Brian Fonseca, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Cardiac MRI, Children's Hospital Colorado
• Director of Clinical Informatics, Heart Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado
• Associate Professor

Publications

• Truong U, Fonseca B, Dunning J, Burgett S, Lanning C, Ivy DD, Shandas R, Hunter K, Barker AJ. Wall shear stress measured by phase contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance in children and adolescents with pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2013 Sep 13;15:81. PubMed PMID: 24034144
• Dorosz JL, Fonseca BM, Kay JD, Graham BB, Salcedo EE, Quaife RA. A sinus venosus atrial septal defect is diagnosed by echocardiography with an unusual bubble study. Echocardiography. 2013 Jul;30(6):E182-3. PubMed PMID: 23551148
• Fonseca BM. Perioperative imaging in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Jun;17(2):117-27. PubMed PMID: 23474873
• Fagan TE, Truong UT, Jone PN, Bracken J, Quaife R, Hazeem AA, Salcedo EE, Fonseca BM. Multimodality 3-dimensional image integration for congenital cardiac catheterization. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Apr-Jun;10(2):68-76. PubMed PMID: 25114757
• Siomos AK, Mitchell MB, Fonseca BM. Successful surgical repair of a massive window duct in a 1-month old with aniridia and pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis. Cardiol Young. 2014 May 22;:1-3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24848376
• Truong U, Patel S, Kheyfets V, Dunning J, Fonseca B, Barker AJ, Ivy D, Shandas R, Hunter K. Non-invasive determination by cardiovascular magnetic resonance of right ventricular-vascular coupling in children and adolescents with pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2015 Sep 16;17(1):81. PubMed PMID: 26376972
• Truong UT, Fagan TE, Deterding R, Ing RJ, Fonseca BM. Use of rotational angiography in assessing relationship of the airway to vasculature during cardiac catheterization. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26279410
• Fagan TE, Truong UT, Jone PN, Bracken J, Quaife R, Hazeem AA, Salcedo EE, Fonseca BM. Multimodality 3-dimensional image integration for congenital cardiac catheterization. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2014 Apr-Jun;10(2):68-76. PubMed PMID: 25114757
• Goot BH, Patel S, Fonseca B. Rapid 3D imaging of the lower airway by MRI in patients with congenital heart disease: A retrospective comparison of delayed volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) to turbo spin echo (TSE). Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27611348
• Siomos AK, Mitchell MB, Fonseca BM. Successful surgical repair of a massive window duct in a 1-month old with aniridia and pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis. Cardiol Young. 2015 Mar;25(3):594-6. PubMed PMID: 24848376
• Aldoss O, Fonseca BM, Truong UT, Bracken J, Darst JR, Guo R, Jones TL, Fagan TE. Diagnostic Utility of Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography in Congenital Cardiac Catheterization. Pediatr Cardiol. 2016 Oct;37(7):1211-21. PubMed PMID: 27278632
• Bartels K, Brown RD, Fox DL, Bull TM, Neary JM, Dorosz JL, Fonseca BM, Stenmark KR. Right Ventricular Longitudinal Strain Is Depressed in a Bovine Model of Pulmonary Hypertension. Anesth Analg. 2016 May;122(5):1280-6. PubMed PMID: 26974020
• Reeves JG, Montesa C, Fonseca B, Mitchell MB. Aortic Translocation for Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries (S,D,L) With Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonic Stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jan;101(1):357-9. PubMed PMID: 26694279
• Friesen RM, Schäfer M, Jone PN, Appiawiah N, Vargas D, Fonseca B, DiMaria MV, Truong U, Malone L, Browne LP. Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Index in Children With Kawasaki Disease. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Dec 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29232024
