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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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3D printing is a transformative technology in congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2018
Survival in congenital heart disease has steadily improved since 1938, when Dr. Robert Gross successfully ligated for the first time a patent ductus arteriosus in a 7-year-old child.
Anwar, Anwar, Barach, Bernhard, Bhatla, Biglino, Biglino, Binder, Boneva, Borrello, Botto, Brown, Bucher, Byrne, Chaowu, Conti, Costello, Dearani, Deferm, Duan, Duan, Erikssen, Fan, Farooqi, Farooqi, Farooqi, Fleming, Fukunishi, Garekar, Gaynor, Gentles, Giamberti, Giannopoulos, Giroud, Gosnell, Grant, Green, Hadeed, Hermsen, Hoffman, Holst, Holst, Hu, Jacobs, Jana, Javan, Jonas, Kappetein, Kapur, Khairy, Kiraly, Kirklin, Kolli, Kotsis, Kung, Lee, Lee, Little, Lloyd-Jones, Mahle, Mahmood, Mannoor, Maragiannis, Markert, Markstedt, Mashari, Meier, Michael, Mitsouras, Moons, Moore, Morrison, Muraru, Ngan, Noecker, Olivieri, Olivieri, O’Brien, O’Neill, Pentecost, Poterucha, Randazzo, Rehder, Riesenkampff, Ripley, Rodriguez-Paz, Ryan, Saeed, Samuel, Santos dos, Schievano, Schmauss, Shah, Smith, Sodian, Sodian, Sutcliffe, Tabriz, Tack, Taylor, Valverde, VanKoevering, Vukicevic, Vukicevic, Vukicevic, Wang, Wang, Warnes, Warnes, Warnes, Whitlock, Wilasrusmee, Williams, Witschey, Yoo, Yoo, Zopf, Zweifel   +117 more
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Use of hydrocolloid dressing in infants requiring open chest management after cardiac surgery

Surgical Case Reports, 2021
Purpose Sternal splintage is known as an effective maneuver to stabilize hemodynamics during the immediate postoperative period, particularly in very sick infants. On the other hand, its wound management is not always straightforward.
Shinya Yokoyama, Rei Tonomura, Ryohei Fukuba, Kazuhiro Mitani, Hideki Uemura   +4 more
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Common variation in ISL1 confers genetic susceptibility for human congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2016
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth abnormality and the etiology is unknown in the overwhelming majority of cases. ISLET1 (ISL1) is a transcription factor that marks cardiac progenitor cells and generates diverse multipotent ...
Coles, John G., Doevendans, Pieter A., Glessner, Joseph T., Granger, Anne, Gruber, Peter J., Gruber, Stephen B., Hakonarson, Hakon, Kim, Cecilia E., Koeleman, Bobby P. C., Mital, Seema, Moreno Aguado, Víctor, Raue, Jennifer, Stevens, Kristen N.   +12 more
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Medical Genetic Counseling Of Women With Congenital Heart Diseases Of Fetus [PDF]

, 2019
Aim of the work. Determine the effectiveness of prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart defects in the fetus and the informativeness of different markers used in the medical-genetic counseling of pregnant women..Materials and methods.
Helner, N. (Nadiya), Makukh, H. (Halyna), Prokopchuk, N. (Natalia), Sharhorodska, Y. (Yevheniya)   +3 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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MEF2C regulates outflow tract alignment and transcriptional control of Tdgf1 [PDF]

, 2016
Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in humans, and those that affect the proper alignment of the outflow tracts and septation of the ventricles are a highly significant cause of morbidity and mortality in infants.
Barnes, Ralston M., Black, Brian L., Harris, Ian S., Jaehnig, E., McCulley, David J., Norris, Russell A., Rojas González, Anabel, Sauls, Kimberly, Schachterle, William, Sinha, Tanvi   +9 more
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Image to Fit the Clinical Picture: Point-of-care Ultrasound Assessment of Ebstein’s Anomaly in Peru [PDF]

, 2020
Ebstein’s anomaly is a congenital heart defect that when left untreated can lead to unique physical exam and ultrasound findings. This case describes a patient who presented with dyspnea and was found to have cyanosis, clubbing, and dilation of right ...
Dreyfuss, Andrea, Inga, Roberto, Rider, Ashley C.   +2 more
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Parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2004
Objectives: To assess parents' understanding of their child's congenital heart disease in various knowledge domains and to identify significant determinants of parental knowledge. Design: Cross sectional questionnaire survey. Setting: Tertiary paediatric
Chau, AKT, Cheuk, DKL, Cheung, YF, Choi, YP, Wong, SMY   +4 more
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The use of Macitentan in Fontan circulation: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2017
Background The Fontan circulation, a result of a palliative procedure in patients with single systemic ventricles, is defined by chronically elevated pulmonary vascular resistance.
Polyvios Demetriades, Amir Aziz, Robin Condliffe, Sarah E. Bowater, Paul F. Clift   +4 more
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