Livro brasileiro de cardiologia e cirurgia cardiovascular pediátrica

Abstract

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery passed another milestone. The release of the book, The Brazilian Book of Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, shows the high levels of ingenuity and closeness among the professionals involved in the Clinic and in the surgeries of congenital and childhood-acquired heart diseases. The first step was taken by founding of the Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Department (DCCVPed) of BSCVS. The department was formally established on September 29 th , 2003, during the 58th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (BSCVS), in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil [1]. At that time, the cardiovascular surgeons involved in the Pediatrics within BSCVS began their work, and were headed by the first President, Dr. Valdester Cavalcante Pinto Jr. Among the countless projects that this first board took on during that time, some of them were ambitious, and among them was the making of a book with a primarily surgical approach. Parallelly, Pediatric Cardiology-which for several years was organized as the Pediatric Cardiology Department (DCPed) of BSCVS-made great progress and, represented by its elected president Dr. Sandra Mattos da Silva-also had similar aspirations: they, too, hoped to develop a clinically-based book. In November 2003, during the 18th Brazilian Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and the 10 th Latin Congress of Pediatric Cardiology in Recife,

Achados da avaliação clínica da deglutição em lactentes cardiopatas pós-cirúrgicos

“…Eating difficulties in CHD patients have already been described in the literature and are characterized by difficulty in gaining weight, nutrient malabsorption, fatigue, refusal, inefficient sucking and / or lack of food competence expected for their level of development (4,5,7,8,(16)(17)(18) . It is also worth mentioning that infants with severe CHD who require cardiac surgery in the first month of life are at high risk of developing feeding difficulties up to 2 years of age (19,20) .…”

Correção cirúrgica da estenose aórtica supravalvar com modificação da técnica de Sousa

“…Other malformations in 30% to 40% of cases, may accompany this disease, such as aortic coarctation, patent ductus arteriosus, interatrial communication, stenosis of pulmonary arteries, a reason this disease should not be considered as an isolated entity. Changes in the mitral valve, tetralogy of Fallot, as well as phenotypic abnormalities are associated with Williams-Beuren syndrome [6].…”

Correção cirúrgica da coarctação da aorta em adultos sob assistência circulatória extracorpórea esquerda

“…In addition to congenital coarctation, inflammatory diseases such as Takayasu's arteritis (or reversed coarctation) are important causes of aortic stenosis [3]. Several surgical techniques have been used, but they have limitations and specific applications [2].…”