Ketut Putu Yasa^1,2,*, Nyoman Satria Sadu Bhaskara², Putu Febry Krisna Pertiwi²

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 139-156, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.050348 - 16 May 2024

Abstract Objective: Patients with ductal-dependent pulmonary circulation require alternative blood flow to provide and maintain adequate oxygenation. Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt (MBTS) has been the standard for providing such a result. Currently, less invasive methods such as Arterial Duct (AD) stenting have been performed as alternatives. This study aims to compare the outcome of AD stenting and MBTS. Method: Systematic research was performed in online databases using the PRISMA protocol. The outcomes measured were 30-day mortality, complication, unplanned intervention, oxygen saturation, duration of hospital, and ICU length of stay. Any comparative study provided with full text is… More >

Annina Dietrich^1,2, Daniel Quandt^1,2, Oliver Kretschmar^1,2, Walter Knirsch^1,2,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.2, pp. 215-230, 2022, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.017232 - 26 January 2022

Abstract Objectives: To determine immediate and long-term follow-up of transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in children. Background: National antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) guideline for infective endocarditis changed after 2009, the effect on practice of PDA closure is unknown. Methods: Observational single center study analyzing follow-up of PDA closure comparing two time periods before (2002–2009) and after (2010–2019) changes in AP guideline. Results: 332 patients (68.1% female), median (interquartile range) age 3.0 years (1.5–5.7) and body weight 14.0 kg (10.0–19.3), were enrolled. PDA morphology was conical type A (50.3%), window type B (1.2%), tubular type C (40.1%), complex type… More >

Elio Caruso^*, Silvia Farruggio, Davide Calvaruso, David Fabio Petruccelli, David Angel Ortiz Ruiz, Corrado Di Mambro, Salvatore Agati

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.16, No.3, pp. 205-210, 2021, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2021.015371 - 02 March 2021

Abstract We present a case of a one-day-old newborn, without prenatal diagnosis, referred to our cardiologic intensive care unit in critical condition presenting sub-cyanosis and peripheral oxygen saturation of 80%. Echocardiography diagnosis was tricuspid valve dysplasia with severe regurgitation, functional pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum and reversal flow in the large patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Chest X-ray showed severe cardiomegaly and wall to wall heart. Prostaglandin E1 infusion was started once after birth. After few days, clinical conditions progressively worsened because of right heart failure; a first pharmacological approach to close PDA failed and More >