Publications by authors named "Eva Base"

Article Synopsis
  • Subvalvular aortic stenosis (SAS) is a condition that can cause obstruction in the left ventricular outflow tract and may progress to aortic valve regurgitation; this study reviews 30 years of surgical repairs for SAS at a single center.
  • A retrospective review was conducted on 103 patients (avg. age 5.5 years) who underwent surgery from 1985 to 2020, revealing a 10-year survival rate of 90.8%, with certain factors increasing mortality risk.
  • The study found a significant reoperation rate for SAS, with 21.6% at 10 years, though the type of surgical approach (myectomy vs. membrane resection) did not affect
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Background And Aim: The Berlin Heart EXCOR system has been developed for mechanical circulatory support (MCS) of pediatric patients with terminal heart failure. A recently introduced iteration of the system (EXCOR Venous Cannula, Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin, Germany) is dedicated to support patients with univentricular physiologies by facilitating implantation of the EXCOR device into the Fontan pathway.

Case Presentation: We report the worldwide first successful implantation of the EXCOR Venous Cannula in a biventricular support concept for a 12-year-old boy (140 cm, 42.

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Background: Valve repair is the procedure of choice for congenital aortic valve disease. With increasing experience, the surgical armamentarium broadened from simple commissurotomy to more complex techniques. We report our 30-year experience with pediatric aortic valve repair.

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Background: The choice of aortic valve replacement needs to be decided in an interdisciplinary approach and together with the patients and their families regarding the need for re-operation and risks accompanying anticoagulation. We report long-term outcomes after different AVR options.

Methods: A chart review of patients aged < 18 years at time of surgery, who had undergone AVR from May 1985 until April 2020 was conducted.

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With the declining use of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has become an appealing alternative to obtain pulmonary artery pressure non-invasively using the simplified Bernoulli equation. The validation of this method in the perioperative setting has been scarce with no clear recommendations about which view is the most accurate to estimate right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP).Therefore, we performed a prospective, observer-blinded, diagnostic test accuracy study to assess the difference in systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sysPAP) measuring both, invasively sysPAP and estimated RVSP with TEE in 3 different views: the mid-esophageal (ME) 4Chamber, the ME right ventricular (RV) inflow-outflow and the ME modified bicaval view.

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Background: Neonates and small infants with congenital cardiac disease undergoing cardiac surgery represent major challenges facing paediatric anaesthesia and perioperative medicine.

Aims: We here aimed to investigate the success rates in performing ultrasound (US) guided central venous catheter insertion (CVC) in neonates and small infants undergoing cardiac surgery, and to evaluate the practicability and feasibility of thereby using a novel wireless US transducer (WUST).

Methods: Thirty neonates and small infants with a maximum body weight of 10 kg and need for CVC before cardiac surgery were included in this observational trial and were subdivided into two groups according to their weight: < 5 kg and ≥ 5 kg.

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Objectives: The Ross procedure is an attractive option for the management of aortic valve disease in paediatric patients. We reviewed our experience with the paediatric Ross procedure to determine survival and freedom from reoperation in the third decade after surgery.

Methods: We reviewed the data of 124 paediatric patients [71% male, median age at time of surgery 11.

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Background: Copeptin is a cleavage product of vasopressin. This study aimed to figure out if copeptin would be a suitable biomarker in patients with congenital heart disease in the postoperative course.

Methods: The primary outcome endpoint of this study was the change in copeptin concentration perioperatively in patients with congenital heart disease after surgery, with the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass.

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Background: Neuromonitoring using plasmatic biomarkers such as S100B and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) represents a standard procedure for detecting cerebral damage after cardiac surgery. Their use in pediatric clinical assessment, however, is negligible.

Objectives: The goal of this study was to evaluate the predictive role of S100B levels and cerebral oxygenation in postoperative pediatric cardiac patients for survival and potential cerebral injuries.

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Background: For endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) under general anaesthesia, both rigid bronchoscopy and laryngeal masks (LMAs) with superimposed high-frequency jet ventilation can be used. Despite the fact that in Europe rigid bronchoscopy for EBUS-TBNA is still widely used, an increasing number of centres use jet ventilation via the LMA for this procedure. To our knowledge no clinical trials have ever been made to compare these two methods.

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Background: Training in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is based on hands-on training in the operating room, which is time consuming and therefore limits its experience among anesthesiologists. Medical simulations have been successfully used for training of invasive procedures in many areas.This paper compares the difference in effectiveness of teaching the 11 basic TEE views using either e-learning, simulation based training or hands-on training in the operating room in 3 groups of residents.

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Objectives: Frequently used parameters for evaluation of left ventricular systolic function are load-sensitive. However, the impact of preload alterations on speckle-tracking echocardiographic parameters during anesthesia has not been validated. Therefore, two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking echocardiography radial strain (RS) was assessed during general anesthesia, simulating 3 different preload conditions.

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Background: Patients with severe aortic valve stenosis have a markedly reduced platelet function as measured by a prolonged collagen adenosine diphosphate closure time (CADP-CT) determined by the platelet function analyzer PFA-100. We hypothesized that such patients may benefit from desmopressin when they present with prolonged CADP-CT due to the specific action of desmopressin on von Willebrand factor (VWF) and CADP-CT.

Methods: In this double-blind, randomized placebo controlled trial, 43 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (due to severe aortic valve stenosis with CADP-CT>170 seconds) were given desmopressin 0.

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Objective: The infusion of large amounts of saline-based solutions may contribute to the development of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis and the use of a balanced carrier for colloid solutions might improve postoperative acid-base status. The equivalence of 2 hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions and the influence on chloride levels and acid-base status by selectively changing the carrier of rapidly degradable modern 6% HES 130/0.4 were studied in cardiac surgery patients.

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