Congenital Heart Surgery

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...

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...

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE Pericardial effusion after open heart surgery for congenital heart disease

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. Design and patients: Prospective assessment of development of pericardial effusion in 336 patients (163 males) undergoing open heart surgery for congenital heart disease by serial echocardiography on days 5, 7, 14, 21, ...

Quality evaluation in congenital heart surgery.

Evaluation of quality of care is a duty of the modern medical practice. A reliable method of quality evaluation able to compare fairly institutions and inform a patient and his family of the potential risk of a procedure is clearly needed. Two articles published in this journal present their conclusions based on a similar method. As stated by D. Boethig et al. in their discussion: “Risk adjustm...