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Innovations in congenital heart surgery

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021
Pediatric heart surgery is still a young discipline. The first operations to treat congenital heart diseases were done in the early 1940s and its real expansion ensued after intra-cardiac procedures were feasible with acceptable risk following wider ...
Can Yerebakan   +2 more
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Acute effects of vasoactive medications in patients with parallel circulation awaiting hybrid or Norwood procedure

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2022
Background : Vasoactive medications are frequently used in the preoperative stage to balance the pulmonary and systemic blood flow. However, not much is known about the effects of these agents during this stage. Aims : The primary objective of this study
Emily Hendon   +7 more
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The care of the patients with hipoplastic left heart syndrome in places of social and economic vulneability. An ethical analysis

open access: yesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2023
The birth of a child means hope and joy, particularly for the parents and the healthcare team. When this child is born with a severe malformation and a poor prognosis, as in the case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, the scenario is one of great ...
ISAURA ELAINE GONÇALVES MOREIRA ROCHA   +2 more
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Neurodevelopmental and functional outcome in hypoplastic left heart syndrome after Hybrid procedure as stage I

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundPatients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) undergoing staged palliation until Fontan procedure are at risk for impaired neurodevelopmental (ND) outcome.
Walter Knirsch   +8 more
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Intraoperative fluorescence with indocyanine green in congenital cardiac surgery: Potential applications of a novel technologyCentral MessagePerspective

open access: yesJTCVS Techniques, 2021
Background: Achieving successful repair of congenital heart defects requires attention to detail. Careful evaluation of anastomotic site patency, reimplanted coronary arteries, location of epicardial coronaries, and myocardial perfusion may be necessary ...
Sameh M. Said, MBBCh, MD, FACS   +2 more
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Current state of the art in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a complex congenital heart condition in which a neonate is born with an underdeveloped left ventricle and associated structures. Without palliative interventions, HLHS is fatal.
Aditya K. Birla   +30 more
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The use of novel diffuse optical spectroscopies for improved neuromonitoring during neonatal cardiac surgery requiring antegrade cerebral perfusion

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
BackgroundSurgical procedures involving the aortic arch present unique challenges to maintaining cerebral perfusion, and optimal neuroprotective strategies to prevent neurological injury during such high-risk procedures are not completely understood. The
Kalil Shaw   +12 more
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Temporary bronchial stenting for airway compression in the interstage palliation of functional single ventricle

open access: yesAnnals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2019
The Norwood procedure is the first of three palliative surgical procedures offered for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Due to the small size of the thorax and proximity of airway and vascular structures, compression of the airway is possible ...
Jason Hawes Barnes   +4 more
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