L. LuAnn Minich
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L. LuAnn Minich, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital Outpatient Services at Riverton

3773 West 12600 South
Riverton , UT 84065
801-213-3599
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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.

Specialties

Board Certification

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.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor
Academic Divisions Cardiology
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners

Education history

Professional Nursing Nursing - Allegheny Valley Hospital R.N.
Undergraduate Nursing - Marshall University BSN
Professional Medical Medicine - West Virginia University School of Medicine M.D.
Residency Pediatrics - Medical Center Hospital of Vermont Resident
Fellowship University of Michigan Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Minich LL, Tani LY, Pagotto LT, Young PC, Etheridge SP, Shaddy R (1998). Usefulness of echocardiography for detection of coronary artery thrombi in patients with Kawasaki disease. The American journal of cardiology, 82(9), 1143-6, A10.
  2. Godown J, Minich L Impact of Digoxin Use on Interstage Outcomes of Single Ventricle Heart Disease (From a NPC-QIC Registry Analysis). . The American journal of cardiology,
  3. 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. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 32(10), 1331-1338.e1.
  4. 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 Investigator (2020). Pediatric Heart Network Echocardiographic Z Scores: Comparison with Other Published Models. . Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 34(2), 185-192.
  5. 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 Investigator (2021). Impact of Major Residual Lesions on Outcomes After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77(19), 2382-94.
  6. Moza R, Truong DT, Lambert LM, Ou Z, Amula V, Eckhauser A, Minich LL, Williams R (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. The Journal of pediatrics, 234, 20-26.e2.
  7. 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 (2020). The Pediatric Heart Network Residual Lesion Score Study: Design and objectives. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 160(1), 218-223.e1.
  8. Pinto NM, Henry KA, Grobman WA, Ness A, Miller S, Ellestad S, Gotteiner N, Tacy T, Wei G, Minich LL, Kinney A (2020). Physician Barriers and Facilitators for Screening for Congenital Heart Disease With Routine Obstetric Ultrasound: A National United States Survey. Journal of ultrasound in medicine, 39(6), 1143-1153.
  9. 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),
  10. Robinson DL, Ware AL, Sauer MC, Williams RV, Ou Z, Presson AP, Tani LY, Minich LL, Truong D (2021). Implications of Changing Z-Score Models for Coronary Artery Dimensions in Kawasaki Disease. Pediatric cardiology, 42(2), 432-441.
  11. McFarland CA, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Minich LL, Burch PT, Eckhauser AW, Lal AK, Molina KM, Ou Z, Presson AP, May L (2021). Implications of Left Ventricular Dysfunction at Presentation for Infants with Coarctation of the Aorta. Pediatric cardiology, 42(1), 72-77.
  12. Weyhrauch DL, Truong DT, Pinto NM, Amula V, Lambert LM, Zhang C, Presson AP, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams R (2021). Changes in Provider Prescribing Behavior for Infants with Single Ventricle Physiology After Evidence-Based Publications. Pediatric cardiology, 42(5), 1224-1232.
  13. 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. Cardiology in the young, 29(12), 1510-1516.
  14. 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. Cardiology in the young, 30(4), 456-461.
  15. Blaney MM, Williams RV, Areinamo IA, Sauer M, Tani LY, Ou Z, Minich LL, Truong D (2021). The impact of the American Heart Association guidelines on patients treated for incomplete Kawasaki disease. Cardiology in the young, 32(7), 1-5.
  16. Johnson JT, Sullivan KL, Nelson RE, Sheng X, Greene TH, Bailly DK, Eckhauser AW, Marino BS, Minich LL, Pinto N (2020). Factors That Contribute to Cost Differences Based on ICU of Admission in Neonates Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Novel Decomposition Analysis. Pediatric critical care medicine, 21(9), e842-e847.
  17. Puchalski MD, Askovich B, Sower CT, Williams RV, Minich LL, Tani L (2008). Pulmonary regurgitation: determining severity by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging. Congenital heart disease, 3(3), 168-75.
  18. Barfuss SB, Boucek DM, McFarland CA, Martin MH, Minich LL, Eckhauser AW, Ou Z, Gray RG, Tani L (2022). Short Term Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Children. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 35(10), 1077-1083.
  19. Colquitt JL, McFarland CA, Loar RW, Liu A, Pignatelli RH, Ou Z, Minich LL, Wilkinson J (2022). Relation of Right Atrial Strain to Mortality in Infants With Single Right Ventricles. The American journal of cardiology, 177, 137-143.
  20. Yamauchi MSW, Puchalski MD, Weng HY, Pinto NM, Etheridge SP, Presson AP, Minich LL, Williams R (2022). Variation in provider compliance with sports restriction guidelines in children with an isolated bicuspid aortic valve. Cardiology in the young, 33(10), 1-6.
