Influence of Surgical Era on the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

Cardiac medical conditions have become the leading cause of death in children with heart disease

Tobias R. Schlingmann, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kimberly C. Lofgren, Michael Zaplin, Jean A. Connor, Pedro J. del Nido, James E. Lock, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2012; 7: 551-558DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00674.x AbstractObjective: Mortality among children with congenital and acquired heart disease has decreased significantly over […]

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Computed tomography-based surgical strategy for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hironori Matsuhisa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Tomonori Higuma, Shunsuke Matsushima, Shota Hasegawa, Yuson Wada, Michio Matsuoka, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 237-245DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa028 AbstractObjectives: We used computed tomographic angiography (CTA)-based surgical planning to clarify the anatomical indications of sutureless repair technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The mid-term

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: an analysis of current management strategies in a single institution

Camille L. Hancock Friesen, David Zurakowski, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Joseph M. Forbess, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Richard A. Jonas Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2005; 79: 596-606DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.005 AbstractBackground: Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) continues to be associated with significant mortality. We

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Changes in Prognosis of Heterotaxy Syndrome Over Time

Puja Banka, Adi Adar, Barbara Schaetzle, Lynn A. Sleeper, Sitaram Emani, Tal Geva Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2020; 146DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3345 AbstractBackground: Long-term outcomes in heterotaxy syndrome (HS) are poorly described. Some reports suggest improved survival in the recent era, whereas others do not. We sought to describe long-term outcomes and assess whether outcomes

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Seventeen-year surgical experience

R. K. Lamb, S. A. Qureshi, J. L. Wilkinson, R. Arnold, C. R. West, D. I. Hamilton Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988; 96: 368-375DOI: Not Available AbstractBetween 1968 and 1985, 80 children underwent correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. There were 47 boys and

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Long-Term Outcomes of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage Repair in Neonates and Infants

Matthew S. Yong, Nima Yaftian, Sophie Griffiths, Johann Brink, Terry Robertson, Luigi D’Orsogna, Robert G. Weintraub, Yves d’Udekem, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital. University of Melbourne. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Princess Margaret Hospital.Australia Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1232-1238DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.048 AbstractBackground: Outcomes of operations for total

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Surgical management of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Thirty-year trends

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Gregory J. Ensing, K. Sun, Thomas G. Sharp Y. Sekine, Donald A. Girod, John W. Brown James W. Riley Hospital for Children.United States CirculationCirculation 1996; 94(9 Suppl): II12-II16DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Reports of surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) over the past 30 years indicate a general improvement

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Long-term outcomes of total correction for isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: lessons from 50-years’ experience

Takahiko Sakamoto, Mitsugi Nagashima, Kentarou Umezu, Ryogo Houki, Jin Ikarashi, Junko Katagiri, Kenji Yamazaki The Heart Institute of Japan and Tokyo Women’s Medical University.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 20-26DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy034 AbstractObjectives: Isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a relatively rare congenital cardiac defect, while pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) is

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