Children with congenital and acquired heart disease may be exposed to relatively high
lifetime cumulative doses of ionizing radiation from necessary medical invasive and non …

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common category of birth defect, affecting 1% of
the population and requiring cardiovascular surgery in the first months of life in many …

Background Aortic enlargement and impaired bioelasticity are of interest in several cardiac
and non-cardiac diseases as they can lead to cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular …

Background: Improved understanding of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) due to titin
truncation (TTNtv) may help guide patient stratification. Objectives: The purpose of this study …

BACKGROUND CAT, also known as persistent truncus arteriosus or truncus arteriosus
communis, is a rare form of congenital heart disease characterized by a common ventriculo …

Abstract OBJECTIVES Matrix P® and Matrix P plus® tissue-engineered pulmonary valves
(TEPV) were offered as an improvement for pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) because of …

OBJECTIVES While hospital mortality after the Norwood operation for hypoplastic left heart
syndrome (HLHS) has decreased steadily, interstage mortality until the superior …

Aims Patients with non-ischemic systolic heart failure have an increased risk of sudden
cardiac death (SCD). Myocardial fibrosis, detected as late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) …

Background: Adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot die prematurely from ventricular
tachycardia (VT) and sudden cardiac death. Inducible VT predicts mortality. Ventricular scar …

Background—The status of the reconstructed aorta in hypoplastic left heart syndrome is
considered an important determinant of long-term prognosis. Therefore, we assessed the …