scholarly journals Caso Clínico: Resolución quirúrgica de coartación de aorta en un paciente pediátrico

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
Thalia Vanessa Robles Lituma ◽  
Javier Arturo López Rodríguez ◽  
Irene Lucía Torres Washima ◽  
Guillermo Teodoro López Torres
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Pressure Gradient ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Coarctation Of The Aorta ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Left Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart disease with an incidence of 4 per 10 000 live births, it may or may not be associated with patent ductus arteriosus as well as other malformations. It is usually asymptomatic and diagnosed by its classic signs such as; arterial pressure gradient between extremities, reduced pulses in the lower extremities, arterial hypertension in the upper extremities or, in severe cases, left heart failure. Its resolution can be percutaneous or surgical, depending on the patient’s age and the characteristics of the defect. CASE REPORTS: A 6-year-old male patient, asymptomatic, with suspected aortic coarctation, due to a difference between arterial pressures in the upper and lower limbs, lower limbs with reduced pulses, and a systolic murmur in the aortic focus. An echocardiogram was requested, which reported a bicuspid aortic valve with raphe, mild regurgitation, and coarctation of the aorta; CT angiography showed coarctation of the juxtaductal aorta; cardiac catheterization showed almost no passage of contrast through the defect, so surgical treatment was scheduled. EVOLUTION: Surgical correction was performed by coartectomy with end-to-end anastomosis and closure of the ductus arteriosus. After the intervention, a relevant improvement in the pressure gradient between the extremities was observed. In the postoperative period the patient presented hypertension, that we managed to control, the patient progressed favorably and was discharged after 4 days without antihypertensive treatment. CONCLUSION: Life expectancy in patients who underwent surgery to correct a congenital heart disease is higher than in those who don’t, so timely diagnosis is an important tool to improve life quality and life expectancy.

Cardiovascular

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Author(s):  
Tanya M. Monaghan ◽  
James D. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Aortic Valve Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Coarctation Of The Aorta ◽  
Valve Disease ◽  
Prosthetic Valves

This chapter is about cardiovascular medicine, and covers mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis, mixed mitral valve disease, mixed aortic valve disease, tricuspid regurgitation, prosthetic valves, ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, coarctation of the aorta, persistent ductus arteriosus, Fallot’s tetralogy, dextrocardia, infective endocarditis, and congenital heart disease diagrams.

scholarly journals Blood-Pool or Myocardial 3D Printing, Which One is Better for the Diagnosis of Types of Congenital Heart Disease?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jixiang Liang ◽  
Xin Zhao ◽  
Guangyu Pan ◽  
Gen Zhang ◽  
Dianjiang Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Coarctation Of The Aorta ◽  
Coronary Artery Fistula ◽  
Blood Pool ◽  
Double Outlet Right Ventricle ◽  
Transposition Of Great Arteries

Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of blood pool and myocardial rigid models made by stereolithography in the diagnosis of different types of congenital heart disease (CHD). Two modeling methods were applied in the diagnosis of 8 cases, and two control groups consisting of cardiac experts and cardiac students diagnosed the cases using computed tomography (CT), blood pool models, and myocardial models. The importance, suitability, simulation degree, and preference of different models were analyzed. The average diagnostic rate of CT and 3D printing in the 8 cases was 88.75% and 95.9% in the expert group and 60% and 91.6% in the student group, respectively. 3D printing was considered to be more important for the diagnosis of complex CHDs (very important; average, 87.8%) than simple CHDs (very important; average, 30.8%). Myocardial models were considered most realistic regarding the structure of the heart (average, 92.5%). In cases of congenital corrected transposition of great arteries, Williams syndrome, coronary artery fistula, tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, and coarctation of the aorta, blood pool models were considered more effective (average, 92.1%), while in cases of double outlet right ventricle and ventricular septal defect, myocardial models were considered optimal (average, 80%).

A retrospective analysis of a pediatric tele-echocardiography service to treat, triage, and reduce trans-Pacific transport

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 224-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher A Rouse ◽  
Brandon T Woods ◽  
C Becket Mahnke
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Critical Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Prompt Diagnosis ◽  
Patent Ductus

Introduction Tele-echocardiography can ensure prompt diagnosis and prevent the unnecessary transport of infants without critical congenital heart disease, particularly at isolated locations lacking access to tertiary care medical centers. Methods We retrospectively reviewed all infants who underwent tele-echocardiography at a remote 16-bed level IIIB NICU from June 2005 to March 2014. Tele-echocardiograms were completed by cardiac sonographers in Okinawa, Japan, and transmitted asynchronously for review by pediatric cardiologists in Hawaii. Results During the study period 100 infants received 192 tele-echocardiograms: 46% of infants had tele-echocardiograms completed for suspected patent ductus arteriosus, 28% for suspected congenital heart disease, 12% for possible congenital heart disease in the setting of likely pulmonary hypertension, and 10% for possible congenital heart disease in the setting of other congenital anomalies. Of these, 17 patients were aeromedically evacuated for cardiac reasons; 12 patients were transported to Hawaii, while five patients with complex heart disease were transported directly to the United States mainland for interventional cardiac capabilities not available in Hawaii. Discussion This study demonstrates the use of tele-echocardiography to guide treatment, reduce long and potentially risky trans-Pacific transports, and triage transports to destination centers with the most appropriate cardiac capabilities.

