Excision of the atrial Wilms` tumor thrombus without sternotomy, atriotomy and cardiovascular By-pass.

Tekin A, Yağmur İ, Ergün O, Ayık MF, Atay Y, Ulman İ, Avanoğlu A. Excision of the atrial Wilms` tumor thrombus without sternotomy, atriotomy and cardiovascular By-pass. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 436-439.

Long-Term Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Mitral Regurgitation Following Takeuchi Repair.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the early operative outcomes and to compare the left ventricle and mitral valve functions after initial Takeuchi repair in patients with anomalous left coronary arising from pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).

Methods: Fourteen patients (5 males, 9 females; mean age 4.3 years, ranging from 25 days to 34 years) who were operated for ALCAPA between 2007 and 2018 were included in this study.

Comparison Between Nomograms Used to Define Pediatric Aortic Arch Hypoplasia: Retrospective Evaluation Among Patients Less Than 1 Year Old with Coarctation of the Aorta.

Although various modalities are currently in use to define pediatric aortic arch hypoplasia (AAH), there is little uniformity among them. We aimed to determine the inter-rater strength of agreement of the nomograms in a survey of patients less than 1 year old, who had undergone coarctation of the aorta (CoA) repair with or without AAH. This retrospectively designed study comprised of 105 patients with CoA, who had been evaluated between 2008 and 2018 by means of a computed tomography angiogram.

Surgical management of late-term pulmonary venous baffle stenosis after Senning operation.

Although pulmonary venous baffle stenosis is not a common late complication after the Senning operation, surgical treatment is vital, when interventional methods fail to correct the pathology. Our patient was admitted to hospital with recurrent epistaxis and exertional dyspnea 6.5 years after the Senning procedure.

Our experience on Bentall procedure in an adult patient with Baraitser-Winter syndrome.

Baraitser-Winter syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder caused by cytoplasmic actin-encoding genes defects. Although most patients have similar phenotype, concomitant cardiac anomalies widely vary. In addition to well-described congenital heart diseases, aortic aneurysms occur due to underlying actin gene mutation in these patients in the further years.

Correction to: Blalock-Taussig Shunt Size: Should it be Based on Body Weight or Target Branch Pulmonary Artery Size?

The original version of the article unfortunately contained an alignment error in Table 1. The correct version of Table 1 is given below.

A Retrospective Survey Comparing Suture Techniques Regarding the Risk of Permanent Epicardial Pacemaker Implantation After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure.

Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the continuous and combined suturing techniques in regards to the needing epicardial pacing at the time of weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass (EP-CPB) and to evaluate permanent epicardial pacemaker (PEP) implantation in patients who had undergone surgical ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure.

Methods: This single-centre retrospective survey includes 365 patients who had consecutively undergone VSD closure between January 2006 and October 2015.

Results: The median age and weight of the patients were 15 months (range 27 days - 56.

Blalock-Taussig Shunt Size: Should it be Based on Body Weight or Target Branch Pulmonary Artery Size?

The study aimed to revisit the in-hospital predictors of shunt thrombosis (ST) in the foreground of the pulmonary artery size in patients who received modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (mBTS) as the first-stage palliation. Data from 80 patients who received mBTS as their initial palliative procedure between February 2012 and January 2017 was retrospectively collected. The median age and weight of the patients at the time of their mBTS procedure was 4 days (IQR 2-22 days) and 3.

Early and mid-term outcomes after surgical repair of congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis with the Doty technique.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the Doty surgical approach in pediatric patients with congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis (SVAS) by examining early and mid-term outcomes.

Methods: Surgical repair using the Doty technique was performed in a total of 10 pediatric patients with SVAS between January 2005 and July 2015 at this clinic. These patients were evaluated retrospectively.

The fate of a thoracoabdominal aortic bypass graft 10 years after surgery in a child with the middle aortic syndrome.

A 13-year-old boy who underwent thoracoabdominal aortic bypass when he was three years old for middle aortic syndrome was admitted with fatigue and need for an increased dose of antihypertensive mediations. The graft was patent, but there were stenoses at the juxta-proximal and juxta-distal anastomosis sites. A partial benefit was gained with endovascular stenting.

Correlation between serum lactate levels and outcome in pediatric patients undergoing congenital heart surgery.

Background: This study aimed to investigate the correlation between perioperative arterial lactate levels and morbidity and mortality in children undergoing cardiac surgery.

Methods: A total of 236 patients who underwent open heart surgery due to congenital heart disease (121 males, 115 females; mean age 56.4 month (median: 42 month): range, 1 day to 204 month) between June 2014 and May 2016 were retrospectively analyzed.

Low-virulent chronic sternal osteomyelitis in children.

