Objective: One and one half ventricle repair is a surgical option for congenital cardiac anomalies characterised by right ventricle (RV) hypoplasia and/or dysplasia. Methods: From March 1994 to March 2001, eight patients (mean age 9.1 years, range 7 months to 35 years) with hypoplastic and/or dysplastic RV underwent correction of their intracardiac anomaly in association with a BCPS (one and on...

conclusions it seems that severe pah aggravates the rv function more severely. results significant tricuspid regurgitation was more prevalent in the pah group than in the ps group (61% vs. 18.5%; p < 0.001). the abnormalities in the rv myocardial performance index, rv areas, and rv fractional area change were significantly more robust in the pah group (all ps < 0.05) despite the higher net rv s...

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a complex congenital heart defect characterized by both atrio-ventricular and ventriculo-arterial discordance, which results in a physiologically " normal " circulation. There are various anatomical and clinical combinations in this disease entity. The natural course of ccTGA depends largely on the presence of associated defe...

objectives in this study, besides studying the rv function in ssc patients, attempts have been made to find a new possible noninvasive echocardiographic test for early diagnosis of systolic failure as a pah complication. methods 30 patients with at least a 2-year history of diffuse ssc confirmed by an expert rheumatologist were enrolled in this study. all the patients underwent transthoracic ec...

Abstract Introduction Mortality of tricuspid valve (TV) surgery for severe secondary regurgitation (TR) remains relatively high. Current guidelines advise in patients with symptomatic TR as a concomitant procedure to left-sided surgery. Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is an important prognostic marker and may appear late the natural history TR. How staging algorithm right heart failure (RHF)...

Tricuspid valve (TV) disease (which includes surgical repair) can impede transvenous endocardial right ventricular pacing. A lead crossing the TV can damage and be damaged by the valve, especially in the presence of mechanical prostheses (valve, annuoplasty ring, artificial chordae). Surgical epicardial lead placement requires sternotomy or thoracotomy and pericardotomy, with associated morbidi...

Ascites is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in modern broiler production. Reduction of early growth, followed by compensatory gain, seems a practical and viable method to minimize losses caused by ascites. An experiment was conducted to determine if early feed restriction can reduce the incidence of ascites in broilers exposed to cool temperatures. Ross 308 cockerels (N=180) were assign...