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View article: Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
Surgical Ventricular Septal Defect Repair Open
Ventricular septal defects (VSDs), the most common of congenital heart defects, vary widely in anatomy and size. Surgical treatment of very large VSDs can be challenging because no clear recommendations exist about which defects can underg…
View article: Coronary steal from an anomalous circumflex artery diagnosed 25 years after ventricular septal defect closure: a case report
Coronary steal from an anomalous circumflex artery diagnosed 25 years after ventricular septal defect closure: a case report Open
Background Association of anomalous origin of a coronary artery arising from pulmonary artery (PA) with other congenital heart defects, such as ventricular septal defects (VSDs), is uncommon. In such cases, coronary anomalies may be overlo…
View article: Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Horse Kick Injury
Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Horse Kick Injury Open
View article: Ross-Konno with salvage stented bovine jugular vein graft for mitral valve replacement in infants with critical multivalve disease
Ross-Konno with salvage stented bovine jugular vein graft for mitral valve replacement in infants with critical multivalve disease Open
View article: Optimized outcome of the Ross procedure in children: single-centre experience
Optimized outcome of the Ross procedure in children: single-centre experience Open
OBJECTIVES The Ross procedure with autograft reinforcement has been proposed as a strategy to prevent autograft failure in adults, but outcome data in children during somatic growth remain limited. We investigated long-term outcomes follow…
View article: Autograft dilation after Ross procedure in children and young adults is mitigated by autograft reinforcement: A retrospective MRI study
Autograft dilation after Ross procedure in children and young adults is mitigated by autograft reinforcement: A retrospective MRI study Open
View article: Commentary: Sometimes less is more—but more seems more in treatment of neonates and infants with congenital aortic stenosis
Commentary: Sometimes less is more—but more seems more in treatment of neonates and infants with congenital aortic stenosis Open
View article: Combined pressure and volume loading for left ventricular training in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
Combined pressure and volume loading for left ventricular training in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries Open
View article: Socioeconomic Status and Access to Care for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Universal Health Coverage Models
Socioeconomic Status and Access to Care for Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Universal Health Coverage Models Open
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common major congenital anomaly, affecting one in every 100 live births. Whereas over 90% of children born with CHD in low- and middle-income countries cannot access the care they need, early dete…
View article: Tissue-engineered and autologous pericardium in congenital heart surgery: comparative histopathological study of human vascular explants
Tissue-engineered and autologous pericardium in congenital heart surgery: comparative histopathological study of human vascular explants Open
OBJECTIVES The goal of this histological study was to assess the biocompatibility of vascular patches used in the repair of congenital heart defects. METHODS We examined tissue-engineered bovine (n = 7) and equine (n = 7) patches and autol…
View article: 3D modeling and printing for complex biventricular repair of double outlet right ventricle
3D modeling and printing for complex biventricular repair of double outlet right ventricle Open
Background Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) describes a group of congenital heart defects where pulmonary artery and aorta originate completely or predominantly from the right ventricle. The individual anatomy of DORV patients varies w…
View article: Midterm performance of decellularized equine pericardium in congenital heart surgery
Midterm performance of decellularized equine pericardium in congenital heart surgery Open
Objective The goal was to report the midterm performance of decellularized equine pericardium used for repair of various congenital heart defects in the paediatric population. Methods A retrospective review of all patients undergoing patch…
View article: Anatomic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition: Reappraisal of Eligibility Criteria
Anatomic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition: Reappraisal of Eligibility Criteria Open
Several criteria to identify suitable candidates for anatomic repair in congenitally corrected transposition (cc-TGA) have been proposed. The purpose of this study was to critically re-evaluate adequacy of these recommendations in our pati…
View article: Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition as Underlying Mechanism for the Formation of Double-Chambered Right Ventricle
Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition as Underlying Mechanism for the Formation of Double-Chambered Right Ventricle Open
View article: Data for '3D Modelling and Printing for Complex Biventricular Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle'
Data for '3D Modelling and Printing for Complex Biventricular Repair of Double Outlet Right Ventricle' Open
supplement_individualSurfaceGeometries.zip: This data set contains all surface geometries reconstructed from CT and MRI images of nine patients with double outlet right ventricle. For each patient, the surface geometries of the left and r…
View article: Mechanical strain triggers endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition of the endocardium in the immature heart
Mechanical strain triggers endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition of the endocardium in the immature heart Open
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Table of contents Open
View article: Pulmonary artery augmentation using decellularized equine pericardium (Matrix Patch™): initial single-centre experience
Pulmonary artery augmentation using decellularized equine pericardium (Matrix Patch™): initial single-centre experience Open
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to report our initial experience when using Matrix Patch™ a cell-free equine-derived pericardium for the augmentation of branch pulmonary arteries (PAs) in children. METHODS Between September 2016 and S…
View article: An updated meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation
An updated meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation Open
Compared to surgery, MitraClip demonstrates a similar safety profile and shorter length of stay in high-risk patients, at the expense of increased residual mitral regurgitation and higher reoperation rate. Despite this, long term mortality…
View article: Subcoronary Ross/Ross–Konno operation in children and young adults: initial single-centre experience
Subcoronary Ross/Ross–Konno operation in children and young adults: initial single-centre experience Open
OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate the outcome after modified subcoronary Ross/Ross–Konno operation in children and young adults. METHODS Between January 2013 and January 2019, a total of 50 patients with median age of 6.3 years (range 0.02–…
View article: Mitochondrial transplantation by intra-arterial injection for acute kidney injury
Mitochondrial transplantation by intra-arterial injection for acute kidney injury Open
Acute kidney injury is a common clinical disorder and one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the postoperative period. In this study, the safety and efficacy of autologous mitochondrial transplantation by intra-arterial inje…
View article: Modified extracardiac Fontan with a fenestrated pericardial patch
Modified extracardiac Fontan with a fenestrated pericardial patch Open
Extracardiac Fontan is a preferred treatment strategy in many centers treating patients with single ventricle physiology, and many of these centers regularly include a fenestration between the extracardiac conduit and the common atrium. Sp…
View article: Reply: There is no “one-size-fits-all” in Fontan surgery!
Reply: There is no “one-size-fits-all” in Fontan surgery! Open
View article: Vitamin D assessment in perioperative medicine and critical care
Vitamin D assessment in perioperative medicine and critical care Open
View article: Fontan with lateral tunnel is associated with improved survival compared with extracardiac conduit
Fontan with lateral tunnel is associated with improved survival compared with extracardiac conduit Open
View article: Flow disturbances and the development of endocardial fibroelastosis
Flow disturbances and the development of endocardial fibroelastosis Open
View article: Do patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery benefit from an early repair of the mitral valve?
Do patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery benefit from an early repair of the mitral valve? Open
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine mid-term outcomes of patients with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery undergoing coronary repair only (group A) or simultaneous mitral valve repair (grou…
View article: Autonomous robotic intracardiac catheter navigation using haptic vision
Autonomous robotic intracardiac catheter navigation using haptic vision Open
A catheter autonomously navigated a blood-filled heart using enhanced sensing and control with results comparable to expert navigation.
View article: Optically-guided instrument for transapical beating-heart delivery of artificial mitral chordae tendineae
Optically-guided instrument for transapical beating-heart delivery of artificial mitral chordae tendineae Open
View article: Synthes© titanium sternal fixation system as protection shield against gunshot—the superman effect
Synthes© titanium sternal fixation system as protection shield against gunshot—the superman effect Open