A preliminary study on the normal values of the thoracic Haller index in children.

Objectives: The Haller index (HI) is widely utilized as a quantitative indicator to assess the extent of the pectus excavatum (PE) deformity, which is the most common chest wall abnormality in children. Both preoperative correction planning and postoperative follow-up need to be based on the standard of normal thoracic growth and development. However, there is currently no established reference range for the HI in children.

Surgical treatment of primary cardiac tumors in children.

Objective: Summarizing the treatment experience of primary cardiac tumors in children.

Methods: The date of 24 children with primary cardiac tumors who underwent surgery in our department from July 2003 to September 2022 was collected and analyzed treatment efficacy.

Results: All patients completed the surgery successfully, including 21 cases of complete tumor resection, 2 cases of partial tumor resection, and 1 case of tumor biopsy.

Risk Factors of Perioperative Brain Injury in Children Under Two Years Undergoing Coarctation Repair.

Background: To investigate clinical manifestations and factors of perioperative brain injury (PBI) after surgical repair of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) combined with other heart malformations under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in children under two years.

Methods: The clinical data of 100 children undergoing CoA repair were retrospectively reviewed between January 2010 and September 2021. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify factors of PBI development.

[Intervention of astragalus injection on the kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass of infants with congenital heart disease].

Objective: To study the intervention of astragalus injection in the kidney injury of infants with congenital heart disease after cardiopulmonary bypass, thus providing a new method for protection of the kidney injury in them.

Methods: Forty infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass were randomly assigned to the test group and the control group, twenty in each group. Astragalus Injection (at the dose of 2 mL/kg) was added in the perfusion fluid before giving to infants in the test group before bypass, while the normal saline of the same volume was added in the perfusion fluid before giving to infants in the control group (P < 0.

[Kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass in infants with congenital heart disease].

Objective: To study kidney injury in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Methods: Forty CHD infants undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB from October 2009 to July 2010 were enrolled. The concentrations of serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), cystatin C (CysC) and urinary N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) were detected using ELISA before bypass, at the end of surgery, and 2 hrs, 6 hrs and 24 hrs after surgery.

Intra-atrial repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.

The natural history of total pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is unfavorable per se. We describe a modified technique of intra-atrial repair in infants with supra- and infracardiac TAPVC. Twenty patients were treated.