Primary cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma developed after receiving radiotherapy for left breast cancer 18 years prior.

The heart is an organ where primary malignant tumors rarely develop. In particular, the incidence of cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is extremely low. It has been reported that the risk of second malignant tumors in mediastinum is increased by radiotherapy in women with breast cancer.

Complete repair of a total defect type aortopulmonary window in an extremely low birth weight neonate.

The authors performed a complete repair for a total defect type aortopulmonary window (APW) in an extremely low birth weight neonate weighing 1.1 kg. The APW was repaired using an autologous pericardial patch.

Does a bidirectional Glenn shunt improve the oxygenation of right ventricle-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum?

Objective: There is a risk of myocardial ischemia in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum associated with the right ventricle-dependent coronary circulation. In this patient group, the oxygen delivery to the myocardium depends on the oxygen saturation of the right ventricular cavity. We hypothesized that bidirectional Glenn shunt would improve the oxygenation of right ventricle-dependent coronary circulation relative to a systemic-pulmonary artery shunt.

One-lung ventilation for video-assisted thoracoscopic interruption of patent ductus arteriosus.

Purpose: Video-assisted endoscopic techniques have recently been employed in congenital heart surgery for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) interruption. We report our preliminary experience of using a new technique of single-lung ventilation to perform video-assisted thoracoscopic PDA interruption (VATS-PDA) in small infants and children.

Methods: Sixteen infants with a mean body weight of 6.