Papers by Mario Cazzaniga
Revista Colombiana de Cardiología, 2008
La tetralogía de Fallot es la cardiopatía congénita cianótica más frecuente en la población gener... more La tetralogía de Fallot es la cardiopatía congénita cianótica más frecuente en la población general, con una incidencia general de 0,1/1.000 nacidos vivos. El eje morfológico diagnóstico es el desplazamiento anterior izquierdo del septo infundibular -hacia la vía de salida ventricular derecha- durante el periodo de embriogénesis, lo que causa complejo de cabalgamiento aórtico, comunicación interventricular, estenosis subpulmonar e hipertrofia ventricular derecha. Sin intervención quirúrgica, su sobrevida al año alcanza 66% y sólo 10% a 15% en más de veinte años. La presentación clínica es variable y depende del grado de estenosis pulmonar; cuando ya es significativa en la etapa neonatal o en lactantes menores de tres a seis meses, pueden aparecer crisis de hipoxemia que requieren intervención médica o quirúrgica de urgencia. La corrección completa de la malformación ofrece buenos resultados de supervivencia durante décadas, si bien con las primeras técnicas -parche trans-anular y ci...
La cirugía modificada de Fontan es la cirugía paliativa de elección en pacientes con cardiopatía ... more La cirugía modificada de Fontan es la cirugía paliativa de elección en pacientes con cardiopatía congénita que cursa con corazón univentricular, incluyendo aquellos excepcionales casos con una rama de arteria pulmonar única vascularizando un solo pulmón. La cianosis no es un hallazgo excepcional en la evolución de estos pacientes y puede ser debida a varios factores. Presentamos el caso de una enferma con fisiología univentricular y un único pulmón viable para recibir el flujo sistémico, cirugía bicavopulmonar (realizada en dos tiempos operatorios) con exclusión intencionada de las venas hepáticas de la circulación pulmonar a quien se ocluyó el conducto externo con dispositivo de Amplatzer. En su evolución ha desarrollado dilatación de la vena porta y venas pélvicas retroperitoneales con fístulas porto-hepáticas y hepatomegalia, una estenosis severa de la vena cava inferior prehepática, como consecuencia de la oclusión del conducto externo del Fontan con un dispositivo Amplatzer.
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Archivos de cardiologia de Mexico, 2008
OBJECTIVE We report the percutaneous closure of the pulmonary artery with residual shunt in patie... more OBJECTIVE We report the percutaneous closure of the pulmonary artery with residual shunt in patients with Fontan type circuit. METHOD Patients aged 9 and 11 years, with SaO2 of 88 and 96%, respectively. One of them coursing with headaches and functional class II. Both patients with total cavopulmonary anastomosis and fenestrated extracardiac conduit and permeable pulmonary artery (pulsatile Fontan). An Amplatzer duct-occluder device was implanted in the pulmonary artery entering from the femoral vein. Follow-up by means of clinical examination, imaging, and catetherization was pursued. RESULTS Case 1, patency fenestration, Qp/Qs: 0.7/1. Case 2, closed fenestration, Qp/Qs; 1.3/1. We obtained immediate occlusion with 6/4 and 8/6 devices, respectively; pressure recordings revealed modification of the arterial morphology to biphasic; pulmonary pressure dropped 2 mm Hg in the first patient, without alteration in the second case; no changes in SaO2 were registered. Time of fluoroscopy was...
The tetralogy of Fallot is the most frequent cyanotic congenital heart disease in the general pop... more The tetralogy of Fallot is the most frequent cyanotic congenital heart disease in the general population with a general incidence of 0.1/1000 live births. The morphologic diagnostic axis is the left anterior displacement of the infundibular ventricular septum - towards the right ventricle way out- during the embryogenic period that causes aortic override, ventricular septal defect, subpulmonary stenosis and right ventricular hypertrophy. Without surgical intervention, survival is 66% in 1 year and only 10% to 15% in > 20 years. Clinical presentation is variable and depends on the grade of pulmonary stenosis; when it is already significant in the neonatal period or in infants < 3 to 6 months, hypoxemic crisis that may require urgent medical or surgical intervention may appear. Complete surgical correction of the malformation offers good survival outcomes during decades, although with the first techniques -trans-anular patch and closure of the interventricular defect- there appe...
