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Stancioi-Cismaru AF, Dinu M, Carp-Veliscu A, Capitanescu RG, Pana RC, Sirbu OC, Tanase F, Dita FG, Popa MA, Robu MR, Gheonea M, Tudorache S. Live-Birth Incidence of Isolated D-Transposition of Great Arteries-The Shift in Trends Due to Early Diagnosis. Diagnostics (Basel) 2024; 14:1185. [PMID: 38893711 PMCID: PMC11171914 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics14111185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 06/01/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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This is a single tertiary population-based study conducted at a center in southwest Romania. We retrospectively compared data obtained in two periods: January 2008-December 2013 and January 2018-December 2023. The global incidence of the transposition of great arteries in terminated cases, in addition to those resulting in live-born pregnancies, remained almost constant. The live-birth incidence decreased. The median gestational age at diagnosis decreased from 29.3 gestational weeks (mean 25.4) to 13.4 weeks (mean 17.2). The second trimester and the overall detection rate in the prenatal period did not significantly change, but the increase was statistically significant in the first trimester. The proportion of terminated pregnancies in fetuses diagnosed with the transposition of great arteries significantly increased (14.28% to 75%, p = 0.019).
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- Andreea Florentina Stancioi-Cismaru
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Dragasani City Hospital, 245700 Dragasani, Romania;
- Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania;
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- 8th Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.G.C.); (O.C.S.); (M.G.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania;
- Panait Sirbu Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 060251 Bucharest, Romania
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- 8th Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.G.C.); (O.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- 8th Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.G.C.); (O.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- Doctoral School, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania;
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- 8th Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.G.C.); (O.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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- 8th Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.G.C.); (O.C.S.); (M.G.)
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Emergency University County Hospital, 200349 Craiova, Romania; (R.C.P.); (F.T.); (M.A.P.); (M.R.R.)
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Ramanan S, Gopalakrishnan A, Sundaram S, Varma RP, Gopakumar D, Viswam VK, Satheesan R, Baruah SD, Menon S, Dharan BS. Paediatric quality of life in toddlers and children who underwent arterial switch operation beyond early neonatal period. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2023; 64:ezad321. [PMID: 37725365 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) of children who underwent the arterial switch operation (ASO) for Transposition of Great Arteries in our population and, specifically, to explore early modifiable factors and the influence of parental and socioeconomic factors on the QOL of these children. METHODS Cross-sectional study using Paediatric Quality of Life Inventory™ 3.0 Cardiac Module was carried out on 3- to 12-year-old children who had undergone ASO between the years 2012-2018. Socioeconomic status was calculated using the modified Kuppuswamy scale (2019). Other clinical factors with possible bearing on the outcome were also analysed. RESULTS Immediate survival after surgery was 196 out of 208 (94.2%) with an attrition of 19 patients (9.6%) over the follow-up period. Most surviving children (98.9%) had started formal schooling in age-appropriate classes. Two children had severe neuromotor impairment. The median cumulative health-related QOL score of the children was 97.9 (interquartile range 4.2) at 5.6 ± 1.27 years of life. The median scores each of the health-related QOL parameters, viz, heart problem symptoms, treatment compliance, perceived physical appearance, treatment-related anxiety, cognitive problems, and communication was 100 with negative skewing. CONCLUSIONS Excellent QOL was observed in most children after ASO with the median total paediatric QOL scores in all domains of 97.9. Social factors did not show a statistically significant influence on the QOL parameters in the current cohort. The gradually declining trend across the age groups emphasizes the need for continued follow-up for early identification of possible correctable factors and initiating intervention to ensure good QOL into teenage and adulthood.
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- Sowmya Ramanan
- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Comprehensive Care Center for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Achutha Menon Center for Health Sciences, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
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DeCampli WM. Research Enterprise of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society 2018 to 2023: History, Accomplishments, Transformation, and Challenges. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:587-601. [PMID: 37737604 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231176219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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The history of the research arm of the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS) through 2017 was contained within two prior publications that covered CHSS history in general. The present article is the first to focus explicitly on the research enterprise, with emphasis on the period 2018 to 2023. During this time, the challenges of continuing to build multiple cohorts with lifelong follow-up and to transform the enterprise to a premiere research organization became manifest. Although continuing its commitment to produce impactful research results and to educate the Kirklin/Ashburn Fellow, the research team devoted considerable effort to defining the problems of cohort relevance, workflow, data management, long-term patient follow-up, CHSS member engagement, and the regulatory burden. The team wrote a proposal outlining ways to solve the challenges. A major change from a single-institution "Data Center" to a two-institution Center for Research & Quality (CRQ) was made, assuring increased faculty members and resources. The proposed changes to structure and process began execution in mid-2022. A second Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship position was created. Between 2018 and 2022, the CRQ produced 17 publications and launched five new research initiatives. This article chronicles the exciting five-year period in which the CHSS research enterprise began a transformation with the intent to become the premiere research organization in the world in the specialty of congenital cardiac surgery.