• Malone L, Fonseca B, Fagan T, Gralla J, Wilson N, Vargas D, DiMaria M, Truong U, Browne LP. Erratum to: Preprocedural Risk Assessment Prior to PPVI with CMR and Cardiac CT. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Aug;38(6):1315. PubMed PMID: 28589406
• Malone L, Fonseca B, Fagan T, Gralla J, Wilson N, DiMaria M, Truong U, Browne LP. Preprocedural Risk Assessment Prior to PPVI with CMR and Cardiac CT. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):746-753. PubMed PMID: 28210769
• Schäfer M, Browne LP, Morgan GJ, Barker AJ, Fonseca B, Ivy DD, Mitchell MB. Reduced proximal aortic compliance and elevated wall shear stress after early repair of tetralogy of Fallot. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Dec;156(6):2239-2249. PubMed PMID: 30449579
• Schäfer M, Wilson N, Ivy DD, Ing R, Abman S, Browne LP, Morgan G, Ross M, McLennan D, Barker AJ, Fonseca B, Di Maria M, Hunter KS, Truong U. Noninvasive wave intensity analysis predicts functional worsening in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2018 Oct 1;315(4):H968-H977. PubMed PMID: 30004811
• Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Barker AJ, Browne LP, Fonseca B, Kheyfets V, Hunter KS, Truong U. Apparent Aortic Stiffness in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Existence of Vascular Interdependency?. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Feb;10(2). PubMed PMID: 28193613
• Zablah JE, Ross M, Wilson N, Fonseca B, Mitchell MB. Kawashima by Fenestrated Hemi-Fontan for Palliation Following Prior Stage I Norwood Operation. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2018 Jul;9(4):451-453. PubMed PMID: 29945505
• Schäfer M, Truong U, Ivy DD, Fonseca B, Malone L, DiMaria M, Barker AJ, Vargas D, Hunter KS, Jone PN, Browne LP. Children with kawasaki disease present elevated stiffness of great arteries: Phase-contrast MRI study. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Nov;48(5):1228-1236. PubMed PMID: 29707843
• Goot BH, Patel S, Fonseca B. Rapid 3D imaging of the lower airway by MRI in patients with congenital heart disease: A retrospective comparison of delayed volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) to turbo spin echo (TSE). Congenit Heart Dis. 2017 Jan;12(1):84-90. PubMed PMID: 27611348
• Schäfer M, Browne LP, Truong U, Jaggers JJ, Mitchell MB, Malone L, Morgan G, Chatfield K, McLennan D, Turbendian H, Vargas D, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Shah A, Ivy MP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Wilson N, Ivy DD, Campbell DN. Aortic stiffness in adolescent Turner and Marfan syndrome patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Nov 1;54(5):926-932. PubMed PMID: 29684119
• Schäfer M, Morgan GJ, Mitchell MB, Ross M, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Vargas D, Ivy DD, Wilson N, Browne LP. Impact of different coarctation therapies on aortic stiffness: phase-contrast MRI study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Sep;34(9):1459-1469. PubMed PMID: 29667078
• Schäfer M, Collins KK, Browne LP, Ivy DD, Abman S, Friesen R, Frank B, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Hunter KS, Truong U, von Alvensleben JC. Effect of electrical dyssynchrony on left and right ventricular mechanics in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2018 Jul;37(7):870-878. PubMed PMID: 29496397
• Jone PN, Gould R, Barrett C, Younoszai AK, Fonseca B. Data-Driven Quality Improvement Project to Increase the Value of the Congenital Echocardiographic Report. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Apr;39(4):726-730. PubMed PMID: 29350246
• Friesen RM, Schäfer M, Jone PN, Appiawiah N, Vargas D, Fonseca B, DiMaria MV, Truong U, Malone L, Browne LP. Myocardial Perfusion Reserve Index in Children With Kawasaki Disease. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Jul;48(1):132-139. PubMed PMID: 29232024
