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Single-Ventricle Physiology
Author(s): Lydia Taranto , Tabitha Moe Added: 3 years ago
As we approach 50 years since the original publication describing the Fontan procedure for palliation of single-ventricle congenital heart disease, we review the basics of Fontan circulation, and the current literature concerning long-term complications. Surgical interventions have allowed children with former lethal defects to survive into adulthood and we recognize that this has led to a new… View more

Heterogeneous Populations
Fontan-associated Liver Disease: A Practical Review
Author(s): Aleksandra Cieplucha , Werner Budts , Marc Gewillig , et al Added: 1 year ago

Heterogeneous Populations

CV Disease in Special Populations
Essentials in the Post-operative Evaluation of Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s): Jonathan N Johnson , Frank Cetta Added: 3 years ago
The last 60 years have seen significant changes in the care of congenital heart disease for both pediatric and adult patients. Increasing patient survival rates have widened the number and scope of potential patients seen by congenital cardiologists.1 These patients often undergo multiple surgeries, particularly since few lesions are truly ‘repaired.’ The majority of patients will have residua or… View more

Vascular Disease and Surgery

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Nico A Blom Added: 3 years ago
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) using biventricular pacing has been proven to be effective in adult patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and QRS prolongation. In this group of patients, CRT improves exercise tolerance, symptoms of heart failure and all-cause mortality.1 In addition, there is growing evidence that inter- and intra-ventricular dyssynchrony induced by… View more

Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia
Author(s): Morton J Kern , Katherine M Yu Added: 3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common cause of morbidity and mortality in the US, is frequently identified by coronary angiography. Decisions for treatment are often based on angiography alone, absent other clinical indicators for intervention. However, by angiography alone, conventional wisdom has suggested that a coronary stenosis is significant if there is at least a 50 % diameter… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions
Author(s): RJ Kanter Added: 3 years ago
Introduction Compared with patients with structurally normal hearts, there is an even greater need to suppress pathologic tachycardias in patients with congenital heart disease. The decrease in diastolic filling time and potential loss of atrioventricular (AV) synchrony are more poorly tolerated in these patients, proportionate to the degree of underlying systolic and diastolic dysfunction… View more

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Author(s): Usha Krishnan Added: 3 years ago
Pediatric interventional cardiology was born 40 years ago in 1966, when William Rashkind developed balloon septostomy in neonates with transposition of the great arteries.1 Almost a decade later, Andreas Gruentzig developed coronary angioplasty (between 1972 and 1976), which heralded an explosive era of interventional therapy for adults with heart disease, overshadowing the advances in… View more

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Assessing Pregnancy Risk in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s): Ajitha Kulasekaran , Lorna Swan Added: 11 months ago

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Job title: Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology
Personal History Dr Jamie O'Driscoll is based in Canterbury, UK where he holds the position of Reader in Cardiovascular Physiology at Canterbury Christ Church University. Academic History Dr Jamie O'Driscoll, BSc (Hons), MSc (Hons), CertEd, PhD, graduated with a 1st class honours in Sport Science from Brunel University, where he went on to earn a distinction in his MSc in Health and… View more
Author(s): Michael C Slack Added: 3 years ago
This is certainly an exciting time to be a congenital interventional cardiologist. No doubt the later part of the 20th century laid the foundation for the new millennium; however, since the centennial celebration, several milestone events have already occurred and the future looks as bright as ever. In late 2001, the Amplatzer Atrial Septal Occluder System┬«, became the first device ever to… View more

Prevention & Chronic Conditions