Pulmonary Hypertension
Classification Definition/title Pre- or postcapillary Class 1 Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) Precapillary PH Class 2 PH due to left heart disease Postcapillary PH Class 3 PH due to chronic obstructive…
Atrial Septal Defect and Ventricular Septal Defect
Type of ASD Mechanism of ASD Occurrence of the lesion/clinical outcome Associated lesions ASD secundum (ASD II) Failure in pulling down of the septum primum and deficient septum secundum The…
Medical Facility Infrastructure Considerations
Fig. 14.1 Venn diagram demonstrating the multi-faceted flow patterns for referral and evaluation of pediatric and congenital heart patients The referral of pediatric patients to highly specialized centers providing cardiac…
Anomalies of the Aortic Arch: Aortic Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic Arch
Fig. 24.1 Coarctation of the aorta; (a) pre-ductal type; (b) post-ductal type Clinical Features In the current era, we could not consider CoA simply as a mechanical stricture of the…
Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care and Management of Cardiac Arrest
Location Type of receptor Effects of simulation Heart Sinus node β1 Increase in heart rate Atrioventricular node β1 Increase in heart rate Coronary circulation α Vasoconstriction Coronary circulation DA Vasodilation…
Postoperative Central Nervous System Management in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Risk factor Relationship with CNS disorders Genetic risk factors Genetic syndromes have a very worse effect on CNS outcome; among them, these are the main ones: trisomy 21, DiGeorge syndrome,…
Postoperative Respiratory Management in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Patients
Lower CROP index values are predictive of extubation failure; especially with a CROP value of ≥ 0.15 ml/kg/breaths/min (Baumeister et al. 1997; Thiagarajan et al. 1999; Newth et al. 2009;…
Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ali Dabbagh, Antonio Hernandez Conte and Lorraine Lubin (eds.)Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatric and Adult Patients10.1007/978-3-319-44691-2_27 27. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle Zoel Augusto Quiñónez1 (1) Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, 6621 Fannin…
Congenital Mitral Valve Anomalies
Author Year Basis of Classification MV Lesions Classification System Davachi et al. (1971) 1971 Anatomical MS and MR Segmental classification of MR and (surgical + autopsy) MS based on predominant…
Right-Sided Obstructive Lesions
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017Ali Dabbagh, Antonio Hernandez Conte and Lorraine Lubin (eds.)Congenital Heart Disease in Pediatric and Adult Patients10.1007/978-3-319-44691-2_21 21. Right-Sided Obstructive Lesions Robert Wong1, 2 and Lorraine Lubin3 (1) Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Department of…
