Recognized as part of the 100 Most Influential Women of 2020 in Central America and the Caribbean, Forbes Magazine Central America
(2020)
Recognized as part of the 100 Most Powerful Women of 2020 in Central America for her contribution to technological and scientific advances.
Salvadoran Youth Ambassador in the field of Medicine and Science, Government of El Salvador and Los Angeles County
(2019)
Recognized as young scientist representing El Salvador in the field of Medicine and Science in the United States of America
Best Poster Award in the category of Pulmonary Valve and Pulmonary Circulation, CSI
(2017)
"Nightmare case of the year in the Cath Lab", PICS-AICS
(2017)
Finalist for the Women in Cardiology Trainee Award for Excellence, American Heart Association
(2015)
Omnia cum Laude, Dr. Jose Matias Delgado University
(2008)
My research interests include 3D rotational angiography and other forms of three dimensional
imaging guidance and fusion imaging in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and its impact in
decrease contrast and fluoroscopy exposure to the patients and cath lab staff. Also, I’m interested in the timing
of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR), medium and long-term outcomes and innovative techniques and
imaging for percutaneous PVR.
Publications
Maia PD, Gien J, Kinsella JP, Zablah J, Morgan G, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Frank BS. Hemodynamic Characterization of Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension by Cardiac Catheterization. J Pediatr. 2022 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36463937
Morgan GJ, Zablah J. A new FDA approved stent for congenital heart disease: First-in-man experiences with G-ARMOR(TM). Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Dec;100(7):1261-1266. PubMed PMID: 36321626
Malone LJ, Browne LP, Morgan GJ, Lovell MA, Campbell DN, Jaggers JJ, Leahy RA, Mitchell MB, Mong DA, Weinman JP, Zablah JE, Stone ML. Computed Tomographic Angiography Provides Reliable Coronary Artery Evaluation in Infants With Pulmonary Atresia Intact Ventricular Septum. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Oct 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36244628
Zablah JE, Døhlen G, Ystgaard MB, Morgan GJ. Piggyback mounting for stent and valve deployment during percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Oct;100(4):606-611. PubMed PMID: 36047314
Shorofsky MJ, Zablah JE, O'Callaghan B, Morgan GJ. Simultaneous deployment of a covered stent and a Sapien S3 as a bridge to surgical valve replacement in acute infective endocarditis. J Cardiol Cases. 2022 Apr;25(4):229-233. PubMed PMID: 35911065
Zablah JE, Ing RJ. Which Pediatric Patients Require Postoperative Intensive Care After Cardiac Catheterization for Pulmonary Veins Stenosis?. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt A):2509-2510. PubMed PMID: 35545461
Venardos N, Mangham C, Morgan GJ, Zablah JE, Jaggers J, Stone ML. Two-Stage Biventricular Repair of Complex Aortic Atresia. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35378089
Zablah JE, O'Callaghan B, Shorofsky M, Ivy D, Morgan GJ. Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Jun;43(5):1054-1063. PubMed PMID: 35037988
Góreczny S, Morgan GJ, McLennan D, Rehman R, Zablah JE. Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions. Kardiol Pol. 2022;80(4):476-478. PubMed PMID: 34970983
Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ, Lara C, Zablah JE. Baseline Values of the Compensatory Reserve Index in a Healthy Pediatric Population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Feb;43(2):344-349. PubMed PMID: 34586457
Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Randall J, Zablah JE. Baseline intracardiac echocardiography predicts haemodynamic changes and Doppler velocity patterns during follow-up after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Cardiol Young. 2022 Mar;32(3):444-450. PubMed PMID: 34140059
Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Implementation of virtual reality for patient distraction during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation. Cardiol Young. 2022 Feb;32(2):323-327. PubMed PMID: 34304747
Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Novel Minimal Radiation Approach for Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Feb 15. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33590323
Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Zablah JE. Coronary compression testing by balloon interrogation during pulmonary valve implantation: room for doubt?. Cardiol Young. 2021 Feb 10;:1-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33563357
Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ, Lara C, Zablah JE. Baseline Values of the Compensatory Reserve Index in a Healthy Pediatric Population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Sep 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34586457
O'Callaghan B, Zablah J, Leahy R, Shorofsky M, Kay J, Morgan G. Contrast-free percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement: a safe approach for valve-in-valve procedures. Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej. 2021 Jun;17(2):200-209. PubMed PMID: 34400923
