A Magic Port-A-Cath Ming-Chih Lin, MD, PhD Te-Kau Chang, MD Yun-Ching Fu, MD, PhD Sheng-Ling Jan, MD A 7-year-old boy with Burkitt lymphoma was referred by pediatric oncologists for severe chest pain when flushing…
Acute Stent Thrombosis: Technical Complication or Inadequate Antithrombotic Therapy? An Optical Coherence Tomography Study Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD A 68-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with non–ST-segment…
A Dual-Snare Percutaneous Retrieval of Venous Stent Embolization to the Right Side of the Heart Ajay K. Sharma, MD Sarju Ganatra, MD James Hansen, MD Neil Yager, DO Thomas Piemonte, MD Gautam Gadey, MD Michael S. Levy,…
Hemodynamic Findings of Effusive-Constrictive Pericarditis Anand D. Shah, MD Daniel L. Molloy, MD John E.A. Blair, MD A 64-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis presented with progressive abdominal and leg swelling, anorexia, and dyspnea…
A Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm Treated With Multiple Overlapping Covered Stents Alberto F. Cereda, MD Gianluca Tiberti, MD Isidoro G. Pera, MD Edoardo Cantù, MD Luca A. Ferri, MD Stefano Savonitto, MD Luigi Piatti, MD A 62-year-old…
10.1055/b-0035-121510 15 Congenital Heart Defects 15.1 Atrial Septal Defects 15.1.1 Basics Definition An atrial septal defect (ASD) is a pathological connection between the left and the right atrium. The defect…
10.1055/b-0035-121519 24 Interventional Catheterization 24.1 Basics Today, an increasing number of cardiac catheterization procedures are no longer used for diagnostic purposes only. This means that more and more catheter-based treatment…
10.1055/b-0035-121513 18 Cardiac Arrhythmias 18.1 Antiarrhythmic Drugs 18.1.1 Basics Antiarrhythmic drugs play a central role in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in childhood. But their use must be weighed critically….
10.1055/b-0035-121524 29 Heart Transplantation 29.1 Basics Heart transplantation has become an established treatment for children with terminal heart failure. In some centers, heart transplants are performed even on neonates with…
10.1055/b-0035-121520 25 Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Treatment 25.1 Hemodynamic Monitoring The most important instrumental methods used for hemodynamic monitoring in the cardiac or cardiac surgery intensive care unit are presented below….
