The detailed transseptal puncture technique for optimal closure in patients with a patent foramen ovale.

Background: The closure of a patent foramen ovale (PFO) using transseptal puncture has particular advantages and disadvantages. Thus, transseptal puncture should be re-evaluated in detail.

Aims: We aimed to assess the effectiveness of the detailed transseptal puncture technique in patients who underwent PFO closure due to cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack in terms of residual shunts and atrial fibrillation.

Pre- and postoperative levels of serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neonates with congenital heart defects.

Background: The objectives of this study were to assess the preoperative and postoperative serum brain- derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in neonates undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects (CHD). Also to explore the relationship between changes in BDNF levels and the impact of perioperative factors including intraoperative body temperature, aortic cross-clamp time, perfusion time, operation time, inotropic score, vasoactive inotropic score and lactate levels.

Methods: Forty-four patients with CHD and 36 healthy neonates were included in the study.

Congenital heart defects and postoperative follow-up of patients with Williams syndrome as a single center experience and review of the cases from Türkiye.

Background: Cardiovascular system involvement is quite common and the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Williams syndrome (WS), most of whom need surgery. The present study aimed to provide a detailed evaluation of the features of surgical procedures and outcomes of patients with WS given as single-center experience, and additionally to make a detailed review from Türkiye.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five children with WS diagnosed between the years 1992 and 2021 were evaluated retrospectively including cardiovascular data, surgical treatment features, and outcomes.

New ECG Algorithm for the Prediction of Culprit Vessel in Acute Myocardial Infarction Involving Lateral Part of the Ventricle: Ilkay Classification.

Background: Isolated lateral myocardial infarction sometimes does not meet ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) criteria according to contiguous leads. This condition could cause late diagnosis and the need for revascularization therapy.

Aim: To accurately predict the occlusion of lateral surface of the left ventricle, we defined a new electrocardiogram (ECG) algorithm by using angiographic and electrocardiographic correlations.

Clinical and Laboratory Evaluation of Acute Pericarditis Associated with Antinuclear Antibodies Positivity.

Background: Up to 30% of patients with acute pericarditis develop recurrent pericarditis. Acute pericarditis may be a manifestation of an underlying systemic autoimmune disease. Therefore, we evaluated the characteristics of patients with acute pericarditis according to antinuclear antibodies (ANA) positivity/negativity.

Evaluation of acute kidney injury after surgery for congenital heart disease in neonates: a tertiary hospital experience.

Purpose Of The Article: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) is a serious complication closely associated with high morbidity and mortality. Despite numerous studies on AKI in children, most studies have excluded neonates. We sought to characterize AKI associated with cardiac surgery in neonates, determine its incidence, perioperative and postoperative risk factors, and short-term results.

Results of balloon and surgical valvuloplasty in congenital aortic valve stenosis: A 19-year, single-center, retrospective study.

Background: This study aims to compare the success, complications, and long-term outcomes of aortic balloon valvuloplasty and surgical aortic valvuloplasty in pediatric patients with congenital aortic valve stenosis.

Methods: Between March 2000 and October 2019, a total of 267 procedures, including 238 balloon valvuloplasties and 29 surgical valvuloplasties, in 198 children (135 males, 63 females; mean age: 57.4±62.

Neurologic Complications After Pediatric Heart Transplant: A Single-Center Experience.

Objectives: Neurologic complications that can lead to serious mortality and morbidity in pediatric heart transplant recipients have been reported to range from 23.6% to 45%. In this study, the frequency, time, cause, and characteristics of neurologic complications in pediatric heart transplant recipients were evaluated.

Coronary artery fistulae and treatment in children.

Background And Objectives: In this study, we aimed to review the treatment options and long-term problems of patients who were diagnosed with coronary artery fistulae (CAF) in our institution. We also tried to determine the most appropriate time for treatment of this condition.

Method: From 2000 to 2018, the medical records of 56 patients (33 males and 23 females) who had CAF diagnoses were retrospectively reviewed.

Management of pediatric cardiac transplantation candidates with pulmonary hypertension and high pulmonary vascular resistance.

Background And Objectives: Right ventricular failure is an important cause of mortality and morbidity after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). The right ventricle of the donor may fail to accommodate to the high pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) of the recipient. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to chronic heart failure with PVRi > 4 Wood units.

Aortic balloon valvuloplasty and mid-term results in newborns: a single center experience.

Background And Objectives: Aortic balloon valvuloplasty (ABV) has become the first-line treatment for critical aortic valve stenosis in infants. We aimed to evaluate the short- and mid-term results of patients who underwent ABV during neonatal period, the factors affecting the success and complications of the procedure.

