Abstract Background A higher prevalence of congenital heart defects (CHD) in neuroblastoma patients in general population is reported in some publications, however, some authors did not find such an association. The evidence for this relation comes from the observation that, the neural crest cells accompany to the development of the heart and neuroblastoma as well. Materials and Methods We...

background pulmonary artery banding (pab) is a technique of palliative surgical therapy used by congenital heart surgeons as a staged approach to operative correction of congenital heart defects. materials and methods we report 5- year experiences from january 2011 to january 2016 of imam reza hospital center (a tertiary referral hospital in mashhad city, north east of iran) that consist of 50 ...

BACKGROUND Service experiences for adults with congenital heart disease have not been reported in our country. OBJECTIVE To describe the basic clinical profile of adults with congenital heart disease in an outpatient tertiary care center. METHODS We compiled data on age, gender, place of residence, primary diagnosis, and secondary diagnoses of 413 patients treated for seven years. RESULTS...

BACKGROUND As a result of antenatal screening, abortion of fetuses with Down syndrome has become increasingly common. Little is known about the cardiovascular phenotype in infants with Down syndrome born today. METHODS Population-based cohort study based on national health registers including 2588 infants with Down syndrome, live-born in Sweden from 1992 to 2012. Risk ratios for congenital he...

purpose: to evaluate the diagnostic signs, intraoperative complications and postoperative outcomes in children with congenital cataract and pre-existing posterior capsule defect (ppcd). methods: this interventional case series was conducted on 14 eyes of 7 patients who underwent lensectomy-anterior vitrectomy for congenital cataract with ppcd. all children had bilateral cataract. preoperative d...

OBJECTIVE To assess age, gender distribution and relative frequency of congenital heart disease (CHD) in children who underwent palliative or corrective cardiac surgery at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar. METHODOLOGY This retrospective study was conducted in Department of Cardiac Surgery at Rehman Medical Institute (RMI), Peshawar from May 2008 till May 2010. One hundred and twenty three p...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES A longitudinal, retrospective, observational descriptive study was done at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City to determine the incidence, type of heart disease and clinical course in patients with Down syndrome (DS), and to compare the findings with data from other countries. Down syndrome is a disease caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. The frequenc...

background: coronary arteriovenous fistulas (cavfs) are direct connections from one or more coronary arteries to cardiac chambers or a large vessel. they are mostly of congenital origin. the aim of this study was to describe clinical presentation and also delineate the course and management of cavf. methods: clinical data, chest x-rays, echocardiographic and angiographic evaluation of 40 patien...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Private grant(s) and/or Sponsorship. Main source(s): Stiftung KinderHerz Weserstr. 101 45136 Essen. Background For the last decades, surgical progress lead to better functional outcomes in patients with congenital heart defect (CHD), which may also affect lung function. Reduced volumes were found about half all a CHD. Purpose This prosp...