Ivy MP, Morgan GJ, Zablah JE. The Unusual Journey of a Pericardial Drainage Catheter in Pentalogy of Cantrell. Case Rep Pediatr. 2021;2021:2109934. PubMed PMID: 34306788
Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Implementation of virtual reality for patient distraction during diagnostic cardiac catheterisation. Cardiol Young. 2021 Jul 26;:1-5. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34304747
Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Zablah JE. Coronary compression testing by balloon interrogation during pulmonary valve implantation: room for doubt?. Cardiol Young. 2021 Sep;31(9):1419-1425. PubMed PMID: 33563357
Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Novel Minimal Radiation Approach for Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):926-933. PubMed PMID: 33590323
Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Randall J, Zablah JE. Baseline intracardiac echocardiography predicts haemodynamic changes and Doppler velocity patterns during follow-up after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation. Cardiol Young. 2021 Jun 18;:1-7. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34140059
Zablah JE, O'Callaghan B, Shorofsky M, Morgan GJ. How to obtain diagnostic and procedural quality three-dimensional-rotational angiograms in congenital heart disease: Tips and tricks from a single center experience. Cardiol J. 2021;28(5):779-782. PubMed PMID: 34165184
O'Callaghan B, Zablah J, Leahy R, Shorofsky M, Kay J, Morgan G. Contrast-free percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement: a safe approach for valve-in-valve procedures. Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej. 2021 Jun;17(2):200-209. PubMed PMID: 34400923
Morgan GJ, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Zablah JE. Coronary compression testing by balloon interrogation during pulmonary valve implantation: room for doubt?. Cardiol Young. 2021 Sep;31(9):1419-1425. PubMed PMID: 33563357
Zablah JE, Rodriguez SA, Leahy R, Morgan GJ. Novel Minimal Radiation Approach for Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation. Pediatr Cardiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):926-933. PubMed PMID: 33590323
Zablah JE, O'Callaghan B, Shorofsky M, Morgan GJ. How to obtain diagnostic and procedural quality three-dimensional-rotational angiograms in congenital heart disease: Tips and tricks from a single center experience. Cardiol J. 2021;28(5):779-782. PubMed PMID: 34165184
Ivy MP, Morgan GJ, Zablah JE. The Unusual Journey of a Pericardial Drainage Catheter in Pentalogy of Cantrell. Case Rep Pediatr. 2021;2021:2109934. PubMed PMID: 34306788
Góreczny S, Haak A, Morgan GJ, Zablah J. Feasibility of airway segmentation from three-dimensional rotational angiography. Cardiol J. 2020 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33140395
Shahanavaz S, Aldoss O, Carr K, Gordon B, Seckeler MD, Hiremath G, Seaman C, Zablah J, Morgan G. Acute and medium term results of balloon expandable stent placement in the transverse arch-a multicenter pediatric interventional cardiology early career society study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Sep 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32902911
Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Innovations in Congenital Interventional Cardiology. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2020 Oct;67(5):973-993. PubMed PMID: 32888693
Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Use of Occlutech® atrial flow regulator in a single ventricle patient: a 3D view of a successful intervention. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct 1;21(10):1151. PubMed PMID: 32529256
Shahanavaz S, Zahn EM, Levi DS, Aboulhousn JA, Hascoet S, Qureshi AM, Porras D, Morgan GJ, Bauser Heaton H, Martin MH, Keeshan B, Asnes JD, Kenny D, Ringewald JM, Zablah JE, Ivy M, Morray BH, Torres AJ, Berman DP, Gillespie MJ, Chaszczewski K, Zampi JD, Walsh KP, Julien P, Goldstein BH, Sathanandam SK, Karsenty C, Balzer DT, McElhinney DB. Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement With the Sapien Prosthesis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Dec 15;76(24):2847-2858. PubMed PMID: 33303074
Ehrmann DE, Leopold DK, Phillips R, Shahi N, Campbell K, Ross M, Zablah JE, Moulton SL, Morgan G, Kim JS. The Compensatory Reserve Index Responds to Acute Hemodynamic Changes in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Proof of Concept Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Aug;41(6):1190-1198. PubMed PMID: 32474738
Zablah, J.E., Morgan, G.J. Current Treatment Options for Catheter-Based Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Children. Curr Treat Options Peds (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40746-020-00209-0
Amr Matoq, Michael Ross, Jenny Zablah, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. Morgan,
Partial occlusion of PDA in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension using a manually fenestrated and stented muscular VSD device, Progress in Pediatric Cardiology, 2020, 101229, ISSN 1058-9813,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppedcard.2020.101229.
