OBJECTIVES In this observational study, we evaluated the peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), heart rate, and blood pressure of children with cyanotic congenital heart disease who were undergoing dental extraction. METHODS Forty-four patients between the ages of 6 and 12 years who underwent upper primary tooth extraction were included in the study. Of these, 20 patients were in the cyanotic c...

Primary cardiac tumors are rare. Of these the majorities are benign and about 75% are atrial myxomas. One of the rarest tumors affecting the heart is a cardiac paraganglioma. We report an unusual case of a left ventricular paraganglioma discovered during autopsy in a 22-year female patient, a case of sudden death. This patient also had coexistent Pentalogy of Fallots along with transposition of...

OBJECTIVE We hypothesize that there is a difference in the cerebral-oxygenation status between cyanotic and non-cyanotic congenital heart disease when commencing a crystalloid-primed cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We tested this hypothesis by using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). METHODS Group 1 consisted of ten patients with non-cyanotic congenital heart diseases, including atrial septal (...