Conservative management of a left ventricle cardiac fibroma in an asymptomatic child patient.

Primary cardiac tumors in infancy and childhood are rare and usually benign. Fibroma is the second most common bening cardiac tumor after rhabdomyoma. Surgery is required when fibromas cause ventricular outflow tract obstruction, ventricular dysfunction and life-threatening arrhythmia.

Discrete supravalvular aortic stenosis in children: Is it necessary to reconstruct the whole aortic root?

Objective: Discrete supravalvular aortic stenosis (SAS) is known to involve the whole aortic root. Some surgeons have therefore changed their approach from relief of obstruction using a single-patch to symmetric reconstruction of the whole aortic root - three-patch technique. The advantages are said to be preserved long-term aortic valve function and allowance for growth.

Clinical investigations over 13 years to establish the nature of the cardiac defects in patients having abnormalities of lateralization.

Introduction: The first step in diagnosing congenital cardiac malformations is to assess the arrangement of the atrial appendages. In patients with abnormal lateralization of the organs of the body, the arrangement of atrial appendages is neither normal, nor a mirror image of normal. There are 2 categories of abnormal arrangement based on the morphology of the atrial appendices, namely right isomerism and left isomerism, and in almost all instances these are found in the setting of so-called heterotaxy syndromes.

Sequential balloon dilatation for combined aortic valvular stenosis and coarctation of the aorta in a single catheterization procedure: a prognostic evaluation based on long-term follow up.

Background: Combined aortic valvular stenosis (AVS) and coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is uncommon. There are only a few case reports that discuss the treatment choices and prognosis. We present the immediate and long-term results for a group of children with combined AVS and CoA who underwent sequential percutaneous balloon dilatation in a single catheterization procedure.