Methods: We retrospectively examined 65 patients who underwent ABV during the neonatal period between 1998 and 2017.

The results of interventional catheterization in infants weighing under 2,000 g.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the early and mid-term results of interventional cardiac catheterization and procedure-related complications in infants weighing <2,000 g.

Methods: Between May 1998 and April 2017, 22 patients (14 males, 8 females; mean age 14±8.4 days; range, 1 to 30 days) weighing <2,000 g who underwent a total of 23 interventional cardiac catheterization were retrospectively analyzed.

Early and late outcomes of surgical repair of double-chambered right ventricle: a single-centre experience.

Objective: Double-chambered right ventricle is characterised by division of the outlet portion of the right ventricle by hypertrophy of the septoparietal trabeculations into two parts. We aim to report our experiences regarding the presenting symptoms of double-chambered right ventricle, long-term prognosis, including the recurrence rate and incidence of arrhythmias after surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated 89 consecutive patients who were diagnosed to have double-chambered right ventricle and underwent a surgical intervention from 1995 to 2016.

Printing the Procedure: Successful Closure of a Coronary Cameral Fistula With 3-Dimensional Model.

Cardiac 3-dimensional printing for pre-procedural planning of structural heart procedures is a promising new tool. Despite current potential drawbacks, 3-dimensional models can help cardiologists better understand and treat complex cardiac defects. We describe a successful coronary cameral fistula closure planned with the aid of a 3-dimensional model.

Reversible cardiomyopathy-tachycardiomyopathy in children.

Arslan A, Erdoğan İ, Varan B, Yılmaz M, Özin MB, Tokel NK. Reversible cardiomyopathy-tachycardiomyopathy in children. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 552-559.

Diagnosis and treatment of abnormal left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery: A single-center experience.

Objective: We aimed to review symptoms, findings, surgical treatment options, short- and mid-term outcomes, and reoperation rate of patients diagnosed with of left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) of an anomalous origin in our institution.

Methods: From May 2000 to March 2018, 33 patients who had left coronary artery originating from the pulmonary artery were retrospectively examined. The clinical features of patients, diagnostic tools and their efficacy, outcomes of surgical repair, and problems during follow-up were evaluated.

Asymptomatic giant congenital left atrial aneurysm.

Yakut K, Varan B, Erdoğan İ. Asymptomatic giant congenital left atrial aneurysm. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 117-119.

Clinical outcomes of extended endovascular recanalization of 16 consecutive Buerger's disease patients.

Objective: Buerger's disease is one of the worst diseases causing peripheral artery occlusions (especially lower extremity) with increased morbidity and mortality. Endovascular treatment of the diseased arteries gains preference over bypass surgery nowadays. Here, we aimed to present the clinical outcomes of 16 consecutive Buerger's disease patients underwent extended endovascular recanalization which is a new technique to restore direct blood flow to at least one foot artery, with the performance of angioplasty for each tibial and foot artery obstructions.

Evaluation of right ventricular function in operated tetralogy of Fallot patients with tissue Doppler imaging before and after pulmonary valve replacement.

Background: This study aims to investigate the efficacy of tissue Doppler echocardiography for the diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction and for the evaluation of the response to pulmonary valve replacement.

Methods: Between December 2008 and December 2010, a total of 15 patients (8 males, 7 females; mean age: 14.5±4.

[Case report and the surgical treatment of two cases with pulmonary atresia in which pulmonary arteries is circulated by coronary arteries].

Pulmonary atresia (PA) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) can occur in a variety of ways, from simple valve atresia to a condition in which circulation to the pulmonary bed occurs through collateral arteries separated from the aorta and there are no real pulmonary arteries, or they are present but hypoplastic. The size of the pulmonary arteries and concomitant complex cardiac lesions are important in making decisions about treatment and correctional alternatives. While complete correction surgeries in the style of a correction of tetralogy of Fallot are performed in simpler cases, many very invasive procedures are also performed and the resulting quality of life is very variable.

Palliative treatment of coronary "atherosclerotic cancer" by drug-eluting or bare-metal stents: From oculo-stenotic reflex period to age of precision medicine.

Medications and treatments are said to have a palliative effect if they relieve symptoms without having a curative effect on the underlying disease such as atherosclerosis or cancer. Some authors speculated that atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) could be considered a "cancer of the coronary arterial wall". Although the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has proven to be effective in decreasing mortality rates among patients with acute coronary syndromes, the previous meta-analyses of PCI versus optimal medical therapy for stable CAD have not been able to demonstrate a reduction in major adverse cardiac outcomes.