ALLMedicine™ Congenital Heart Disease Center

Jun 14th, 2021 - Background Ultra-high-density mapping enables detailed mechanistic analysis of atrial reentrant tachycardia but has yet to be used to assess circuit conduction velocity (CV) patterns in adults with congenital heart disease. Methods and Results Cir...

Jun 14th, 2021 - Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare but difficult to manage congenital heart disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. We present a simplified repair method which combines the plication of the atrialized right ventricle, tricuspid leaf...

Jun 12th, 2021 - With the substantial growth of pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) support, there has been an expansion of the target population towards more complex patients, including congenital heart disease (CHD) with single ventricle (SV) physiology. T...

Jun 12th, 2021 - Genetic diagnosis is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with the ability to identify even fine differences in patients with a wide variety of congenital heart lesions. Although we have an incomplete understanding of the clinical consequences of ...

Jun 11th, 2021 - To assess associations and interactions of maternal smoking and cytochrome P450 (CYP450) genetic variants with the developments of congenital heart disease (CHD) and specific subtypes.A case-control study of 654 cases and 666 controls was conducte...

Feb 1st, 2021 - Recommendations for the Adult Cardiac Sonographer Performing Echocardiography to Screen for Critical Congenital Heart Disease in the Newborn: From the American Society of Echocardiography.|2021|Wasserman MA,Shea E,Cassidy C,Fleishman C,France R,|

Oct 4th, 2020 - The American College of Cardiology (ACC) collaborated with the American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, Heart Rhythm Society, International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography...

Aug 30th, 2020 - Survival prospects in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD), although improved in recent decades, still remain below expectations for the general population. Patients and their loved ones benefit from preparation for both unexpected and predi...

Aug 27th, 2020 - Improved clinical care has led to an increase in the number of adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) engaging in leisure time and competitive sports activities. Although the benefits of exercise in patients with CHD are well established, ther...

Jan 10th, 2020 - ACC/AHA/ASE/HRS/ISACHD/SCAI/SCCT/SCMR/SOPE 2020 Appropriate Use Criteria for Multimodality Imaging During the Follow-Up Care of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Solution Set Oversight Committee...

Jun 14th, 2021 - Background Ultra-high-density mapping enables detailed mechanistic analysis of atrial reentrant tachycardia but has yet to be used to assess circuit conduction velocity (CV) patterns in adults with congenital heart disease. Methods and Results Cir...

Jun 14th, 2021 - Ebstein's anomaly (EA) is a rare but difficult to manage congenital heart disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. We present a simplified repair method which combines the plication of the atrialized right ventricle, tricuspid leaf...

Jun 12th, 2021 - With the substantial growth of pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) support, there has been an expansion of the target population towards more complex patients, including congenital heart disease (CHD) with single ventricle (SV) physiology. T...

Jun 12th, 2021 - Genetic diagnosis is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with the ability to identify even fine differences in patients with a wide variety of congenital heart lesions. Although we have an incomplete understanding of the clinical consequences of ...

Jun 11th, 2021 - To assess associations and interactions of maternal smoking and cytochrome P450 (CYP450) genetic variants with the developments of congenital heart disease (CHD) and specific subtypes.A case-control study of 654 cases and 666 controls was conducte...

Jun 8th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - The likelihood infants will die from congenital heart disease may in part depend on where they live, a U.S. study suggests. An analysis of data from nearly 14,000 infants who died from congenital heart disease suggests that chil...

May 31st, 2021 - Children born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy are at an increased risk of having congenital heart disease (CHD), an international multicohort study led by the University of Bristol has found. The study, published in the  Journal of the Amer...

Mar 29th, 2021 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Most adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) do not face an increased risk of COVID-19 mortality, although certain subgroups remain at high risk, an internati...

Mar 25th, 2021 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Medtronic's Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) System to treat severe pulmonary regurgitation in pediatric and adult patients who have a native or surgically repaired right ventricula...

Jan 14th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Neurodevelopmental deficits in children with single-ventricle physiology change as children age, and early developmental scores are not a good predictor of functioning when they reach school age, new research shows. The...