Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus Adversely Affect Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery in Children's Hospitals.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atypical development, behavioral difficulties, and academic underachievement are common morbidities in children with a history of congenital heart defects and impact quality of life. Language and social-cognitive deficits have been described, which are associated with autism spectrum disorders. The current st...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Bean Jaworski JL,Flynn T,Burnham N,Chittams JL,Sammarco T,Gerdes M,Bernbaum JC,Clancy RR,Solot CB,Zackai EH,McDonald-McGinn DM,Gaynor JW

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Improved weight gain during the interstage (IS) period has been shown to improve overall outcomes in patients with single ventricle physiology (SVP). This emphasis on nutrition may have untoward effects, such as increasing anxiety/stress levels in caregivers, who are already known to be at risk for increas...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Stewart J,Dempster R,Allen R,Miller-Tate H,Dickson G,Fichtner S,Principe AJ,Fonseca R,Nicholson L,Cua CL

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The neurodevelopmental outcome of children with repaired congenital heart defect has risen in importance with improved survival. This study compares neurodevelopmental outcomes of children who had CHD with single ventricle physiology with those who had CHD with two-ventricle physiology. PATIENTS AND METHO...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Hoskoppal A,Roberts H,Kugler J,Duncan K,Needelman H

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum is a unique congenital malformation of the heart in which patients may undergo single-, two- or 1½- ventricle repair. Size of the tricuspid valve annulus, morphology of the right ventricle and presence of ventriculocoronary connections can all impact the selec...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Loomba RS,Pelech AN

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to quantitatively compare findings of emotional functioning across studies of adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) through meta-analysis. DESIGN:The current meta-analysis included 22 studies of adolescent and adult survivors of CHD who completed measures of emotional fu...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Jackson JL,Misiti B,Bridge JA,Daniels CJ,Vannatta K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with a Fontan circulation are at risk of renal dysfunction. We analyzed cross-sectional data in pediatric and adult Fontan patients in order to assess the accuracy of commonly used serum creatinine-based methods in estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS:A total of 124 Fontan patients ...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Wilson TG,d'Udekem Y,Winlaw DS,Cordina RL,Ayer J,Gentles TL,Weintraub RG,Grigg LE,Cheung M,Cain TM,Rao P,Verrall C,Plessis KD,Rice K,Iyengar AJ

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While right ventricle to pulmonary artery homograft is the surgical procedure of choice for relieving right ventricle outflow tract obstruction; it is limited by the need for multiple surgical replacements owing to progressive conduit obstruction, valve dysfunction, or patient growth. Since January 2010, percutaneous ...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Bhat DP,Forbes TJ,Aggarwal S

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate functional health status among adults previously operated for aortic coarctation (CoA) compared with healthy subjects; to assess the influence of medication and exercise capacity on patients' functional health. DESIGN:Questionnaire-based investigation among 119 patients who underwent surgical...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Pedersen TA,Røpcke DM,Hjortdal VE

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC) was established in 2008 to improve outcomes of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) during the interstage period. They evaluated changes in patient variables and practice variation between early and late eras. DESIGN:Data includi...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Carlo WF,Cnota JF,Dabal RJ,Anderson JB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim is to present current clinical practice of thoracic aorta screening in a tertiary referral center. We identified how often imaging techniques were used for screening and established the value of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in comparison with computed tomography (CT) to detect aortic dilation....

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Bons LR,Uchoa de Assis L,Dekker S,Kauling RM,Cuypers JAAE,Verhagen HJM,Budde RPJ,Roos-Hesselink JW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crisscross heart is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which systemic and pulmonary venous streams cross without mixing at atrioventricular level. We report a case of crisscross heart with tricuspid atresia, double outlet right ventricle, and pulmonary stenosis, which was diagnosed prenatally. ...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Ayabakan C,Binnetoğlu K,Sarısoy Ö,Tokel K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Down syndrome (DS) patients are prone to pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) due to various cardiopulmonary causes. However, the association of DS with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is not adequately described. We illustrate three cases from our center and an additional 13 cases from an extensive review of the literature of...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Gowda S,Bhat D,Feng Z,Chang CH,Ross RD

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically significant patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been associated with significant morbidity in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants. Current management of ELBW infants with hemodynamically significant PDA includes supportive treatment, pharmacological therapy, and surgical ligation. All of these therapeu...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Almeida-Jones M,Tang NY,Reddy A,Zahn E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Frontiers in Fontan Failure" was the title of a 2015 conference sponsored by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. In what is hoped to be the first of many such gatherings, speakers and attendees gathered to discuss the problem of long-term clinical deterioration in these patients....

