• First discovery that solutions developed to protect the adult heart during surgical repair actually damage the child's heart
• Identification of damaging components in solutions used to protect the child's heart during cardiac surgery
• Creation of unique research model of cyanotic heart disease
• Demonstration of new methods to protect the child's heart during surgical repair of birth defects
• Identification of key mediators responsible for resistance of heart to injury during surgery
• First demonstration of genetic component responsible for susceptibility to injury caused by heart attack

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