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Barbara CIfra
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Latest papers
Evaluating the safety and cardiac impact of resistance training in anthracycline-treated patients: a systematic review.
Cardio-oncology (London, England) · 2026 · senior author
Noninvasive Methods to Assess Vascular Health in Children and Adolescents: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives.
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2026
Vascular and Ventricular Responses Assessed by Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Pediatric Marfan Syndrome
CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease · 2026
Latest funding
- $819,316
Continuous predictive monitoring to individualize the timing of clinical evaluations in patients with pediatric heart disease
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $1,246,950
Coronary Microvascular Reactivity in Relation to Brain Structure, Cardiovascular Genetics, and Serious Mental Illness in Youth
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Identifying the Needs and Preferences of Children and Youth with Chronic Medical and Mental Health Conditions for Active Living Programming and Infrastructure in Toronto
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
18 publications.
Evaluating the safety and cardiac impact of resistance training in anthracycline-treated patients: a systematic review.
Huang J, Lam R, Pozza A, Hassan H, Schneiderman JE, Nathan PC, Mertens L, Cifra B
Noninvasive Methods to Assess Vascular Health in Children and Adolescents: Current State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives.
Joye R, Khodabakhshian N, Fournier E, Hui W, Fackoury C, Pozza A, Gopaul J, Villemain O, Cifra B, Guerra V, Mertens LL
Vascular and Ventricular Responses Assessed by Exercise Stress Echocardiography in Pediatric Marfan Syndrome
Nairy Khodabakhshian, Vitor C. Guerra, Wei Hui, Cheryl Fakoury, Barbara Cifra, Luc Mertens
Sports and Supervised Exercise Programmes for Children and Young Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension. 2026 Consensus Statement from the European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network (EPPVDN) and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).
Dorobantu DM, van de Bruaene A, Budts W, Cifra B, Friedberg MK, Fritsch P, Khoury M, Müller J, Opotowsky A, Sanatani S, Williams C, Hansmann G, Pieles GE
Cardiopulmonary cardiac fitness programmes: a new reality in paediatric heart disease.
Fremed MA, Ziebell DS, Cifra B
Editorial commentary: The cardiorespiratory fitness gap.
Cifra B, Hamilton RM
Biventricular responses to exercise and their relation to cardiorespiratory fitness in pediatric pulmonary hypertension
Pieles GE, Dorobantu D-M, Caterini JE, Cifra B, Reyes J, Roldan Ramos S, Hannon E, Williams CA, Humpl T, Mertens L
Sleep-disordered breathing, respiratory patterns during wakefulness and functional capacity in pediatric patients with rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation syndrome.
Selvadurai S, Benzon D, Voutsas G, Hamilton J, Yeh A, Cifra B, Narang I
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome and ventilatory responses during cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
Sunkonkit K, Chiang J, Moraes TJ, To W, Schneiderman JE, Cifra B, Amin R
Non-invasive imaging techniques to assess myocardial perfusion.
Villemain O, Baranger J, Jalal Z, Lam C, Calais J, Pernot M, Cifra B, Friedberg MK, Mertens L
Continuous predictive monitoring to individualize the timing of clinical evaluations in patients with pediatric heart disease
Principal investigators: Manlhiot, Cedric
Keywords: Congenital Heart Disease; Outpatient Monitoring System; Prediction Model; Structural Heart Disease
Coronary Microvascular Reactivity in Relation to Brain Structure, Cardiovascular Genetics, and Serious Mental Illness in Youth
Principal investigators: Goldstein, Benjamin I; Friedrich, Matthias G; Raucher-Chéné, Delphine
Keywords: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiovascular Risk Factors; Genetics; Microvessels; Neuroimaging; Prevention; Severe Mental Illness; Sex Differences; Youth
Identifying the Needs and Preferences of Children and Youth with Chronic Medical and Mental Health Conditions for Active Living Programming and Infrastructure in Toronto
Principal investigators: Stephens, Samantha; Yeh, Ann E.
