Background: Pulmonary dysfunction is one of the most common manifestations of inflammatory
response after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Objective: This prospective randomized …

Causes of increased length of hospitalization on a general thoracic surgery service: a
prospective observational study Page 1 264 J can chir, Vol. 45, No 4, août 2002 © 2002 …

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess whether clinical and biochemical variables
may be used to predict outcome in children treated with extracorporeal membrane …

Junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a major cause of postoperative morbidity after complete
repair of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Propranolol is a known medication used in patients with …

BACKGROUND: The major difficulty of pulmonary artery banding (PAB) is optimal intraoperative
adjustment. In this study, a target intraoperative shunt ratio (Q p /Q s ) was utilised to …

Purpose: The prevalence of obesity is a public health concern in most countries, including
Saudi Arabia. Obesity has been considered a major risk factor for adverse outcomes after …

Objective. We report our experience in managing late presenters (older than 4 weeks) with
dextro‐transposition of great arteries and intact ventricular septum (d‐TGA/IVS) in an effort to …

Objective: Constructing a competent valve using the xenograft valved conduit (Contegra) in
the extracardiac Fontan connection may maintain better forward flow into the pulmonary …

Results The cardiopulmonary bypass time and aortic crossclamp time ranged between 97
and 151 minutes (mean, 131.3 minutes) and 72 and 105 minutes (mean, 94.8 minutes), …

Objective: To determine the effect of preoperative echocardiographic delineation of coronary
artery pattern on the immediate postoperative result of arterial switch procedures. Methods: …