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…
On average, up to one-eighth of liveborn infants in the developed world are born prior to term. These rates have increased as a consequence of assisted reproductive technology, and earlier…
Appreciation of complex intracardiac anatomy and spatial relationships is inherent to the diagnosis of congenitally malformed hearts. Beginning over 30 years ago, and until recently, the ability of the clinician…
Chronic cardiac failure has long been recognised as a cause of considerable mortality and morbidity in the adult. The early recognition of cardiac failure in the 17th and 18th centuries…
With cross sectional echocardiography providing the means non-invasively to detect and monitor the evolution of anomalies occurring during pregnancy, the fetus has increasingly become the object of intended treatment. This…
