Feasibility, classification and potential clinical impact of non-invasive delineation of abdominal lymphatic vessels in patients following TCPC with T2 weighted MRI.

Recent research in patients with functionally univentricular hearts (UVH) is focusing on pathologies of the lymphatic vessels. Morphology of the abdominal lymphatic vessels was analyzed by MRI in patients with UVH following total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) and it was examined, if clinical and laboratory parameters correlate with changes after TCPC. We prospectively examined 33 patients at the age of 19.

Assessment of accuracy of two pulse oximeters in infants with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart diseases.

Background: Peripherally measured oxygen saturation (SpO) may often differ from arterial oxygen saturation (SaO), measured by co-oximetry, especially within the lower range of oxygen saturations. This can potentially impact clinical decisions and therapy in children with congenital heart disease, as critical hypoxemia might remain unnoticed.

Aims: Our aim was to investigate the accuracy of two different pulse oximeters compared to SaO in infants with congenital heart diseases.

German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease: Annual Report 2022.

Background:  The German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease is a voluntary registry initiated by the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the German Society for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects. Since 2012, the registry collects data for the assessment of treatment and outcomes of surgical and interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) of all age groups.

Methods:  This real-world, prospective all-comers registry collects clinical and procedural characteristics, adverse events (AEs), mortality, and medium-term outcomes (up to 90 days) of patients undergoing surgical and interventional.

The effect of intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturations on postoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates and infants a pilot study.

Introduction: Cerebral oxygen desaturation during pediatric surgery has been associated with adverse perioperative outcomes. The aim of this pilot study was to analyze the frequency and severity of intraoperative cerebral oxygen desaturations and their impact on postoperative cerebral oxygen metabolism in neonates and infants undergoing pediatric surgery.

Methods: In a prospective pilot study, intra- and postoperative regional cerebral oxygen saturation and blood flow were measured noninvasively using a device combining laser Doppler flowmetry and white-light-spectrometry.