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Postcardiotomy Mechanical Circulatory Support in Two Infants with Williams’ Syndrome

Case Reports in Surgery, 2014
Supravalvar aortic stenosis (SVAS) in patients with Williams’ syndrome is often accompanied by coronary, pulmonary, and even myocardial lesions and therefore associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality.
Constantinos A. Contrafouris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Meletios A. Kanakis, Prodromos A. Azariadis, Fotios A. Mitropoulos   +4 more
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Epigenetics and Congenital Heart Diseases

, 2022
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a frequent occurrence, with a prevalence rate of almost 1% in the general population. However, the pathophysiology of the anomalous heart development is still unclear in most patients screened.
Bonnet, Damien, Léa Linglart, Linglart, Léa, Damien Bonnet   +3 more
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Consanguinity and the risk of congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2012
Consanguineous unions have been associated with an increased susceptibility to various forms of inherited disease. Although consanguinity is known to contribute to recessive diseases, the potential role of consanguinity in certain common birth defects is
Hudgins, L., Shieh, J.T.C., Bittles, A.H.   +2 more
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Tracheostomy Following Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease: 14-year Institutional Experience

, 2016
Background: Tracheostomy following congenital heart disease (CHD) surgery is a rare event and associated with significant mortality. Hospital survival has been reported from 20% to 40%.
Cristea, A. Ioana, Brown, John W., Benneyworth, Brian D., Shao, Jenny M., Ackerman, Veda, Turrentine, Mark W., Rodefeld, Mark D.   +6 more
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Pulse oximetry screening for clinically unrecognized critical congenital heart disease in the newborns [PDF]

, 2007
The aim of this article is to determine the incidence of clinically unrecognized critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) in the newborns by using pulse oximetric screening.peer ...
Pongpanich, Boonchab, Bunjapamai, W., Ruangritnamcha, Chatree   +2 more
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T-Bar Utilization for Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Operation and Left Upper Lobectomy

Case Reports in Surgery, 2016
Management in patients with coexisting coronary artery disease and lung carcinoma is usually a two-stage operation, with the cardiac surgery procedure followed by pulmonary resection at a later time.
Fotios Mitropoulos, Meletios A. Kanakis, Anastasios Apostolou, Andrew Chatzis, Constantinos Contrafouris, Christos Apostolidis, Achilleas Lioulias   +6 more
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Risk stratification for adult congenital heart surgery

, 2011
Objective: At this moment, no risk stratification models are available for adult congenital cardiac surgery. This study aims to identify a suitable stratification tool for the adult congenital heart surgery population.
Johanna J.M. Takkenberg, Takkenberg, Hanneke, Léon M. Putman, Bogers, Ad; id_orcid, Ad J.J.C. Bogers, Putman, Leon, Bogers, Ad, Menno van Gameren, Gameren, Menno   +8 more
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Absent Pericardium Causing Extreme Levoposition in a Child

Clinical Case Reports
During surgical repair of congenital heart defects, surgeons often come across anomalies that might not have been adequately illustrated in preoperative imaging.
Filippos‐Paschalis Rorris, Alexandros Tsoutsinos, Meletios Kanakis   +2 more
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Challenges of congenital heart disease in grown-up patients

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017
Nowadays, more than 90% of all children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adult life. Although initially considered to be cured, the majority of them continue to need specialised follow-up because they require re-do interventions or are at
Markus Schwerzmann, Fabienne Schwitz, Corina Thomet, Alexander Kadner, Jean-Pierre Pfammatter, Kerstin Wustmann   +5 more
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Pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease [PDF]

, 2003
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and time course of pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart diseases and to identify predisposing risk factors.
Cheung, EWY, Ho, SA, Cheung, YF, Chiu, CSW, Tang, KKY, Chau, AKT   +5 more
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