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Open AccessDecellularized cryopreserved human pericardium: a validation study towards tissue bank practice
Pericardial patches are currently used as reconstructive material in cardiac surgery for surgical treatment of cardiac septal defects. Autologous pericardial patches, either treated with glutaraldehyde or not,...
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Open AccessTricuspid Valve Repair Can Restore the Prognosis of Patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome and Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: A Meta-analysis
To date, evidence supporting the efficacy of tricuspid valve (TV) repair in interrupting the progression of systemic right ventricular (RV) adverse remodeling in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is confl...
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Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries Data from the Registries
Anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries represents a rare clinical condition, with some anatomycal variants being the second cause of unexpected and sudden death in children and adolescents. Single-center...
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Staged Approach to Total Cavo-Pulmonary Connection
The cavo-pulmonary connection, commonly known as Fontan circulation, was first reported in 1972 by Fontan and Baudet. This chapter discusses the fundamentals of the Fontan operation, including anatomical and h...
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Neuro-developmental Outcomes of Fontan Patients
This chapter provides an overview of the developmental outcome in the child or young adult who has undergone a Fontan procedure as long-term palliation for a functionally single ventricle CHD. Brain abnormalit...
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Pathological Aspects of Post-Fontan Procedures
The pathology following the Fontan procedures can be reconciled to three main pathophysiological areas: central venous congestion, low cardiac output and hypoxia. In addition, solid organs remodelling occur ev...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of Repair of Aortic Coarctation in Neonates: A Long-Term experience
To evaluate early and long-term results of surgical treatment of aortic coarctation (CoAo) in neonates. This is a retrospective clinical review of neonates with CoAo, who underwent surgery between 1995 and 201...
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Open AccessUnderstanding and recognition of the right ventricular function and dysfunction via a numerical study
The role played by the right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has long been underestimated in clinical practice. Recent findings are progressively confirming that when the RV efficiency deteriorates both the right...
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The Role of Aortopulmonary Collaterals After an Arterial Switch Operation: A Word of Caution
This report describes the case of a neonate with dextro-transposition of the great arteries and an intact ventricular septum who required postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for an unexpl...
