Abstract OBJECTIVES In upper-income countries, infants undergo low-risk ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair. Children in low- and middle-income countries frequently present at older ages with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance..
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Abstract Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious complication faced by children following ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The objective of this study was..
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Abstract Background Three-dimensional printing is a process enabling computer-assisted conversion of imaging data from patients into physical “printed” replicas. This has been extrapolated to reconstructing patient-specific cardiac models in . The..
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Abstract Objectives To explore the safety and efficacy of total thoracoscopic repair of ventricular septal defects (VSD). We compared clinical outcomes of VSD via a total thoracoscopic approach with those..
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Abstract OBJECTIVES Postinfarction ventricular septal defect is a serious mechanical complication of acute myocardial infarction associated with high postoperative mortality. The aim of this study was to review our experience..
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Abstract A 2-week-old, 3.5 kg child was transferred from a distant hospital (300 miles away) on congestive heart failure. Suspected diagnosis was ventricular septal defect (VSD), atrial septal defect (ASD),..
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