Difference between revisions of "Congenital heart disease"

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*[http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenitalHeartDefects/Single-Ventricle-Defects_UCM_307037_Article.jsp Single ventricle defects (heart.org)].
*[http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenitalHeartDefects/Single-Ventricle-Defects_UCM_307037_Article.jsp Single ventricle defects (heart.org)].


=====Hybrid procedure====
=====Hybrid procedure=====
*Is an alternative to the ''Norwood procedure''.
*Is an alternative to the ''Norwood procedure''.
*It is call ''hybrid procedure'' as it is a mix of a surgery ''and'' a minimally invasive interventional procedure.<ref>URL: [http://www.childrenshospital.org/views/august05/cardiacsurgery.html http://www.childrenshospital.org/views/august05/cardiacsurgery.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2011.</ref>
Key elements:<ref>URL: [http://www.childrenshospital.org/views/august05/cardiacsurgery.html http://www.childrenshospital.org/views/august05/cardiacsurgery.html]. Accessed on: 14 January 2011.</ref>
#Stent the ductus arteriosus (interventional cardiology/interventional radiology).
#Band the pulmonary artery - to reduce the pulmonary pressure (cardiac surgery).
Notes:
*It appears to be associated with more GI complications.<ref name=pmid21188371>{{cite journal |author=Weiss SL, Gossett JG, Kaushal S, Wang D, Backer CL, Wald EL |title=Comparison of Gastrointestinal Morbidity After Norwood and Hybrid Palliation for Complex Heart Defects |journal=Pediatr Cardiol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=December |pmid=21188371 |doi=10.1007/s00246-010-9864-9 |url=}}</ref>
*It appears to be associated with more GI complications.<ref name=pmid21188371>{{cite journal |author=Weiss SL, Gossett JG, Kaushal S, Wang D, Backer CL, Wald EL |title=Comparison of Gastrointestinal Morbidity After Norwood and Hybrid Palliation for Complex Heart Defects |journal=Pediatr Cardiol |volume= |issue= |pages= |year=2010 |month=December |pmid=21188371 |doi=10.1007/s00246-010-9864-9 |url=}}</ref>