INTRODUCTION Today, with progress in the field of congenital heart surgery, different complicated actions are done in children. These actions may be associated with several complications, especially open heart surgery in which the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is used. Serious complications can be caused high morbidity and mortality rates. Present study has been performed to determine the incide...

C ongenital heart defects are the most common birth defects. Many of them are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Of all congenital conditions, heart defects account for the highest resource utilization among pediatric hospitalizations in developed countries. 1 The history of cardiac surgery now spans nearly 8 decades. In the earliest era of cardiac surgery, operations on child...

Objective—To evaluate changes in cognitive and academic functioning following cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease. Design—A prospective cross sectional study in which patients were assessed immediately before treatment and 12 months later. Patients—Three groups of children aged 3.5–17 years: a group with congenital heart disease awaiting surgery, another awaiting bone marr...

Pentalogy of Cantrell is a congenital anomaly characterized by combination birth defects involving the sternum, diaphragm, pericardium, abdominal wall, and heart. rare with high mortality. This paper describes treatment 9-month-old girl pentalogy Cantrell, Fallot, left ventricular diverticulum. The patient alive well 13 years after surgery.

BACKGROUND Pediatric hospitals frequently perform congenital heart surgery in adults with congenital heart disease. The impact of these admissions on pediatric hospital resources is unknown. Our goals were to examine resource use by adults undergoing congenital heart surgery in pediatric hospitals, explore the association between high resource use (HRU) and inpatient death, and identify HRU ris...

abstract hypoplastic right ventricular is a rare congenital heart disease. a few cases have been reported. we presented a case with hypoplastic right ventricular and multiple associated anomaly (ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect and pulmonary stenosis) in whom the main concern was whether biventricular repair or fontan type surgery would be the optimal management in this patient. ...

BACKGROUND Abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging scans are common both before and after surgery for congenital heart disease in early infancy. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the nature, timing, and consequences of brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging in a cohort of young infants undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease both with and without cardiopulmo...

BACKGROUND Cardiovascular surgery has been undergoing transformations due to the advancement of percutaneous techniques, clinical treatment and primary prevention. OBJECTIVE Evaluation of incidence and mortality of heart surgeries performed at the Instituto do Coração (InCor-HCFMUSP). METHODS Using database from the Instituto do Coração, analysis was carried out on cardiovascular surgeries ...

Congenital heart disease is diagnosed in 0.4% to 5% of live births and presents unique challenges to the pediatric anesthesiologist. Furthermore, advances in surgical management have led to improved survival of those patients, and many adult anesthesiologists now frequently take care of adolescents and adults who have previously undergone surgery to correct or palliate congenital heart lesions....