Short-term results in infants with multiple left heart obstructive lesions.

Objective: Deciding on a surgical pathway for neonates with ≥2 left heart obstructive lesions is complex. Predictors of the successful biventricular (2V) repair in these patients are poorly defined. The goal of our study was to identify patients who underwent the 2V repair and assess anatomic and echocardiographic predictors of success.

Obesity trends in children, adolescents, and young adults with congenital heart disease.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence, age of onset, and risk factors for overweight and obesity in children with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Study Design: Children with CHD who were seen at our institution from 1996 to 2017 were studied. Patients were full-time residents of the United States and were receiving all cardiac care at our institution.

Systolic and diastolic properties of univentricular hearts in children: insights from physiologic indices that reflect calcium cycling.

Physiologic indices that reflect intracellular Ca2+ cycling were chosen to evaluate contraction and relaxation properties of the univentricular heart. We hypothesized that these indices would be impaired in univentricular hearts. With advances in surgical palliation, an increasing number of children are surviving with univentricular hearts supporting the systemic circulation.