS, Westgate MN, Lacro RV, Al-Jufan M, Ryan L, Holmes LB. Cardiovascular malformations: changes in prevalence and birth status, 1972-1990. Am J Med Genet. 1999 May 21; 84(2):102-10.
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  20. Lin AE, Westgate MN, van der Velde ME, Lacro RV, Holmes LB. Adams-Oliver syndrome associated with cardiovascular malformations. Clin Dysmorphol. 1998 Oct; 7(4):235-41.
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  21. Bird LM, Billman GF, Lacro RV, Spicer RL, Jariwala LK, Hoyme HE, Zamora-Salinas R, Morris C, Viskochil D, Frikke MJ, Jones MC. Sudden death in Williams syndrome: report of ten cases. J Pediatr. 1996 Dec; 129(6):926-31.
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  22. Schwartz ML, Cox GF, Lin AE, Korson MS, Perez-Atayde A, Lacro RV, Lipshultz SE. Clinical approach to genetic cardiomyopathy in children. Circulation. 1996 Oct 15; 94(8):2021-38.
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  23. Pober BR, Lacro RV, Rice C, Mandell V, Teele RL. Renal findings in 40 individuals with Williams syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 1993 May 15; 46(3):271-4.
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  24. Lee YS, Marks AR, Gureckas N, Lacro R, Nadal-Ginard B, Kim DH. Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of a 60-kDa phosphoprotein in rabbit skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum which is an isoform of phosphoglucomutase. J Biol Chem. 1992 Oct 15; 267(29):21080-8.
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  25. Takahashi T, Allen PD, Lacro RV, Marks AR, Dennis AR, Schoen FJ, Grossman W, Marsh JD, Izumo S. Expression of dihydropyridine receptor (Ca2+ channel) and calsequestrin genes in the myocardium of patients with end-stage heart failure. J Clin Invest. 1992 Sep; 90(3):927-35.
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  26. Jones KL, Lacro RV, Johnson KA, Adams J. Pattern of malformations in the children of women treated with carbamazepine during pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 1989 Jun 22; 320(25):1661-6.
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  27. Lacro RV, Jones KL, Benirschke K. Coarctation of the aorta in Turner syndrome: a pathologic study of fetuses with nuchal cystic hygromas, hydrops fetalis, and female genitalia. Pediatrics. 1988 Mar; 81(3):445-51.
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  28. Villegas-Camargo I, Lacro RV, Lyons-Jones K. [Brachmann-de Lange syndrome: report of 4 cases in Mexican children]. Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex. 1987 Dec; 44(12):766-70.
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  29. Lacro RV, Jones KL. The Gorlin syndrome: a genetically determined disorder associated with cardiac tumor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1987 Dec; 94(6):919-20.
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  30. Lacro RV, Jones KL, Benirschke K. The umbilical cord twist: origin, direction, and relevance. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Oct; 157(4 Pt 1):833-8.
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  31. Mathias RS, Lacro RV, Jones KL. X-linked laterality sequence: situs inversus, complex cardiac defects, splenic defects. Am J Med Genet. 1987 Sep; 28(1):111-6.
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  32. Fujimoto A, Lipson M, Lacro RV, Shinno NW, Boelter WD, Jones KL, Wilson MG. New autosomal dominant branchio-oculo-facial syndrome. Am J Med Genet. 1987 Aug; 27(4):943-51.
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  33. Lacro RV, Jones KL, Mascarello JT, Jones OW, Wilson N, Jones MC. Duplication of distal 15q: report of five new cases from two different translocation kindreds. Am J Med Genet. 1987 Mar; 26(3):719-28.
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  34. McNamara JJ, Lacro RV, Yee M, Smith GT. Hemorrhagic infarction and coronary reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981 Apr; 81(4):498-501.
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