Introduction: Since 1954, after the first surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), several innovations have occurred in cardiac surgery, especially in children. One stage complete repair of TOF is currently possible even in infancy; however, complications such as hypoxemia, arrhythmia, cardiac dysfunction, sudden death, and valvular disorders may happen. In this study, we evaluated the res...

BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can lead to significant cardiac dysfunction and is considered to be associated with an increased risk of perioperative cardiovascular complications. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of children with PAH who underwent anesthesia or sedation for noncardiac surgical procedures or cardiac catheterizations from 1999 to 2004. The incidence, ty...

Objective: Cardiac tamponade is a life-threatening clinical entity that requires an emergency treatment. Cardiac tamponade can be caused both by benign and malignant diseases. A variety of methods have been described for the treatment of these cases from needle-guided pericardiocentesis, balloon-based techniques to surgical pericardiotomy. The Authors report their experience in...

No doubt surgical research has paved the way to curative treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Long before the idea of catheter ablation was born, accessory atrioventricular pathways were interrupted by surgical knives, ventricular tachycardia was successfully treated by endocardial resection or scar circumcision, and even the first successful approaches to cure atrioventricular nodal re-entrant ta...

BACKGROUND Patients with single ventricle physiology are at increased anesthetic risk when undergoing noncardiac surgery. OBJECTIVE To review the outcomes of anesthetics for patients with single ventricle physiology undergoing noncardiac surgery. METHODS This study is a retrospective chart review of all patients who underwent a palliative procedure for single ventricle physiology between Ja...