• Malone L, Fonseca B, Fagan T, Gralla J, Wilson N, Vargas D, DiMaria M, Truong U, Browne LP. Erratum to: Preprocedural Risk Assessment Prior to PPVI with CMR and Cardiac CT. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Aug;38(6):1315. PubMed PMID: 28589406
• Malone L, Fonseca B, Fagan T, Gralla J, Wilson N, Vargas D, DiMaria M, Truong U, Browne LP. Preprocedural Risk Assessment Prior to PPVI with CMR and Cardiac CT. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):746-753. PubMed PMID: 28210769
• Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Barker AJ, Browne LP, Fonseca B, Kheyfets V, Hunter KS, Truong U. Apparent Aortic Stiffness in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Existence of Vascular Interdependency?. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Feb;10(2). PubMed PMID: 28193613
• Goot BH, Patel S, Fonseca B. Rapid 3D imaging of the lower airway by MRI in patients with congenital heart disease: A retrospective comparison of delayed volume interpolated breath-hold examination (VIBE) to turbo spin echo (TSE). Congenit Heart Dis. 2017 Jan;12(1):84-90. PubMed PMID: 27611348
• Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Stenmark K, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Mitchell MB, Morgan GJ, Wilson N, Shah A, Kollengode M, Naresh N, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Buckner JK, Hunter KS, Kheyfets V, Fenster BE, Truong U. Differences in pulmonary arterial flow hemodynamics between children and adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension as assessed by 4D-flow CMR studies. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 May 1;316(5):H1091-H1104. PubMed PMID: 30822118
• Fujiwara T, Berhane H, Scott MB, Englund EK, Schäfer M, Fonseca B, Berthusen A, Robinson JD, Rigsby CK, Browne LP, Markl M, Barker AJ. Segmentation of the Aorta and Pulmonary Arteries Based on 4D Flow MRI in the Pediatric Setting Using Fully Automated Multi-Site, Multi-Vendor, and Multi-Label Dense U-Net. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2021 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34792835
• Jain SS, Steele JM, Fonseca B, Huang S, Shah S, Maskatia SA, Buddhe S, Misra N, Ramachandran P, Gaur L, Eshtehardi P, Anwar S, Kaushik N, Han F, Chaudhuri NR, Grosse-Wortmann L. COVID-19 Vaccination-Associated Myocarditis in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5). PubMed PMID: 34389692
• Naresh NK, Malone L, Fujiwara T, Smith S, Lu Q, Twite MD, DiMaria MV, Fonseca BM, Browne LP, Barker AJ. Use of compressed sensing to reduce scan time and breath-holding for cardiac cine balanced steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging in children and young adults. Pediatr Radiol. 2021 Jun;51(7):1192-1201. PubMed PMID: 33566124
• Stone ML, Albertz ML, Galambos C, Twite MD, Campbell DN, Di Maria M, Fonseca B, Miyamoto SD, Ing RJ. Multi-Disciplinary Management and Surgical Resection of Intracardiac Fibromas Causing Bilateral Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstructions in an Infant. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Dec;26(4):315-322. PubMed PMID: 36006828
• Jain SS, Steele JM, Fonseca B, Huang S, Shah S, Maskatia SA, Buddhe S, Misra N, Ramachandran P, Gaur L, Eshtehardi P, Anwar S, Kaushik N, Han F, Chaudhuri NR, Grosse-Wortmann L. COVID-19 Vaccination-Associated Myocarditis in Adolescents. Pediatrics. 2021 Nov;148(5). PubMed PMID: 34389692
• Fujiwara T, Berhane H, Scott MB, Englund EK, Schäfer M, Fonseca B, Berthusen A, Robinson JD, Rigsby CK, Browne LP, Markl M, Barker AJ. Segmentation of the Aorta and Pulmonary Arteries Based on 4D Flow MRI in the Pediatric Setting Using Fully Automated Multi-Site, Multi-Vendor, and Multi-Label Dense U-Net. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2022 Jun;55(6):1666-1680. PubMed PMID: 34792835
