Congenital - Cyanotic

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Groundbreaking ‘Domino’ Heart Surgery at NYC Hospital Saves Lives of Two Baby Girls

August 11, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

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 heart valve to another...

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Long-Term Results of the REV Procedure for Transposition of Great Arteries and Double Outlet RV with Pulmonary Stenosis

February 8, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

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...

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Off-Pump Kawashima Procedure in a 10-Month-Old Infant with Heterotaxy

August 17, 2023 | Mina Estafanos…

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...

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Groundbreaking ‘Domino’ Heart Surgery at NYC Hospital Saves Lives of Two Baby Girls

August 11, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

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...

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Randomized Trial of Fetal Surgery for Severe Left Diaphragmatic Hernia

June 11, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A glimpse of what could be a future for surgery……….

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Can Natural Anomalies Inform Surgical Design? A Reappraisal of Coronary Origins in HLHS

June 18, 2018 | Mohammed Al-Jughiman

Suboptimal coronary perfusion following the Norwood procedure has been documented in multiple studies (1–5). In response to this ongoing concern, a surgical refinement was conceptualized involving the transfer of coronary...

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Superior Approach for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

May 31, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Liufu and colleagues evaluated outcomes for repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection via the superior approach in 198 pediatric patients, with a median age of 95 days at...

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Optimal Use of Z-Scores to Preserve the Pulmonary Valve Annulus During Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

May 11, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Awori and colleagues reviewed 19 published studies on repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), representing 2,500 patients of which 54.8% had a transannular patch (TAP) inserted to relieve right ventricular...

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Randomized Controlled Trials in Children’s Heart Surgery in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review

April 16, 2018 | Claire Vernon

In this systematic review, Drury and colleagues evaluated 333 randomized trials in pediatric cardiac surgery that comprised approximately 24,000 children. Most of the trials were early phase trials and recruited...

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In Global News: Raising Esophageal Cancer Awareness, Healthy Eating for Healthy Arteries, and Avoiding TAVR-Induced Coronary Obstruction

April 6, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care A baby in Taiwan is the third-lightest to have undergone repair of a type A interrupted aortic arch and aortopulmonary window. Did you know that April is Esophageal...

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Pulmonary Root Translocation Without LeCompte Maneuver for D-Transposition of the Great Arteries With Ventricular Septal Defect and Pulmonary Stenosis

March 28, 2018 | Nitin Gupta…

This patient was a 7-year-old female child evaluated for cyanosis and failure to thrive since birth. She had an arterial saturation of approximately 70% on room air. She was diagnosed...

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In Global News: Quadruple Valve Surgery in the UAE, MitraClip Access in Japan, and Chewbacca Delivers Transplant News

March 23, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care A teen in Chicago, Illinois, USA, awaiting a heart transplant received the news that a heart was available from his pediatric cardiologist, who dressed up as Chewbacca from...

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An Analysis of Left Ventricular Retraining in Patients With Dextro- and Levo-Transposition of the Great Arteries

March 16, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Mainwaring and colleagues retrospectively reviewed the outcomes for 51 patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) who were enrolled in a left ventricle (LV) retraining program in preparation for...

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