Progress in paediatric cardiac surgery over the last decades resulted in a growing number of adult patients with (surgical corrected) congenital heart defects. Most of these patients require lifelong care, as the long-term outcome of the complex surgical procedures is often complicated by heart failure, atrial or ventricular arrhythmias, pulmonary hypertension, or endocarditis. In addition, sur...

conclusions from this experience, we argue that in the right circumstances a completely minimally invasive approach can be taken for synchronous congenital diaphragmatic hernias. case presentation in this case report we have a 2-day-old who developed respiratory distress and on ct scan was found to have a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (cdh) or eventration. this patient is ideal for this case ...

BACKGROUND Screening for critical congenital heart defects in newborn babies can aid in early recognition, with the prospect of improved outcome. We assessed the performance of pulse oximetry as a screening method for the detection of critical congenital heart defects in asymptomatic newborn babies. METHODS In this systematic review, we searched Medline (1951-2011), Embase (1974-2011), Cochra...

OBJECTIVE To study the distribution of age, gender, and the relative frequency of congenital heart defects at the time of the diagnosis in Southern Yemeni children. METHODS This retrospective study focused on echocardiographic findings of 393 symptomatic children affected by congenital heart disease. It was conducted in the Echocardiography Department of a referral hospital for Aden city and ...

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week is observed each year during February 7-14 to promote awareness and education about congenital heart defects (CHDs). CHDs affect approximately one in 100 births every year in the United States and are the most common type of birth defect (1,2). Heart defects are conditions that persons live with throughout their lives; an estimated 1 million children and 1...

In order to understand the physiology of the neonatal heart, one must have an understanding of both the fetal circulation and the cardiac function of the adult heart. Transitional changes occur in the neonatal period, where the function of one ventricle has important effects on the function of the contralateral ventricle (1). In the presence of congenital heart defects, the myocardium is expose...

AIMS To investigate whether ocular anomalies are associated with congenital heart defects in children with Down's syndrome. METHODS 58 children with Down's syndrome were entered into a retrospective observational study. Children were assigned to heart defect groups based on medical records. Optometric tests had previously been carried out at the homes of the children. RESULTS A relation bet...

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 ...

Congenital complete heart block can occur in sibs with and without associated congenital heart defects.' This has been associated with different histological changes, but the ultimate cause has remained obscure. Recently there have been reports of an association between congenital heart block and maternal systemic lupus erythematosus.24 This report concerns two sisters with congenital complete ...