Transplantation in Congenital Heart Disease: A Challenge.

Background: Heart failure is the leading cause of death in grown-up congenital heart disease patients (GUCH). Although heart transplantation (OHT) remains the gold standard in end-stage heart failure, the ratio of GUCH patients undergoing this procedure remains low.

Objective: Describe the cohort of GUCH patients undergoing heart transplantation at a third-level hospital.

Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation as a Predictor of Mortality After Cardiac Surgery.

Background: Mortality among the small percentage of cardiac surgery patients receiving prolonged mechanical ventilation is high, but this issue appears to be inadequately addressed in guidelines.

Methods: This study is a retrospective analysis of prospective, multi-center, and observational study in Spain including all adults undergoing cardiac surgery in 3 Andalusian hospitals between June 2008 and December 2012.

Results: The study included 3,588 adults with mean ± SD age of 63.

[Consequences of obesity in outcomes after cardiac surgery. Analysis of ARIAM registry].

Background And Objetive: Obesity is a disease that affects a large part of the population and has been associated with worse outcomes after cardiac surgery. The aim of our study is to evaluate the consequences of obesity related to postoperative complications, hospital length of stay and mortality.

Methods: Observational, prospective, multicenter study of patients included in ARIAM registry of adult cardiac surgery between March 2008 to March 2011.