For babies born with some types of congenital heart disease that require palliative procedures within the first few months of life, scientists are debating which procedure is the best. In a new study ...
Babies with moderate to severe congenital heart disease usually require adequate blood supply to the lungs for survival, until proper surgery plan is adopted. In a recent study, pediatric researchers ...
Infants with various forms of congenital heart disease require a stable source of blood flow to their lungs in order to survive until a more definitive operation can be performed. In a recent study, ...
Have you heard of a Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt for rerouting subclavian arterial blood to the lungs as palliation for cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD)? But the BT shunt would never have seen ...
A fellow in combined pediatric and adult cardiovascular medicine, Stephen Cook, MD, says one of his most interesting patients was a 63-year-old woman with unrepaired double outlet right ventricle, a ...
Systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts are surgically created connections between the aorta and a pulmonary artery in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease, such as tetralogy of Fallot or ...
Systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts are surgically created connections between the aorta and a pulmonary artery in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease, such as tetralogy of Fallot or ...