IN PATIENTS with ventricular septal defect who are more than 3 or 4 years of age, an open corrective operation may be carried out with minimal risk if the lesion is not complicated by the presence of severe pulmonary hypertension. With surgical technics presently available, however, the closure of a ventricular septal defect in an infant or very young child is associated with considerable hazar...

discussion children with congenital heart disease are at risk of acquiring gram-negative endocarditis even if they have not had other predisposing factors. case presentation in this study a ten-year-old boy with ventricular septal defect, who was not immune compromised and acquired klebsiella endocarditis is introduced. the patient had a favorable response to medical treatment and underwent a s...

A neonate with a double aneuploidy associated with congenital heart defect (CHD) suffered from cyanosis after birth. He had typical features of Down syndrome (DS) including hypertelorism, slightly lowset ears with protruding pinna. Doppler echocardiography indicated complex congenital heart disease with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect, enlarged right ventricle, and mild tricuspid valve ...

While atrial septal defect (ASD) classifies as the most common cause of grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) disease, it can present with unconventional symptoms, owing to underlying pathophysiological alterations.[1]Atypical chest pain in ASD be due arrhythmias, right ventricular dysfunction, or ischemia. However, we describe an interesting echocardiographic finding, showcasing a rare potential le...

BACKGROUND Recent advances in diagnosis and treatment have increased the life expectancy of patients with congenital heart disease. METHODS To investigate the prevalence of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) in a large registry of patients over a 20-year period, we retrospectively assessed data of 14,012 males and 4,461 females who underwent clinically indicated cardiac catheterization fro...

A neonate with a double aneuploidy associated with congenital heart defect (CHD) suffered from cyanosis after birth. He had typical features of Down syndrome (DS) including hypertelorism, slightly lowset ears with protruding pinna. Doppler echocardiography indicated complex congenital heart disease with an ostium secundum atrial septal defect, enlarged right ventricle, and mild tricuspid valve ...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a form of congenital heart disease characterized by severe underdevelopment of the left heart, leading to inadequate systemic blood flow. Several different atrial septal morphologies are observed in HLHS, most commonly a secundum atrial septal defect, patent foramen ovale, intact septum, and leftward displacement of the superior attachment of the septum...

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS has been well recognized as an important complication of congenital heart disease, although its incidence has been represented by figures that lack authenticity. Since the ventricular septal defect is the most common form of congenital heart defect, it is important to assess the true incidence of bacterial endocarditis in this lesion. The need has become more urgent since...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES A longitudinal, retrospective, observational descriptive study was done at the National Institute of Pediatrics in Mexico City to determine the incidence, type of heart disease and clinical course in patients with Down syndrome (DS), and to compare the findings with data from other countries. Down syndrome is a disease caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. The frequenc...