OBJECTIVE
Freeze tolerant fish and insects in nature are able to survive subzero temperatures by noncolligatively lowering the freezing temperature of their body fluids using a family of thermal… (More)
Deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) has been used for the past 50 years in the surgical repair of complex congenital cardiac malformations and operations involving the aortic arch; it enables… (More)
BACKGROUND
Pluripotent cardiac progenitor cells resident in myocardium offer a potentially promising role in promoting recovery from injury. In pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients,… (More)
INTRODUCTION
Anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a rare cardiac anomaly in which the pulmonary artery abnormally arises from the ascending aorta. Physiologically,… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Neonates with congenital heart disease might require surgical repair with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, a technique associated with adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. Antegrade… (More)
OBJECTIVES
Pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass involves the creation of a large obligatory priming reservoir. Packed red blood cells are an essential part of the cardiopulmonary bypass priming solution… (More)
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions…
2009
OBJECTIVES
To report on the early results of treatment of native coarctation of the aorta by implantation and serial dilations of covered stents.
BACKGROUND
Transcatheter dilation of native… (More)
BACKGROUND
Right aortic arch (RAA) is usually associated with the presence of a significant congenital heart disease, usually a conotruncal defect, which determines the postnatal outcome. In the… (More)
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions…
2014
OBJECTIVES
To present our initial experience with the Amplatzer Duct Occluder II Additional Sizes (ADOIIAS) device.
BACKGROUND
The ADOIIAS is a modified PDA closure device of various lengths and… (More)
AIMS
Assessment of the feasibility of creating real-time interactive 3D digital holograms in a standard catheterization laboratory. 3D medical images are typically displayed and interacted with on 2D… (More)