Methods: Between 1988 and 1995, 60 patients with complex cardiac anomalies underwent
a total extracardiac cavopulmonary connection, a combination of a bidirectional …

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze the long-term results of subaortic stenosis
relief and the risk factors associated with recurrence and reoperation. Methods: One hundred …

Between 1980 and 1993, 20 patients less than 1 year of age underwent operations for
congenital mitral valve disease. Ten patients had congenital mitral incompetence and 10 had …

Objective: Chronic volume overload in repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with transannular
patch leads to significant late morbidity and mortality. Preserving pulmonary valve integrity …

Disclaimer 2020: The EACTS/AEPC Guidelines represent the views of the EACTS and the
AEPC and were produced after careful consideration of the scientific and medical knowledge …

Objective Children undergoing Ross operation were expected to have longer autograft, but
shorter homograft durability compared with adults. In order to define the outcome in the …

OBJECTIVES Increased afterload and multilevel LV obstruction is constant. We assumed
that restoration of normal loading conditions by relief of LV obstructions promotes its growth, …

Tissue engineering offers the potential of providing vessels that can be used to replace
diseased and damaged native blood vessels. The endothelization of a synthetic vascular graft …

Background The aim of this large retrospective study was to provide a logistic risk model
along an additive score to predict early mortality after surgical treatment of patients with heart …

The San Samuele theatre company from Venice constitutes a perfect example of the extraordinary
vitality of the early-eighteenth-century troupes, before the success of Carlo Goldoni’s …