Congenital - Acyanotic
In this article, the authors present their single center outcomes of the Commando procedure as a means to achieve double valve replacement in patients with radiation heart disease or previous valve replacement with destroyed intervalvular...
This study addressed the long-term results of the réparation à l’étage ventriculaire (REV) procedure for double outlet right ventricle (DORV) and transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with pulmonary stenosis...
This video describes a simple method of complete reconstruction of a truncal valve using equine pericardium in a one-year-old patient with severe truncal valve regurgitation. Surgical Technique Through a transverse...
Fuhrman and colleagues investigated the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in young adults with congenital heart disease undergoing a surgical procedure, a group of patients that is increasing in...
Objectives Treatment of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (VSD) has traditionally been surgical. Surgery most often includes midline sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass with cardioplegic arrest, and patch closure of the defect. Devices...
Chen and colleagues retrospectively compared outcomes for children who underwent intraoperative device closure of a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) via two different approaches. VSD closure was performed through a...
Martin and colleagues describe two efforts to improve outcomes within the congenital heart disease field: the Improving Pediatric and Adult Congenital Treatments (IMPACT) Registry and the National Pediatric Cardiology-Quality Improvement...
This video demonstrates an anterior translocation of the circumflex aortic arch for the management of esophageal compression. A 9-year-old boy diagnosed with a 22q11 deletion had a longstanding history of...
This video demonstrates an Ebstein repair by cone technique. Cone repair is widely used for Ebstein anomalies, and it is appreciated for the leaflet coaptation it provides and its creation...
This 2-year-old girl was evaluated for a recurrent respiratory tract infection and palpitations. She was further evaluated and diagnosed with a large secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) with dilated right...
In this interview, Shruti Jayakumar of King’s College London School of Medicine in the UK and Martin Elliott of the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, UK, discuss...
This video demonstrates a repair performed for a 7-year-old boy, who was referred from Mali with a suspected diagnosis of an atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect. The echocardiogram...
Patient Care and General Interest The Israeli nonprofit organization Save a Child’s Heart received the United Nations’ Population Award, in recognition of its work providing congenital cardiac surgery to children...






