Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava.

We describe the surgical technique of reimplantation of the right superior pulmonary vein into the left atrium in 2 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava without atrial septal defect. A right axillary minithoracotomy is done through the fourth intercostal space. The pulmonary vein is detached from its origin in the superior vena cava.

[Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Perforation and pulmonary valvuloplasty using a modified mechanical technique. Medium-term follow-up].

Introduction And Objectives: In patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS), radiofrequency-assisted perforation of the valve is the most widely used initial therapy when the anatomy is favorable. We report our experience with a modified mechanical technique that gave good results.

Methods: Between November 2001 and October 2006, valve opening was carried out successfully in 11 consecutive neonates with a favorable anatomy (i.

Respiratory infection in congenital cardiac disease. Hospitalizations in young children in Spain during 2004 and 2005: the CIVIC Epidemiologic Study.

Objectives: To evaluate the rate of hospitalization for acute respiratory tract infection in children less than 24 months with haemodynamically significant congenital cardiac disease, and to describe associated risk factors, preventive measures, aetiology, and clinical course.

Materials And Methods: We followed 760 subjects from October 2004 through April 2005 in an epidemiological, multicentric, observational, follow-up, prospective study involving 53 Spanish hospitals.

Results: Of our cohort, 79 patients (10.

Isolated pseudohypoplasia of the right ventricle.

We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with severe cyanosis due to abnormal moderator band producing a hidden trabecular component of the right ventricle, mimicking isolated hypoplasia of the right ventricle. A marked hypoplasia was confirmed by echocardiography and catheterization. At operation an anomalously thickened moderator band obstructing the apical infundibulum was found.