This paper aims to update clinicians on “hot topics” in the management of patients with D-
loop transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) in the current surgical era. The arterial switch …

Aim (1) To systematically review the literature on developmental outcomes from infancy to
adolescence of children with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) who underwent early …

OBJECTIVE: Small head circumferences and white matter injury in the form of periventricular
leukomalacia have been observed in populations of infants with severe forms of congenital …

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the epidemiology of and identify risk factors for neonatal
cardiac surgery–associated acute kidney injury (CS-AKI) and determine its impact on clinical …

CONTEXT: Brain injury is the most common long-term complication of congenital heart
disease requiring surgery during infancy. It is clear that the youngest patients undergoing …

Objective Screening for critical congenital heart disease (CHD) with prenatal ultrasound or
postnatal pulse oximetry has the potential to improve outcome. To guide screening …

OBJECTIVE: To systematically review the prevalence and extent of motor difficulties in
infants, children, and adolescents with CHD requiring open-heart surgery. DATA SOURCES …

EACTS Clinical Guidelines Committee Members: Miguel Sousa-Uva (Chairperson)(Portugal
), Umberto Benedetto (UK), Giuseppe Cardillo (Italy), Manuel Castella (Spain), Martin …

Objective To measure neurodevelopment at 3 years of age in children with single right-
ventricle anomalies and to assess its relationship to Norwood shunt type, neurodevelopment …

Congenital heart defects are the most common of all congenital malformations, with a review
of the literature reporting the incidence at 6 to 8 per 1000 live births. The Centers for Disease …