The management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) has changed substantially over
the past four decades. In the 1970s, children with HLHS could only be provided with …

The hybrid OR should ideally have ready access to both surgical OR and interventional
suites; in reality, however, it tends to be located in 1 of these and at a distance from the …

Background: Stent implantation (SI) is more effective than balloon angioplasty for the
treatment of coarctation of the aorta (CoA). Due to technical factors, balloon angioplasty is …

Objective To report our improving institutional experience with the hybrid alternative surgical
strategy for the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which hybrid stage 1 is …

The concept of minimally invasive surgery for congenital heart disease in paediatric patients
is broad, and has the aim of reducing the trauma of the operation at each stage of …

Background Hybrid procedure offers patients with severe congenital heart disease an
alternative initial procedure to conventional surgical reconstruction. We report the midterm …

Stenting the arterial duct emerged in the early 1990s as an alternative to a variety of surgical
interventions in neonates with a duct-dependent pulmonary or systemic circulation complex …

BACKGROUND: The hemodynamics characteristics of the hybrid Norwood (HN) procedure
differ from those of the conventional Norwood and are not fully understood. We present a …

Objectives The hybrid approach achieves stage 1 palliation of hypoplastic left heart
syndrome with flow and physiologic characteristics that are different from those of the …

Background: Single-stage biventricular repair remains a challenging and difficult decision in
high-risk newborns and early infants with the presence of left ventricular outflow tract …