L. LuAnn Minich,
MD
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Languages Spoken: English
LuAnn Minich, MD is Co-director of Pediatric Heart Center Research and Associate Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children Hospital. She is the Co-primary Investigator for the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital, one of nine core sites of the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN), funded by the National Heart and Lung Institute. Dr. Minich sees children with all forms of cardiac disease, having special interest in Kawasaki disease, echocardiography, and evidence-based medicine.
Clinical Locations
Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton
801-213-3599
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology) National Board of Medical Examiners |
LuAnn Minich, MD is Co-director of Pediatric Heart Center Research and Associate Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT at the University of Utah School of Medicine and Primary Children Hospital. She is the Co-primary Investigator for the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital, one of nine core sites of the Pediatric Heart Network (PHN), funded by the National Heart and Lung Institute. Dr. Minich sees children with all forms of cardiac disease, having special interest in Kawasaki disease, echocardiography, and evidence-based medicine.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Professor |
| Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology) National Board of Medical Examiners |
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Michigan Fellow, 1992 |
| Residency | Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Pediatrics Resident, 1989 |
| Professional Medical | West Virginia University School of Medicine Medicine M.D., 1986 |
| Undergraduate | Marshall University Nursing BSN, 1979 |
| Professional Nursing | Allegheny Valley Hospital Nursing R.N., 1974 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Colquitt JL, McFarland CA, Loar RW, Liu A, Pignatelli RH, Ou Z, Minich LL, Wilkinson JC (2022). Relation of Right Atrial Strain to Mortality in Infants With Single Right Ventricles. Am J Cardiol.
- Barfuss SB, Boucek DM, McFarland CA, Martin MH, Minich LL, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Gray RG, Tani LY (2022). Short Term Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Children. J Am Soc Echocardiogr.
- Blaney MM, Williams RV, Areinamo IA, Sauer M, Tani LY, Ou Z, Minich LL, Truong DT (2021). The impact of the American Heart Association guidelines on patients treated for incomplete Kawasaki disease. Cardiol Young, 1-5.
- Moza R, Truong DT, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Amula V, Eckhauser A, Minich LL, Williams RV (2021). Poor Weight Recovery Between Stage 1 Palliation and Hospital Discharge for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology: An Analysis of the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative Phase II Dataset. J Pediatr, 234, 20-26.e2.
- Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams RV (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(5), 1224-1232.
- Nathan M, Levine JC, Rompay MI, Lambert LM, Trachtenberg FL, Colan SD, Adachi I, Anderson BR, Bacha EA, Eckhauser A, Gaynor JW, Graham EM, Goot B, Jacobs JP, John R, Kaltman JR, Kanter KR, Mery CM, Minich LL, Ohye R, Overman D, Pizarro C, Raghuveer G, Schamberger MS, Schwartz SM, Narasimhan SL, Taylor MD, Wang K, Newburger JW, for the Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2021). Impact of Major Residual Lesions on Outcomes After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol, 77(19), 2382-94.
- Robinson DL, Ware AL, Sauer MC, Williams RV, Ou Z, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Truong DT (2021). Implications of Changing Z-Score Models for Coronary Artery Dimensions in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(2), 432-441.
- McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May LJ (2020). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatr Cardiol, 42(1), 72-77.
- Lopez L, Frommelt PC, Colan CD, Trachtenberg FL, Gongwer R, Stylianou M, Bhat A, Burns KM, Cohen MS, Dragulescu A, Freud LR, Frommelt MA, Lytrivi ID, Mahgerefteh J, McCrindle BW, Pignatelli R, Prakash A, Sachdeva R, Soslow JH, Spurney C, Taylor CL, Thankavel PP, Thorsson T, Tretter JT, Young LT, Minich LL, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2020). Pediatric Heart Network Echocardiographic Z Scores: Comparison with Other Published Models. . J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 34(2), 185-192.
- Johnson JT, Sullivan KL, Nelson RE, Sheng X, Greene TH, Bailly DK, Eckhauser AW, Marino BS, Minich LL, Pinto NM (2020). Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis. Pediatr Crit Care Med, 21(9), e842-e847.
- Nathan M, Trachtenberg FL, Van Rompay MI, Gaynor W, Kanter K, Ohye R, Bacha EA, Tweddell J, Schwartz SM, Minich LL, Mery CM, Colan SD, Levine J, Lambert LM, Newburger JW, Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Writing Committee (2019). The Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Study: Design and objectives. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 160(1), 218-223.e1.
