TAPVR - Sutureless repair vs. Conventional Repair Comparison

JTCVS 2011;141:1346-54
1997-2009
n=57 patients (36 had conventional repair and 21 had sutureless repair)
See also previous posting on this subject

ICU: Pulsus Paradoxus

11 yr old female with respiratory distress.

Note the variation in arterial pressure and CVP.

Discuss the causes.

(Image courtesy: George Hartas)

How do you quantify pulsus paradoxus?

ProBNP - Cut-off Values

Circulation 2011;123:2015-9

EP, EKG:WPW - Locating accessory pathway

From Cardiology - Churchill's Ready Reference
Alexander Lyon et al. Churchill Livingston Elsevier 2011.

Click here for an example EKG

Cath: Angiographic projections of great arteries (Aortic Valve & Pulm. Valve)

(From Kurt Amplatz's Radiology of Congenital Heart Disease)