Current Methodology in Total Correction of Congenital Cardiac Malformations

2015 ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
James R. Malm ◽  
Elihu Krongrad ◽  
Albert L. Waldo ◽  
Keith Reemtsma ◽  
Brian F. Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Total Correction ◽  
Cardiac Malformations

Endocrinal complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease: consensus definitions from the Multi-Societal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (S2) ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Dickerson ◽  
David S. Cooper ◽  
Paul A. Checchia ◽  
David P. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Healthcare Intervention ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Quality Reporting ◽  
Cardiac Malformations ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
Congenital Cardiac Disease

AbstractA complication is an event or occurrence that is associated with a disease or a healthcare intervention, is a departure from the desired course of events, and may cause, or be associated with, suboptimal outcome. A complication does not necessarily represent a breech in the standard of care that constitutes medical negligence or medical malpractice. An operative or procedural complication is any complication, regardless of cause, occurring (1) within 30 days after surgery or intervention in or out of the hospital, or (2) after 30 days during the same hospitalization subsequent to the operation or intervention. Operative and procedural complications include both intraoperative/intraprocedural complications and postoperative/postprocedural complications in this time interval.The MultiSocietal Database Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease has set forth a comprehensive list of complications associated with the treatment of patients with congenital cardiac disease, related to cardiac, pulmonary, renal, haematological, infectious, neurological, gastrointestinal, and endocrinal systems, as well as those related to the management of anaesthesia and perfusion, and the transplantation of thoracic organs. The objective of this manuscript is to examine the definitions of operative morbidity as they relate specifically to the endocrine system. These specific definitions and terms will be used to track morbidity associated with surgical and transcatheter interventions and other forms of therapy in a common language across many separate databases.As surgical survival in children with congenital cardiac disease has improved in recent years, focus has necessarily shifted to reducing the morbidity of congenital cardiac malformations and their treatment. A comprehensive list of endocrinal complications is presented. This list is a component of a systems-based compendium of complications that will standardize terminology and thereby allow the study and quantification of morbidity in patients with congenital cardiac malformations. Clinicians caring for patients with congenital cardiac disease will be able to use this list for databases, initiatives to improve quality, reporting of complications, and comparing strategies of treatment.

Cardiac malformations in babies born after assisted conception

The Lancet ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 337 (8744) ◽  
pp. 804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Licata ◽  
Ettore Garzena ◽  
Barbara Stasiowska ◽  
Michael Mostert ◽  
Claudio Fabris
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Conception ◽  
Cardiac Malformations

Cardiac Malformations Are Increased in Infants of Mothers with Epilepsy

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 604-608 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. V. Thomas ◽  
B. Ajaykumar ◽  
K. Sindhu ◽  
E. Francis ◽  
N. Namboodiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Malformations

Arachnodactyly Heart

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-522
Author(s):  
S. G.
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Hypertrophy ◽  
Coarctation Of The Aorta ◽  
Hereditary Disease ◽  
Pathologic Finding ◽  
Cardiovascular Pathology ◽  
Cardiac Malformations ◽  
Septal Defects ◽  
Aneurysm Formation ◽  
Cardiac Decompensation ◽  
Myocardial Pathology

Cardiovascular lesions are known to be frequently associated with arachnodactyly. The most common pathologic finding is cystic medionecrosis, particularly affecting the aorta, which often gives rise to aneurysm formation. Congenital cardiac malformations have also been described in patients with arachnodactyly; the more common lesions encountered are coarctation of the aorta and septal defects. From his experience at the Gronigen Clinic, Netherlands, the author reports another, but less frequently observed, finding of myocardial hypertrophy and fibrosis, in the absence of other cardiovascular pathology; this lesion leads eventually to cardiac decompensation and demise. The term "arachnodactyly heart" is proposed to designate the primary myocardial pathology in this hereditary disease.

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