A rare cause of hemoptysis in childhood: peripheral pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm to bronchial fistula in a case with tetralogy of Fallot.

We herein report a patient complaining from significant hemoptysis due to secondary fistulisation of the peripheral branch of the left pulmonary artery and the left bronchial tree, which was successfully treated with a transcatheter angiography.

Experiences of Two Centers in Percutaneous Ventricular Septal Defect Closure Using Konar Multifunctional Occluder.

Background: Transcatheter closure of perimembraneous ventricular septal defect still poses a challenge due to the adjacent structures of the tricuspid and aortic valves and the risk of atrioventricular block. We report our experience at 2 centers using the KONAR-MF (multifunctional occluder) ventricular septal defect device, which gained its CE mark in May 2018.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on all patients who underwent transcatheter ventricular septal defect closure with the KONAR-MF (multifunctional occluder) ventricular septal defect device at 2 centers.

The Use of Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Wires for Perforation of Atretic Pulmonary Valve; Two Centers Experience.

Pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS) can be treated either surgically or transcatheterly for eligible patients. Perforation of pulmonary valves using chronic total occlusion (CTO) guidewires has been reported as an alternative to radiofrequency (RF) perforation. We sought to report our experience with CTO guidewires for perforation of atretic pulmonary valves and subsequent balloon dilatation (with or without patent ductus arteriosus stenting) in patients with PA-IVS from two centers.

Current Strategies for the Management of Anomalous Origin of Coronary Arteries from the Pulmonary Artery.

Introduction: The coronary arteries, which have to originate from the aorta, may sometimes rise from the pulmonary artery. This study evaluated clinical and diagnostic findings, treatment methods, and follow up of cases with anomalous coronary arteries arising from the pulmonary artery.

Patients And Methods: Eight patients with the diagnosis of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) (N = 6) and anomalous right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) (N = 2), between January 2014 and January 2020 from a single center university hospital, were included in the study.

Ligation of patent ductus arteriosus through anterior thoracotomy in preterm infants: a 10-year experience.

Objective: The aim of this study is to report on the short-term and mid-term outcomes of preterm infants who underwent patent ductus arteriosus ligation through anterior mini-thoracotomy.

Methods: Data for 103 preterm infants who underwent patent ductus arteriosus clipping through an anterior mini-thoracotomy at the 2nd intercostal space between 2009 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The patients were divided into two groups according to their weight at the time of surgery.

Right ventricular outflow tract stenting during neonatal and infancy periods: A multi-center, retrospective study.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of right ventricular outflow tract stenting for palliation during the newborn and infancy periods.

Methods: Between January 2013 and January 2018, a total of 38 patients (20 males, 18 females; median age 51 days; range, 3 days to 9 months) who underwent transcatheter right ventricular outflow tract stenting in three centers were retrospectively analyzed. Demographic characteristics, cardiac pathologies, angiographic procedural, and clinical follow-up data of the patients were recorded.

Off-pump ascending aorta or aortic arch to descending aorta bypass with a pericardial roll for the treatment of critically ill infants with interrupted aortic arch.

Aim: Standard surgical treatment of the interrupted aortic arch with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass is risky especially in critically ill babies. In this manuscript, we present the results of off-pump pericardial roll bypass for the treatment of aortic interruption.

Material And Methods: The technique was applied in nine critically ill infants between July 2011 and December 2019.

Congenital cardiac interventions during the peak phase of COVID-19 pandemics in the country in a pandemics hospital in Istanbul.

Introduction: In this report, we aim to present our algorithm and results of patients with congenital cardiac disorders who underwent surgical or interventional procedures during the peak phase of the pandemics in our country.

Patients And Methods: The first COVID-19 case was diagnosed in Turkey on 11 March, 2020, and the peak phase seemed to end by the end of April. All the patients whom were referred, treated, or previously operated but still at the hospital during the peak phase of COVID-19 pandemics in the country were included into this retrospective study.

Comparison of Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure in Children, Adolescents and adults: Differences, Challenges and Short-, Mid- and Long-Term Results.

Background And Objectives: This study aims to compare the characteristics, effectiveness and results of transcatheter closure of atrial septal defect between children, adolescents, and adults.

Subjects And Methods: In this study, 683 patients who underwent atrial septal defect closure in the last 10 years were divided into three groups: children (age <12), adolescents (age 12 to 16), and adults (age >16) as group 1, group 2 and group 3, respectively.

Results: The average defect size and incidence of complex atrial septal defect were higher in group 3 (p=0.

The different cutaneous presentations in three cases of Kawasaki disease as confounding factor of diagnosis.

We report three paediatric cases of Kawasaki disease (KD). Erythema multiforme (EM) was the presenting cutaneous feature in two patients, with young age (43 days old), macular rash and meningitis in the third patient. Diagnosis of KD was difficult due either to initial misdiagnosis of drug eruption, incomplete presentation, or the young age of the patient.

A rare coronary anomaly with masked diagnosis: Anomalous left circumflex artery from right pulmonary artery.

