[Operation of Ebstein anomaly in adulthood - our experience].

Introduction: The outcome of the operation of the Ebstein anomaly in adulthood depends on the experience of the surgical team.

Methods And Results: We operated 38 adult patients with Ebstein anomaly at the age of 34.8 ± 12.

Single-site access robot-assisted epicardial mapping with a snake robot: preparation and first clinical experience.

CardioARM, a highly flexible "snakelike" medical robotic system (Medrobotics, Raynham, MA), has been developed to allow physicians to view, access, and perform complex procedures intrapericardially on the beating heart through a single-access port. Transthoracic epicardial catheter mapping and ablation has emerged as a strategy to treat arrhythmias, particularly ventricular arrhythmias, originating from the epicardial surface. The aim of our investigation was to determine whether the CardioARM could be used to diagnose and treat ventricular tachycardia (VT) of epicardial origin.

[Six-year experience with cardiac surgery in adults with congenital heart disease].

Background: Increasing number of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) require reoperation or primary repair. To define risk and outcome of operations of ACHD performed in adult cardiac surgery.

Methods: Between 2005-2010 we operated on 459 patients with ACHD, aged 40.