Keywords: Chronic Illness; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Pediatrics; Physical Activity
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Leland Benson and Lee Benson: 634 shared papers
- Michael Seed and Mike Seed: 323 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Mark Friedberg: 133 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Cedric Manlhiot: 56 shared papers
- Michael Seed and Shi-Joon Yoo: 53 shared papers
- Shi-Joon Yoo and Mike Seed: 51 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Olivier Villemain: 45 shared papers
- Reshma Amin and Indra Narang: 39 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Andreea Dragulescu: 36 shared papers
- Mark Friedberg and Cedric Manlhiot: 34 shared papers
- Reshma Amin and Jackie Chiang: 26 shared papers
- Mark Friedberg and Andreea Dragulescu: 25 shared papers
- Paul Nathan and Luc Mertens: 18 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Leland Benson: 17 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Lee Benson: 17 shared papers
- Mark Friedberg and Olivier Villemain: 17 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Shi-Joon Yoo: 14 shared papers
- Michael Seed and Cedric Manlhiot: 13 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Leland Benson: 13 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Mike Seed: 13 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Lee Benson: 13 shared papers
- Shi-Joon Yoo and Andreea Dragulescu: 13 shared papers
- Michael Noseworthy and Greg Wells: 11 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Barbara CIfra: 11 shared papers
- Reshma Amin and Theo Moraes: 10 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Michael Khoury: 10 shared papers
- Theo Moraes and Indra Narang: 9 shared papers
- Jill Hamilton and Indra Narang: 7 shared papers
- Paul Nathan and Cedric Manlhiot: 7 shared papers
- Indra Narang and Jackie Chiang: 7 shared papers
- Mark Friedberg and Barbara CIfra: 6 shared papers
- Greg Wells and Paul Nathan: 5 shared papers
- Olivier Villemain and Andreea Dragulescu: 5 shared papers
- Greg Wells and Michael Seed: 4 shared papers
- Cedric Manlhiot and Barbara CIfra: 4 shared papers
- Barbara CIfra and Andreea Dragulescu: 4 shared papers
- Greg Wells and Jill Hamilton: 3 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Vitor Guerra: 3 shared papers
- Olivier Villemain and Vitor Guerra: 3 shared papers
- Michael Noseworthy and Jill Hamilton: 2 shared papers
- Greg Wells and Barbara CIfra: 2 shared papers
- Paul Nathan and Barbara CIfra: 2 shared papers
- Luc Mertens and Theo Moraes: 2 shared papers
- Olivier Villemain and Barbara CIfra: 2 shared papers
- Andreea Dragulescu and Vitor Guerra: 2 shared papers
- Michael Noseworthy and Michael Seed: 1 shared paper
- Michael Noseworthy and Sheila Riazi: 1 shared paper
- Michael Noseworthy and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Greg Wells and Sheila Riazi: 1 shared paper
- Jill Hamilton and Ann Yeh: 1 shared paper
- Jill Hamilton and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Michael Seed and Christopher Lam: 1 shared paper
- Michael Seed and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Ann Yeh and Indra Narang: 1 shared paper
- Ann Yeh and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Luc Mertens and Christopher Lam: 1 shared paper
- Mark Friedberg and Michael Khoury: 1 shared paper
- Mark Friedberg and Christopher Lam: 1 shared paper
- Reshma Amin and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Theo Moraes and Jackie Chiang: 1 shared paper
- Theo Moraes and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Indra Narang and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Leland Benson and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Sheila Riazi and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Michael Khoury and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Shi-Joon Yoo and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Mike Seed and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Christopher Lam and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Lee Benson and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Jackie Chiang and Barbara CIfra: 1 shared paper
- Barbara CIfra and Vitor Guerra: 1 shared paper
- Department of Paediatrics
- Institute of Medical Science
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Biomedical Engineering
- Department of Nutritional Sciences
- Pediatrics Dept
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Luc Mertens
Institute of Medical Science
11 shared papers, latest 2026
Mark Friedberg
Institute of Medical Science
6 shared papers, latest 2026
Andreea Dragulescu
Department of Paediatrics
4 shared papers, latest 2018
Cedric Manlhiot
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
4 shared papers, latest 2019
Olivier Villemain
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Paul Nathan
Department of Paediatrics
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Andrew Redington
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Greg Wells
Biomedical Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2024
Vitor Guerra
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Indra Narang
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Leland Benson
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Sheila Riazi
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Michael Khoury
Pediatrics Dept
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Shi-Joon Yoo
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Mike Seed
Department of Physiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Christopher Lam
Department of Medical Imaging
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Lee Benson
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Michael Noseworthy
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Jackie Chiang
Department of Paediatrics
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Jill Hamilton
Department of Nutritional Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Michael Seed
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Ann Yeh
Institute of Medical Science
1 shared papers, latest 2021
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