• Schulick N, Lin Y, Fonseca B, Campbell DN, L Stone M. Surgical management of a collateral arch channel and aortic coarctation. J Card Surg. 2022 Feb;37(2):445-448. PubMed PMID: 34766377
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Moghari MH, Browne LP, Friesen RM, Fonseca B, Malone LJ. Feasibility of gray-blood late gadolinium enhancement evaluation in young patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1269412. PubMed PMID: 37915741
• Rusin CG, Acosta SI, Brady KM, Vu E, Scahill C, Fonseca B, Barrett C, Simsic J, Yates AR, Klepczynski B, Gaynor WJ, Penny DJ. Automated prediction of cardiorespiratory deterioration in patients with single-ventricle parallel circulation: A multicenter validation study. JTCVS Open. 2023 Sep;15:406-411. PubMed PMID: 37808061
• Fujiwara T, Malone LJ, Chatfield KC, Berthusen A, Fonseca B, Browne LP, Barker AJ. Assessment of abnormal transvalvular flow and wall shear stress direction for pediatric/young adults with bicuspid aortic valve: a cross-sectional 4D flow study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2024 Sep 24;:101102. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39326557
• Jain SS, Anderson SA, Steele JM, Wilson HC, Muniz JC, Soslow JH, Beroukhim RS, Maksymiuk V, Jacquemyn X, Frosch OH, Fonseca B, Harahsheh AS, Buddhe S, Ashwath RC, Thacker D, Maskatia SA, Misra N, Su JA, Siddiqui S, Vaiyani D, Vaikom-House AK, Campbell MJ, Klein J, Huang S, Mathis C, Cornicelli MD, Sharma M, Nagaraju L, Ang JY, Uppu SC, Ramachandran P, Patel JK, Han F, Mandell JG, Akam-Venkata J, DiLorenzo MP, Brumund M, Bhatla P, Eshtehardi P, Mehta K, Glover K, Dove ML, Aldawsari KA, Kumar A, Barfuss SB, Dorfman AL, Minocha PK, Yonts AB, Schauer J, Cheng AL, Robinson JD, Powell Z, Srivastava S, Chelliah A, Sanil Y, Hernandez LE, Gaur L, Antonchak M, Johnston M, Reich JD, Nair N, Drugge ED, Grosse-Wortmann L. Cardiac manifestations and outcomes of COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis in the young in the USA: longitudinal results from the Myocarditis After COVID Vaccination (MACiV) multicenter study. EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Oct;76:102809. PubMed PMID: 39290640
• DiLorenzo MP, Lee S, Rathod RH, Raimondi F, Farooqi KM, Jain SS, Samyn MM, Johnson TR, Olivieri LJ, Fogel MA, Lai WW, Renella P, Powell AJ, Buddhe S, Stafford C, Johnson JN, Helbing WA, Pushparajah K, Voges I, Muthurangu V, Miles KG, Greil G, McMahon CJ, Slesnick TC, Fonseca BM, Morris SA, Soslow JH, Grosse-Wortmann L, Beroukhim RS, Grotenhuis HB. Design and implementation of multicenter pediatric and congenital studies with cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Big data in smaller bodies. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2024 Summer;26(1):101041. PubMed PMID: 38527706
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Moghari MH, Browne LP, Friesen RM, Fonseca B, Malone LJ. Feasibility of gray-blood late gadolinium enhancement evaluation in young patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023;10:1269412. PubMed PMID: 37915741
• Rusin CG, Acosta SI, Brady KM, Vu E, Scahill C, Fonseca B, Barrett C, Simsic J, Yates AR, Klepczynski B, Gaynor WJ, Penny DJ. Automated prediction of cardiorespiratory deterioration in patients with single-ventricle parallel circulation: A multicenter validation study. JTCVS Open. 2023 Sep;15:406-411. PubMed PMID: 37808061

Professional Memberships

• Society for Cardiovascular Magnet Resonance, Member
• American College of Cardiology, Fellow
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Member
• American Society of Echocardiography, Fellow

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification (2008)
• Cardiac MRI, Specialized Training (2008)

• Child and Teen Health
• Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart and Circulation
• Radiology - Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Radiology