Trends in Procedural Closure of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus among Infants Born at 22 to 30 Weeks' Gestation.

Objective: To describe recent trend in procedural closure of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) among premature infants and compare the clinical characteristics of infants receiving surgical vs transcatheter closure.

Study Design: We conducted a descriptive, retrospective cohort study of preterm infants born between 22 and 29 weeks' gestation from 2014 through 2021. Infants were identified from the Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse.

Hospitalisations of children and adults with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome in Texas from 2009 to 2019.

Introduction: Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome accounts for a significant proportion of CHD morbidity and mortality, despite improvements in care and improved survival. This study evaluates number of, reasons for, and trends in discharges of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome over 11 years in Texas.

Methods: The Texas Inpatient Discharge Dataset Public Use File captures almost all discharges in Texas and was reviewed from 2009 to 2019.

Mental health diagnoses in hospitalized adults with congenital heart disease in the state of Texas: A 10-year review.

Background: Adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) face psychological challenges. Furthermore, ACHD patients experience an under-recognition of mental health disorders (MHD). Understanding the impact of MHDs on ACHD hospitalizations may better inform and help re-design the ACHD care model.

Aortic dissection and ruptures in adult congenital heart disease in Texas from 2009 to 2019.

Objectives: Acute thoracic aortic dissection and rupture (TADR) has an incidence of 5-7 per 100 000-person years. Today, most children with congenital heart disease (CHD) survive to become adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). This study evaluates TADR in patients with ACHD in a large, hospitalized patient population over 11 years to evaluate the incidence, risk factors and outcomes associated with TADR.

Genetic spectrum and predictors of mutations in four known genes in Asian Indian patients with growth hormone deficiency and orthotopic posterior pituitary: an emphasis on regional genetic diversity.

Context: Regional variation in prevalence of genetic mutations in growth hormone deficiency (GHD) is known.

Aim: Study phenotype and prevalence of mutations in GH1, GHRHR, POU1F1, PROP1 genes in GHD cohort.

Methods: One hundred and two patients {Isolated GHD (IGHD): 79; combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD): 23} with orthotopic posterior pituitary were included.