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- William M DeCampli
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Orlando Health/Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Department of Clinical Sciences, The University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA
- Center for Research & Quality, The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society, The Hospital for Sick Children and the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Jacobs JP, DeCampli WM, Karamlou T, Najm HK, Marino BS, Blackstone EH, McCrindle BW, Jegatheeswaran A, St Louis JD, Austin EH, Caldarone CA, Mavroudis C, Overman DM, Dearani JA, Jacobs ML, Tchervenkov CI, Svensson LG, Barron D, Kirklin JK, Williams WG. The Academic Impact of Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS) Studies. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:602-619. [PMID: 37737599 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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PURPOSE We reviewed all 64 articles ever published by The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society (CHSS) Data Center to estimate the academic impact of these peer-reviewed articles. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society has performed research based on 12 Diagnostic Inception Cohorts. The first cohort (Transposition) began enrolling patients on January 1, 1985. We queried PubMed to determine the number of publications that referenced each of the 64 journal articles generated by the datasets of the 12 Diagnostic Inception Cohorts that comprise the CHSS Database. Descriptive summaries of the data were tabulated using mean with standard deviation and median with range. RESULTS Sixty-four peer-reviewed papers have been published based on the CHSS Database. Fifty-nine peer-reviewed articles have been published based on the 12 Diagnostic Inception Cohorts, and five additional articles have been published based on Data Science. Excluding the recently established Diagnostic Inception Cohort for patients with Ebstein malformation of tricuspid valve, the number of papers published per cohort ranged from 1 for coarctation to 11 for transposition of the great arteries. The 11 articles generated from the CHSS Transposition Cohort were referenced by a total of 111 articles (median number of references per journal article = 9 [range = 0-22, mean = 10.1]). Overall, individual articles were cited by an average of 11 (mean), and a maximum of 41 PubMed-listed publications. Overall, these 64 peer-reviewed articles based on the CHSS Database were cited 692 times in PubMed-listed publications. The first CHSS peer-reviewed article was published in 1987, and during the 35 years from 1987 to 2022, inclusive, the annual number of CHSS publications has ranged from 0 to 7, with a mean of 1.8 publications per year (median = 1, mode = 1). CONCLUSION Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society studies are widely referenced in the pediatric cardiac surgical literature, with over 10 citations per published article. These cohorts provide unique information unavailable in other sources of data. A tool to access this analysis is available at: [https://data-center.chss.org/multimedia/files/2022/CAI.pdf].
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- Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs
- Congenital Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital and Inova L.J Murphy Children's Hospital, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Departments of Surgery and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
- Norton Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic-Children's Minnesota Cardiovascular Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Québec, Canada
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- Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Kirklin Institute for Research in Surgical Outcomes, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jegatheeswaran A, Argo MB, Devlin PJ, Callahan CP, Meza JM, Wilder TJ, Hickey EJ, Karamlou T. The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship: The Fellows' Perspective. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2023; 14:575-586. [PMID: 37737596 DOI: 10.1177/21501351231190087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Since its establishment in 2001, the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society John W. Kirklin/David Ashburn Fellowship has contributed substantially to the field of congenital heart surgery research while simultaneously training the next generation of surgeon- scientists. To date, ten fellows (and counting) have successfully completed this rigorous training, producing over 40 published articles focused on longitudinal outcomes from the various Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society cohorts. As the Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship expands and additional fellows matriculate, its legacy, the network of support, and the contribution to congenital heart surgery research will undoubtedly hold strong.
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- Anusha Jegatheeswaran
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
- Children's Cardiovascular Disease, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, USA
- Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery and Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children's, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and the Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Karamlou T, Devlin PJ, Hammoud MS. Late Systemic Right Ventricle Failure: Moving Toward a Real-Time Prediction Tool. J Am Coll Cardiol 2022; 80:964-966. [PMID: 36049803 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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- Tara Karamlou
- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. https://twitter.com/PaulDevlinMD
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. https://twitter.com/MizaHammoud
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Najm HK, Oh NA. The Ventricular Switch: An Alternative Strategy Toward Biventricular Repair in Moderately Hypoplastic Left Ventricles or Complex Connections. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13:650-654. [PMID: 36053111 DOI: 10.1177/21501351221116773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Hypoplastic left heart complex (HLHC) constitutes a spectrum of left ventricular hypoplasia and valvar disease and can be associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Traditionally, management of these lesions involves single ventricle palliation (SVP). However, the SVP may be associated with substantial long-term consequences related to its physiology. Alternative management strategies have been employed to achieve biventricular circulation. We have proposed a novel technique, termed the "ventricular switch" procedure, in which the hypoplastic or unroutable left ventricle can be harnessed to function as the subpulmonic ventricle, and the right ventricle functions as the systemic ventricle. Herein, we describe our rationale for considering biventricular circulation and the ventricular switch procedure in HLHC and in other complex lesions.
