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OBJECTIVE: The Ross procedure offers good autograft function and low reoperation rates for the neoaortic valve; however, the rate of conduit dysfunction in the right ventricular outflow tract remains...
Rescue surgery following percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (2008)
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Objective: Percutaneous pulmonary valve insertion (PPVI) is an evolving alternative to surgical pulmonary valve insertion. The aim of this study is to review the acute complications of PPVI requiring...
GILLARD Perrine, COIMBRA MARQUES (C.), DE LEVAL (L.)
Les tumeurs stromales gastrointestinales (GIST) sont les tumeurs mésenchymateuses les plus fréquentes du tractus gastro-intestinal. Elles sont positives pour le c-kit (CD117). Elles sont plus...
GILLARD Perrine, COIMBRA MARQUES (C.), DE LEVAL (L.)
Les tumeurs stromales gastrointestinales (GIST) sont les tumeurs mésenchymateuses les plus fréquentes du tractus gastro-intestinal. Elles sont positives pour le c-kit (CD117). Elles sont plus...
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Background: Pulmonary regurgitation after tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) repair is associated with right ventricular dilatation, failure and arrhythmia. Timing and technique for re-intervention remain...
De Leval, ...
De Leval, ...
BACKGROUND: We aimed to improve the quality and safety of handover of patients from surgery to intensive care using the analogy of a Formula 1 pit stop and expertise from aviation. METHODS: A...
Echocardiographic assessment of conjoined twins (2006)
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the accuracy of prenatal and postnatal echocardiography in delineating the degree of cardiac fusion, intracardiac anatomy (ICA), and ventricular function of 23 sets of...
Quality assurance in congenital heart surgery (2006)
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to develop a graphical method of risk-stratified outcome analysis in paediatric cardiac surgery to provide a means of continuous, prospective performance...
Does the Aristotle Score predict outcome in congenital heart surgery? (2006)
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Objective: The Aristotle Score has been proposed as a measure of 'complexity' in congenital heart surgery, and a tool for comparing performance amongst different centres. To date, however, it remains...
Is complete heart block after surgical closure of ventricular septum defects still an issue? (2006)
De Leval, ...
BACKGROUND: A serious complication after surgical closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) is complete heart block. In this retrospective study, we reviewed the incidence of complete heart block...
Identification of systems failures in successful paediatric cardiac surgery (2006)
Patient safety will benefit from an approach to human error that examines systemic causes, rather than blames individuals. This study describes a direct observation methodology, based on a threat and...
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Multiscale computing is a challenging area even in biomechanics. Application of such a methodology to quantitatively compare postoperative hemodynamics in congenital heart diseases is very promising....
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of a percutaneous technique for pulmonary valve implantation on the conventional surgical valve/conduit approach to right ventricular outflow tract re-intervention....
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The surgical repair of congenital heart disease often involves significant modifications to the circulatory tree. Resections, reconstructions, graft insertions and the deployment of implants and...
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The objective of this study is to compare the coronary and pulmonary blood flow dynamics resulting from two configurations of systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts currently utilized during the Norwood...
De Leval, ...
A 1-month-old patient was brought to our institution with clinical signs of pulmonary hypertension. Cross-sectional echocardiography suggested a diagnosis of aortopulmonary window. At the time of...
De Leval, ...
De Leval, ...
The Fontan circulation: a challenge to William Harvey? (2005)
The Fontan operation, which places the systemic and pulmonary circulations in series and is driven by a single ventricular chamber, is the treatment of choice for patients born with one ventricle....
De Leval, ...
BACKGROUND: We investigated the coronary arterial origins and course and the position of the great arteries in hearts with discordant ventriculoarterial connections. At the same time, we sought to...
Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection directly to the superior caval vein (2002)
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OBJECTIVE: Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection directly to the superior caval vein is unusual. It is frequently associated with major congenital heart defects such as the syndrome of right...
Le Bret, ...