Congenital Literature Watch - First Quarter 2007

Predicting outcome of pulmonary valve replacement in adult tetralogy of Fallot patients.
Henkens IR, van Straten A, Schalij MJ, Hazekamp MG, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Vliegen HW.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:907-911.

Congenital heart disease in the general population: changing prevalence and age distribution.
Marelli AJ, Mackie AS, Ionescu-Ittu R, Rahme E, Pilote L.
Circulation 2007;115:163-172.

Pulmonary vascular disease in adults with congenital heart disease.
Diller GP, Gatzoulis MA.
Circulation 2007;115:1039-1050.

Health care resource utilization in adults with congenital heart disease.
Mackie AS, Pilote L, Ionescu-Ittu R, Rahme E, Marelli AJ.
Am J Cardiol 2007;99:839-843.

None selected this quarter.

The use of a miniaturized circuit and bloodless prime to avoid cerebral no-reflow after neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass.
Hickey E, Karamlou T, You X, Komanapalli C, Person T, Wehrley K, Ross Ungerleider R.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:895-901.

Intermittent warm blood cardioplegia in the surgical treatment of congenital heart disease: clinical experience with 1400 cases.
Durandy Y, Hulin S.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:241-246.

Vascular remodeling after “successful” repair of coarctation: impact of aortic arch geometry.
Ou P, Celermajer DS, Mousseaux E, Giron A, Aggoun Y, Szezepanski I, Sidi D, Bonnet D.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:883-890.

None selected this quarter.

Measurement of technical performance in congenital heart surgery: a pilot study.
Larrazabal LA, del Nido PJ, Jenkins KJ, Gauvreau K, Lacro R, Colan SD, Pigula F, Benavidez OJ, Fynn-Thompson F, Mayer JE Jr, Bacha EA.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:179-184.

Does preoperative mechanical ventilation affect outcomes in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery?
Simsic JM, Kanter KR, Kirshbom PM, Cuadrado A.
Cardiol Young 2007;17:90-94.

Fontan operation: a comparison of lateral tunnel with extracardiac conduit.
Fiore AC, Turrentine M, Rodefeld M, Vijay P, Schwartz TL, Virgo KS, Fischer LK, Brown JW.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:622-630.

Indication for initiation of mechanical circulatory support impacts survival of infants with shunted single-ventricle circulation supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Allan CK, Thiagarajan RR, del Nido PJ, Roth SJ, Almodovar MC, Laussen PC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:660-667.

Factors influencing early and late outcome following the Fontan procedure in the current era. The ‘Two Commandments’?
Hosein RB, Clarke AJ, McGuirk SP, Griselli M, Stumper O, De Giovanni JV, Barron DJ, Brawn WJ.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:344-353.

Determinants of outcome in fetal pulmonary valve stenosis or atresia with intact ventricular septum.
Roman KS, Fouron JC, Nii M, Smallhorn JF, Chaturvedi R, Jaeggi ET.
Am J Cardiology 2007;99:699-703.

Profiles of hemodynamics and oxygen transport derived by using continuous measured oxygen consumption after the Norwood procedure.
Li J, Zhang G, McCrindle BW, Holtby H, Humpl T, Cai S, Caldarone CA, Redington AN, Van Arsdell GS.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:441-448.

Cerebral perfusion and oxygenation after the Norwood procedure: comparison of right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit with modified Blalock–Taussig shunt.
Kussman BD, Gauvreau K, DiNardo JA, Newburger JW, Mackie AS, Booth KL, del Nido PJ, Roth SJ, Laussen PC.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:648-655.

None selected this quarter.

Comparison of surgical septal myectomy and alcohol septal ablation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
Valeti US, Nishimura RA, Holmes DR, Araoz PA, Glockner JF, Breen JF, Ommen SR, Gersh BJ, Tajik AJ, Rihal CS, Schaff HV, Maron BJ.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:350-357.

Cardiac index monitoring by pulse contour analysis and thermodilution after pediatric cardiac surgery.
Fakler U, Pauli Ch, Balling G, Lorenz HP, Eicken A, Hennig M, Hess J.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:224-228.

Noninvasive cerebral oximeter as a surrogate for mixed venous saturation in children.
Bhutta AT, Ford JW, Parker JG, Prodhan P, Fontenot EE, Seib PM, Stroope BI, Frazier EA, Schmitz ML, Drummond-Webb JJ, Morrow WR.
Pediatr Cardiol 2007;28:34-41.

