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Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in a patient with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation has become an attractive method of dysfunctional right ventricle outflow tract treatment. Case presentation We describe a unique case of a 20-year-old Caucasian male patient with a complex cyanotic ...
Michal Kapalka, Michal Galeczka, Michal Krawiec, Roland Fiszer   +3 more
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Pentalogy of Cantrell : the first Maltese case with successful outcome [PDF]

, 1997
Pentalogy of Cantrell is a rare disorder which was first described by Cantrell and his colleagues in 1958. It is comprised of congenital heart disease and midline defects.
Grech, Victor E., Parascandalo, Raymond, Rees, Philip G.   +2 more
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Swiss Adult Congenital HEart disease Registry (SACHER) - rationale, design and first results. [PDF]

, 2017
In 2013, a prospective registry for adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) was established in Switzerland, providing detailed data on disease characteristics and outcomes: Swiss Adult Congenital HEart disease Registry (SACHER).
Attenhofer Jost, C., Auf der Maur, C., Bonassin, F., Bouchardy, J., Engel, R., Gabriel, H., Greutmann, M., Kuen, H.P., Oxenius, A., Rutz, T., Santos Lopes, B., Schwerzmann, M., Schwitz, F., Seeliger, T., Stambach, D., Tobler, D., Wustmann, K.   +16 more
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Poland Anomaly and Atretic Cephalocele in the Same Child: Coincidence or Association?

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Poland Anomaly is a rare congenital disorder typically characterized by hypoplasia or agenesis of pectoral muscle with or without ipsilateral limb hypoplasia. The association of central nervous system malformation with Poland Anomaly has been rarely reported and includes craniofacial dysplasia, microcephaly, and Dandy‐Walker malformation ...
Alessandra Greta Grassi, Silvia Pontesilli, Laura Demelas, Francesca Vigliani, Massimo Agosti, Angelo Selicorni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of life in pediatric patients on a paracorporeal ventricular assist device with a novel mobile driving system

JHLT Open
Background: EXCOR ventricular assist device (VAD) is the gold standard circulatory support for children with end-stage heart failure. Until recently, the only available driving unit was the stationary Ikus.
Oliver Miera, Eugen Sandica, Nikolaus A. Haas, Martin Schweiger, Brigitte Stiller, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, Maria-Helena Perez, Ina Michel-Behnke, Katharina R.L. Schmitt, Stephan Schubert, Daniel Zimpfer   +10 more
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Comparison of Two Measurement Devices for Pulse Wave Velocity in Children: Which Tool Is Useful to Detect Vascular Alterations Caused by Overweight?

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019
Vascular alterations may lead to manifest cardiovascular disease in future life. There is a tremendous time delay between the onset and obvious clinical appearance of vascular alterations.
Julia Elmenhorst, Heidi Weberruss, Martina Mayr, Karin Pfister, Renate Oberhoffer, Renate Oberhoffer   +5 more
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Procollagen IIA Deficient Mice [PDF]

, 2010
This invention relates to the production of dual models of Congenital Heart Defects and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with the use of mice which are genetically modified by transgenic (gene-knockout) techniques. The present invention produces knockout mice

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Ethnic and socioeconomic variation in incidence of congenital heart defects

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2016
Introduction Ethnic differences in the birth prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHDs) have been reported; however, studies of the contemporary UK population are lacking.
R. Knowles, D. Ridout, S. Crowe, C. Bull, J. Wray, J. Tregay, R. Franklin, D. Barron, D. Cunningham, R. Parslow, K. Brown   +10 more
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Trisomy 5p: Long Recognized, Rarely Published‐ Three New Cases and Review of the Literature

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Complete trisomy 5p is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by a duplication of the short arm of chromosome 5. Current data suggest that complete trisomy 5p presents as a distinct clinical syndrome including but not limited to seizures, developmental delays, facial dysmorphisms, failure to thrive, and recurrent respiratory infections.
Gabriela J. Kim, Kristen N. Lee, Amanda B. Pritchard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex differences in publication volume and quality in congenital heart disease: are women disadvantaged?

Open Heart, 2019
Background Women are underrepresented in leading medical positions and academia. The gender-gap in authorship of congenital heart disease (CHD) publications remains unknown.
Michael A Gatzoulis, Gerhard Paul Diller, Aleksander Kempny, Sophie van Doren, Margarita Brida, Sonya V Babu-Narayan, Ulrike M M Bauer, Helmut Baumgartner   +7 more
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