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Surgical thoracic duct decompression: The right choice for Fontan-associated protein-losing enteropathy?
A newly published article in JTCVS Techniques presents an innovative cardiothoracic surgical approach focused on addressing a specific technical challenge while supporting efficiency and reproducibility in the operating room.
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Case Report Highlights Heart Transplant for Complex Fontan Patient
This case demonstrates that even patients with highly complex congenital heart disease can safely undergo heart transplantation, offering a life-saving option when Fontan palliation is no longer sufficient.
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Cone Procedure to Treat Ebstein's Anomaly
Advancing modern medicine can improve long-term outcomes for pediatric congenital heart defects. Although relatively rare, Ebstein's anomaly
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Non-Invasive Techniques In Pediatric Dyslipidemia
Damon B. Dixon, MD, at Phoenix Children’s Cardiology, is the author to this EndoText chapter. Dr. Dixon brings nationally recognized expertise in pediatric cardiovascular risk assessment and non?invasive vascular imaging.
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Accuracy of Elastography Versus Biopsy in Assessing Severity of Liver Fibrosis in Young Fontan Patients
Patients born with single ventricle CHD undergo staged surgical palliation culminating in total cavo-pulmonary anastomosis (also known as Fontan or Kreutzer procedure).
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Risk Factors For 1-Year Allograft Loss in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients Using Machine Learning: An Analysis of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society Database
Pediatric heart transplant patients are at greatest risk of allograft loss in the first year. We assessed whether machine learning could improve 1-year risk assessment using the Pediatric Heart Transplant Society database.
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Comprehensive Care for Congenital Heart Conditions
Given that congenital heart disease is the most prevalent type of birth defect in the U.S., it’s no surprise that roughly two-thirds of referrals to the Center for Fetal and Neonatal Care are for potential cardiovascular malformations.
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Research & Innovation: Expanding the Boundaries of Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Patient Care and Treatments
Information is at the core of Phoenix Children's Center for Heart Care's healthcare research and innovation. Here, the team pools data from its own surgeries and procedures with those from other national facilities, giving its doctors an understanding of how they are performing and how they can lmprove.
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Safety and Utility of CardioMEMS Device for Remote Pulmonary Artery Monitoring in Paediatric Fontan Patients: A Case Series
Patients with single ventricle congenital heart disease who undergo total cavo-pulmonary anastomosis (Fontan surgery) suffer from elevated pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), which leads to multiple adverse sequelae.
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National Leadership in Fontan Outcomes Research
A landmark study led by Phoenix Children’s Dr. Deepti Bhat and collaborators has been published in Circulation, one of the most highly regarded and influential journals in cardiovascular medicine.
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Factors That Impact SCPC Outcomes
A recent review led by Arash Sabati, MD, a cardiologist with Phoenix Children's, explores the superior cavopulmonary connection (SCPC), a key procedure for children with.
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Coronary Disease and Modifying CV Risk in Adult CHD Patients
There are >1.4 million adult congenital heart disease (CHD; ACHD) patients living in the United States. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is at least as prevalent in ACHD patients as in the general population and has become a leading cause of their mortality.