J.T. Randall, G.J. Morgan, J.E. Zablah,
Using the new Amplatzer Trevisio delivery cable to facilitate closure of atrial and ventricular shunts,
Progress in Pediatric Cardiology,
2020, 101307, ISSN 1058-9813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppedcard.2020.101307
Ehrmann DE, Leopold DK, Phillips R, Shahi N, Campbell K, Ross M, Zablah JE, Moulton SL, Morgan G, Kim JS. The Compensatory Reserve Index Responds to Acute Hemodynamic Changes in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: A Proof of Concept Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2020 Aug;41(6):1190-1198. PubMed PMID: 32474738
Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Use of Occlutech® atrial flow regulator in a single ventricle patient: a 3D view of a successful intervention. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct 1;21(10):1151. PubMed PMID: 32529256
Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Innovations in Congenital Interventional Cardiology. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2020 Oct;67(5):973-993. PubMed PMID: 32888693
Shahanavaz S, Aldoss O, Carr K, Gordon B, Seckeler MD, Hiremath G, Seaman C, Zablah J, Morgan G. Acute and medium term results of balloon expandable stent placement in the transverse arch-a multicenter pediatric interventional cardiology early career society study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Nov;96(6):1277-1286. PubMed PMID: 32902911
Góreczny S, Haak A, Morgan GJ, Zablah J. Feasibility of airway segmentation from three-dimensional rotational angiography. Cardiol J. 2020;27(6):875-878. PubMed PMID: 33140395
Shahanavaz S, Zahn EM, Levi DS, Aboulhousn JA, Hascoet S, Qureshi AM, Porras D, Morgan GJ, Bauser Heaton H, Martin MH, Keeshan B, Asnes JD, Kenny D, Ringewald JM, Zablah JE, Ivy M, Morray BH, Torres AJ, Berman DP, Gillespie MJ, Chaszczewski K, Zampi JD, Walsh KP, Julien P, Goldstein BH, Sathanandam SK, Karsenty C, Balzer DT, McElhinney DB. Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement With the Sapien Prosthesis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Dec 15;76(24):2847-2858. PubMed PMID: 33303074
Kenny D, Morgan GJ, Murphy M, AlAlwi K, Giugno L, Zablah J, Carminati M, Walsh K. Use of 65 cm large caliber Dryseal sheaths to facilitate delivery of the Edwards SAPIEN valve to dysfunctional right ventricular outflow tracts. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Sep 1;94(3):409-413. PubMed PMID: 31408262
Zablah JE, Morgan GJ. Pulmonary Artery Stenting. Interv Cardiol Clin. 2019 Jan;8(1):33-46. PubMed PMID: 30449420
Goreczny S, Zablah J, McLennan D, Ross M, Morgan G. Multi-modality imaging for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation - getting serious about radiation and contrast reduction. Postepy Kardiol Interwencyjnej. 2019;15(1):110-115. PubMed PMID: 31043993
Zablah JE, Fry R, Eilers D, Morgan G, Wilson N, Ross M. The Length Versus Diameter Relationship and Radial Force Properties of the Amplatzer™ Vascular Plug Type IV: Observations for Oversizing. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2019 Jun;10(2):271-276. PubMed PMID: 30903455
Jone PN, Zablah JE, Burkett DA, Schäfer M, Wilson N, Morgan GJ, Ross M. Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Guidance of Right Heart Catheterization Decreases Radiation Exposure in Atrial Septal Defect Closures. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 Sep;31(9):1044-1049. PubMed PMID: 29958759
Zablah JE, Fry R, Ross M, Wilson N, Morgan G. Using in vitro model to assess stent-stent interaction in patients with coronary artery compression. J Interv Cardiol. 2018 Dec;31(6):870-877. PubMed PMID: 30370575
Jone PN, Zablah JE, Burkett DA, Schäfer M, Wilson N, Morgan GJ, Ross M. Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Guidance of Right Heart Catheterization Decreases Radiation Exposure in Atrial Septal Defect Closures. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2018 Sep;31(9):1044-1049. PubMed PMID: 29958759
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
Zablah JE, Everitt MD, Wilson N. Accelerated cardiac allograft vasculopathy after pediatric heart transplantation. Am J Transplant. 2017 Nov;17(11):2983-2985. PubMed PMID: 29083554
Zablah JE, Misra N, Gruber D, Kholwadwala D, Epstein S. Comparison of Patients Undergoing Surgical Versus Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Criteria for Referral and Mid-Term Outcome. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Mar;38(3):603-607. PubMed PMID: 28236163
Zablah JE, Gruber D, Stoffels G, Cabezas EG, Hayes DA. Subclinical Decrease in Myocardial Function in Asymptomatic Infants of Diabetic Mothers: A Tissue Doppler Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Apr;38(4):801-806. PubMed PMID: 28197645
Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, Specialized Training
(2017)
Conditions & Treatments
Heart and Circulation - Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Heart and Circulation
Heart and Circulation - Congenital Heart Disease
Heart and Circulation - Interventional Cardiology
Clinical Interests
Diagnosis, management and treatment of congenital heart disease with a minimally invasive approach through cardiac catheterization.
Perform cardiac catheterizations with minimal radiation and contrast using all available tools from our modern and cutting edge technology.
Care Philosophy
I believe that empathy and a caring approach is key for a doctor and patient relationship. Communication and education are important, especially, prior a cardiac catheterization procedure when a parent is trusting their kid in my hands.
Public Speaking Yes
Innovations in imaging in the cardiac catheterization laboratory: 3D rotational angiography, fusion imaging, 3D printing, Virtual reality in the cath lab.
Innovations in percutaneous treatment of congenital heart disease.