  21. Einerson BD, Nelson R, Botto LD, Minich LL, Krikov S, Waitzman N, Pinto N (2022). Prenatally diagnosed congenital heart disease: the cost of maternal care. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, 35(26), 1-7.
  22. Goldberg CS, Gaynor JW, Mahle WT, Ravishankar C, Frommelt P, Ilardi D, Bellinger D, Paridon S, Taylor M, Hill KD, Minich LL, Schwartz S, Afton K, Lamberti M, Trachtenberg FL, Gongwer R, Atz A, Burns KM, Chowdhury S, Cnota J, Detterich J, Frommelt M, Jacobs JP, Miller TA, Ohye RG, Pizarro C, Shah A, Walters P, Newburger JW, Pediatric Heart Network Investigator (2022). The pediatric heart network's study on long-term outcomes of children with HLHS and the impact of Norwood Shunt type in the single ventricle reconstruction trial cohort (SVRIII): Design and adaptations. American heart journal, 254, 216-227.
  23. Robertson DM, Truong DT, Cox DA, Carmichael HL, Ou Z, Minich LL, Williams RV, Selamet Tierney E (2022). Pediatric Heart Network Trial of Losartan vs. Atenolol in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome: Impact on Prescription Practices. Pediatric cardiology, 44(3), 618-623.
  24. Robinson DL, Minich LL, Menon SC, Ou Z, Eckhauser AW, Ware A (2023). Coronary artery dilation associated with bicuspid and unicuspid aortic valve disease in children: a series of 17 patients. Cardiology in the young, 33(12), 1-6.
  25. Moon-Grady AJ, Lee H, Lopez L, Fatusin O, Freud LR, Hogan W, Krishnan A, McFarland C, Minich LL, Morris SA, Pinto N, Presson AP, Tacy TA, Donofrio MT, Fetal Heart Societ (2023). Fetal Echocardiographic Z Score Pilot Project: Study Design and Impact of Gestational Age and Variable Type on Reproducibility of Measurements Within and Across Investigators. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 36(9), 978-997.
  26. Foote HP, Thibault D, Gonzalez CD, Hill GD, Minich LL, Overbey DM, Tallent SL, Hill KD, McCrary A (2023). Center-level factors associated with shorter length of stay following stage 1 palliation: An analysis of the national pediatric cardiology quality improvement collaborative registry. American heart journal, 265, 143-152.
  27. Reddy RK, Zyblewski SC, Chowdhury SM, Godown J, Bradley SM, Brown DW, Duncan RK, Brown TN, Bates KE, Minich LL, Costello J (2023). Association of Digoxin Use With Transplant-Free Interstage Survival in Infants Palliated With a Stage 1 Hybrid Procedure. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(20), e029521.
  28. Beaver M, Jepson B, Binka E, Truong D, Crandall H, McFarland C, Williams R, Ou Z, Treemarcki E, Jensen D, Minich LL, Colquitt J (2024). Baseline Echocardiography and Laboratory Findings in MIS-C and Associations with Clinical Illness Severity. Pediatric cardiology, 45(3), 560-569.
  29. Jepson BM, Beaver M, Colquitt JL, Truong DT, Crandall H, McFarland C, Williams R, Ou Z, Jensen D, Minich LL, Binka (2024). Left Atrial Strain in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Associations with Systemic Inflammation and Cardiac Injury. Pediatric cardiology, 45(4), 729-739.
  30. Wallace MC, Minich LL, Shekerdemian LS, Bauser-Heaton H, Chowdhury SM, Czosek RJ, Freud LR, Goldberg DJ, Gurvitz M, Lopez L, Schumacher KR, Scott J, Slayton B, Lopez K (2024). Elevating diversity, inclusion, and health equity in Pediatric Heart Network Scholars grant funding: unique opportunities and lessons learned. Cardiology in the young, 1-6.
  31. McFarland C, Pruitt C, Donofrio MT, Freud LR, Lopez L, Minich LL, Moon-Grady AJ, Ou Z, Punn R, Tacy TA, Fatusin O, Pinto N, Fetal Heart Society Research Collaborativ (2024). Normal Fetal Ventricular Strain Pilot Study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography,
  32. Alexander ME, Gongwer R, Trachtenberg FL, Minich LL, Triedman JK, Kaltman JR, Czosek RJ, Tristani-Firouzi M, LaPage MJ, Tsao SS, Radbill AE, DiLorenzo MP, Kovach JR, Stephenson EA, Janson C, Mao C, Salerno JC, Clark BC, Mahgerefteh J, Pilcher T, Johnson TR, Kim JJ, Valdes SO, Cain N, Jackson L, Saarel EV, Pediatric Heart Network Investigator (2024). Limited Relationship Between Echocardiographic Measures and Electrocardiographic Markers of Left Ventricular Size in Healthy Children. Pediatric cardiology, 45(5), 1055-1063.
  33. John S, Young LT, Lacro RV, Hoskoppal A, Ou Z, Presson AP, Johnson JT, Andrade L, Minich LL, Menon (2024). Extracardiac Manifestations Fail to Predict the Severity of Cardiac Phenotype in Children and Young Adults with Marfan Syndrome. Pediatric cardiology, 46(4), 828-834.

Book Chapter

  1. Truong DT, Minich LL, Tani L (2020). Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Endocarditis.

Abstract

  1. Weyhrauch D, Pinto N, Truong DT, Amula V, Lambert L, Zhang C, Presson A, Wilkes J, Minich LL, Williams R (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. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 73(9 S1), 634.
  2. 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. 34(6), 706.

Other

  1. Truong DT, Lopez L, Frommelt PC, Colan SD, Newburger JW, Gongwer R, Bhat AH, Burns KM, Cohen MS, Johnson TR, Kovalchin JP, Mahgerefteh J, McCrindle BW, Lang S, Lee S, Olivieri L, Parra D, Reddy CD, Sachdeva R, Schoessling M, Srivastava S, Tierney ESS, Thankavel P, van der Velde M, Minich L (2023). Correction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 81(15), 1551.