Current Nationwide Landscape of Cardiac Surgery for Children With Trisomy 18 in Japan
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing number of retrospective cohorts describing successful cardiac surgery for children with trisomy 18, no consensus has been reached among healthcare providers regarding cardiac surgery in Japan. This study provided a benchmark to facilitate consensus building by assessing a nationwide surgical database in Japan. A total of
Shintaro Nemoto +5 more
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Sudden ventricular fibrillation due to absence of pericardium in left upper lobectomy -a case report- [PDF]
Background Congenital absence of the pericardium (CAP) is a rare cardiac abnormality. As pericardial defects are usually asymptomatic, most cases are diagnosed during surgery or on autopsy.
Guo-Cao Wang +3 more
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Mortality Patterns and Phenotypic Clusters in Trisomy 13: A Population‐Based Study From Japan
ABSTRACT Trisomy 13, the third most common autosomal trisomy after trisomy 21 and trisomy 18, is associated with a significantly high infant mortality rate. However, large‐scale studies examining causes of death in trisomy 13 remain scarce. Therefore, we aimed to better understand the mortality patterns.
Narumi Kato +2 more
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Noninvasive Imaging of Pericardium
The clinical manifestation of pericardial disease is similar to that of coronary artery disease and aortic disease. Therefore, a timely and accurate diagnosis is necessary.
Bae Young Lee
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ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) is frequently complicated by congenital heart disease (CHD). While left‐sided lesions such as bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) and coarctation of the aorta are the most common structural heart lesions in TS, other anomalies, such as aortic arch malformations, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), persistent left superior vena
Katya de Groote +9 more
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Pulmonary Valve Replacement Using an Intraoperatively Created Trileaflet Autologous Pericardial Valve: A Case Series [PDF]
Background: Pulmonary valve replacement is inevitable for the majority of patients with long-standing pulmonary regurgitation. The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of employing a novel technique to create an intraoperatively handmade ...
Ahmad Ali Amirghofran +10 more
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Congenital complete absence of the pericardium: A multimodality imaging diagnostic approach [PDF]
The complete congenital absence of the pericardium is a rare and benign condition, which often presents a diagnostic dilemma. We reported a case of essentially complete absence of the pericardium with an otherwise normal heart in a 16 year old that was ...
Barbieri, Andrea +2 more
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Congenital absence of pericardium
A 16-year-old girl presented to the emergency department with orthopnea and exercise intolerance for 1 week. Electrocardiogram at that time showed rightward deviation of the cardiac axis, with nonspecific T-wave inversion in the lateral precordial leads and flattening in the inferior leads.
Snigdha Puram +4 more
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The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
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Gastric tube ulcer perforating the pericardium after subtotal esophagectomy [Perforacija ulkusa želučanog supstituta u perikard nakon subtotalne ezofagektomije] [PDF]
Subtotal esophagectomy with retrosternal transposition of the gastric tube to the neck was performed in a 62-year-old patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the proximal third of the esophagus.
Korušić, Anđelko +5 more
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