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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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Spring-Mediated Cranioplasty in Sagittal Synostosis
In our cohort of non-syndromic sagittal synostosis treated with SMC, 33% of patients was found to have UCS in the early postoperative period on CT imaging.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Velopharynx: Clinical Findings in Patients with Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the only imaging modality capable of directly visualizing the levator veli palatini (LVP) muscles: the primary muscles responsible for velopharyngeal closure during speech.Jaw Surgery Workshop: Patient Preparation for Orthognathic Surgery
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An Update of Invasive Implanted Hemodynamic Monitoring in Patients With Fontan Circulation
What are the safety, utility, and prognostic implications of invasive implanted hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) using the CardioMEMS™ HF System (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois) in patients with Fontan circulation (FC)?
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Researchers at Phoenix Children’s First in the World to Produce Mouse Lungs in Rats
Research conducted at the Phoenix Children’s Research Institute at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix reports the successful generation of a mouse lung in a rat, according to a paper published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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Morbidity and Mortality in Adult Fontan Patients After Heart or Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
An increasing number of adult Fontan patients require heart transplantation (HT) or combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT); however, data regarding outcomes and optimal referral time remain limited.
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Clinical Outcomes of Adult Fontan-Associated Liver Disease and Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation
The impact of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) on post-transplant mortality and indications for combined heart-liver transplant (CHLT) in adult Fontan patients remains unknown.
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Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes in Patients with Positive Respiratory Viral Swabs
To examine whether or not viral positive patients experienced worse outcomes and assess differences in surgical outcomes between viral-positive patients with and without viral symptoms within 30 days of surgery.
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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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Twin Soccer Athletes with Simultaneous ACL Tears - Which Graft Would You Chose?
Identical twins served as soccer team captains for a charter school in west Phoenix. Both suffered anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries during their junior year soccer season within a five-week period.
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Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Osteoarticular Infections With a Focus on Pediatrics: Current Concepts and Clinical Applications
Osteoarticular infections (OAI) are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Cultures and serology are some of the gold standards for identifying infection but are often unable to provide a timely diagnosis or a diagnosis at all.