Background .– Percutaneous closure of huge and tubular (type C) patent ductus arteriosus remain challenging or unsuccessful in small infants. Aim .– To evaluate the usefulness and safety of Amplatzer…
Aim .– The aim of this study was to assess the results of transcatheter stent treatment of native or recurrent coarctation of the aorta in adolescents and adults, as an…
Background .– Isolated ventricular non-compaction is a congenital cardiomyopathy, based on an arrest of normal embryonic myocardium development and characterized by the presence of a two-layered myocardial structure, with a…
Purpose .– Geometric profile of the left and right outlets as well as position and size of the ventricular septal defects (VSD) determine the surgical approach of malposition of the…
Background and aim .– In congenital heart disease, assessment of right ventricular (RV) function is determinant for patient’s follow-up and therapeutic strategy. However, only few data of RV systolic functioning…
Objectives .– New parameters of systolic left ventricular (LV) function using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) are available. Little is known about the accuracy of these parameters in children. The aim…
Introduction .– Very few comparative studies have yet reported health related quality of life (HRQoL) among children with congenital heart diseases (CHD). Method .– We prospectively recruited children aged 8…
Advances in surgery and therapeutic catheterization in recent decades increased steadily life expectancy and prevalence of adult patients with congenital heart disease (ACHD). We assessed medical and psychosocial parameters of…
Background .– Anomalous left coronary artery connected to the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a coronary abnormality which can be associated to other congenital heart defects which complicates the positive diagnosis…
Background .– Atrioventricular discordance with ventriculo-arterial concordance is a rare cardiac defect whose pathophysiology resembles transposition of the great arteries. Objective .– To report a series of ten patients with…
