Cesar Gonzalez de Alba, MD

Research Interests

Publications

• Berganza FM, Gonzalez de Alba C, Egbe AC, Bartakian S, Brownlee J. Prevalence of aspirin resistance by thromboelastography plus platelet mapping in children with CHD: a single-centre experience. Cardiol Young. 2019 Jan;29(1):24-29. PubMed PMID: 30501653
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Molina Berganza F, Brownlee J, Khan M, Adebo D. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance to Evaluate Percutaneous Pulmonary Valve Implantation in Children and Young Adults. Tex Heart Inst J. 2018 Apr;45(2):63-69. PubMed PMID: 29844737
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Garcia E, Molina Berganza F, Fergie J. Foreign Body as Cause of Submandibular Swelling in an Infant. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2016 Aug;35(8):930. PubMed PMID: 27416011
• Recio-Vega R, Gonzalez-Cortes T, Olivas-Calderon E, Lantz RC, Gandolfi AJ, Gonzalez-De Alba C. In utero and early childhood exposure to arsenic decreases lung function in children. J Appl Toxicol. 2015 Apr;35(4):358-66. PubMed PMID: 25131850
• de Alba CG, Khan A, Woods P, Broberg CS. Left ventricular strain and fibrosis in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: A case-control study. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Jan 15;323:34-39. PubMed PMID: 32882293
• Gonzalez de Alba CE, Estrada Fajardo L, Molina Berganza F, Fergie J. A 19-Year-Old Girl With Rectal Bleeding: Broadening Pediatricians' Differential Diagnoses. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2016 Aug;55(9):890-1. PubMed PMID: 26416984
• Olivas-Calderón E, Recio-Vega R, Gandolfi AJ, Lantz RC, González-Cortes T, Gonzalez-De Alba C, Froines JR, Espinosa-Fematt JA. Lung inflammation biomarkers and lung function in children chronically exposed to arsenic. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2015 Sep 1;287(2):161-167. PubMed PMID: 26048584
• Berganza FM, de Alba CG, Özcelik N, Adebo D. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking Biventricular Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Strains to Evaluate Ventricular Function in Children After Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot as Compared with Healthy Children. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Mar;38(3):566-574. PubMed PMID: 28058478
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Zablah JE, Burkett D, Jone PN, Rodriguez SA, Morgan GJ. Use of 3D Intracardiac Echocardiography Catheter in the Evaluation of Prosthetic Pulmonary Valves After Transcatheter Replacement. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2023 Oct 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37839619
• Baleilevuka-Hart ME, Khader A, Gonzalez De Alba CE, Holmes KW, Huang JH. Sports participation, activity, and obesity in children who have undergone the Fontan procedure. Cardiol Young. 2022 Jul;32(7):1027-1031. PubMed PMID: 34474695
• Gonzalez de Alba C, Moghari M, Browne L, Friesen R, Fonseca B, Malone L. Feasibility of gray-blood late gadolinium enhancement evaluation in young patients with congenital and acquired heart disease. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. Sec. Cardiovascular Imaging. Volume 10 - 2023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1269412
• Elizondo G, Saini A, Gonzalez de Alba C, Gregor A, Harding CO, Gillingham MB, Vinocur JM. Cardiac phenotype in adolescents and young adults with long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency. Genet Med. 2024 Jun;26(6):101123. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101123. Epub 2024 Mar 16. PMID: 38501492.
• Grosse-Wortmann, L. and C. G. de Alba (2021). Cardiac Shunts. Multimodality Imaging Innovations In Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Emerging Technologies and Novel Applications. P. Gallego and I. Valverde. Cham, Springer International Publishing: 195-220.
• Elizondo G, Saini A, Gonzalez de Alba C, Gregor A, Harding CO, Gillingham MB, Vinocur JM. Cardiac phenotype in adolescents and young adults with long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) deficiency. Genet Med. 2024 Jun;26(6):101123. PubMed PMID: 38501492

Professional Memberships

• American Society of Echocardiography, Member
• Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Member
• American Heart Association, Member

Practice Locations

Specialty Information

• Pediatric Cardiology, Board Certification