Background: Echocardiography is a tool widely used in diagnostic and interventional
cardiology. One retrospective study has demonstrated the impact of intraoperative …

Background: Recent trial protocols with trans-thoracic echocardiography have been
elaborated in children to guide fluid and hemodynamic therapy. This Editorial describes the …

Background: Recently a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to determine
the impact of intraoperative goal directed fluid and hemodynamic therapy (GDFHT) in …

Opinion Recently, several trial protocols with trans-thoracic echocardiography to guide
intraoperative goal directed fluid and hemodynamic therapy (GDFHT) in pediatric surgical …

Introduction: In adults, studies have shown that when goal directed fluid and haemodynamic
therapy was applied in the perioperative period, morbi-mortality was reduced. In children the …

Survival of patients with congenital heart disease has significantly improved over the last 2
decades, confronting interventionalists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is diagnosed using cardiac catheterization and is defined as
an elevation of mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) greater than 25 mmHg. Although …

Background Paediatric transoesophageal echocardiography probes allow perioperative
evaluation during paediatric congenital heart disease surgery. Aim To assess the usefulness …

Objectives To review current institutional practice and describe factors contributing to
variation in inpatient postoperative imaging surveillance after congenital heart surgery …

Study objective Goal-directed fluid therapy (GDHT) has been proposed as a method to
reduce complications and mortality. Design Meta-analysis of the effects of perioperative …