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Clinical scientist led clinic in adult congenital heart disease – how to do it? [PDF]

Echo Research and Practice
The increasing demand for adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) services requires innovative solutions to reduce waiting times and optimise patient care.
Dario Freitas, Mitch Fenn, Brian Campbell, Hannah Douglas, Stefano Svab, Harith Alam, Alessandra Frigiola, Yaso Emmanuel, Natali Chung   +8 more
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Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (life-vest): A feasible bridging treatment in adult congenital heart disease

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2022
Background: Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCDs) are currently used in patients at temporarily heightened risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) who are temporarily unable to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
Berardo Sarubbi, Michela Palma, Assunta Merola, Flavia Fusco, Anna Correra, Diego Colonna, Emanuele Romeo, Nicola Grimaldi, Giovanni Domenico Ciriello, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Maria Giovanna Russo   +10 more
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Overview of Long-Term Outcome in Adults with Systemic Right Ventricle and Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Review

Diagnostics, 2023
The population of patients with a systemic right ventricle (sRV) in biventricular circulation includes those who have undergone an atrial switch operation for destro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) and those with congenitally corrected ...
Francesca Bevilacqua, Giulia Pasqualin, Paolo Ferrero, Angelo Micheletti, Diana Gabriela Negura, Angelo Fabio D’Aiello, Alessandro Giamberti, Massimo Chessa   +7 more
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Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator in complex adult congenital heart disease. Results from the S-ICD “Monaldi Care” registry

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021
Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are widely accepted therapy in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Berardo Sarubbi, Anna Correra, Diego Colonna, Emanuele Romeo, Michela Palma, Assunta Merola, Michele D'Alto, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Flavia Fusco, Rosaria Barracano, Nunzia Borrelli, Nicola Grimaldi, Antonio D'Onofrio, Maria Giovanna Russo   +13 more
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Protein-losing enteropathy in Fontan circulation: Pathophysiology, outcome and treatment options of a complex condition

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) represents a rare but severe and potentially life-threatening complication following Fontan operation in patients with a functional single ventricle.
Rosaria Barracano, Assunta Merola, Flavia Fusco, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, Berardo Sarubbi   +4 more
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Imaging of ventricular septal defect: Native and post-repair

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Cardiac imaging using a combination of multiple modalities has become an essential tool in the management of adults with congenital heart disease with the potential to improve the outcome.
Flavia Fusco, Nunzia Borrelli, Michela Palma, Berardo Sarubbi, Giancarlo Scognamiglio   +4 more
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Coarctation of the Aorta: Diagnosis and Management

Diagnostics, 2023
Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) accounts for approximately 5–8% of all congenital heart defects. Depending on the severity of the CoA and the presence of associated cardiac lesions, the clinical presentation and age vary.
Sadaf Raza, Suneil Aggarwal, Petra Jenkins, Ahmed Kharabish, Shehab Anwer, Damien Cullington, Julia Jones, Jaspal Dua, Vasileios Papaioannou, Reza Ashrafi, Sarah Moharem-Elgamal   +10 more
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Subcutaneous finger cardioverter-defibrillator in low weight paediatric patients: a case series

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Placement of traditional transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system in low-weight children is often difficult because of their vessel size, the elevated risk of lead malfunction and failure, children’s growth and various anatomic ...
Berardo Sarubbi, Gabriella Farina, Diego Colonna, Anna Correra, Emanuele Romeo, Giovanni Domenico Ciriello, Guido Oppido, Maria Giovanna Russo   +7 more
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Chylothorax Due to Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in a Patient With Complex Congenital Heart Disease

JACC: Case Reports, 2021
Obstruction of the superior vena cava represents an under-recognized cause of chylothorax in the adult population. Our case report describes the successful conservative management of chylothorax due to bilateral superior vena cava obstruction in an adult
Rosaria Barracano, MD, Giancarlo Scognamiglio, MD, PhD, Michela Palma, MD, PhD, Giacomo Sica, MD, PhD, Assunta Merola, MD, Nunzia Borrelli, MD, Flavia Fusco, MD, Anna Correra, MD, Giovanni Domenico Ciriello, MD, Berardo Sarubbi, MD, PhD   +9 more
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Cardiac index in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: Are we missing the forest for the trees?

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021
Background: Many cardiac parameters have been associated with poor outcomes in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and significant residual pulmonary regurgitation (PR).
Maria Fadous, Maria-Victoria Ordoñez, Carlos-Eduardo Guerrero-Chalela, Aihua Liu, Liming Guo, Luc Jutras, Ariane J. Marelli, Judith Therrien   +7 more
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