Congenital - Cyanotic
A ten-month-old, 9.4 kg infant with heterotaxy syndrome presented with cyanosis. The cardiac diagnosis was a double outlet right ventricle with complete atrioventricular septal defect and multilevel right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Other multiple anomalies...
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...
A ten-month-old, 9.4 kg infant with heterotaxy syndrome presented with cyanosis. The cardiac diagnosis was a double outlet right ventricle with complete atrioventricular septal defect and multilevel right ventricular outflow...
The first domino transplant procedure performed on infants was successfully completed recently in New York City. One patient needed a heart transplant because of cardiomyopathy and was able to donate...
A glimpse of what could be a future for surgery……….
...Currently the posterior translocation of the aorta, the Nikaidoh procedure, is utilized in: complete transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) with ventricular septal defect (VSD) and left ventricular outflow tract...
The half-turned truncal switch operation is suitable for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) or TGA-type double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with left ventricular outflow obstruction, anteroposterior relationship of the...
En bloc rotation of the outflow tracts offers a complete anatomic repair of complex transposition of the great arteries, with growth potential in all tubular structures and the option of...
For CTSNet’s first Congenital Guest Editor Series, Advances in Surgical Treatment of Complex Conotruncal Malformations, we asked Dr Viktor Hraska of the Herma Heart Center at the Medical College of...
Patient Care and General Interest A New Zealand woman with cystic fibrosis who is a lung transplant recipient prepares to compete in swimming, biking, and running events in the Australian...
Buratto and colleagues retrospectively analyzed the outcomes of 68 patients with atrioventricular septal defects (AVSD) who underwent pulmonary artery banding between 1983 and 2016. Of these, 40 patients had balanced...
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...
Objectives Aortopulmonary window is a rare form of congenital heart disease that can be seen in isolation or with associated other complex cardiac lesions. Although aortopulmonary window has been associated...







