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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Jun 28. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamadaoka, 2-2, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.

A 2-year-old girl underwent the Fontan operation for aortic valve stenosis, mitral valve stenosis, a hypo-plastic left ventricle, and a non-compacted right ventricle. The patient's cardiac function reduced gradually thereafter, mainly due to systemic ventricular dysfunction. A Berlin Heart EXCOR (BHE) ventricular assist device with a 10-mL pump was implanted at 4 years of age. Read More

Pediatr Nephrol 2022 Jun 28. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Department of Paediatric Nephrology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK.

Background: Valvar abnormalities in children and adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) have previously been reported as a frequent occurrence. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP), in particular, has been reported in almost one-third of adult patients and nearly 12% of children with ADPKD. Our objective in this study was to establish the prevalence of valvar abnormalities in a large, contemporary series of children and young people (CYP) with ADPKD. Read More

Tex Heart Inst J 2022 May;49(3)

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare peripheral neuropathy, appears to occur more often in patients who have recently undergone surgery than in the general population. However, the pathophysiologic relationship between surgery and Guillain-Barré syndrome is elusive. Few cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome after cardiac surgery have been reported. Read More

Circ Res 2022 Jun 28:101161CIRCRESAHA122320783. Epub 2022 Jun 28.

Perinatal Institute, Division of Pulmonary Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH (Z.Y., Z.L., V.P.-G., M.G., Y.M., M.G.).

Cardiovasc Pathol 2022 Jun 24:107448. Epub 2022 Jun 24.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas, USA.

The key pathophysiological features in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are ventricular hypertrophy, diastolic dysfunction and abnormalities in the mitral valve apparatus, but coronary microvascular dysfunction and ischemia have also been described. The small vessel disease changes could be reflected in the invasive measurement of the index of microvascular resistance, with prognostic potential. Read More