Sternal osteomyelitis is a fatal and serious complication of open heart surgery. Application of current surgical techniques and the use of prophylactic antibiotherapy have reduced the sternal wound infections and the development of osteomyelitis. As a treatment, many methods have been described, from wound dressing to partial sternal resection, although complete recovery cannot be achieved without rationale and long-term antibiotherapy.

A rare complication of chronic granulomatous disease in a child: constrictive aspergillus pericarditis.

A 3-year-old girl with the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) was hospitalized for bronchopneumonia and congestive heart failure. Her medical history included methylprednisolone medication for autoimmune gastric outlet obstruction. Computed tomography revealed pneumonic infiltrations and pericardial thickening.

Necrotizing Liver Granuloma/Abscess and Constrictive Aspergillosis Pericarditis with Central Nervous System Involvement: Different Remarkable Phenotypes in Different Chronic Granulomatous Disease Genotypes.

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immune deficiency causing predisposition to infections with specific microorganisms, species and being the most common ones. A 16-year-old boy with a mutation in CYBB gene coding gp91 protein (X-linked disease) developed a liver abscess due to . In addition to medical therapy, surgical treatment was necessary for the management of the disease.

A circumflex coronary artery-to-right atrial fistula in a 10-month-old child.

A coronary fistula (CF) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which there is a connection between the coronary artery and a cardiac chamber or a great vessel. In the paediatric population, a CF is usually asymptomatic. While the circumflex coronary artery (Cx) is the least common source of a CF, the right heart chambers are the most common location of drainage.

[Subtotal cor triatriatum sinister associated with bilateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous return].

Cor triatriatum sinister is a rare congenital cardiac pathology, representing only 0.1% of congenital cardiac anomalies, and often associated with other cardiac defects. In classic cor triatriatum sinister, the pulmonary venous chamber receives all pulmonary veins and drains into the left atrium through a variable-sized orifice.

Cor triatriatum sinister: a case series.

Objective: As a highly rare congenital defect, cor triatriatum sinister represents only 0.1% of congenital cardiac anomalies. Depending on the degree of obstruction and the accompanying symptoms, cor triatriatum can be diagnosed at any age.

[Late development of double-chambered right ventricle after repair of a ventricular septal defect].

Double-chambered right ventricle is a rare heart defect causing right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction. In this malformation, the right ventricle is divided into two chambers by a fibromuscular band. A 12-year old female patient who had undergone repair of a ventricular septal defect at 5 months old was admitted to our hospital with complaints of dyspnea and fatigue.

Association between resistin level and renal function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between resistin levels and renal function in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Methods: Thirty-seven consecutive patients (mean ± SD, age 60 ± 10 years, 29 (78%) male) undergoing CABG surgery at our department were enrolled into our study. Blood samples were taken to examine quantities of resistin level and other blood parameters the day before surgery.

[Changes in etiology, cause of death, survival, and mortality rates in cardiac transplant patients from 1998 to 2011].

Objectives: We retrospectively analyzed changes in heart failure etiology, causes of death, mortality and survival rates in cardiac transplant patients from 1998 to 2011.

Study Design: A total of 144 patients (112 men, 32 women; mean age 40.2±14.

[Clinical and hemodynamic features of Eisenmenger syndrome patients at the time of first admission: a tertiary referral-center experience].

Objective: In this study, patients admitted with the diagnosis of Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) in a tertiary referral center were analyzed.

Methods: The data of 20 consecutive patients (mean age: 27.6+1.

Serum resistin level: as a predictor of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Aim: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia with an incidence of 25-40%, after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Resistin is a newly identified adipocyte-secreted hormone belonging to a cysteine-rich protein family. This study examined the relation of preoperative and postoperative early serum resistin level, which can play an important role as an inflammatory marker to predict AF after CABG.

[Preoperative and intraoperative risk factors affecting mortality after heart transplantation: a single-center experience].

Objective: We retrospectively analyzed case records to identify risk factors for mortality in heart transplant recipients in our center.

Methods: Data of 123 patients (mean age 40.6±14 years and 97 male) transplanted from February 1998 to April 2009 were studied and analyzed.

Management of renal cell carcinoma with intracardiac extension.

Renal cell carcinoma extended to the right atrium was operated by using cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Hypothermic circulatory arrest provides bloodless surgical field for tumor thrombus removal and adequate visceral and brain protection. The surgical technique that we used in a patient was reported in light of the literature.

Does combination of antegrade and retrograde cardioplegia reduce coronary artery bypass grafting-related conduction defects?

Background: Conduction disorders appearing after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) may have many different causes. In this study, we evaluated the postoperative conduction disorders after CABG with respect to the ante-grade blood cardioplegia and ante-grade plus continuous retrograde cardioplegia delivery methods.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study included 1824 patients undergoing CABG between January 2001 and December 2005.