Melvin Almodovar, MD

Professional Titles

• Director, Cardiac Progressive Care Unit

Publications

• Almodovar MC, Mulinari L. Which criteria should be used to select patients for the Fontan operation?. J Card Surg. 2021 Mar;36(3):950-951. PubMed PMID: 33415742
• Cohen JA, Almodovar MC. Dilated cardiomyopathy in children: moving beyond traditional pharmacologic therapy. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2020 Jan;35(1):52-57. PubMed PMID: 31574005
• Futterman C, Salvin JW, McManus M, Lowry AW, Baronov D, Almodovar MC, Pineda JA, Nadkarni VM, Laussen PC, Gazit AZ. Inadequate oxygen delivery index dose is associated with cardiac arrest risk in neonates following cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Resuscitation. 2019 Sep;142:74-80. PubMed PMID: 31325555
• McBride ME, Almodovar MC, Florez AR, Imprescia A, Su L, Allan CK. Applying Educational Theory to Interdisciplinary Education in Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 Nov;10(6):742-749. PubMed PMID: 31663840
• Shah S, Asante-Korang A, Ghazarian SR, Stapleton G, Herbert C, Decker J, Almodovar MC, Karl TR, Do NL, Quintessenza JA, Mavroudis C, Vricella LA, van Gelder HM, Kartha V, Alexander P, Carapellucci J, Krasnopero D, Hanson J, Amankwah E, Roth J, Jacobs JP. Risk Factors for Survival After Heart Transplantation in Children and Young Adults: A 22-Year Study of 179 Transplants. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Sep;9(5):557-564. PubMed PMID: 30157732
• Shah SM, Kays DW, Ghazarian SR, Karl TR, Alexander P, Sznycer-Taub N, Parker J, Oldeen M, Almodovar MC, Stapleton G, Quintessenza JA, Asante-Korang A, Kartha V, Hanson J, Amankwah E, Roth J, Jacobs JP. Eighteen years of paediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventricular assist devices: insight regarding late outcomes. Cardiol Young. 2018 Nov;28(11):1316-1322. PubMed PMID: 30220265
• Ford MA, Gauvreau K, McMullan DM, Almodovar MC, Cooper DS, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan R. Factors Associated With Mortality in Neonates Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Cardiac Indications: Analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry Data. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Sep;17(9):860-70. PubMed PMID: 27355824
• Tabbutt S, Ghanayem N, Almodovar MC, Charpie J, Roth SJ, Fortenberry J, Bronicki R. Training fellows and residents in paediatric cardiac critical care. Cardiol Young. 2016 Dec;26(8):1531-1536. PubMed PMID: 28148334
• Bautista-Hernandez V, Almodovar MC. Thematic Issue: Pharmacologic Strategies with Afterload Reduction in Low Cardiac Output Syndrome After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2016;14(1):3-4. PubMed PMID: 26642871
• DiNardo JA, Almodovar MC. Theoretical and Evidence-Based Benefit of Afterload Reduction in the Postoperative Pediatric Heart. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2016;14(1):24-8. PubMed PMID: 26463988
• Mills KI, Costello JM, Almodovar MC. A Review of Systemic Vasodilators in Low Cardiac Output Syndrome Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2016;14(1):29-36. PubMed PMID: 26463987
• Diddle JW, Almodovar MC, Rajagopal SK, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the support of adults with acute myocarditis. Crit Care Med. 2015 May;43(5):1016-25. PubMed PMID: 25738858
• Feltes TF, Roth SJ, Almodovar MC, Andropoulos DB, Bohn DJ, Costello JM, Gajarski RJ, Mott AR, Koenig P. Task Force 5: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Critical Care Cardiology. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Aug 11;66(6):712-22. PubMed PMID: 25777635
• Feltes TF, Roth SJ, Almodovar MC, Andropoulos DB, Bohn DJ, Costello JM, Gajarski RJ, Mott AR, Koenig P. Task Force 5: Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training in Critical Care Cardiology. SPCTPD/ACC/AAP/AHA. Circulation. 2015 Aug 11;132(6):e81-90. PubMed PMID: 25769634
• Baronov D, McManus M, Butler E, Chung D, Almodovar MC. Next generation patient monitor powered by in-silico physiology. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015;2015:4447-53. PubMed PMID: 26737282
• Jolley M, Yarlagadda VV, Rajagopal SK, Almodovar MC, Rycus PT, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported cardiopulmonary resuscitation following stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2014 Jul;15(6):538-45. PubMed PMID: 24797720
• Sivarajan VB, Almodovar MC, Rodefeld MD, Laussen PC. Pediatric extracorporeal life support in specialized situations. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013 Jun;14(5 Suppl 1):S51-61. PubMed PMID: 23735986
• Dumond AA, da Cruz E, Almodovar MC, Friesen RH. Femoral artery catheterization in neonates and infants. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;13(1):39-41. PubMed PMID: 21478789
• Sherwin ED, Gauvreau K, Scheurer MA, Rycus PT, Salvin JW, Almodovar MC, Fynn-Thompson F, Thiagarajan RR. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Dec;144(6):1337-43. PubMed PMID: 22503203
• Yarlagadda VV, Almodovar MC. Perioperative care of the infant with single ventricle physiology. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2011 Oct;13(5):444-55. PubMed PMID: 21671164
• Cheng HH, Almodovar MC, Laussen PC, Wypij D, Polito A, Brown DW, Emani SM, Pigula FA, Allan CK, Costello JM. Outcomes and risk factors for mortality in premature neonates with critical congenital heart disease. Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Dec;32(8):1139-46. PubMed PMID: 21713439
• Shukla AC, Almodovar MC. Anesthesia considerations for children with pulmonary hypertension. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2010 Mar;11(2 Suppl):S70-3. PubMed PMID: 20216167
• Kaufman J, Almodovar MC, Zuk J, Friesen RH. Correlation of abdominal site near-infrared spectroscopy with gastric tonometry in infants following surgery for congenital heart disease. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Jan;9(1):62-8. PubMed PMID: 18477915
• Allan CK, Thiagarajan RR, del Nido PJ, Roth SJ, Almodovar MC, Laussen PC. Indication for initiation of mechanical circulatory support impacts survival of infants with shunted single-ventricle circulation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Mar;133(3):660-7. PubMed PMID: 17320562
• Artrip JH, Campbell DN, Ivy DD, Almodovar MC, Chan KC, Mitchell MB, Clarke DR, Lacour-Gayet F. Birth weight and complexity are significant factors for the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Oct;82(4):1252-7; discussion 1258-9. PubMed PMID: 16996917
• Artrip JH, Sauer H, Campbell DN, Mitchell MB, Haun C, Almodovar MC, Hraska V, Lacour-Gayet F. Biventricular repair in double outlet right ventricle: surgical results based on the STS-EACTS International Nomenclature classification. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2006 Apr;29(4):545-50. PubMed PMID: 16495067
• Booth KL, Roth SJ, Thiagarajan RR, Almodovar MC, del Nido PJ, Laussen PC. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support of the Fontan and bidirectional Glenn circulations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Apr;77(4):1341-8. PubMed PMID: 15063263
• Almodovar MC, Laussen PC, Roth SJ. Synchronized independent lung ventilation in palliated congenital heart disease with variable sources of pulmonary blood flow. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2000 Jul;1(1):79-83. PubMed PMID: 12813292

Practice Locations

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

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification (2002)

Conditions & Treatments

• Heart and Circulation