Congenital Literature Watch - First Quarter 2009

Adult congenital heart surgery: adult or pediatric facility? Adult or pediatric surgeon?
Kogon BE, Plattner C, Leong T, Kirshbom PM, Kanter KR, McConnell M, Book W.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:833-40.

The dilated aorta in patients with congenital cardiac defects.
Yetman AT, Graham T.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53:461-67.

Evaluation of exercise capacity with cardiopulmonary exercise test and B-type natriuretic peptide in adults with congenital heart disease.
Trojnarska O, Gwizdala A, Katarzynski S, Katarzynska A, Szyszka A, Lanocha M, Grajek S, Kramer L.
Cardiol J 2009;16:133-41.

Late cardiac outcomes after pregnancy in women with congenital aortic stenosis.
Tzemos N, Silversides CK, Colman JM, Therrien J, Webb GD, Mason J, Cocoara E, Sermer M, Siu SC.
Am Heart J 2009;157:474-80.

Utility of the dobutamine stress echocadiography in the evaluation of the effects of a surgical repair of aortic coarctation in children.
Banaszak P, Szkutnik M, Kusa J, Banaszak B, Bialkowski J.
Cardiol J 2009; 16:20-5.

Mortality and restenosis rate of surgical coarctation repair in infancy: a study of 191 patients.
Hager A, Schreiber C, Nutzl S, Hess J.
Cardiology 2009;112:36-41.

Relation of coarctation of the aorta to the occurrence of ascending aortic dilation in children and young adults with bicuspid aortic valves.
Beaton AZ, Nguyen T, Lai WW, Chatterjee S, Ramaswamy P, Lytrivi ID, Parness IA, Srivastava S.
Am J Cardiol 2009;103:266-70.

A new look at outcomes of infants with congenital heart disease.
Majnemer A, Limperopoulos C, Shevell MI, Rohlicek C, Rosenblatt B, Tchervenkov
C.
Pediatr Neurol 2009;40:197-204.

Biventricular repair in patients with heterotaxy syndrome.
Lim HG, Bacha EA, Marx GR, Marshall A, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE, d, Pigula FA.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:371-379.

Near-infrared spectroscopy: what we know and what we need to know–a systematic review of the congenital heart disease literature.
Hirsch JC, Charpie JR, Ohye RG, Gurney JG.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:154-9.

The Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Yuan SM, Shinfeld A, Raanani E.
J Card Surg 2009;24:101-8.

One hundred years of texts describing congenitally malformed hearts from 1814 to 1914.
Evans WN, Acherman RJ, Anderson RH.
Cardiol Young 2009;19:12-29.

Brain maturation is delayed in infants with complex congenital heart defects.
Licht DJ, Shera DM, Clancy RR, Wernovsky G, Montenegro LM, Nicolson SC, Zimmerman RA, Spray TL, Gaynor JW, Vossough A.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:529-37.

Heart disease screening of schoolchildren in Taiwan.
Yu CH, Lue HC, Wu SJ, Chen MR.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2009;163:233-37.

Sudden deaths in young competitive athletes: analysis of 1866 deaths in the United States, 1980-2006.
Maron BJ, Doerer JJ, Haas TS, Tierney DM, Mueller FO.
Circulation 2009;119:1085-92.

Characteristics of children hospitalized with infective endocarditis.
Day MD, Gauvreau K, Shulman S, Newburger JW.
Circulation 2009;119:865-70.

Impaired neuroanatomic development in infants with congenital heart disease.
Watanabe K, Matsui M, Matsuzawa J, Tanaka C, Noguchi K, Yoshimura N, Hongo K, Ishiguro M, Wanatabe S, Hirono K, Uese K, Ichida F, Origasa H, Nakazawa J, Oshima Y, Miyawaki T, Matsuzaki T, Yagihara T, Bilker W, Gur RC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:146-53.

Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standards.
Welke KF, Diggs BS, Karamlou T, Ungerleider RM.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:216-22.

Monitoring risk-adjusted outcomes in congenital heart surgery: does the appropriateness of a risk model change with time?
Tsang VT, Brown KL, Synnergren MJ, Kang N, de Leval MR, Gallivan S, Utley M.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:584-7.

Impact of pulse oximetry screening on the detection of duct dependent congenital heart disease: a Swedish prospective screening study in 39,821 newborns.
de-Wahl Granelli A, Wennergren M, Sandberg K, Mellander M, Bejlum C, Inganäs L, Eriksson M, Segerdahl N, Agren A, Ekman-Joelsson BM, Sunnegårdh J, Verdicchio M, Ostman-Smith I.
BMJ 20098;338:a3037. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3037.

Hemodynamic performance of stage-2 univentricular reconstruction: Glenn vs. hemi-Fontan templates.
Pekkan K, Dasi LP, de Zélicourt D, Sundareswaran KS, Fogel MA, Kanter KR, Yoganathan AP.
Ann Biomed Eng 2009;37:50-63.

Absence of pulmonary artery growth after Fontan operation and its possible impact on late outcome.
Ovroutski S, Ewert P, Alexi-Meskishvili V, Hölscher K, Miera O, Peters B, Hetzer R, Berger F.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:826-31.

Impact of age at Fontan completion on postoperative hemodynamics and long-term aerobic exercise capacity in patients with dominant left ventricle.
Shiraishi S, Yagihara T, Kagisaki K, Hagino I, Ohuchi H, Kobayashi J, Kitamura S.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009 87:555-61.

