Journal•ISSN: 2150-1351
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
SAGE Publishing
About: World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery is an academic journal published by SAGE Publishing. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Pulmonary artery. It has an ISSN identifier of 2150-1351. Over the lifetime, 1668 publications have been published receiving 9556 citations. The journal is also known as: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery.
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TL;DR: It is feasible to use present-day 3D printing technology to create high-fidelity heart models with complex intracardiac defects and this tool forms the foundation for an innovative, simulation-based educational approach to teach students about CHD and creates a novel opportunity to stimulate their interest in this field.
Abstract: Background:The current educational approach for teaching congenital heart disease (CHD) anatomy to students involves instructional tools and techniques that have significant limitations. This study sought to assess the feasibility of utilizing present-day three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to create high-fidelity synthetic heart models with ventricular septal defect (VSD) lesions and applying these models to a novel, simulation-based educational curriculum for premedical and medical students.Methods:Archived, de-identified magnetic resonance images of five common VSD subtypes were obtained. These cardiac images were then segmented and built into 3D computer-aided design models using Mimics Innovation Suite software. An Objet500 Connex 3D printer was subsequently utilized to print a high-fidelity heart model for each VSD subtype. Next, a simulation-based educational curriculum using these heart models was developed and implemented in the instruction of 29 premedical and medical students. Assessment...
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TL;DR: Repairs of congenital heart defects using SIS-ECM is feasible and safe, and in valve reconstruction, this procedure shows potential for replacement by autologous tissue.
Abstract: An ideal material for repair of congenitally malformed hearts would encourage tissue regeneration with growth potential. Decellularized porcine small intestinal submucosa extracellular matrix (SIS-...
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TL;DR: Management decisions, including surgical referral, are associated with patient symptoms and coronary morphology, and surgery correlated with symptoms, older age, and presence of an intramural segment in the setting of AAOLCA.
Abstract: Background:Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) is a common congenital heart lesion that may be rarely associated with myocardial ischemia and sudden death in the young. Evidence-based criteria for managing young patients with AAOCA are lacking. The Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS) established a multicenter registry of patients with AAOCA aged ≤30 years to develop these criteria.Methods:All institutional members of the CHSS are eligible to enroll patients. Patients were enrolled retrospectively if diagnosis of AAOCA occurred between January 1, 1998, and January 20, 2009, and prospectively from January 20, 2009 forward. The first phase of analysis explored possible associations between demographics, symptoms, coronary anatomy, and management using correlation analysis and logistic regression.Results:As of June 2012, 198 patients were enrolled from CHSS member institutions (median age at diagnosis = 10.2 years; 64% male). Data were extracted from clinical records. Fifty-four percent ...
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TL;DR: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STSHS) as mentioned in this paper defined post-operative mortality as the occurrence of death after a surgical procedure when the patient dies while still in the hospital, while others have considered all deaths occurring within a predetermined, standardized time interval after surgery to be postoperative mortality.
Abstract: Several distinct definitions of postoperative death have been used in various quality reporting programs. Some have defined postoperative mortality as the occurrence of death after a surgical procedure when the patient dies while still in the hospital, while others have considered all deaths occurring within a predetermined, standardized time interval after surgery to be postoperative mortality. While mortality data are still collected and reported using both these individual definitions, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) believes that either approach alone may be inadequate. Accordingly, the STS prefers a more encompassing metric, Operative Mortality. Operative Mortality is defined in all STS databases as (1) all deaths, regardless of cause, occurring during the hospitalization in which the operation was performed, even if after 30 days (including patients transferred to other acute care facilities); and (2) all deaths, regardless of cause, occurring after discharge from the hospital, but before the...
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University of South Florida1, Cleveland Clinic2, University of Louisville3, Duke University4, Yeshiva University5, McGill University Health Centre6, Wayne State University7, Columbia University8, Harvard University9, Baylor College of Medicine10, University of Pennsylvania11, University of Michigan12, University of Oklahoma13, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin14
TL;DR: This article presents 21 “Quality Measures for Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery” that were developed and approved by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and endorsed by the Congo Heart Surgeons’ Society (CHSS).
Abstract: This article presents 21 “Quality Measures for Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery” that were developed and approved by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and endorsed by the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society (CHSS). These Quality Measures are organized according to Donabedian’s Triad of Structure, Process, and Outcome. It is hoped that these quality measures can aid in congenital and pediatric cardiac surgical quality assessment and quality improvement initiatives.
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