A single-centre, retrospective study of mid-term outcomes of aortic arch repair using a standardized resection and patch augmentation technique.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the mid-term outcomes after the repair of aortic arch using a standard patch augmentation technique.

Methods: The study included all patients who underwent repair of a hypoplastic/interrupted aortic arch (IAA) in a single institute from June 2012 to December 2019 by a standardized patch augmentation (irrespective of concomitant intra-cardiac lesions). End points evaluated were reintervention for arch obstruction and persistent/new-onset hypertension.

Heterotaxy Is Not a Risk Factor for Adverse Long-Term Outcomes After Fontan Completion.

Background: Heterotaxy is considered a risk factor for poor outcomes after the Fontan operation. However, long-term data to support this notion are lacking. The aims of this study were to ascertain the long-term outcomes of patients with heterotaxy after hospital discharge after Fontan completion and to compare these outcomes with those of a contemporary nonheterotaxy cohort.

Options for coronary translocation and other considerations in aortic root translocation (Bex-Nikaidoh procedure).

Introduction: The surgical options for patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA), ventricular septal defect (VSD), and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction include intracardiac baffling with the right ventricle to pulmonary artery (PA) conduit (Rastelli procedure), "" or aortic root translocation (Bex-Nikaidoh procedure). The Bex-Nikaidoh procedure allows a more normal, anatomically aligned left ventricular outflow tract. However, the operation is technically demanding, and coronary translocation remains one of the major challenges for successful root translocation.

Transcatheter pulmonary valve perforation using chronic total occlusion wire in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.

Background: Perforation of pulmonary valve using radiofrequency ablation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA IVS) is a treatment of choice. However, significant cost of the equipment limits its utility, especially in the developing economies.

Objective: To assess the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of perforation of pulmonary valve using chronic total occlusion (CTO) wires in patients with PA IVS as an alternative to radiofrequency ablation.