The Outcome of Congenital Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Down Syndrome: Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: This study aimed to describe the outcomes of Down syndrome patients who underwent cardiac surgery for congenital heart defects and to develop risk prediction models for in-hospital mortality, recurrent hospital admission, and the need for catheter intervention among a cohort of patients.

Methods: This single-centre retrospective cohort study included consecutive Down syndrome patients who underwent cardiac surgery for congenital heart defects between January 2018 and December 2021. We reviewed the electronic medical records.

Perioperative Levels of Troponin and BNP and the Outcome after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Background: The independent predictive values of troponin I (cTnI) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have been reported in several studies. However, adjustment only has been limited to preoperative risk factors.

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the independent values of postoperative cTnI and BNP to predict the outcome after CABG with adjustment for preoperative risk estimates and postoperative complications and to report risk stratification gains, when considering the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) combined with postoperative biomarkers.

Predictors of major adverse events and complications after ventricular septal defects surgical closure in children less than 10 kg.

Background: Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most common congenital cardiac defect for which outcomes are not uniform. There is a lack of consensus on the risk factors for the unfavorable outcomes following surgical VSD closure.

Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors and the predictors of major adverse events (MAEs) and complications following surgical closure of VSD in children weighing less than 10 kg.

Transcatheter occlusion of the vertical vein in a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with dual Drainage, case series with literature review.

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is an uncommon type of congenital heart disease occurring due to abnormal drainage of one or more, but not all the pulmonary veins to the systemic veins or directly to the right atrium. The PAPVR might have single (to the systemic veins) or dual drainage (to the systemic as well as left atrium). Management depends on the shunt impact on the heart and lungs, and it is usually surgical correction.

Multicenter experience: early outcome of mitral valve repair in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation.

Background: Ischemic mitral regurgitation is associated with poor outcomes. The optimal surgical strategy for management of ischemic mitral regurgitation is still debated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the early mortality and morbidity of mitral valve repair in patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.