Christopher Rausch, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiology network of care and outreach
• Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Laboratory

Publications

• Rausch CM, Taylor AL, Ross H, Sillau S, Ivy DD. Ventilatory efficiency slope correlates with functional capacity, outcomes, and disease severity in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol. 2013 Nov 30;169(6):445-8. PubMed PMID: 24144928
• Hawkins SM, Taylor AL, Sillau SH, Mitchell MB, Rausch CM. Restrictive lung function in pediatric patients with structural congenital heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Sep 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24060364
• Zhou Z, Malhotra SP, Yu X, Rutledge J, Rebeyka IM, Ross DB, Rausch C, Gu H, McCrindle B, Lacour-Gayet F, Ivy D, Li J. Moderate altitude is not associated with adverse postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and Fontan operation: a comparative study among Denver, Edmonton, and Toronto. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Nov;146(5):1165-71. PubMed PMID: 23353110
• Wright J, Kohn M, Niermeyer S, Rausch CM. Feasibility of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Newborn Screening at Moderate Altitude. Pediatrics. In Press.
• Wright J, Niermeyer S, Kohn M, Sontag M, Rausch C. A Prospective Observational Feasibility Study of Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening at Moderate Altitude. Poster Presentation: 2013 Pediatric Academic Societies’ Annual Meeting; Washington, DC. Oral presentation: 2013 Colorado Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Meeting; Golden, CO
• Wright J, Kohn M, Niermeyer S, Rausch CM. Feasibility of critical congenital heart disease newborn screening at moderate altitude. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar;133(3):e561-9. PubMed PMID: 24567022
• Ross H, Jone P, Rausch CM. Kawasaki Disease in a Patient with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Int J Cardiovasc Res. 2014; 3:4.
• Rausch CM, Sontag MK. Congenital heart disease screening with pulse oximetry. Practice Update. November 2014.
• Patel SS, Fernie JC, Taylor AL, Ivy DD, Rausch CM. Evaluation of predictive models for six minute walk test among children with pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27838122
• Lueth E, Russell L, Wright J, Duster M, Kohn M, Miller J, Eller C, Sontag M, Rausch CM. A Novel Approach to Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening at Moderate Altitude. Int J Neonatal Screen. 2016: 2, 4.
• DePopas EM, Veress LA, Ahmed F, Rausch CM, Annam A, Gupta R. Percutaneous thoracic duct intervention to treat plastic bronchitis related to Fontan palliation. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 Nov;52(11):E97-E101. PubMed PMID: 28869334
• Patel SS, Fernie JC, Taylor AL, Ivy DD, Rausch CM. Evaluation of predictive models for six minute walk test among children with pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Jan 15;227:393-398. PubMed PMID: 27838122
• Schäfer M, Frank BS, Jacobsen R, Rausch CM, Mitchell MB, Jaggers J, Stone ML, Morgan GJ, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Ivy DD, Younoszai A, Di Maria MV. Patients with Fontan circulation have abnormal aortic wave propagation patterns: A wave intensity analysis study. Int J Cardiol. 2020 Aug 25. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32853667
• Crume TL, Duca LM, Ong T, Kraus E, Scott K, Khanna A, Kao D, Rausch CM, McKenzie L, Daley MF, Coleman S, Kahn MG, Costa E 3rd, Davidson AJ. Population-level surveillance of congenital heart defects among adolescents and adults in Colorado: Implications of record linkage. Am Heart J. 2020 Aug;226:75-84. PubMed PMID: 32526532
• Di Maria MV, Patel SS, Fernie JC, Rausch CM. Exercise Performance at Increased Altitude After Fontan Operation: Comparison to Normal Controls and Correlation with Cavopulmonary Hemodynamics. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Mar;41(3):642-649. PubMed PMID: 32006081
• 1. Tillman, AR; Colborn, KL; Scott, KA; Davidson, AJ; Khanna, A; Kao, D; McKenzie, L; Ong, T; Rausch, CM; Duca, LM; Daley, MF; Coleman, S; Costa III, E; Fernie, E; Crume, TL. Associations Between Socioeconomic Context and Congenital Heart Disease Related Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults. Am J Cardiol. 2020. In press
• Tillman AR, Colborn KL, Scott KA, Davidson AJ, Khanna A, Kao D, McKenzie L, Ong T, Rausch CM, Duca LM, Daley MF, Coleman S, Costa E 3rd, Fernie E, Crume TL. Associations Between Socioeconomic Context and Congenital Heart Disease Related Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Jan 15;139:105-115. PubMed PMID: 33203514
• Cooney SJ, Campbell K, Wolfe K, DiMaria MV, Rausch CM. Is Neurodevelopment Related to Exercise Capacity in Single Ventricle Patients Who Have Undergone Fontan Palliation?. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Feb;42(2):408-416. PubMed PMID: 33190162
• Schäfer M, Frank BS, Jacobsen R, Rausch CM, Mitchell MB, Jaggers J, Stone ML, Morgan GJ, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Ivy DD, Younoszai A, Di Maria MV. Patients with Fontan circulation have abnormal aortic wave propagation patterns: A wave intensity analysis study. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Jan 1;322:158-167. PubMed PMID: 32853667
• Cooney SJ, Campbell K, Wolfe K, DiMaria MV, Rausch CM. Is Neurodevelopment Related to Exercise Capacity in Single Ventricle Patients Who Have Undergone Fontan Palliation?. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Feb;42(2):408-416. PubMed PMID: 33190162
• Aly D, Nguyen M, Auerbach S, Rausch C, Landeck II B, DiMaria MV. Pressure–Strain Loops, a Novel Non-invasive Approach for Assessment of Children with Cardiomyopathy. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-022-02902-3
• Fernie JC, Pettit KA, Schaffer M, M Rausch C. Increased Resting and Peak Exercise Systolic Blood Pressure in Children Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Feb 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38366301

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member
• American College of Cardiology, Member
• American Heart Association (AHA), Member
• Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Member
• North American Society of Pediatric Exercise Medicine, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado South Campus
1811 Plaza Drive
Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
720-478-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2008)
• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
• Child and Teen Health
• Wellness and Prevention - Exercise and Physical Fitness
• Heart and Circulation
• Wellness and Prevention