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Peripandemic outcomes of infants treated for sentinel congenital heart diseases in England and Wales

Open Heart

Background Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are clinically vulnerable to cardiac deteriorations and intercurrent infections. We aimed to quantify the impact of health system disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, on their clinical outcomes and whether these differed by socioeconomic and ethnic subgroups.

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Reinterventions in patients with congenital aortic stenosis and a commissurotomy

Open Heart

Background In congenital aortic stenosis (CAS), commissurotomy is an option in patients not suitable to receive a valve prosthesis. However, there is often a need for future additional interventions on the aortic valve. The fate of the aortic valve is, however, essentially unknown. males) were identified.

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Pitfalls in Adult Congenital Heart Disease for the Aortic Surgeon

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Adult Cardiac

Video Pitfalls in Adult Congenital Heart Disease for the Aortic Surgeon kchalko Sun, 12/01/2024 - 13:53 STS President Dr. Jennifer Romano presented at the 2024 STS and Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Aortic Summit in Tokyo (November 16, 2024) on adults with congenital heart disease.

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Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement System

DAIC

6, 2025 Medtronic plc hasannounced it received CE ( Conformit Europenne ) Mark for the Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System, a minimally invasive alternative to open-heart surgery for congenital heart disease patients with native or surgically repaired right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).

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Early and mid-term outcomes of transcatheter closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects using double-disc occluders

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionVentricular septal defect (VSD) is a common congenital heart disease (CHD), accounting for 2030% of all CHD cases. ResultsThe procedure achieved a success rate of 96.4%, with three failures due to large defects near the aortic valve causing significant aortic regurgitation or residual shunting.

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A Y-incision to enlarge the aortic root for aortic valve stenosis with anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery (AAOCA) is a rare congenital heart disease. Therefore, optimal indications for surgery in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis (AS) complicated by AAOCA rem.

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Aneurysm and subacute type a aortic dissection, in a pediatric patient with aortopathy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Aortic dissection in pediatrics is an extremely rare condition, which is generally related to predisposing factors such as connective tissue disorders, congenital heart disease and systemic arterial hypertensi.