Cerebral near infrared spectroscopy is a reliable marker of systemic perfusion in awake single ventricle children.
Kirshbom PM, Forbess JM, Kogon BE, Simsic JM, Kim DW, Raviele AA, Kanter KR, Vincent RN.
Pediatr Cardiol 2007;28:42-45.

Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging.
Grosse-Wortmann L, Al-Otay A, Goo HW, Macgowan CK, Coles JG, Benson LN, Redington AN, Yoo S-J.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:993-1002.

Factors associated with mortality and reoperation in 377 children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Karamlou T, Gurofsky R, Al Sukhni E, Coles JG, Williams WG, Caldarone CA, Van Arsdell GS, McCrindle BW.
Circulation 2007;115:1591-1598.

Primary pulmonary vein stenosis.
Holt DB, Moller JH, Larson S, Johnson MC.
Am J Cardiol 2007;99:568-572.

Patent foramen ovale and high-altitude pulmonary edema.
Allemann Y, Hutter D, Lipp E, Sartori C, Duplain H, Egli M, Cook S, Scherrer U, Siler C.
JAMA 2006;296:2954-2958.

Surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot with unilateral absence of pulmonary artery.
Bockeria LA, Podzolkov VP, Makhachev OA, Zelenikin MA, Alekian BG, Ilyin VN, Gadjiev AA, Shatalov KV, Kakuchaya TT, Khiriev TKh, Zaets SB.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:613-618.

Clinical condition at mid-to-late follow-up after transatrial–transpulmonary repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
van den Berg J, Hop WC, Strengers JL, de Jongste JC, van Osch-Gevers L, Meijboom FJ, Pattynama PM, Bogers AJ, Helbing WA.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:470-477.

Blood type incompatible cardiac transplantation in young infants.
Daebritz SH, Schmoeckel M, Mair H, Kozlik-Feldmann R, Wittmann G, Kowalski C, Kaczmarek I, Reichart B.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:339-343.

Cardiac re-transplantation in pediatrics: a multi-institutional study.
Chin C, Naftel D, Pahl E, Shankel T, Clark ML, Gamberg P, Kirklin J, Webber S, and the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2006;25:1420-1424.

Sudden death prior to pediatric heart transplantation: would implantable defibrillators improve outcome?
Rhee EK, Canter CE, Basile S, Webber SA, Naftel DC.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2007;26:447-452.

Surgery for transposition of the great arteries in neonates weighing less than 2,000 grams: a consecutive series of 25 patients.
Roussin R, Belli E, Bruniaux J, Demontoux S, Touchot A, Planché C, Serraf A.
Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:173-178.

The aortic translocation (Nikaidoh) procedure: midterm results superior to the Rastelli procedure.
Yeh T Jr, Ramaciotti C, Leonard SR, Roy L, Nikaidoh H.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:461-469.

Arterial switch operation in patients with Taussig–Bing anomaly — influence of staged repair and coronary anatomy on outcome.
Griselli M, McGuirk SP, Ko C-S, Clarke AJ, Barron DJ, Brawn WJ.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:229-235.

Aortic root translocation plus arterial switch for transposition of the great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: intermediate-term results.
Bautista-Hernandez V, Marx GR, Bacha EA, del Nido PJ.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:485-490.

The cone reconstruction of the tricuspid valve in Ebstein’s anomaly. The operation: early and midterm results.
da Silva JP, Baumgratz JF, da Fonseca L, Franchi SM, Lopes LM, Tavares GM, Soares AM, Moreira LF, Barbero-Marcial M.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;133:215-223.

Aortic valve-sparing repair with autologous pericardial leaflet extension has a greater early re-operation rate in congenital versus acquired valve disease.
De La Zerda DJ, Cohen O, Fishbein MC, Odim J, Calderon CA, Hekmat D, Dinov I, Laks H.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007;31:256-260.

Is stent placement effective for palliation of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit stenosis?
Aggarwal S, Garekar S, Forbes TJ, Turner DR.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:480-484.

Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms – 47 years of a single center experience and systematic overview of published reports.
Moustafa S, Mookadam F, Cooper L, Adam G, Zehr K, Stulak J, Holmes D.
Am J Cardiol 2007;99:1159-1164.