Tracheobronchial Compression in Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

1983 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 387-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norman T. Berlinger ◽  
John Foker ◽  
Charles Long ◽  
Russell V. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Main Bronchus ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Pulmonary Arteries ◽  
Tracheobronchial Tree ◽  
Middle Lobe ◽  
Lobe Bronchus ◽  
Acyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

Children with acyanotic congenital heart disease frequently develop respiratory difficulties such as atelectasis, pneumonia, or infantile lobar emphysema. In some cases, the cause of the respiratory difficulty is compression of the tracheobronchial tree by hypertensive dilated pulmonary arteries, since this type of heart disease frequently demonstrates large left-to-right intracardiac shunts. Sites of predilection for compression include the left main bronchus, the left upper lobe bronchus, the junction of the right bronchus intermedius and right middle lobe bronchus, and the left side of the distal trachea. Cardiac anomalies which predispose to this type of compression include ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, interruption of the aortic arch, and tetralogy of Fallot. Pulmonary arteriopexy may relieve the tracheobronchial compression.

scholarly journals Congenital heart disease in adults and its problems

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Teddy Ontoseno
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Adult Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Pulmonary Stenosis ◽  
Adult Congenital ◽  
Education Achievement ◽  
Adult Lives

There were 40 adult congenital heart disease (CHD) patients seen in the Cardiology Division during 1 year (February 1993 - February 1994). The most frequently seen defect was atrial septal defect; however there were also cases with patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, and tetralogy of Fallot. Hemodynamic disorder, serious hindrance to education achievement, and occupational threat due to limited physical capabilities as well as malnutrition are some of prominent issues to be closely anticipated. In general the older the patients the more serious hemodynamic disorder they suffer due CHD. It is worth thinking how to improve the quality of life of CHD patients who succeed to live their adult lives and minimize any possible fatal complication risks.

Lobar emphysema due to ductus arteriosus compressing right upper bronchus in an infant with congenital heart disease

2003 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 1308-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Hishitani ◽  
Kiyoshi Ogawa ◽  
Kenji Hoshino ◽  
Yuzuru Nakamura ◽  
Tadashi Iwanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Lobar Emphysema

scholarly journals Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Available for Production of a Pediatric Bioabsorbable Stent

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan D. Alexy ◽  
Daniel S. Levi
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Coarctation Of The Aorta ◽  
Pulmonary Artery Stenosis ◽  
Metal Stents ◽  
Surgical Removal ◽  
Vessel Growth ◽  
Radial Strength ◽  
Manufacturing Technologies

Transcatheter treatment of children with congenital heart disease such as coarctation of the aorta and pulmonary artery stenosis currently involves the use of metal stents. While these provide good short term results, there are long term complications with their use. Children outgrow metal stents, obligating them to future transcatheter dilations and eventual surgical removal. A bioabsorbable stent, or a stent that goes away with time, would solve this problem. Bioabsorbable stents are being developed for use in coronary arteries, however these are too small for use in pediatric congenital heart disease. A bioabsorbable stent for use in pediatric congenital heart disease needs to be low profile, expandable to a diameter 8 mm, provide sufficient radial strength, and absorb quickly enough to allow vessel growth. Development of absorbable coronary stents has led to a great understanding of the available production techniques and materials such as bioabsorbable polymers and biocorrodable metals. Children with congenital heart disease will hopefully soon benefit from the current generation of bioabsorbable and biocorrodable materials and devices.

Prolonged Prostaglandin E1 Infusion in an Infant With Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 534-536
Author(s):  
Alan B. Lewis ◽  
Paul R. Lurie
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Blood Flow ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Gestational Age ◽  
Small For Gestational Age ◽  
Pulmonary Blood Flow ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Prostaglandin E1 ◽  
Ductus Arteriosus ◽  
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

A small-for-gestational-age premature infant with severe tetralogy of Fallot was treated with prostaglandin E1 to dialate the ductus arteriosus and increase pulmonary blood flow. The infusion was continued for 29 days without complication at which time surgery was performed.

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