Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a severe congenital defect involving underdeveloped left-sided cardiac structures,leading to significant mortality and morbidity.Prenatal diagnosis using fetal ultrasound and echocar...
Supported by the Scientific Achievements Transformation Incubation Fund of Beijing Children's Hospital,No.ZHFY3-1-015.
BACKGROUND Timely and accurate evaluation of the patient's pulmonary arterial pressure(PAP)is of great significance for the treatment of congenital heart disease.Currently,there is no non-invasive gold standard method...
In this editorial,we comment on the article by Kong et al published in the recent issue of the World Journal of Cardiology.In this interesting case,the authors present the challenges faced in managing a 13-year-old pa...
Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality encountered in clinical practice with 50%of them having associated congenital heart disease(CHD).Shunt lesions account for around 75%of all CHDs in Down syndrom...
BACKGROUND Congenitally corrected levo-transposition of the great arteries(L-TGA)is a congenital heart disease in which the ventricles and great arteries are transposed from their typical anatomy.In L-TGA,the double d...
BACKGROUND Balloon aortic valvuloplasty(BAV)is a well-established treatment modality for congenital aortic valve stenosis.AIM To evaluate the role of rapid right ventricular pacing(RRVP)in balloon stabilization during...
BACKGROUND The prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is on the rise in the aging population with congenital heart disease (CHD). A few case series have described the feasibility and early outcomes associated with rad...
We present a case report about percutaneous closure of a congenital Gerbode defect using Nit-Occlud~? Lê VSD coil. The patient was referred to our hospital with a diagnosis of ventricular septal defect(VSD) and sever...
The adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population continues to grow and most cardiologists, emergency room physicians and family doctors will intermittently come into contact with these patients. Oftentimes this ma...
AIM To describe the long-term follow-up of patients with complex congenital heart disease who underwent subcutaneous implantable cardiac defibrillator(S-ICD), focusing on local complications, appropriate and inappropr...