A significant part of current daily practice in interventional cardiology consists of interventions in structural heart disease. This involves a diversity of interventions in both acquired and congenital heart defects. A safe and predictable intervention can be a challenge, particularly in patients with congenital heart disease who often have multiple operations in their medical history. Improv...

BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) was a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). could occur all ages higher below 1-year-old, including neonates. Various clinical manifestations IE make it difficult to prompt diagnosis appropriate management. Finding echocardiography help clinicians determine the IE. Systemic embolization...

background supraventricular tachycardia (svt) is the most frequent arrhythmia requiring a medical treatment in neonates. objectives the aim of our study was to evaluate and manage neonatal supraventricular tachycardia. methods this study was performed on 22 newborns that were diagnosed with svt at two neonatal intensive care units (nicu) in south west of iran from october 2012 to october 2015. ...

a 29-year-old woman was referred to our hospital due to exacerbation in dyspnea on exertion and easy fatigability. a known case of congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels and congenital complete heart block, she had already received a permanent single-chamber pacemaker. decision was made to implant a biventricular pacemaker for the treatment of the failing heart. excellent cor...

Background Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital cardiovascular defect that occurs in approximately 1/300 000 live births or 0.5% of children with congenital heart disease. There are two types of ALCAPA syndrome: the infant type and the adult type. The most infants experience myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure, and approximately 9...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a congenital disease which accounts for 8% of all defects. Twin pregnancies have significantly higher risk structural than singleton ones, however the concordance rate has been found to be relatively low, even in monochorionic pregnancies. We describe here favorable evolution monochorionic, diamniotic, twin pregnancy both fetuses were diagnosed with hypoplasti...

cor triatriatum   sinistrum is a rare congenital cardiac malformation, accounting for about 0.1-0.4% of all congenital heart diseases and characterized by the presence of a fibromuscular membrane that subdivides the left atrium into two chambers in the classical form. while classic cor triatriatum in most patients can be observed during the neonatal period or early infancy, it is very rare in a...

BACKGROUND Several pioneering studies have provided evidence for the introduction of universal pulse oximetry screening for critical congenital heart disease. However, whether the benefits of screening reported in studies from high-income countries would translate with similar success to low-income countries is unknown. We assessed the feasibility and reliability of pulse oximetry plus clinical...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to investigate the occurrence, pattern and clinical aspects of congenital heart diseases and their management in Cameroon. In this multicentred retrospective study from January 2006 till November 2009, out of 51,636 consulting in three referral centres, 505 were recruited. All the patients presented with the following symptoms: cyanosis, clubbing, frequent re...

Background Heart failure continues to be a significant contributor morbidity and mortality in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). Little is known about children. Identifying predictors of CHD can serve guide preventive strategies failure.
 Objective To understand the disease.
 Methods A nested, case-control study was performed using secondary data based on prospective previo...