Articles

Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: a pictorial essay with a CT focus

The imaging of pulmonary venous anatomy has traditionally been performed with echocardiography and catheter pulmonary angiography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and notably multi-detector row computed tomog...

Authors: Stephen Lyen, Shalini Wijesuriya, Eleanor Ngan-Soo, Helen Mathias, Michael Yeong, Mark Hamilton and Nathan Manghat

Thromboembolic episodes related to atrial arrhythmias in adults with transposition of great arteries

Atrial arrhythmias (AA) are common in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD). Although Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia (IART) is well described in ACHD, Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is uncommon, but increa...

Authors: Darryl Wan, Clara Tsui, Jasmine Grewal, Marla Kiess, Amanda Barlow, Derek Human, Andrew Krahn and Santabhanu Chakrabarti

The spectrum of pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: management from a physician and nurse specialist perspective

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), with a prevalence nearing that of idiopathic PAH in registries. Despite similarities in pulmonary vascu...

Authors: Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Carl Harries and Lisa Parfitt

Leadless Pacemakers: practice and promise in congenital heart disease

The development of the implantable cardiac pacemaker nearly 60 years ago represented a paradigm shift in the control of potentially lethal heart rhythms and has revolutionized the lives of those at risk of sud...

Authors: T.S.O. Clarke, A.M. Zaidi and B. Clarke

Stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract as primary palliation for Fallot-type lesions

To describe the institutional experience, technical aspects and outcome of stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) in the initial palliation of symptomatic patients with severely limited pulmona...

Authors: D. Quandt, G. Penford, B. Ramchandani, V. Bhole, C. Mehta and O. Stumper

Arrhythmias in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a condition associated with raised right heart pressures and subsequent remodelling of the right atrium and ventricle with relative preservation of left heart function. There...

Authors: Ian Peter Temple

Journal of Congenital Cardiology – new, innovative and custom-made for congenital heart disease

Authors: A. Graham Stuart