The truncus arteriosus communis is a very complex congenital cardiac malformation occurring in less than 1% of all congenital heart disease patients. Early repair remains one of the most challenging procedures in congenital cardiac surgery. Due to improvement in surgical reconstr...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i130123
The presented case is the report on a successful complete aortic valve cusp replacement using tissue-engineered xenogenic CardioCel® material in early childhood.
The presented case is the first to report on a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with invasive aspergillosis (IA) progressing to cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis after Norwood stage I procedure.
Objective: Optimal treatment of fetal intrapericardial teratoma is controversial, especially in regard to fetal intervention. Given the rarity of the disease case reports can assist in decision making. Case Report: We report on a neonate with a giant intrapericardial teratoma det...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2020/v9i430147