RESUMEN Fundamento: Las cardiopatías congénitas son las más frecuentes de las enfermedades crónicas infantiles; inciden no solo en el bienestar psicológico del niño o niña sino también en el de toda su familia, a través de una compleja multitud de variables sintomáticas, terapéuticas, emociona...
Abstract Background: Congenital heart disease is the leading cause of mortality among all congenital malformations. Objectives: To evaluate the incidence of congenital heart diseases in a central maternity hospital in Portugal from January 2003 to December 2018 and to determine survival in the first ye...
Resumo Fundamento A ressonância magnética cardíaca (RMC) é o método de escolha para avaliar as dimensões e a função do ventrículo direito (VD), e a insuficiência pulmonar (IP). Objetivos Avaliar a acurácia da ecocardiografia bidimensional (ECO 2D) em estimar a função e as dimensões do V...
Resumen Introducción: El origen anómalo de una de las ramas de la arteria pulmonar procedente de la aorta ascendente es poco frecuente. Objetivo: Identificar las características clínicas y quirúrgicas de los pacientes sometidos a reimplante de la rama afectada. Método: Se realizó un estudio obs...
Resumen Introducción: El cierre percutáneo de la comunicación interauricular ostium secundum ha pasado a ser una alternativa a la cirugía convencional. En ese caso, los dispositivos de autocentrado son los más usados entre los cardiólogos intervencionistas. El tipo y la tasa de complicaciones difi...
Abstract Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the clinical effect of preoperative health education based on the WeChat platform for parents of children with simple congenital heart disease. Methods: In this study, participants were randomly divided into an intervention group (WeChat grou...
Abstract Although many anatomical variations may be encountered in children with double outlet right ventricle, coexistence of levo-malposed great vessels and left juxtaposed atrial appendages is uncommonly observed. This case report underlines the rarity of this anatomical combination and its clinical s...
Abstract Introduction: The Technical Performance Score (TPS) was developed and subsequently refined at the Boston Children's Hospital. Our objective was to translate and validate its application in a developing country. Methods: The score was translated into the Portuguese language and approved by the ...
Objetivo: descrever as características sociodemográficas e clínicas de mães/cuidadores de recém-nascidos com cardiopatia congênita e seus pré-natais. Método: estudo de abordagem quantitativa de corte transversal do tipo descritivo, com amostra não probabilística do tipo por conveniência. Pesqu...
