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    Congenital Heart Disease: Volume 13, Issue 2

    157-341
    March/April 2018
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Issue Information

  • Pages: 157-160
  • First Published: 16 April 2018

EDITORIAL

Francis Fontan 1929-2018

Robert H. Anderson PhD, 
  • Pages: 161-162
  • First Published: 16 April 2018

SPECIAL ARTICLES

Are we allowing impact factor to have too much impact: The need to reassess the process of academic advancement in pediatric cardiology?

Rohit S. Loomba MD,  Robert H. Anderson MD, 
  • Pages: 163-166
  • First Published: 26 February 2018

Optimizing patient care and outcomes through the congenital heart center of the 21st century

Jeffery B. Anderson MD,  Devyani Chowdhury MD,  Jean A. Connor RN PhD,  Curt J. Daniels MD,  Craig E. Fleishman MD,  Michael Gaies MD,  Jeffrey Jacobs MD,  John Kugler MD,  Nicolas Madsen MD,  Robert H. Beekman MD,  Stacey Lihn MA,  Kay Stewart-Huey BSIE,  Robert Vincent MD,  Robert Campbell MD, 
  • Pages: 167-180
  • First Published: 05 February 2018

REVIEW ARTICLES

Five decades of the Fontan operation: A systematic review of international reports on outcomes after univentricular palliation

Laura S. Kverneland MD,  Peter Kramer MD,  Stanislav Ovroutski MD, 
  • Pages: 181-193
  • First Published: 25 January 2018

Effects of inspiratory muscle training in chronic heart failure patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing Wu BSN,  Li Kuang BSN,  Lijuan Fu MBA, RN, 
  • Pages: 194-202
  • First Published: 08 February 2018

Cardiovascular outcomes of pregnancy in Marfan's syndrome patients: A literature review

So Yeon Kim MD,  Diana S. Wolfe MD MPH,  Cynthia C. Taub MD, 
  • Pages: 203-209
  • First Published: 23 October 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Age is not a good predictor of irreversibility of pulmonary hypertension in congenital cardiac malformations with left-to-right shunt

Amir-Reza Hosseinpour MD FRCS(C-Th),  Marie-Hélène Perez MD,  David Longchamp MD,  Jacques Cotting MD,  Nicole Sekarski MD,  Michel Hurni MD,  René Prêtre MD,  Stefano Di Bernardo MD, 
  • Pages: 210-216
  • First Published: 25 October 2017

Impact of pregnancy on autograft dilatation and aortic valve function following the Ross procedure

Horacio G. Carvajal,  Kathryn J. Lindley MD,  Trupti Shah BSN, RN,  Anoop K. Brar PhD,  Philip M. Barger MD,  Joseph J. Billadello MD,  Pirooz Eghtesady MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 217-221
  • First Published: 18 December 2017

Low molecular weight heparin as an anticoagulation strategy for left-sided ablation procedures

Karen Hinsley RN, MSN,  Margaret Evans-Langhorst RN, PNP,  Courtney Porter MPH,  Stephanie Chandler MD,  Christina VanderPluym MD,  John Triedman MD,  Vassilios J. Bezzerides MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 222-225
  • First Published: 27 November 2017

Perforation and right ventricular outflow tract stenting: Alternative palliation for infants with pulmonary atresia/ventricular septal defect

David Aurigemma MD,  John W. Moore MD, MPH,  Gabrielle Vaughn MD,  Nasser Moiduddin MD,  Howaida G. El-Said MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 226-231
  • First Published: 27 November 2017

Physical activity perceptions and behaviors among young adults with congenital heart disease: A mixed-methods study

Adam McKillop PhD,  Brian W. McCrindle MD, MPH,  Gina Dimitropoulos PhD,  Adrienne H. Kovacs PhD, 
  • Pages: 232-240
  • First Published: 23 November 2017

Computational simulation of postoperative pulmonary flow distribution in Alagille patients with peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis

Weiguang Yang PhD,  Frank L. Hanley MD,  Frandics P. Chan PhD, MD,  Alison L. Marsden PhD,  Irene E. Vignon-Clementel PhD,  Jeffrey A. Feinstein MD, 
  • Pages: 241-250
  • First Published: 01 December 2017

Lambl's excrescences in children: Improved detection via transthoracic echocardiography

Amanda L. Phillips,  Muhammad Yasir Qureshi MBBS,  Benjamin W. Eidem MD,  Frank Cetta MD, 
  • Pages: 251-253
  • First Published: 27 November 2017

