Balloon-expandable stents for native coarctation of the aorta in children and adolescents.

Although balloon-expandable stent implantation for native aortic coarctation is a preferred method in the adolescent age group, there are insufficient data about indications for and the efficacy of the procedure in a younger age group. The aim of this study was to compare and evaluate the data of young pediatric and adolescent patients who underwent balloon-expandable stent implantation because of native aortic coarctation. The retrospective analysis included the demographic characteristics and data related to the procedure and follow-up of patients who underwent stent implantation for native aortic coarctation between August 2010 and November 2017.

A rare cause of abnormal pulmonary venous drainage: septum primum malposition.

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical features of patients with septum primum malposition, imaging tools used for diagnosis, and their effects on the surgical approach.

Materials And Methods: Patients diagnosed with septum primum malposition in our paediatric cardiac centre between 1 January, 2015 and 1 January, 2019 were included in the study. In all patients, the age, reason for admission, transthoracic echocardiography, cardiac multidetector CT angiography findings, and subsequent surgical data were evaluated.

The assessment of patients with situs inversus and corrected transposition of the great arteries.

Introduction: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) is a rare congenital heart defect. There are different subgroups according to the location of the heart in the thorax, apical position and situs.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess pediatric patients with situs inversus (SI) ccTGA (SI-ccTGA), a rare subgroup of this condition, in detail.

A rare association: first degree AV block and long QT syndrome.

The coexistence of long QT syndrome with 2:1 or complete atrioventricular blocks has been reported in the literature, but, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first pediatric case of long QT syndrome coexisting with first-degree atrioventricular blocks( 1 - 3 ).

Arrhythmia during diagnostic cardiac catheterization in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease.

Objective: Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures for congenital heart diseases (CHD) are becoming increasingly more popular, and arrhythmia is a well-known complication. This study was an evaluation of the incidence and causative agents of arrhythmia and the subsequent treatment strategies applied during cardiac catheterization.

Methods: The catheterization data of all of the patients who underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization for CHD between January 2012 and 2018 at a single center were examined retrospectively.

Cardiac Catheterization in the Early Post-Operative Period after Congenital Heart Surgery.

Background: The number of diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization procedures are increasing in the post-operative period of congenital heart diseases (CHD). The aim of this study was to evaluate data of patients who underwent cardiac catheterization in the early post-operative period after congenital heart surgery (CHS).

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the data of patients who underwent cardiac catheterization within 30 days after CHS.

Analysis of congenital heart surgery results: A comparison of four risk scoring systems.

Background: This study aims to evaluate the surgical results of our clinic according to presumption systems of Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery, Aristotle Basic Complexity score, Aristotle Comprehensive Complexity score, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons and European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery mortality categories and to compare the efficiency of these systems in predicting morbidity and mortality.

Methods: In the study, classification and the risk scoring were performed with the four different systems for 1,950 patients (1,038 males, 912 females; mean age 5.5 months; range, 1 day to 18 years) who were administered congenital heart surgery between 1 October 2012 and 31 December 2016.

Rhythm disturbances and treatment strategies in children with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.

Background: We aimed to evaluate rhythm abnormalities in cases of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) and associated treatment strategies.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 65 pediatric patients with ccTGA who were admitted to the clinic between 2009 and 2017. The patients were divided into two groups, and surgical data, Holter electrocardiographic (ECG) recordings, ECG recordings, electrophysiological data, and device implantation data on the two groups were compared.

The Evaluation of Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Patients with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support.

Introduction: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a standard technique over the past few decades in intensive care unit (ICU).

Objective: A review of pediatric patients who received ECMO support in the pediatric cardiac ICU was conducted to determine the incidence, risk factors and causal organisms related to acquired infections and assess the survival rates of ECMO patients with nosocomial infections.

Methods: Sixty-six patients who received ECMO support in the pediatric cardiac ICU between January 2011 and June 2014 were included in the study.

Cardiac catheterization procedures in pediatric patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiac catheterization, ECMO.

Objective: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a lifesaving intervention for pediatric patients with respiratory and/or cardiovascular failure. In this study, we evaluated the cardiac catheterization results of pediatric patients on ECMO support.

Methods: Between January 2012 and October 2016, 98 patients (5.

Sustained tachyarrhythmia in children younger than 1 year of age: Six year single-center experience.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of non-operational sustained tachyarrhythmia in patients <1 year of age at the present center.

Methods: Between November 2010 and November 2016, the demographic characteristics, type and localization of the tachyarrhythmia, echocardiographic findings, and medical and/or ablation therapy for patients <1 year of age with sustained tachyarrhythmia were evaluated.

Results: Of 99 patients, 91 had sustained supraventricular tachycardia, and eight had sustained ventricular tachycardia.

Initial Clinical Experiences With Novel Diagonal ECLS System in Pediatric Cardiac Patients.

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) provides mechanical support following cardiac surgery when respiratory or cardiac failure occurs. The aim of this study was to analyze the safety and feasibility of the Medos Deltastream diagonal pump (DP3) ECLS system in pediatric cardiac patients. We described the technical considerations and risk factors related to the survival outcomes in 102 pediatric cardiac patients who received ECLS support between March 2011 and April 2016.

Evaluation of Anomalous Coronary Arteries from the Pulmonary Artery.

Objective: This study evaluated clinical and diagnostic findings, treatment methods, and follow-up of cases of anomalous coronary arteries from the pulmonary artery.

Methods: The study included all cases diagnosed with anomalous coronary arteries from the pulmonary artery between January 2012 and January 2016. Data from patients' demographic characteristics, electrocardiography, echocardiography, angiographic findings, operation, intensive care unit stay, and follow-up were evaluated.

Spontaneous Remission of Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block in Anti-Ro/La Antibody-Negative Monozygotic Twins: Case Report.

Background: Congenital complete atrioventricular block without any structural heart disease and anti-Ro/La negativity is very rare. Discordant complete atrioventricular block, which is more frequently defined in the literature as an autoimmune mechanism, is much more rare in monozygotic twins.

Case Report: The 26-year-old healthy mother had given birth in her first spontaneous, uneventful pregnancy to monozygotic twins at week 35.

Transesophageal echocardiography experience in thepediatric age group in a tertiary cardiac center.

Background/aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) findings of pediatric patients in a tertiary center where complex congenital heart surgery and interventional procedures have been performed.

Materials And Methods: All TEE studies performed between December 2009 and December 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. Patients were divided into 3 groups: perioperative, during interventional procedures, and due to other reasons.

A rare pathology: Levoatriocardinal vein.

Objective: Levoatriocardinal vein (LACV) is a rare cardiac pathology that represents a connection between the pulmonary venous and cardinal systems. The aim of the present study was to discuss morphological and clinical characteristics, as well as diagnostic methods, of experience with LACV.

Methods: Records of 11 patients (4 male, 7 female; mean age 79±1.

Evaluation of Permanent or Transient Complete Heart Block after Open Heart Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease.

Background: The features of pediatric patients with postoperative transient and permanent complete atrioventricular (AV) block (CAVB) were compared.

Methods: Patients who developed CAVB in postoperative period after congenital cardiac surgery between 2010-2015 were included in the study. They were classified as patients with transient CAVB and with permanent CAVB.

A rare type of common arterial trunk with interrupted aortic arch, partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and phenylketonuria.

Common arterial trunk with arch obstruction is a rare conotruncal abnormality. We report, with confirmatory images, a neonate with this anomaly and additional supracardiac partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, as well as phenylketonuria.