Percutaneous interventions have transformed management of many congenital heart lesions from fetal life through adulthood. This article is the second a two-part review recent developments in cardiac interventions, including advances devices and techniques for atrial ventricular septal defect closure, endovascular stenting obstructive lesions, interventions; as well novel three-dimensional (3D) ...

We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with recent onset of dipnea and atrial fibrillation. She was referred to our center for treatment of an associated ventricular septal defect. Echocardiography confirmed the presence of a membranous ventricular septal defect, but also showed signs of constriction. Cardiac computed tomography displayed a severe, diffuse calcified pericarditis. We show th...

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 ...

A survey conducted by cardiologists in Soweto, Johannesburg, provided an opportunity of assessing the frequency of congenital heart disease in black schoolchildren. Among 12,050 schoolchildren aged 2 to 18 years, 48 had a congenital heart defect, yielding a prevalence of 3.9 per 1000. Only in 2- to 6-year-old children did the prevalence exceed that of rheumatic heart disease. The distribution o...

A 13-year-old boy with atrial septal defect and tricuspid valve abnormality was reported. He had crepitan ralles and signs of heart failure. He was treated with digital, diuretic and antimicrobial therapies. After clinical improvement he underwent surgery. The atrial septal defect was closed, and ringplasty was applied to the tricuspid valve. After the operation, he could not be extubated becau...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequence and profile of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome patients referred to a pediatric cardiologic center, considering the age of referral, gender, type of heart disease diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography and its association with pulmonary hypertension at the initial diagnosis. METHODS Cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection of...

49,xxxxy is rare chromosomal pattern and these patients have mental retardation, small penis, cryptorchidism and skeletal anomalies. we reported a 10 month-old boy who has hypotonia, microcephaly, hypertelorism, depressed nasal bridge, epicanthic folds and bilateral multiple ear tags, high arched palate, down set ears, micrognathia and congenital heart disease such as patent ductus arteriosus (...

BACKGROUND AND AIM In Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), shunting of blood occurs through the anatomical defects which lead to mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood. Chronic hypoxia which occurs due to the above said mechanism has the potency to cause DNA damage in children with CHD. In chronic hypoxia, there is a liberation of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) due to tissue injury as a result o...

catheter ablation is an accepted, highly effective modality of treatment for cardiac arrhythmias in children. the success rate depends on the operator’s experience, especially in cases involving complex anatomies. we hereby report our recent experience of successful ablation of accessory pathways in three children with complex congenital heart diseases. the first case was a 7-year-old girl with...

background the prevalence of celiac disease (cd) is remarkably varied in down syndrome(ds)patientscompared with other diseases.  this study aimed to assess celiac disease prevalence in down syndrome children with and without congenital heart defects (chd) and its comparison with controls. materials and methods this case-control study was performed at a single center on 132 participants in three...