Home-based interval training increases endurance capacity in adults with complex congenital heart disease

Camilla Sandberg RPT, PhD,  Magnus Hedström MD,  Karin Wadell RPT, PhD,  Mikael Dellborg MD, PhD,  Anders Ahnfelt MD,  Anna-Klara Zetterström RPT,  Amanda Öhrn RPT,  Bengt Johansson MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 254-262
  • First Published: 04 December 2017

Subclinical hypothyroidism: A common finding in adult patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease

Peter Bak MD,  Cristel S. Hjortshøj MD PhD,  Peter Gæde MD DMSc,  Lars Idorn MD PhD,  Lars Søndergaard MD DMSc,  Annette S. Jensen MD PhD, 
  • Pages: 263-270
  • First Published: 27 December 2017

Association between maternal body mass index and congenital heart defects in infants: A meta-analysis

Yu Zhu MM,  Yong Chen MM,  Yu Feng PhD,  Di Yu PhD,  Xuming Mo MD, 
  • Pages: 271-281
  • First Published: 23 January 2018

Fetal heart size measurements as new predictors of homozygous α-thalassemia-1 in mid-pregnancy

Xinyan Li MD,  Xiaoxia Qiu MS,  Huan Huang MS,  Yili Zhao MD,  Xueqin Li MS,  Meng Li MS,  Xiaoxian Tian MS, 
  • Pages: 282-287
  • First Published: 25 January 2018

Right ventricular contractile reserve in tetralogy of Fallot patients with pulmonary regurgitation

Clotilde Kingsley MBBS,  Saad Ahmad MD,  John Pappachan MA, MB, BChir, FRCA, MBBS, PhD,  Sujata Khambekar MBBS, FRCP, MBBS, PhD,  Thomas Smith BSc, MBBS, PhD,  Diane Gardiner BSc, MBBS, PhD,  James Shambrook MBBS, FRCR,  Shankar Baskar MD,  Ryan Moore MD,  Gruschen Veldtman MBChB, FRCP, 
  • Pages: 288-294
  • First Published: 05 January 2018

Novel mutation of GATA4 gene in Kurdish population of Iran with nonsyndromic congenital heart septals defects

Fariborz Soheili MSc,  Zahra Jalili MD DMSc,  Mahtab Rahbar MD DMSc,  Zahed Khatooni PhD,  Amir Mashayekhi PhD,  Hossein Jafari PhD, 
  • Pages: 295-304
  • First Published: 28 January 2018

Clinical outcomes of percutaneous or surgical closure of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

Jia-Wang Xiao MD,  Qi-Guang Wang MD, PhD,  Duan-Zhen Zhang MD, PhD,  Chun-Sheng Cui MD,  Xiumin Han MD,  Po Zhang MD, PhD,  Chuangju Hou MD,  Xian-Yang Zhu MD, 
  • Pages: 305-310
  • First Published: 05 February 2018

Predictive value of presuperior cavopulmonary anastomosis cardiac catheterization at increased altitude

Michael V. Di Maria MD,  Matthew Mulvahill MS,  James Jaggers MD,  David Dunbar Ivy MD,  Adel K. Younoszai MD, 
  • Pages: 311-318
  • First Published: 12 February 2018
Open Access

Quality of life and sexual well-being in patients with a Fontan circulation: An explorative pilot study with a mixed method design

Djoeke Wolff MD, PhD,  Henricus B. M. van de Wiel PhD,  Mirthe E. de Muinck Keizer Bsc,  Joost P. van Melle MD, PhD,  Petronella G. Pieper MD, PhD,  Rolf M. F. Berger MD, PhD,  Tjark Ebels MD, PhD,  Willebrord C. M. Weijmar Schultz MD, PhD, 
  • Pages: 319-326
  • First Published: 12 March 2018

The effects of lifestyle changes on serum lipid levels in children in a real life setting

Angeline D. Opina MD,  Constance Cephus PhD,  Yunfei Wang PhD,  Samuel Younan BS,  Douglas Moodie MD, 
  • Pages: 327-333
  • First Published: 18 January 2018

FELLOWS FORUM

Pattern of inpatient pediatric cardiology consultations in sub-Saharan Africa

Kriti Puri MBBS,  Peter Kazembe MB.Ch.B.,  Treasure Mkaliainga B.Sc.,  Msandeni Chiume MBBS,  Antonio G. Cabrera MD,  Amy Sims Sanyahumbi MD, 
  • Pages: 334-341
  • First Published: 25 January 2018