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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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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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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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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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Total anomalous pulmonary vein drainage in a 60-year-old woman diagnosed in an ECG-gated multidetector computed tomography : a case report and review of literature [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: Total anomalous pulmonary vein drainage (TAPVD) is a congenital cardiac defect in which there is no connection between pulmonary veins and the left atrium.
Adamczyk, Piotr, Czekajska-Chehab, Elżbieta, Drop, Andrzej, Siek, Elżbieta, Staśkiewicz, Grzegorz, Tomaszewski, Andrzej, Wojtkowska, Agnieszka, Zakościelna, Magdalena   +7 more
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Delivery of care for adult patients with congenital heart disease in Europe: Results from the Euro Heart Survey [PDF]

, 2006
Aims: The increasing number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) has prompted the development of recommendations for the management of these patients and for the organization of their healthcare.
Engelfriet, P.M. (Peter), Kaemmerer, H. (Harald), Meijboom, F.J. (Folkert), Moons, P. (Philip), Mulder, B.J.M. (Barbara), Oechslin, E.N. (Erwin)   +5 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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Systemic right ventricle in elderly patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: Clinical profile, cardiac biomarkers, and echocardiographic parameters

Anatolian Journal of Cardiology, 2020
Objective: The number of patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) surviving to old age is increasing. This study therefore sought to characterize 'geriatric' systemic right ventricle (sRV) in terms of clinical ...
Ewa Kowalik, Anna Kwiatek-Wrzosek, Anna Klisiewicz, Anna Lutynska, Elzbieta Katarzyna Biernacka, Miroslaw Kowalski, Piotr Hoffman   +6 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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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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