Gustavo Cruz^1,*, Santiago Pedroza², Juan F. Vélez³, Jessica Largo², Juan F. Tejada⁴, Jorge H. Mejía-Mantilla⁵

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.2, pp. 207-218, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.044244 - 16 May 2024

Abstract Background: Failure to rescue has been an effective quality metric in congenital heart surgery. Conversely, morbidity and mortality depend greatly on non-modifiable individual factors and have a weak correlation with better-quality performance. We aim to measure the complications, mortality, and risk factors in pediatric patients undergoing congenital heart surgery in a high-complexity institution located in a middle-income country and compare it with other institutions that have conducted a similar study. Methods: A retrospective observational study was conducted in a high-complexity service provider institution, in Cali, Colombia. All pediatric patients undergoing any congenital heart surgery between… More >

Sipawath Khamplod^1,2, Yodying Kaolawanich^1,2, Khemajira Karaketklang³, Nithima Ratanasit^1,2,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.1, pp. 93-105, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.048631 - 20 March 2024

Abstract Background: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common form of adult congenital heart disease that can lead to long-term adverse outcomes if left untreated. Early closure of ASD has been associated with excellent outcomes and lower complication rates. However, there is limited evidence regarding the prognosis of ASD closure in older adults. This study aims to evaluate the mortality rates in older ASD patients with and without closure. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on patients aged 40 years or older with ASD between 2001 and 2017. Patients were followed up to assess all-cause… More > Graphic Abstract

François-Xavier Van Vyve¹, Karlien Carbonez², Jelena Hubrechts², Geoffroy de Beco¹, Jean E. Rubay¹, Mona Momeni³, Thierry Detaille⁴, Alain J. Poncelet^1,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.18, No.5, pp. 539-550, 2023, DOI:10.32604/chd.2023.042344 - 10 November 2023

Abstract Objectives: Over the last decade, neonatal repair has been advocated for many congenital heart diseases. However, specific subgroups of complex congenital heart disease still require temporary palliation for which both surgical and endovascular techniques are currently available. We reviewed our institutional experience with shunt palliation with an emphasis on risk factors for early mortality. Methods: This is a single-center retrospective study on 175 patients undergoing surgery for central shunt or modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. All data were extracted from a prospectively collected computerized database. We identified risk factors for early mortality by uni- and multi-variable analysis.… More >

Akkerbez Adilbekova^1,3,*, Shukhrat Marassulov¹, Bakhytzhan Nurkeev¹, Saken Kozhakhmetov², Aikorkem Badambekova³

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.18, No.4, pp. 447-459, 2023, DOI:10.32604/chd.2023.028742 - 15 September 2023

Abstract Objective: The aim is to study the trends in ventricular septal defect (VSD) mortality in children in Kazakhstan. Methods: The retrospective study was done for the period 2011–2020. Descriptive and analytical methods of epidemiology were applied. The universally acknowledged methodology used in sanitary statistics is used to calculate the extensive, crude, and age-specific mortality rates. Results: Kazakhstan is thought to be seeing an increase in mortality from VSDs in children. As a result, this study for the years 2011 to 2020 was conducted to retrospectively assess data from the central registration of the Bureau of National… More > Graphic Abstract

Laortip Rattanapittayaporn, Maliwan Oofuvong^*, Jutarat Tanasansuttiporn, Thavat Chanchayanon

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.18, No.1, pp. 23-39, 2023, DOI:10.32604/chd.2023.026026 - 09 January 2023

Abstract Background: Prolonged preoperative fasting can cause hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and intravascular volume depletion in children. We aimed to examine whether prolonged preoperative fasting is associated with in-hospital mortality and other morbidities in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included children aged 0–3 years who underwent cardiac surgery between July 2014 and October 2020. The patient demographic data, surgery-related and anesthesia-related factors, and postoperative outcomes, including hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, sepsis, length of intensive care unit stay, and in-hospital mortality, were recorded. The main exposure and outcome variables were prolonged fasting and time-to-death after surgery, respectively. The associations between… More > Graphic Abstract