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Hebson C,Book W,Elder RW,Ford R,Jokhadar M,Kanter K,Kogon B,Kovacs AH,Levit RD,Lloyd M,Maher K,Reshamwala P,Rodriguez F,Romero R,Tejada T,Marie Valente A,Veldtman G,McConnell M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) is a rare, but serious complication in single ventricle patients after Fontan palliation, and is associated with a 5-year mortality of 46%. We describe a patient with PLE after Fontan palliation who achieved remission with high-dose spironolactone (an aldosterone antagonist), but had t...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Grattan MJ,McCrindle BW

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As physicians and caregivers of children with congenital heart disease, we are aware of the increasing need for procedures requiring anesthesia. While these procedures may be ideal for medical and cardiac surgical management, the risks and benefits must be assessed carefully. There are well known risks of cardiovascul...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Char D,Ramamoorthy C,Wise-Faberowski L

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardiovascular diseases in pediatric pathologies have emerged in the recent years in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with congenital heart diseases (CHDs) being the most frequent. Unfortunately, their diagnosis is usually delayed, thereby increasing childhood morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES:Describe the cli...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Kamdem F,Kedy Koum D,Hamadou B,Yemdji M,Luma H,Doualla MS,Noukeu D,Barla E,Akazong C,Dzudie A,Ngote H,Monkam Y,Mouliom S,Kingue S

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare neurological development of children with cyanotic or hemodynamically impaired congenital heart disease (CHD) and healthy controls by using "Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development Screening Test, Third Edition" (Bayley-III). PATIENTS:Children with CHD (n = 37...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Hallioglu O,Gurer G,Bozlu G,Karpuz D,Makharoblidze K,Okuyaz C

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So-called heterotaxy affects lateralization of the thoracic and abdominal organs. Congenital malformations may be present in one of several organ systems. Cardiac involvement includes both structural and conduction abnormalities. Data regarding arrhythmias in heterotaxy come from case reports and small case series. We...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Loomba RS,Willes RJ,Kovach JR,Anderson RH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a case report reviewing the presentation and clinical course of a patient diagnosed with abdominal aortic atresia at the level caudal to the superior mesenteric artery. Patients with abdominal aortic atresia need to be evaluated for associated underlying syndromes or diseases. Although the prognosis for this d...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Brown J,Shehata BM,Campbell R

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent advances in various disciplines of medicine have significantly changed the courses following cardiac surgery in children. On-table extubation (OTE) after open heart surgery in children is evolving. OBJECTIVE:To assess the rate of postoperative complications in children extubated on table after open h...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Hoda M,Haque A,Aijaz F,Akhtar MI,Rehmat A,Amanullah M,Hasan BS

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to demonstrate that pulmonary artery (PA) debanding via cardiac catheterization using balloon angioplasty is feasible and safe in swine. The secondary objectives were to determine the acute and long-term effects of this therapy. DESIGN:This is a chronic survival exper...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Perez M,Kumar TS,Hoskoppal D,Akkhawattanangkul Y,Allen K,Knott-Craig CJ,Waller BR,Sathanandam S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To outline the etiology, clinical course, short-term survival to discharge and neurological outcome of infants (<1 yr) with new cardiac diagnoses presenting to a pediatric intensive care (PICU) unit with acute cardiac compromise. METHODS:Retrospective search of a computerized database and medical case notes for a...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Dhandayuthapani G,Chakrabarti S,Ranasinghe A,Hunt L,Grant D,Martin RP,Kenny D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is becoming increasingly common in the treatment of congenital heart defects, particularly for the division of vascular rings. We compare the short-term outcomes of vascular ring division by VATS as opposed to open thoracotomy and discuss new issues raise...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Kogon BE,Forbess JM,Wulkan ML,Kirshbom PM,Kanter KR

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 51-year-old patient with platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome after percutaneous closure of a secundum atrial septal defect, an unusual complication of this modality of treatment. Echocardiography, the main diagnostic technique in the present case, showed that one of the percutaneous device's rims was fixed to t...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Gomez-Rubin MC,Ruiz-Cantador J,Polo L,Lopez-Fernandez T,Gonzalez A,Oliver JM,Lopez-Sendon JL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obesity affects adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). The effect of an increased body mass index (BMI) with respect to morbidity and mortality has not been evaluated in adults with complex CHD. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of increased BMI on heart failure and mortality in univentricular pa...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Martinez SC,Byku M,Novak EL,Cedars AM,Eghtesady P,Ludbrook PA,Billadello JJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aimed to study the efficiency and safety of once-a-week outpatient rehabilitation followed by home program with tele-monitoring in patients with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. DESIGN:Prospective nonrandomized study. METHOD:Patients who have been diagnosed either Eisenmenger's syndrome or inop...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Bhasipol A,Sanjaroensuttikul N,Pornsuriyasak P,Yamwong S,Tangcharoen T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The right ventricle (RV) supports the systemic circulation in patients who have had an intraatrial repair of transposition of the great arteries or have congenitally corrected transposition. There is concern about the ability of a systemic RV to support the additional volume load of pregnancy, and previous...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Bowater SE,Selman TJ,Hudsmith LE,Clift PF,Thompson PJ,Thorne SA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Physician burnout has many undesirable consequences, including negative impact on patient care delivery and physician career satisfaction. Electronic health records (EHRs) may exacerbate burnout by increasing physician workload. OBJECTIVE:To determine burnout in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) special...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Marckini DN,Samuel BP,Parker JL,Cook SC

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiovascular lesions are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Williams syndrome. Recent studies have rebutted conventional reports about the natural course of cardiovascular anomalies in Williams syndrome. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Single tertiary center. PATIENTS:Eight...

journal_title：Congenital heart disease

authors： Cha SG,Song MK,Lee SY,Kim GB,Kwak JG,Kim WH,Bae EJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00