Barriers to accessing congenital heart surgery in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review

SPS Cheng, K Heo, E Joos… - World Journal for …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common major congenital
anomaly. Ninety percent of children with CHD are born in low-and middle-income countries …

Conflicting European and North American Society Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) volume guidelines differentially discriminate peri-operative mortality after elective …

S Scali, A Wanhainen, D Neal, S Debus, K Mani… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) guidelines endorse a
minimum abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair volume of 20 open (OAR) and or …

Major elective non-cardiac operations in adults with congenital heart disease

CG Williamson, S Ebrahimian, N Ascandar, Y Sanaiha… - Heart, 2023 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To assess the impact of congenital heart disease (CHD) on resource utilisation
and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing major elective non-cardiac operations …

Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy: Clinical Outcomes and Cost-Associated Burdens From a National Cohort at Delivery

CG Williamson, M Altendahl, G Martinez, A Ng, JP Lin… - JACC: Advances, 2024 - jacc.org
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) in pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal
morbidity and mortality in the United States, with an increasing prevalence. Objectives This …

Center-Level Variation in Failure to Rescue After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

A Verma, CG Williamson, SS Bakhtiyar… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Although failure to rescue (FTR) is increasingly recognized as a quality metric,
studies in congenital cardiac surgery remain sparse. Within a national cohort of children …

Pediatric Heart Transplantation Over 36 Years and Contemporary Volume-Outcome Analysis of UNOS

OM Sharaf, A Bilgili, Z Brennan, JA Treffalls… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2024 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND This study examines 36 years of national pediatric heart
transplantation data to 1) identify trends in transplant volume, centers, and one-year graft …