Achievements in Congenital Heart Defect Surgery

Achievements in congenital heart defect surgery: a prospective, 40-year study of 7038 patients.

BACKGROUND This article presents an update of the results achieved by modern surgery in congenital heart defects (CHDs) over the past 40 years regarding survival and the need for reoperations, especially focusing on the results from the past 2 decades. METHODS AND RESULTS From 1971 to 2011, all 7038 patients <16 years of age undergoing surgical treatment for CHD at Rikshospitalet (Oslo, Norwa...

Congenital Heart Disease White Matter Protection in Congenital Heart Surgery

Congenital Heart Disease Surgery in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease

Koolbergen, M.G. Hazekamp, J.P. van Melle, T.C. Konings, L. Bellersen, D.E. A.C. Zomer, C.L. Verheugt, I. Vaartjes, C.S.P.M. Uiterwaal, M.M. Langemeijer, D.R. Surgery in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2011 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenvi...

Polymalformative syndrome with congenital heart defect

This is the case of a male newborn whose mother during pregnancy was treated with chloropromazine, topiramate and diazepam, but without any other relevant family history, especially related with congenital malformation. At 34 weeks of gestation, the fetus was diagnosed with transposition of the great arteries (TGA). He born at 37 weeks of gestation, his birth weight was 3,229g and Apgar score 1...

Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects

The third edition of Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects proves to be a userfriendly and instructive resource that is sure to be of great value to many physicians. While the seasoned surgeon might call upon the text as a reference, even the greenest medical student wades comfortably into the depths of the text and feels empowered by the visual feast that awaits. As in the previous editions, me...