Ebstein’s anomaly is a rare congenital heart disorder occurring in ≈1 per 200 000 live births and accounting for <1% of all cases of congenital heart disease. This anomaly was described..
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Mitral valve dysplasia syndrome is a unique form of congenital heart disease with severe aortic stenosis but normal or enlarged left ventricle secondary to primary mitral valve disease. Increased left..
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Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a pediatric cardiac congenital defect arising from an embryological discordance between the aorta and pulmonary trunk. During cardiac development, the conotruncal septum spirals..
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Taussig-Bing anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation that was first described in 1949 by Helen B. Taussig (1898–1986) and Richard J. Bing (1909–). Although substantial improvement has since been..
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Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a heterogeneous group of abnormal ventriculoarterial connections where, by definition, both great arteries (pulmonary artery and aorta) arise primarily from the morphologically right ventricle...
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Double-outlet right ventricle (DORV) and subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD) is defined anatomically as a defect where the entire pulmonary trunk and at least half of the aorta arises from..
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The clinical, hemodynamic, angiocardiographic and pathologic findings are presented in an infrequent but surgically correctable type of double outlet right ventricle. This study is based on six cases, one with..
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Since Kirklin described the first successful correction of double-outlet right ventricle (DORV), surgical repair has been extended to more complex forms of the malformation . In 1972, Lev and Bharati introduced..
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Double-outlet left ventricle (DOLV) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation in which both great arteries originate entirely or predominantly from the morphologic left ventricle. DOLV occurs most commonly in the..
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Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a rare congenital heart defect, meaning it’s a condition a baby is born with. In DORV, the pulmonary artery and the aorta — the..
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Double outlet right ventricle (DORV) is a . There is a malformation of the fetus heart in the womb leading to the right ventricle that has the two major arteries, namely..
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Double inlet left ventricle (DILV) is a heart defect that is present from birth (congenital). It affects the valves and chambers of the heart. Babies born with this condition have..
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Double inlet left ventricle (DILV) is a form of functionally univentricular heart where both the left and the right atrium are connected to the morphologically left ventricle. Usually, the morphologically..
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Double-chambered right ventricle (DCRV) was first described in 1858 by TB Peacock, but it is now understood to be a form of congenital heart disease wherein there is a mid-cavitary..
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Introduction Double aortic arch is the most common type of vascular ring malformation. It involves the complete encirclement and compression of the trachea and/or esophagus by the aortic arch, its..
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A heart with a criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) connection is a cardiopathy in which the ventricles are positioned contralaterally to the atria to which they are connected; the ventricular inflow tracts..
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A heart with a criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) connection is a cardiopathy in which the ventricles are positioned contralaterally to the atria to which they are connected; the ventricular inflow tracts..
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A heart with a criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) connection is a cardiopathy in which the ventricles are positioned contralaterally to the atria to which they are connected; the ventricular inflow tracts..
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A heart with a criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) connection is a cardiopathy in which the ventricles are positioned contralaterally to the atria to which they are connected; the ventricular inflow tracts..
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Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a term used to describe a group of disorders that occur when there is compression, injury, or irritation of the nerves and/or blood vessels (arteries..
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Abstract Coagulation factor XII (fXII) is a plasma serine protease which belongs to the contact activation complex responsible for initiating the intrinsic coagulation pathway. fXII deficiency is a rare congenital..
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This case reports on a 29-year-old previously healthy male patient, who was transferred from a small hospital to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) of the University Clinical Centre of..
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We demonstrate our cannulation simulator, which is designed to hone skills in aortic, right atrial, left ventricular vent, and bicaval cannulation. The Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (MMCTS) is..
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We demonstrate how to build a modular cardiac surgery simulator and describe practice drills for use outside the operating room to hone skills in basic linear suturing, needle angles, and..
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Abstract The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in the management of severely ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to evolve. The purpose of this study is to..
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Abstract Currently, lactate (Lac) is used to evaluate (MP) of hearts, donated after circulatory death (DCD). We hypothesize that monitoring of myocardial (mLDP) by Laser-Doppler-Perfusion is superior to Lac to evaluate perfusion..
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Abstract Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a life-saving intervention, but bleeding complications are frequent. Given that the combination of platelet loss and dysfunction is a major contributor to this acquired bleeding..
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