Dexmedetomidine sedation for pediatric post-Fontan procedure patients.
Tokuhira N, Atagi K, Shimaoka H, Ujiro A, Otsuka Y, Ramsay M.
Pediatr Crit Care Med 2009;10:207-12.

The impact of shunt size on lung function in infants with univentricular heart physiology.
Matthews IL, Bjørnstad PG, Kaldestad RH, Heiberg L, Thaulow E, Grønn M.
Pediatr Crit Care Med 2009;10:60-5.

Midterm to long-term outcome of total cavopulmonary connection in high-risk adult candidates.
Fujii Y, Sano S, Kotani Y, Yoshizumi K, Kasahara S, Ishino K, Akagi T.
Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:562-70.

Outcome of the Norwood procedure in the setting of transposition of the great arteries and functional single left ventricle.
Lotto AA, Hosein R, Jones TJ, Barron DJ, Brawn WJ.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:149-55.

Heparin-bonded central venous catheters do not reduce thrombosis in infants with congenital heart disease: a blinded randomized, controlled trial.
Anton N, Cox PN, Massicotte MP, Chait P, Yasui Y, Dinyari PM, Marzinotto V, Mitchell LG.
Pediatrics 2009;123::e453-8.

The impact of aprotinin on postoperative renal dysfunction in neonates undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: a retrospective analysis.
Guzzetta NA, Evans FM, Rosenberg ES, Fazlollah TM, Baker MJ, Wilson EC, Kaiser AM, Tosone SR, Miller BE. Anesth Analg 2009;108:448-55.

Enteral feeding and caloric intake in neonates after cardiac surgery.
Schwalbe-Terilli CR, Hartman DH, Nagle ML, Gallagher PR, Ittenback RF, Burnham NB, Gaynor JW, Ravishankar C.
Am J Crit Care 2009;18:52-7.

The blood sparing effect and the safety of aprotinin compared to tranexamic acid in paediatric cardiac surgery.
Breuer T, Martin K, Wilhelm M, Wiesner G, Schreiber C, Hess J, Lange R, Tassani P.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:167-71.

Patent foramen ovale and ventricular septal defect closure.
Wahl A, Meier B.
Heart 2009;95:70-82.

Eisenmenger syndrome a clinical perspective in a new therapeutic era of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Beghetti M, Galiè N.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;53:733-40.

Transcatheter closure of congenital ventricular septal defects in adult: mid-term results and complications.
Chessa M, Butera G, Negura D, Bussadori C, Giamberti A, Fesslova V, Carminati M.
Int J Cardiol 2009;133:70-3.

Adverse left ventricular mechanics in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot.
Tzemos N, Harris L, Carasso S, Subira LD, Greutmann M, Provost Y, Redington AN, Rakowski H, Siu SC, Silversides CK.
Am J Cardiol 2009;103:420-5.

Tetralogy of Fallot.
Bailliard F, Anderson RH. Orphanet J
Rare Dis 2009;4:2.

Late risk of outcomes for adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot from an inception cohort spanning four decades.
Hickey EJ, Veldtman G, Bradley TJ, Gengsakul A, Manlhiot C, Williams WG, Webb GD, McCrincle BW.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2009;35:156-64.

Preoperative brain injury in transposition of the great arteries is associated with oxygenation and time to surgery, not balloon atrial septostomy.
Petit CJ, Rome JJ, Wernovsky G, Mason SE, Shera DM, Nicolson SC, Montenegro LM, Tabbutt S, Zimmerman RA, Licht DJ.
Circulation 2009;119:709-16.

Behaviour at eight years in children with surgically corrected transposition: the Boston Circulatory Arrest Trial.
Bellinger DC, Newburger JW, Wypij D, Kuban KC, duPlessis AJ, Rappaport LA.
Cardiol Young 2009;19:86-97.

The arterial switch operation before Jatene.
Evans WN.
Pediatr Cardiol 2009;30:119-24.

Ross and Ross-Konno procedures in infants, children and adolescents: a 13-year experience.
Piccardo A, Ghez O, Gariboldi V, Riberi A, Collart F, Kreitmann B, Metras D.
J Heart Valve Dis 2009;18:76-83.

Congenital supravalvar mitral ring: an underestimated anomaly.
Toscano A, Pasquini L, Iacobelli R, Di Donato RM, Raimondi F, Carotti A, Di Ciommo V, Sanders SP.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:538-42.

Comparison of the outcome of porcine bioprosthetic versus mechanical prosthetic replacement of the tricuspid valve in the Ebstein anomaly.
Brown ML, Dearani JA, Danielson GK, Cetta F, Connolly HM, Warnes CA, Li Z, Hodge DO, Driscoll DJ.
Am J Cardiol 2009;103:555-61.

Mechanical valves versus the Ross procedure for aortic valve replacement in children: propensity- adjusted comparison of long-term outcomes.
Alsoufi B, Al-Halees Z, Manlhiot C, McCrindle BW, Al-Ahmadi M, Sallehuddin A, Canver CC, Bulbul Z, Joufan M, Fadel B.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:362-370.

Ten-year experience with handmade trileaflet polytetrafluoroethylene valved conduit used for pulmonary reconstruction.
Ando M, Takahashi Y.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009;137:124-31.

The Ross procedure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Takkenberg JJ, Klieverik LM, Schoof PH, van Suylen RJ, van Herwerden LA, Zondervan Pe, Roos- Hesselink JW, Eijemans MJ, Yacoub MH, Bogers AJ.
Circulation 2009;119:222-8.