Anomalous origin of the circumflex coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital coronary anomaly. While it generally follows an asymptomatic course, if undiagnosed it may lead to severe clinical outcomes, including sudden death. The condition can be masked by associated defects, so when it is clinically suspected, diagnosis must be confirmed by conventional and/or magnetic resonance angiography, even if echocardiography clearly shows coronary roots.

Cardiac Interventions in Pregnant Patients without Fluoroscopy.

Introduction: Cardiac interventions with fluoroscopy during pregnancy carry significant risks for the fetus. This report reviews three pregnant patients: two of them requiring pacemaker implantation and one underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization without fluoroscopy.

Methods: The cases were performed using EnSite system (St.

A multicentre, comparative study of Cera septal occluder versus AMPLATZER Septal Occluder in transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects.

Aims: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of the new Cera septal occluder (CSO) for atrial septal defect (ASD) closure as compared to the AMPLATZER Septal Occluder (ASO).

Methods And Results: A total of 405 ASD patients receiving CSO or ASO were studied. The ASDs were classified into simple defects (isolated defects <26 mm) or complex defects (isolated defects ≥26 mm, large defects with a deficient rim, double or multi-fenestrated defects).

Diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of patients with aortopulmonary window.

Background: Aortopulmonary window (APW) is a communication between the ascending aorta and the pulmonary artery in the presence of two separate semilunar valves and is the rarest of septal defects.

Aims: To present our experience with the diagnosis and outcome of APW cases.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Closure of a patent ductus arteriosus in pre-term neonates using a left anterior mini-thoracotomy.

Objectives: We present a surgical technique for closure of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in pre-term neonates. Left anterior mini-thoracotomy is a surgical procedure that consists of an anterior mini-thoracotomy (~1.5 cm) below the clavicle, clipping the PDA, and closing the thorax without a tube thoracotomy.

Cardi-O-Fix duct occluder versus Amplatzer duct occluder for closure of patent ductus arteriosus.

Background: We sought to investigate the safety, efficacy, and follow-up results of percutaneous patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure using the novel Cardi-O-Fix duct occluder (CDO), a device similar to but less expensive than the Amplatzer duct occluder (ADO). We also aimed to compare these two devices in terms of results.

Methods: Between March 2005 and May 2012, 167 patients diagnosed with moderate-to-large PDA underwent transcatheter closure.

Results for surgical closure of isolated ventricular septal defects in patients under one year of age.

Background: This study evaluated the outcomes of patients undergoing surgical repair of isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD) in the first year of life with particular attention to age and severity of pulmonary hypertension (PH).

Methods: Between July 1, 2002 and May 31, 2012, 282 patients aged less than one year underwent isolated VSD closure at a median age of five months (range, 21 days to 1 year) and a median weight of 5.3 kg (range, 2.

Results for surgical correction of complete atrioventricular septal defect: associations with age, surgical era, and technique.

Background: This study was conducted to evaluate the outcomes of patients undergoing complete atrioventricular septal defect (CAVSD) repair with particular attention to age at surgery, surgical era, and technique.

Methods: One hundred and forty-seven patients undergoing CAVSD repair between November 2002 and February 2012 were grouped according to surgical era and technique. Group I (age: 9.

Long-term follow-up results of lung perfusion studies after transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus.

Objective: This study presents the long-term follow-up of patients who developed left lung perfusion (LLP) abnormalities following patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure with various device types.

Design: The study includes 23 adult and pediatric patients who had undergone transcatheter PDA closure and were shown to have decreased LLP (<40%) by the first scintigraphy performed within the average follow-up period of 14.0 ± 8.

Early and intermediate term results for surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.

Background: This retrospective study evaluated factors associated with mortality and morbidity in patients having functionally biventricular heart (FBH) and functionally univentricular heart (FUH) undergoing total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair.

Methods: We reviewed medical records retrospectively and identified 72 patients undergoing TAPVC repair between July 2002 and December 2010; and 62 patients had FBH and 10 patients had FUH. The median age and weight at repair was 9.

Comparison of parameters for detection of splanchnic hypoxia in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass with pulsatile versus nonpulsatile normothermia or hypothermia during congenital heart surgeries.

The aim of this study is to evaluate gastric mucosal oxygenation together with whole-body oxygen changes in infants undergoing congenital heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedure and the use of either pulsatile or nonpulsatile mode of perfusion with normothermia and pulsatile or nonpulsatile moderate hypothermia. Sixty infants undergoing congenital cardiac surgery were randomized into four groups as: nonpulsatile normothermia CPB (NNCPB, n = 15), pulsatile normothermia CPB (PNCPB, n = 15), nonpulsatile moderate hypothermia CPB (NHCPB, n = 15), and pulsatile moderate hypothermia CPB (PHCPB, n = 15) groups. In NNCPB and PNCPB groups, mild hypothermia was used (35°C), whereas in NHCPB and PHCPB groups, moderate hypothermia (28°C) was used.

Surgical treatment of infective valve endocarditis in children with congenital heart disease.

Objective: This study assesses surgical procedures, operative outcome, and early and intermediate-term results of infective valve endocarditis in children with congenital heart disease.

Methods: Seven consecutive children (five females, two males; mean age, 10.8 years) who underwent surgery for infective valve endocarditis between 2006 and 2010 were included in the study.