In Memoriam: Rachid F. Idriss (1959-2025)
Published: November 12, 2025.
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Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 133-134, January 2026.
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A Simple Technique to Decrease Gore-Tex Graft Needle Hole Bleeding
Published: December 03, 2025.
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Chawki Elzein3313Children’s Heart Center, Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital, Falls Church, VA, USA
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
We present a simple technique to decrease Gore-Tex needle hole bleeding during pediatric cardiac surgery. Use of this technique will potentially decrease blood loss, and blood product transfusion, along with shortening operating room time.
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In Memoriam: Richard Van Praagh (1930-2025)
Published: December 08, 2025.
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Marshall L. Jacobs, Carl L. Backer
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Watch our interview with Dr. Van Praagh from 2010.
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Development of a High-Performing Congenital Heart Program in Vietnam
Published: November 11, 2025.
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Chau P. Nguyen, Huu Nhat Nguyen, Sarah Tabbutt, Shunji Sano, Mark Cocalis, Hung Nguyen, Helen Busch, Adriana Dobrzycka, Kathy J. Jenkins, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Hanh Luu Nguyen Duc, Truong N. Ly Thinh
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Objective: Children’s HeartLink and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have partnered with Vietnam National Children’s Hospital (VNCH). Compared with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) enrolled in the International Quality Improvement …
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Impact of Congenital Heart Disease Versus Acquired Heart Disease: An Analysis of 181 Patients who Underwent Cardiac Transplantation
Published: November 26, 2025.
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Mark Steven Bleiweis, Frederick J. Fricker, Dipankar Gupta, Biagio “Bill” A. Pietra, John-Anthony Coppola, Giles J. Peek, Yuriy Stukov, Omar M. Sharaf, Matthew S. Purlee, Colton D. Brown, Liam R. Kugler, Dan Neal, Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs1Congenital Heart Center, 3463University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
PurposeWe reviewed all 181 patients with pediatric and/or congenital heart disease (CHD) who underwent cardiac transplantation at the University of Florida from January 1, 2011, to March 1, 2022, and compared those with CHD with those who had acquired …
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ABO-Incompatible Heart Transplantation Remains Underutilized Despite Comparable Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplantation
Published: December 03, 2025.
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Tiffany E. Maksimuk, Nicole M. Mott, Kaitlyn Dickinson, Lawrence B. Brown, Otto Thielen, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, Michael T. Cain, Jordan R. H. Hoffman, Melanie D. Everitt, Matthew Stone
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Background: :ABO-Incompatible (ABO-I) heart transplantation (HT) is a promising strategy to extend the hope of HT to many infants and children facing donor organ shortages and waitlist mortality. Despite increasing experience with ABO-I HT and comparable …
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Neopulmonary Valve Reconstruction Using Autologous Right Atrial Appendage: Early Single-Center Results
Published: December 03, 2025.
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Shiraslan Bakhshaliyev, Bahruz Aliyev, Cabir Gulmaliyev, Elvin Memiyev, Ergin Arslanoğlu, Khayala Mammadova, Lamiya Sultanova, Aynur Abbasaliyeva, Ramin Verdikhanov, Fakhri Garayev
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Introduction:Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) reconstruction in congenital heart diseases such as tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) often requires a transannular patch, which can lead to postoperative pulmonary regurgitation (PR). Persistent PR may result …
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Early Experience With Percutaneous Pulmonary Blood Flow Restrictors to Allow Deferral of Norwood Surgery
Published: December 08, 2025.
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Anagha Prasanna, Jeremy Fox, Paul Tannous, Conor O’Halloran, Michael Monge, Alan Nugent, Kiona Y. Allen, Stuart Berger, David S. Winlaw
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Background: :Deferral of the Stage 1 Norwood Palliation (S1P) for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and high-risk features is sometimes accomplished using a hybrid approach involving external pulmonary artery (PA) banding. Recently, percutaneous …
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Risk Factors and Causes of Readmission to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit After Cardiac Surgery
Published: November 17, 2025.
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Aymeric Barbarino, Arnaud Wiedemann, Nancy Poirier, Sally Al Omar, Jean Luc Bigras, Michael Levy, Philippe Jouvet
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
IntroductionUnplanned readmissions to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) following cardiac surgery remain poorly understood. Such readmissions are associated with increased morbidity and present significant challenges to healthcare. This study aimed …
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Central Venous Catheter Selection, Management, and Treatment of Catheter-Associated Deep Vein Thrombosis in Children Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Survey of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium Centers
Published: December 03, 2025.
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John S. Kim, Jason T. Patregnani, Ashish A. Ankola, Kurt Schumacher, Darren Klugman, Therese M. Giglia, Sirine A. Baltagi, Jennifer G. Baylor, Erin Bressler, Laura A. Downey, Jarrett Linder, Brian S. Marcus, Justin Yeh, Wenying Zhang, David K. Werho,
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Objective: :Children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) are at risk for catheter-associated deep vein thrombosis (CA-DVT). We sought to understand the practice variations which may impact the risk for CA-DVT by conducting a comprehensive …
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The Challenge of Pediatric Heart Transplantation in a Failing Fontan Patient With Dextrocardia and Heterotaxy Syndrome
Published: November 11, 2025.
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Hüseyin Sicim, Steven Zangwill, Christopher Knoll, Daniel A. Velez, Mohamad Alaeddine
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
Patients with dextrocardia, heterotaxy syndrome, and single ventricle physiology typically undergo multiple staged palliative operations culminating in a Fontan circulation. Despite these palliative procedures, heart transplantation may become the …
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Giant Left Ventricular Aneurysm in a Child After Surgical Repair of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery and Subsequent Mitral Valve Replacement
Published: December 03, 2025.
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Amber Molin, Christian Pizarro, Shannon Nees, Takeshi Tsuda
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Ahead of Print.
We report a four-year-old female with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery who developed a large left ventricular (LV) aneurysm following coronary reimplantation in early infancy and subsequent mitral valve repair and replacement for …