- Pinto NM, Henry KA, Grobman WA, Ness A, Miller S, Ellestad S, Gotteiner N, Tacy T, Wei G, Minich LL, Kinney AY (2019). Physician Barriers and Facilitators for Screening for Congenital Heart Disease With Routine Obstetric Ultrasound: A National United States Survey. J Ultrasound Med, 39(6), 1143-1153.
- Truong D, Lopez L, Frommelt PC, Stelter J, Ni B, Cohen MS, Prakash A, Colan SD, Spurney C, Soslow J, Pearson GD, Mahgerefteh J, Sachdeva R, Pignatelli R, Trachtenberg F, Stylianou M, Altmann K, Rathge KA, Camarda J, Chowdhury S, Dragulescu A, Frommelt M, Garuba O, Soriano B, Srivastava S, Thankavel P, van der Velde ME, Minich LL, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2020). Challenges and lessons learned from the Pediatric Heart Network Normal Echocardiogram Database study. Cardiol Young, 30(4), 456-461.
- Eckhauser AW, Van Rompay MI, Ravishankar C, Newburger JW, Ram Kumar S, Pizarro C, Ghanayem N, Trachtenberg FL, Burns KM, Hill GD, Atz AM, Hamstra MS, Mazwi M, Park P, Richmond ME, Wolf M, Zampi JD, Jacobs JP, Minich LL, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2019). Variation in care for children undergoing the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young, 29(12), 1510-1516.
- Frommelt PC, Minich LL, Trachtenberg FL, Altmann K, Camarda J, Cohen MS, Colan SD, Dragulescu A, Frommelt MA, Johnson TR, Kovalchin JP, Lin L, Mahgerefteh J, Nutting A, Parra DA, Pearson GD, Pignatelli R, Sachdeva R, Soriano BD, Spurney C, Srivastava S, Statile CJ, Stelter J, Stylianou M, Thankavel PP, Tierney ES, van der Velde ME, Lopez L, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2019). Challenges With Left Ventricular Functional Parameters: The Pediatric Heart Network Normal Echocardiogram Database. J Am Soc Echocardiogr, 32(10), 1331-1338.e1.
- Miller TA, Ghanayem NS, Newburger JW, McCrindle BW, Hu C, DeWitt AG, Cnota JF, Tractenberg FL, Pemberton VL, Wolf MJ, Votava-Smith JK, Fifer CG, Lambert LM, Shah A, Graham EM, Pizarro C, Jacobs JP, Miller SG, Minich LL, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators (2019). Gestational Age, Birth Weight, and Outcomes Six Years After the Norwood Procedure. Pediatrics, 143(5).
- Puchalski MD, Askovich B, Sower CT, Williams RV, Minich LL, Tani LY (2008). Pulmonary regurgitation: determining severity by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Congenit Heart Dis, 3(3), 168-75.
- Minich LL, Tani LY, Pagotto LT, Young PC, Etheridge SP, Shaddy RE (1998). Usefulness of echocardiography for detection of coronary artery thrombi in patients with Kawasaki disease. Am J Cardiol, 82(9), 1143-6, A10.
- Godown J, Minich LL (). Impact of Digoxin Use on Interstage Outcomes of Single Ventricle Heart Disease (From a NPC-QIC Registry Analysis). . (Epub ahead of print) Am J Cardiol.
Book Chapter
- Truong DT, Minich LL, Tani LY (2020). Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Endocarditis. In Allen HD, Shaddy RE, Penny DJ, Feltes TF, Cetta F (Eds.), Echocardiography in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease (3rd). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Abstract
- Barfuss SB, Boucek DM, McFarland C, Hunt Martin M, Minich LL, Ou Z, Gray R Tani L (2021). Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Children. Poster presented at American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) 32nd Virtual Scientific Sessions. [Abstract]. 34(6), 706.
- Weyhrauch D, Pinto N, Truong DT, Amula V, Lambert L, Zhang C, Presson A, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams RV (2019). Changes in Digoxin and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor (ACEI) Use in Infants With Single Ventricle Physiology Following Landmark Publications. Poster presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 68th Annual Scientific Session & Expo [Abstract]. J Am Coll Cardiol, 73(9 S1), 634.