ALLMedicine™ Atrioventricular Septal Defect Center

Sep 11th, 2021 - We studied a cohort of patients with nonsyndromic complete atrioventricular septal defect with and without concomitant complex cardiac anatomy and compared the outcomes after surgical repair. Between 1993 and 2018, 62 nonsyndromic patients underwe...

Sep 7th, 2021 - Repair of complete atrioventricular septal defect (cAVSD) is achieved with low mortality. However, there is a high rate of reoperation on the left atrioventricular valve (LAVV), which is often attributed to non-closure of the cleft. Although non-c...

Aug 30th, 2021 - Commentary: Does atrioventricular septal defect atrial fenestration treat the child … or the surgeon?|2021|Backer CL,|

Aug 29th, 2021 - Given its complex pathological anatomy, recurrent left atrioventricular valve regurgitation after partial atrioventricular septal defect repair remains a challenge for surgical correction. Here, we introduce a modified bridging technique by shorte...

Aug 1st, 2021 - Intermediate type atrioventricular septal defect is less frequent than complete or partial atrioventricular septal defect, and is rarely encountered in the elderly and the utility of three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in the diagno...

Feb 2nd, 2021 - Takeaway First trimester use of macrolide antibiotics (mainly erythromycin, spiramycin, clarithromycin and azithromycin) was not associated with an increased risk of congenital heart defects (CHDs) as a whole. Erythromycin, clarithromycin and azit...

Nov 17th, 2020 - The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) updated their 2010 guidelines on the management of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) in 2020.[1,2] Class I and III recommendations are outlined. Arrhythmias in ACHD Refer patients with moderate and seve...

Sep 8th, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Electrocardiogram (ECG) findings and other markers can be useful for managing adult patients with a history of congenital heart disease, according to a new review. "These patients have to be cared for by cardiologists w...

Jun 21st, 2016 - Trainees in congenital cardiac surgery fellowship programs are doing more operations since the programs became accredited in 2007, but no clear parameters have emerged to determine if certification has improved the quality of training, according t.

Jan 1st, 2011 - One study done in the United Kingdom, for instance, identified 727 adults with surgically modified major heart defects and their 393 live offspring. Of these infants, 16 were born with cardiac malformations, representing a total recurrence risk of.