World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

The World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WJPCHS) is a new, quarterly, peer-reviewed scientific publication dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge pertaining to congenital heart anomalies, and pediatric heart diseases in general. It is the official journal of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. A central focus of the Journal is the surgical aspect of the care of infants, children, and adults. The International Editorial Advisory Board includes specialists in congenital heart surgery, cardiology, anesthesia, critical care, nursing, and perfusion technology.

The Journal will contain, and manuscript submissions are welcome, in the following categories:

• Original Reports of clinical and/or basic scientific investigations and observations relevant to the care and management of patients with congenital heart disease
• Review Articles, Expert Techniques, Historical Perspectives, and descriptions of New Technologies (with focus on surgical topics, as well as interventional cardiology, anesthesia, and critical care)
• Instructive Case Reports and unique Images of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease
• Reports of proceedings of the meetings of WSPCHS, as well as those of other national and regional cardiac surgical societies and pediatric cardiology organizations that do not have widely distributed official publications of their own
• Papers on diverse subjects relevant to the mission of WSPCHS, including worldwide and regional demographics of congenital heart disease (CHD), healthcare policy and economics pertinent to CHD, programs of international collaboration in the development and support of centers for CHD, challenges and progress in clinical care in underserved areas, and issues related to congenital heart surgery education and training around the world
• Manuscripts submitted by organizations or entities interested in advancing the care of pediatric and congenital heart disease patients worldwide

For more information, contact Editor-in-Chief Marshall L. Jacobs, MD or see the WJPCHS Announcement and Call for Submissions (pdf)

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Table of Contents: Volume 1, Issue 1,  April 2010

Editorial:

Welcome by Marshall L. Jacobs

Original Articles:

Variation in Models of Care Delivery for Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery in the United States by Danielle S. Burstein, Anthony F. Rossi, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Paul A. Checchia, Gil Wernovsky, Jennifer S. Li, and Sara K. Pasquali

Long-term Outcome and Risk of Heart Block After Surgical Treatment of Subaortic Stenosis by Chuanchau J. Jou, Susan P. Etheridge, L. LuAnn Minich, Elizabeth V. Saarel, Linda M. Lambert, Peter C. Kouretas, Richard Holubkov, and John A. Hawkins

Polytetrafluoroethylene Bicuspid Pulmonary Valve Implantation: Experience With 126 Patients by James Anthony Quintessenza, Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Paul Jubeong Chai, Victor O. Morell, and Harald Lindberg

Ross-Konno Procedure in Children: Midterm Results by Viktor Hraska, Christian Lilje, Andrea Kantorová, Joachim Photiadis, Christopher Fink, Boulos Asfour, Francois Lacour-Gayet, Martin B. Schneider, and Christopher Haun

Rationale and Use of Perfusion Variables in the 2010 Update of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database by Kenneth G. Shann, Carmen R. Giacomuzzi, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Gerard J. Myers, Theron A. Paugh, Nicholas Mellas, Luc Puis, Jorge W. Ojito, Daniel Gomez, Vincent Olshove, David C. Fitzgerald, Hideshi Itoh, Christopher Brabant, Clarke A. Thuys, Kevin Charette, Christos Calaritis, Michael Parpard, Tom Chancy, Robert A. Baker, Kamal K. Pourmoghadam, and Donald S. Likosky

Right Ventricle-to-Pulmonary Artery Shunt in Norwood Procedure: Early Results by Katarzyna Januszewska, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Jan Abicht, Robert Dalla-Pozza, and Edward Malec

Neoaortic Valve Function 10 to 18 Years After Arterial Switch Operation by Krzysztof W. Michalak, Jadwiga A. Moll, Maciej Moll, Katarzyna Mludzik, and Jacek J. Moll

Proceedings of WSPCHS Symposium on Common Atrioventricular Junction:

Morphology and Morphogenesis of Atrioventricular Septal Defect With Common Atrioventricular Junction by Robert H. Anderson, Andy Wessels, and Joseph J. Vettukattil

Atrioventricular Septal Defects: Lessons Learned About Patterns of Practice and Outcomes From the Congenital Heart Surgery Database of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons by Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, Marshall Lewis Jacobs, Constantine Mavroudis, Paul Jubeong Chai, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Hal Walters, III, and James Anthony Quintessenza

Individualized Approach to Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Canal: Selective Use of the Traditional Single-Patch Technique Versus the Australian Technique by Richard A. Jonas and Bassem Mora

Challenges in Delayed Repair of Atrioventricular Septal Defects by Sachin Talwar, Vishal Singh, Neeti Chandra, Ashutosh Marwah, and Rajesh Sharma

Unbalanced Atrioventricular Septal Defect: Definition and Decision Making by David M. Overman, Jeanne M. Baffa, Meryl S. Cohen, Luc Mertens, David B. Gremmels, Anusha Jegatheeswaram, Brian W. McCrindle, Eugene H. Blackstone, Victor O. Morell, Christopher Caldarone, William G. Williams, and Christian Pizarro

Reoperations After Repair of Partial and Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect by John M. Stulak, Harold M. Burkhart, and Joseph A. Dearani

Intensive Care and Perioperative Management of Patients With Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect by Jessica Pilchard, Gul Dadlani, Dean Andropoulos, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, and David S. Cooper

Anatomy of Common Atrioventricular Junction With Complex Associated Lesions by Robert H. Anderson and Diane Spicer

Repair of Atrioventricular Canal With Double-Outlet Right Ventricle, Transposition, or Truncus Arteriosus by Christo I. Tchervenkov, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Danny Del Duca, Samantha Hill, Noritaka Ota, Gordan Samoukovic, Hamad Al-Habib, and Stephen Korkola

Invited Lecture:

Our Roots, Our Future by William I. Norwood

New Technology:

Preliminary Experience With Cardiac Reconstruction Using Decellularized Porcine Extracellular Matrix Scaffold: Human Applications in Congenital Heart Disease by Frank G. Scholl, Mark M. Boucek, Kak-Chen Chan, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz, and Richard Perryman

Case Reports:

Shepherd Hook Anomaly of Ductus Arteriosus With Sudden Intrapartum Fetal Demise: Two Case Reports by Constantine D. Mavroudis, Philip Fitchev, Beth A. Plunkett, and Susan E. Crawford

Closure of a Two-Hole Secundum Atrial Septal Defect Through a Transthoracic Atrial Septal Defect Occlusion Device by Hui-Li Gan, Chun Zhang, and Jian-qun Zhang

Book Review:

Book Review by Constantine Mavroudis