Fetal and Hybrid Procedures in Congenital Heart Diseases

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ethical Aspects of Fetal Heart Interventions....Pages 3-6
Tools in Fetal Heart Procedures....Pages 7-10
Role of Multicenter Registries to Assess Outcomes of Fetal Interventions....Pages 11-21
Role of Counseling in Fetal Congenital Heart Diseases....Pages 23-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Fetal Anatomy: The Aortic Valve in Fetal Aortic Valve Diseases....Pages 31-36
Fetal Aortic Stenosis: Natural History and Echocardiographic Evaluation....Pages 37-44
Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty (FAV)....Pages 45-52
Fetal Aortic Valvuloplasty: State of the Art....Pages 53-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Fetal Anatomy: The Pulmonary Valve in Fetal Pulmonary Valve Disease....Pages 61-67
Fetal Pulmonary Valvuloplasty: Natural History and Echocardiographic Evaluation of Critical Pulmonary Stenosis/Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum....Pages 69-79
Indications for Fetal Pulmonary Valvuloplasty....Pages 81-84
Center Experience and Step-by-Step Approach for Fetal Pulmonary Valvuloplasty....Pages 85-90
Pulmonary Valvuloplasty: Fetal, Neonatal, and Follow-Up Outcomes....Pages 91-94
Literature on Fetal Therapy After Pulmonary Valvuloplasty....Pages 95-97
Future Perspectives on Fetal Pulmonary Valvuloplasty....Pages 99-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
The Embryology of the Interatrial Septum....Pages 105-110
Fetal Anatomy: The Interatrial Septum in the Fetus with Congenital Heart Disease....Pages 111-115
Literature on Fetal Therapy on Interatrial Septum....Pages 117-122
Procedures on the Atrial Septum: Approach, Outcomes and Future Perspective....Pages 123-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Perspectives on Fetal Pacing....Pages 141-151
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Alternative Vascular Access in Fetus....Pages 153-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Physician’s Perspective....Pages 161-171
Parents’ Perspective on the Hybrid Approach....Pages 173-177
The Hybrid Catheterization Laboratory....Pages 179-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Natural and Surgical History....Pages 187-195
The Engineering Perspective....Pages 197-202
General Principles of the Hybrid Approach in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome....Pages 203-208
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: The Giessen Approach – History, Technique, and Results....Pages 209-220
Hybrid Approach: The Columbus Way....Pages 221-227
The Brazilian Hybrid Approach for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome....Pages 229-241
Canadian Approach to Hybrid HLHS....Pages 243-249
Prolonged Right-Ventricle-to-Left-Ventricle Support (Hybrid or Surgical) to Delay Decision-Making in Borderline Left Ventricles....Pages 251-262
The Anatomical or Functional Borderline Left Ventricle and Strategies for Staged Rehabilitation....Pages 263-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Pulmonary Arteries: Surgical Point of View....Pages 277-282
Exit Angiography....Pages 283-291
Role of Three-Dimensional Rotational Angiography in Imaging the Pulmonary Arteries....Pages 293-301
Hybrid Approach to Pulmonary Artery Stenosis....Pages 303-310
Literature and Results....Pages 311-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Hybrid Closure of Muscular Ventricular Septal Defects: Anatomy, Clinical Scenarios, and Techniques....Pages 323-334
Hybrid Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect Closure: Literature and Results....Pages 335-337
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Perimembranous VSD....Pages 339-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Hybrid Atrial Septal Defect Closure....Pages 353-359
Treatment of RV Outflow Tract Dysfunction: New Valve Technologies....Pages 361-366
Mitral Valve Replacement with Melody Valve Prosthesis....Pages 367-375
A Hybrid Approach to Aortic Stent Implantation....Pages 377-384
Other Hybrid Treatments: Tetralogy of Fallot....Pages 385-389
Other Hybrid Treatments: RV-to-PA Hybrid Conduit....Pages 391-392
Hybrid VSD Creation or Enlargement....Pages 393-397