Echocardiography has undergone major progress in recent years. While standard cross sectional echocardiography is still the most often used routine method for screening the anatomy of congenitally malformed hearts, and…
Division, or partitioning, of one of the atrial chambers is a rare malformation. Severe symptoms, or even death, may ensue if it is untreated. When recognised, and treated surgically, life…
In 1699, Chemineau 1 described a human fetus having an allegedly univentricular heart. Since then, the patients characterised as possessing functionally univentricular hearts have held a unique position among all…
Echocardiography remains the most widely used diagnostic imaging modality in the assessment of patients with congenitally malformed hearts, owing to its portability and excellent temporal resolution, and the contrast provided…
Electrophysiology is a rapidly growing and evolving discipline within both paediatric and adult cardiology. Although there is overlap in the knowledge base of the paediatric and adult electrophysiologist, there are…
The first transplantation of a human heart was performed in South Africa in 1966. 1 By the end of the 1970s, transplantation was established as an effective therapy for end-stage…
The current standard of practise when faced with a clinical dilemma is to make decisions based on the use of evidence. This is broadly defined as decision-making that incorporates the…
Regular exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Physical activity in some westernised societies has diminished for a variety of reasons as society has trended away from outdoor…
The conduct of an operation for palliation or repair of the congenitally malformed heart is ideally the culmination of a thorough preoperative evaluation, the careful formulation of an operative plan…
