Congenital & Pediatric

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March 10, 2026 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor

An 8-month-old boy with a functional single ventricle secondary to double outlet right ventricle with severe pulmonary stenosis and hypoplastic left ventricle was deemed unsuitable for biventricular repair at this stage. Due to progressive cyanosis,...

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August 5, 2026 | Vatsal Vora

Congenital diverticulum of the ventricle is a rare cardiac malformation and is usually associated with other congenital abnormalities, including intracardiac, midline thoracic, diaphragmatic, and anterior abdominal wall defects, first described...

JANS Article
July 23, 2026 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This study examines the relationship between public interest in cardiothoracic surgical conditions and corresponding research output during a 21-year period (2004–2024). Public interest was assessed using Google Trends data and...

Video
January 27, 2022 | Nicholas Oh

Anomalous aortic origin of the left coronary artery (AAOLCA) from the right coronary sinus is a rare condition. However, this disease process is clinically important because it carries an increased...

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January 24, 2022 | Lu Wang

The patient was a fourteen-month-old infant who was born at term with an antenatal diagnosis of congenital pulmonary airway malformation. The infant was otherwise healthy and never had any episode...

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January 12, 2022 | James Tweddell

This operative technique video demonstrates an anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (ccTGA) with ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary atresia (PS), and mild right ventricular hypoplasia in a two-year-old who...

Article
January 10, 2022 | drammarkareem@gmail.com

This is a retrospective study that was performed in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Subspecialty Hospital – Medical City (Baghdad) from January 1, 2017 to December 21, 2020....

Video
January 5, 2022 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor

A two-week-old, 3.5 kg newborn presented with tachypnea and a heart murmur. An echocardiogram showed a type I aortopulmonary window and patent foramen ovale. A computed tomography scan confirmed the...

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January 3, 2022 | William Mitchell

A sixty-two-year-old female with a history of chronic cough and exercise intolerance initially presented for elective calcium scoring via cardiac CT. The scan showed previously undiagnosed anomalous pulmonary venous return...

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December 29, 2021 | Gamal MareyBronze Contributor

As this article and video demonstrate, the superior approach for repair of supracardiac TAPVC carries several advantages, including minimal-to-no heart manipulation, ease of accessibility through the transverse pericardial sinus, and...

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December 16, 2021 | Firat Altin

Mitral valve replacement using the top-hat technique can be an option in patients with small mitral annulus or patients with patient-prosthesis mismatch. This technique can provide adequate left ventricle in-flow...