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Cardiac Surgeries and Procedures Reported to SOFT, Arrayed by Diagnosis

By Frank B | March 10, 2020

As new surgeries are reported, SOFT updates this table with cardiac related surgeries and procedures. This data shows the number of surgeries performed by type of cardiac procedure and by the diagnosis of the child. Grab the slider bar at the end of the report to move right or left in the report. Surgery or…

Ethical Rounds: An Infant with T18 & VSD

By Lisa Arturo | November 12, 2012

PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINT: JOURNAL CLUB Reprinted from the SOFT Times, May/Jun/Jul 2011. Janvier A, Okah F, Farlow B, Lantos JD. 2011. Ethical Rounds: An infant with trisomy 18 and a ventricular septal defect. Pediatrics 127:754-759. When I received my personal copy of the April issue of Pediatrics, my eyes immediately went to the Special Article on…

Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Trisomy 18

By Jack and Dianna Aubele | January 25, 2011

PROFESSIONAL VIEWPOINT: Journal Club KANEKO Y, KOBAYASHI J, IKUYA I, ET AL. 2009. CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS WITH TRISOMY 18. PEDIATR CARDIOL 30:729-734. This work, accomplished by a group at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan led by the first author (a cardiovascular surgeon), summarizes the outcomes of cardiac surgery in 17 infants with…