Priti Shaw¹, Kaustubh Pachpor², Suresh Sankaranarayanan^3,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.44, No.1, pp. 311-325, 2023, DOI:10.32604/csse.2023.025281 - 01 June 2022

Abstract Neonatal sepsis is the third most common cause of neonatal mortality and a serious public health problem, especially in developing countries. There have been researches on human sepsis, vaccine response, and immunity. Also, machine learning methodologies were used for predicting infant mortality based on certain features like age, birth weight, gestational weeks, and Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity and Respiration (APGAR) score. Sepsis, which is considered the most determining condition towards infant mortality, has never been considered for mortality prediction. So, we have deployed a deep neural model which is the state of art and performed More >

Chao Shang, Dongkui Xu^*

Oncologie, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 649-663, 2022, DOI:10.32604/oncologie.2022.027640 - 31 December 2022

Abstract All over the world, the most common malignancy in women is breast cancer. Breast cancer is also a significant factor of death in women. In 2020, approximately 2.3 million cases of breast cancer were newly diagnosed in women globally, and approximately 685,000 people died. Breast cancer incidence varies by region around the world, but it is all increasing. According to the current morbidity and mortality trend of breast cancer, it is estimated that by 2030, the number of incidence and deaths of breast cancer will reach 2.64 million and 1.7 million, respectively. The age-standardized incidence… More >

Eszter Vojcek^1,2,*, V. Anna Gyarmathy^3,4, Rozsa Graf⁵, Anna M. Laszlo⁶, Laszlo Ablonczy⁷, Zsolt Prodan⁷, Istvan Seri^1,8

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.4, pp. 447-461, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.022274 - 04 July 2022

Abstract Objective: Neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD) and perinatal stroke have high mortality and survivors are at risk for poor long-term neurodevelopmental outcome. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and outcome of neonates with both CHD and MRI-confirmed perinatal stroke (Study Group) and compare those to the risk factors and outcome of infants matched for CHD without stroke (Control-1) and of infants matched for MRI-confirmed stroke without CHD (Control-2). Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study enrolling 28 term neonates with CHD and MRI-confirmed acute perinatal stroke born between 2007–2017 in… More > Graphic Abstract

Woo Young Park¹, Gi Beom Kim^1,*, Sang Yun Lee¹, Mi Kyoung Song¹, Hye Won Kwon¹, Hyo Soon An¹, Eun Jung Bae¹, Sungkyu Cho², Jae Gun Kwak², Woong-Han Kim²

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 335-350, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.018666 - 03 May 2022

Abstract Objectives: To establish long-term outcome of surgical pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in congenital heart disease (CHD) and to identify risk factors for overall mortality, operative mortality, and repetitive PVR. Methods: This is a retrospective study of 375 surgical PVR in 293 patients who underwent surgical PVR for CHD between January 2000 and May 2020. We only included patients with index PVR with previous open-heart surgery regardless of the number of PVRs. The previous surgical history of patients who underwent PVR during the study period was also included. Patients who underwent the Rastelli operation, and those who… More >

Meshrif Alruily¹, Mohamed Ezz^1,2, Ayman Mohamed Mostafa^1,3, Nacim Yanes^1,4, Mostafa Abbas⁵, Yasser El-Manzalawy^5,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.71, No.1, pp. 1751-1768, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020714 - 03 November 2021

Abstract Accurate forecasting of emerging infectious diseases can guide public health officials in making appropriate decisions related to the allocation of public health resources. Due to the exponential spread of the COVID-19 infection worldwide, several computational models for forecasting the transmission and mortality rates of COVID-19 have been proposed in the literature. To accelerate scientific and public health insights into the spread and impact of COVID-19, Google released the Google COVID-19 search trends symptoms open-access dataset. Our objective is to develop 7 and 14-day-ahead forecasting models of COVID-19 transmission and mortality in the US using the… More >