Impact on Survival of Heart and Heart-Lung Transplantation in Patients With Cyanotic and Noncyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases.

Background: A high percentage of patients with congenital heart diseases (CHD) reach adulthood and, over time, require heart transplantation (HTx) or combined heart-lung transplantation (HLTx). Among CHD, there are subgroups associated with a higher risk.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of HTx and HLTx in CHD patients.

Epidemiology of supplemental oxygen in patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Background And Objective: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) may present with hypoxaemia at rest or during daily activities. There is no epidemiological data on the prescription of long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in patients with PH. The study sought to analyse the prevalence and incidence of LTOT prescription among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in Spain and to determine predictors for this prescription.

Univentricular hearts not undergoing Fontan: the type of palliation matters.

Introduction And Objectives: There is scarce information on patients with single ventricle physiology (SVP) and restricted pulmonary flow not undergoing Fontan circulation. This study aimed to compare survival and cardiovascular events in these patients according to the type of palliation.

Methods: SVP patient data were obtained from the databases of the adult congenital heart disease units of 7 centers.