Positions
- Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics-Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US
Addresses
- TCH-West Tower (Clinic)
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Room: TXWT-19thFL
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 826-5656
NAYRES@BCM.EDU
Education
- Fellowship at University Of Iowa Affiliate Hospitals
- 01/1984 - Iowa City, Iowa United States
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Residency at University Of Virginia Hospitals
- 01/1980 - Charlottesville, Virginia United States
- Pediatrics
- MD from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School Of Medicine
- 01/1977 - Lubbock, TX United States
- B.A. from University Of Texas At Austin
- 01/1973 - Austin, TX United States
Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics-Sub Board of Pediatric Cardiology
Professional Interests
- Non-Invasive Imaging
- Fetal Echocardiography
- Fetal Center Patient Care
Websites
Selected Publications
- Falkensammer CB, Ayres NA, Altman CA, Ge S, Bezold LI, Eidem BW, Kovalchin JP "Fetal cardiac malposition: incidence and outcome of associated cardiac and extracardiac malformations.." Am J Perinatol. 2008 May;25(5):277-81. Pubmed PMID: 18401841
- Lazar DA, Cass DL, Dishop MK, Adam K, Olutoye OA, Ayres NA, Cassady CI, Olutoye OO "Fetal lung interstitial tumor: a cause of late gestation fetal hydrops.." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2011 Jun;46(6):1263-6. Pubmed PMID: 21683234
- Perry JC, Ayres NA, Carpenter RJ "Fetal supraventricular tachycardia treated with flecainide acetate.." J. Pediatr.. 1991 Feb;118(2):303-5. Pubmed PMID: 1899700
- Lu X, Nadvoretskiy V, Bu L, Stolpen A, Ayres N, Pignatelli RH, Kovalchin JP, Grenier M, Klas B, Ge S "Accuracy and reproducibility of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for assessment of right ventricular volumes and ejection fraction in children.." J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Jan;21(1):84-9. Pubmed PMID: 17628408
- Lu X, Xie M, Tomberlin D, Klas B, Nadvoretskiy V, Ayres N, Towbin J, Ge S "How accurately, reproducibly, and efficiently can we measure left ventricular indices using M-mode, 2-dimensional, and 3-dimensional echocardiography in children?." Am. Heart J.. 2008 May;155(5):946-53. Pubmed PMID: 18440346
- Ganame J, Pignatelli RH, Eidem BW, Claus P, D'hooge J, McMahon CJ, Buyse G, Towbin JA, Ayres NA, Mertens L "Myocardial deformation abnormalities in pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: are all etiologies identical?." Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Nov;9(6):784-90. Pubmed PMID: 18490283
- Rheuban KS, Ayres NA, Sellers TD, DiMarco JP "Near-fatal Kearns-Sayre syndrome. A case report and review of clinical manifestations.." Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1983 Dec;22(12):822-5. Pubmed PMID: 6627817
- Naik-Mathuria B, Chang S, Fitch ME, Westhoff J, Brandt ML, Ayres NA, Olutoye OO, Cass DL "Patent ductus arteriosus ligation in neonates: preoperative predictors of poor postoperative outcomes.." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2008 Jun;43(6):1100-5. Pubmed PMID: 18558190
- Cass DL, Olutoye OO, Cassady CI, Moise KJ, Johnson A, Papanna R, Lazar DA, Ayres NA, Belleza-Bascon B "Prenatal diagnosis and outcome of fetal lung masses.." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2011 Feb;46(2):292-8. Pubmed PMID: 21292076
- Rheuban KS, Ayres N, Still JG, Alford B "Pulmonary artery sling: a new diagnostic tool and clinical review.." Pediatrics. 1982 Apr;69(4):472-5. Pubmed PMID: 7070894
- Lazar DA, Olutoye OO, Moise KJ, Ivey RT, Johnson A, Ayres N, Olutoye OA, Rodriguez MA, Cass DL "Ex-utero intrapartum treatment procedure for giant neck masses-fetal and maternal outcomes.." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2011 May;46(5):817-22. Pubmed PMID: 21616233
- Stapleton GE, Stapleton SL, Martinez A, Ayres NA, Kovalchin JP, Bezold LI, Pignatelli R, Eidem BW "Evaluation of longitudinal ventricular function with tissue Doppler echocardiography in children treated with anthracyclines.." J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2007 May;20(5):492-7. Pubmed PMID: 17484989
- Knudson JD, Goldberg JF, Ayres NA "Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma with cardiac spread causing severe inferior vena cava obstruction in a 9-year-old child.." Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Jun;33(5):872-3. Pubmed PMID: 22447385
- Geva T, Sanders SP, Ayres NA, O'Laughlin MP, Parness IA "Two-dimensional echocardiographic anatomy of atrioventricular alignment discordance with situs concordance.." Am. Heart J.. 1993 Feb;125(2):459-64. Pubmed PMID: 8427141
- Pignatelli R, Law MA, Martinez H, Altman C, Ayres N, Jefferies JL, Ganame J "Two-dimensional speckle strain imaging: in the management of paraganglioma, acute junctional tachycardia, and myocardial dysfunction in a child.." Tex Heart Inst J. 2012;39(1):119-21. Pubmed PMID: 22412245
- Cass DL, Olutoye OO, Cassady CI, Zamora IJ, Ivey RT, Ayres NA, Olutoye OA, Lee TC "EXIT-to-resection for fetuses with large lung masses and persistent mediastinal compression near birth.." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2013 Jan;48(1):138-44. Pubmed PMID: 23331806
- Ikemba CM, Eidem BW, Fraley JK, Eapen RS, Pignatelli R, Ayres NA, Bezold LI "Mitral valve morphology and morbidity/mortality in Shone's complex.." Am. J. Cardiol.. 2005 Feb 15;95(4):541-3. Pubmed PMID: 15695151
- Nowlen TT, Ayres NA, Kearney DL, Nihill MR, Grifka RG "Premature closure of the foramen ovale associated with aortic stenosis, left ventricular dilation with thrombus, and early mortality.." Am. J. Cardiol.. 2000 May 1;85(9):1159-61, A9. Pubmed PMID: 10781774
- Ganame J, Mertens L, Eidem BW, Claus P, D'hooge J, Havemann LM, McMahon CJ, Elayda MA, Vaughn WK, Towbin JA, Ayres NA, Pignatelli RH "Regional myocardial deformation in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: morphological and clinical correlations.." Eur. Heart J.. 2007 Dec;28(23):2886-94. Pubmed PMID: 17971400
- Robillard JE, Weismann DN, Gomez RA, Ayres NA, Lawton WJ, VanOrden DE "Renal and adrenal responses to converting-enzyme inhibition in fetal and newborn life.." Am. J. Physiol.. 1983 Feb;244(2):R249-56. Pubmed PMID: 6297318
- McMahon CJ, Ayres NA, Bezold LI, Lewin MB, Alonzo M, Altman CA, Kovalchin JP, Eidem BW, Pignatelli RH "Safety and efficacy of intravenous contrast imaging in pediatric echocardiography.." Pediatr Cardiol.;26(4):413-7. Pubmed PMID: 16374692
- Dai S, Ayres NA, Harrist RB, Bricker JT, Labarthe DR "Validity of echocardiographic measurement in an epidemiological study. Project HeartBeat!." Hypertension. 1999 Aug;34(2):236-41. Pubmed PMID: 10454447
Memberships
- Society of Pediatric Echocardiography
- American Heart Association
- American Soceity of Echocardiography
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