conclusions the results of this study indicated that pmv predictors could be specific for each center and a good administration program is needed for each pediatric cardiac surgery center for the preoperative management of patients undergoing congenital heart surgeries. results a total of 300 patients, 56.7% male, were enrolled in this study. their mean age was 32 ± 40 months .the median durati...

now-a-days truncus arteriosus has been known as “common arterial trunk” (cat) and is an uncommon congenital cardiac defect presenting in about 1-3% congenital heart disease. environmental and genetic factors effects on incidence of cat and other conotruncal anomalies. the majority patients with cat and 22q11 deletion have other anomalies such as hypoplasia or aplasia of the thymus or parath...

conclusions using a single postsurgical dose of methylprednisolone does not significantly alter the clinical outcome after repairing tetralogy of fallot. results the only significant differences were lower incidence of bacteremia and higher incidence of hyperglycemia in the group who were used methylprednisolone. patients and methods one hundred children who underwent total repair of tetralogy ...

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 ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : fahr's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder of unknown cause characterized by idiopathic basal ganglia calcification that is associated with neuropsychiatric and cognitive impairment. no case of fahr's disease with associated cardiac conduction disease has been described in the literature to date. the objective of this case report ...

various dermatoglyphic parameters like finger print pattern, atd angle, absolute ridge count & ab, bc ,cd, and ad ridge counts were observed in 150 cases of congenital cardiac disease, comprising of 72 cases of ventricular septal defects (vsd), 60 cases of atrial septal defects (asd), 9 cases of coarctation of aorta (coa) & 9 cases of tetralogy of fallot’s (tof). same dermatoglyphic parameters ...

Interventional cardiology for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease is a relatively young and rapidly evolving field. As the profession begins to establish multi-institutional databases, a universal system of nomenclature is necessary for the field of interventional cardiology for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the efforts o...

the prospect of surgery can be frightening and more extensive surgery is included more anxious . knowledge of how to surgery reduces anxiety. hence,our goals are as follows :   what conditions can cause heart surgery? the majority of adults who should be considered for cardiac surgery , suffer from the disease of the heart valves or coronary artery disease or both.also, a few of them have conge...