ARTICLES ON CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES
Continuous cerebral oximetry (NIRS) in pediatric cardiac surgery neuromonitoring: advantages and limitations
Expert opinion about continuous cerebral oximetry as part of multimodal neuromonitoring, assessing its applications and limitations in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Permanent cardiac pacing in the Fontan circulation: therapeutic need or added risk factor?
Comprehensive review on the indications, approaches, and outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation in patients with Fontan circulation.
Document of consensus on the management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum
Consensus document from the Clinical Practice Standards Committee Working Group of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery on the management of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.
Management of Ebstein anomaly in children and adults: second part of the AATS consensus statement
Second part of the consensus guidelines regarding the treatment and management of Ebstein´s anomaly in children and adults
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: “and miles to go before I sleep”
Expert review on the current status and historical evolution of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
A new era for children with congenital heart disease? the promise of pediatric heart valve transplantation
This work reviews the innovative concept of domino heart valve transplantation (HVT) in pediatric patients with congenital valvular disease.
Valve technology in children: we need to change the paradigm
Summary of the October 2022 meeting between the Heart Valve Collaboratory (HVC) working group and the FDA.
How has europe evolved over the past 25 years in congenital heart surgery?
Surgical outcomes from the past 25 years of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Congenital Cardiac Database
Alternatives for unreparable aortic valves in pediatric patients: Ross vs Ozaki
Retrospective study comparing outcomes of the Ross and Ozaki techniques in patients with unreparable aortic valve disease.
The importance of the genes we operate on
Description of the genetic syndromes most commonly associated with congenital heart disease and analysis of their cardiac and extracardiac manifestations based on the experience of the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.