Ventricular septal defects (VSDs)
Ventricular septal defects (VSDs) are very common and account for approximately 20%–30% of congenital heart defects, often as part of complex lesions. From the anatomical point of view, the interventricular…
Segmental approach to congenital heart disease
Historically, there have been two main schools of nomenclature of congenital heart defects, the foundations of which were laid in parallel by Robert Anderson from the United Kingdom and by…
Chapter 26 – Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 26 Transplantation for Congenital Heart Disease Phil Botha Introduction Although nearly half of all of children undergoing heart transplantation at present have developed end-stage cardiac failure due to intrinsic…
Chapter 25 – Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 25 Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease David J. Barron Introduction An increasingly quoted statistic in recent times is the statement that there are now more adults alive with…
Chapter 23 – Hybrid Cardiac Surgical Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 23 Hybrid Cardiac Surgical Procedures in Congenital Heart Disease Oliver Stumper Introduction A great number of congenital cardiac lesions are now being treated by interventional cardiac catheterization techniques. Advances…
Chapter 24 – Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children
Chapter 24 Extra-corporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children Timothy J. Jones Introduction Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a technique of providing total cardiac and/or respiratory support. It uses an extra-corporeal circuit…
Chapter 22 – Vascular Rings
Chapter 22 Vascular Rings David J. Barron Introduction Vascular rings are a group of rare congenital abnormalities in which the great vessels form a complete ring of vascular structure around…
Chapter 20 – Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Chapter 20 Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome William J. Brawn Introduction The term ‘hypoplastic left heart syndrome’ was coined by Noonan and Nadas in 1958 to describe a very characteristic underdevelopment…
Chapter 21 – Cavo-pulmonary Shunts and the Fontan Circulation
Chapter 21 Cavo-pulmonary Shunts and the Fontan Circulation David J. Barron Introduction A truly univentricular heart is virtually unknown. However, there are a wide variety of different conditions in which…
Chapter 19 – Truncus Arteriosus
Chapter 19 Truncus Arteriosus William J. Brawn Introduction Truncus arteriosis is a congenital heart condition where there is a single arterial outlet from the heart, the so-called truncus, which then…