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- Hani K Najm
- Department of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.,Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, 2569Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
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Hu Q, Deng C, Zhu Q, Yang X, Liu H, Liao H, Wang X, Yu H. Dextro-transposition of the great arteries in one twin: case reports and literature review. Transl Pediatr 2022; 11:601-609. [PMID: 35558975 PMCID: PMC9085950 DOI: 10.21037/tp-21-569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) is a rare congenital heart disease, as it affects only 0.02-0.05% of live births. It is the second most common cyanotic heart disease following Tetralogy of Fallot. It has a male predominance. Fetal echocardiography is an optimal method for prenatal diagnosis of fetal D-TGA. In twin pregnancies, fetal D-TGA in one twin is very rare, especially in monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancies. Herein, we report a case of D-TGA in one twin in two dichorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancies and one monochorionic-diamniotic twin pregnancy from January 2018 to June 2021. CASE DESCRIPTION One twin with D-TGA was diagnosed by fetal echocardiography in the second trimester, and the co-twin was normal in all three cases. A multidisciplinary team provided extensive counseling regarding the D-TGA twin and the co-twin, and adequate perinatal management was provided. In cases 1, 2, and 3, the mothers underwent cesarean sections at 37 weeks + 2 days, 34 weeks + 5 days, and 36 weeks + 1 day, respectively. In case 1, which involved a female D-TGA neonate with birth weight 2,410 g, an emergent atrial septostomy was performed at 20 h after birth, and the neonate underwent atrial switch operation (ASO) 24 days after birth. In case 2, involving a male D-TGA neonate with a birth weight of 2,380 g, ASO was performed 24 days after birth. In case 3, involving a female D-TGA neonate with birth weight 2,240 g, ASO was performed 19 days after birth and delayed sternal closure was performed 4 days later. All six infants showed normal development during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Early antenatal diagnosis of D-TGA in one fetus of a twin pregnancy is significantly important. A multidisciplinary team should carry individual evaluation and integrated management of the D-TGA twin and co-twin during the pregnancy and perinatal period. After birth, delayed ductus arteriosus closure in the D-TGA twins should be performed when necessary and individualized timings for arterial switch operation should be considered.
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- Qing Hu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China.,Department of Ultrasonic Medicine, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China.,Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.,Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children (Sichuan University), Ministry of Education, Chengdu, China
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Bacha E. Commentary: Can a small hole make such a big difference? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 163:1153-1154. [PMID: 34579957 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Emile Bacha
- Division of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital and Komansky Children's/Weill-Cornell, New York, NY.
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Baygani S, Zieles K, Jea A. PedsQL for prediction of postoperative patient-reported outcomes following Chiari decompression surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019; 25:268-273. [PMID: 31812139 DOI: 10.3171/2019.9.peds19409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to determine if the preoperative Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) score is predictive of short- and intermediate-term PedsQL outcomes following Chiari decompression surgery. The utility of preoperative patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in predicting pain, opioid consumption, and long-term PROs has been demonstrated in adult spine surgery. To the best of the authors' knowledge, however, there is currently no widely accepted tool to predict short-, intermediate-, or long-term outcomes after pediatric Chiari decompression surgery. METHODS A prospectively maintained database was retrospectively reviewed. Patients who had undergone first-time decompression for symptomatic Chiari malformation were identified and grouped according to their preoperative PedsQL scores: mild disability (score 80-100), moderate disability (score 60-79), and severe disability (score < 60). PedsQL scores at the 6-week, 3-month, and/or 6-month follow-ups were collected. Preoperative PedsQL subgroups were tested for an association with demographic and perioperative characteristics using one-way ANOVA or chi-square analysis. Preoperative PedsQL subgroups were tested for an association with improvements in short- and intermediate-term PedsQL scores using one-way ANOVA and a paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test controlling for statistically different demographic characteristics when appropriate. RESULTS A total of 87 patients were included in this analysis. According to their preoperative PedsQL scores, 28% of patients had mild disability, 40% had moderate disability, and 32% had severe disability. There was a significant difference in the prevalence of comorbidities (p = 0.009) and the presenting symptoms of headaches (p = 0.032) and myelopathy (p = 0.047) among the subgroups; however, in terms of other demographic or operative factors, there was no significant difference. Patients with greater preoperative disability demonstrated statistically significantly lower PedsQL scores at all postoperative time points, except in terms of the parent-reported PedsQL at 6 months after surgery (p = 0.195). Patients with severe disability demonstrated statistically significantly greater improvements (compared to preoperative scores) in PedsQL scores at all time points after surgery, except in terms of the 6-week and 6-month PROs and the 6-month parent-reported outcomes (p = 0.068, 0.483, and 0.076, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Patients with severe disability, as assessed by the PedsQL, had lower absolute PedsQL scores at all time points after surgery but greater improvement in short- and intermediate-term PROs. The authors conclude that the PedsQL is an efficient and accurate tool that can quickly assess patient disability in the preoperative period and predict both short- and intermediate-term surgical outcomes.
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