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Revista espanola de cardiologia, 2002
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The Fontan procedure was designed to palliate complex congenital hear... more INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The Fontan procedure was designed to palliate complex congenital heart disease with univentricular physiology. A retrospective study was made to document the determinants of early (</= 30 days) and late (>/= 31 days) mortality with the modified Fontan procedure performed in one-stage over a 22-year period. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 1978 and 2000, 102 atriopulmonary, 16 cavopulmonary, and 6 Kawashima type anastomoses were performed to palliate complex congenital heart defects in 124 patients with a mean age of 7.3 4.7 years. Forty-five patient and procedure-related variables were analyzed in relation to mortality. All events were verified. RESULTS There were 29 early (23%) and 20 late (16%) deaths. Estimated survival at 30 days, 2 years, 5 years, and 20 years was 78, 75, 66, and 50%, respectively. Subaortic stenosis, protein-losing enteropathy, and arrythmia were observed in 8, 5 and 33 patients, respectively, after surgery. Univariate and multiva...
Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2010
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Revista española de cardiología, 2002
The Fontan procedure was designed to palliate complex congenital heart disease with univentricula... more The Fontan procedure was designed to palliate complex congenital heart disease with univentricular physiology. A retrospective study was made to document the determinants of early (</= 30 days) and late (>/= 31 days) mortality with the modified Fontan procedure performed in one-stage over a 22-year period. Between 1978 and 2000, 102 atriopulmonary, 16 cavopulmonary, and 6 Kawashima type anastomoses were performed to palliate complex congenital heart defects in 124 patients with a mean age of 7.3 4.7 years. Forty-five patient and procedure-related variables were analyzed in relation to mortality. All events were verified. There were 29 early (23%) and 20 late (16%) deaths. Estimated survival at 30 days, 2 years, 5 years, and 20 years was 78, 75, 66, and 50%, respectively. Subaortic stenosis, protein-losing enteropathy, and arrythmia were observed in 8, 5 and 33 patients, respectively, after surgery. Univariate and multivariable analysis indicated that left ventricular end-diast...
Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition), 2010
... 07 DOI: 10.1016/S1885-5857(10)70178-X. Spontaneous Closure of a Large Ductus Arteriosus Aneur... more ... 07 DOI: 10.1016/S1885-5857(10)70178-X. Spontaneous Closure of a Large Ductus Arteriosus Aneurysm. Iria A González a , Carmen González b , Mario Cazzaniga b and Luis Fernández b. ... Eur J Cardio-Thorac Surg. 1991;5:566-70. 3.Jan SL, Hwang B, Fu YC, Chai JW, Chi CS. ...
Pediatric Cardiology, 1995
Page 1. Pediatr Cardiol 16:153-154, 1995 Pediatric Cardiology 9 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 199... more Page 1. Pediatr Cardiol 16:153-154, 1995 Pediatric Cardiology 9 Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1995 Letter to the Editor Right Intraventricular Ghost Obstruction Color Doppler echocardiography is the method of choice for precise ...
CHEST Journal, 1973
A previously unreported association of tetralogy of Fallot and total anomalous pulmonary venous d... more A previously unreported association of tetralogy of Fallot and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is described in two infants. The initial clinical manifestation was tetralogy, and both patients had systemic-pulmonary shunt surgery to increase the pulmonary blood flow. Postoperatively, one infant died of massive pulmonary edema, and at postmortem examination total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage below the diaphragm was found. The other patient had the association of tetralogy with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the coronary sinus diagnosed by cardiac catheterization. Following shunt surgery, prolonged continuous positive airway pressure was necessary to adequately ventilate the lungs, presumably the result of pulmonary venous congestion and low pulmonary compliance. The infant eventually died from tracbeostomy complications. The diagnosis, clinical course, surgical implications and pathology of this association are discussed.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1989
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Archivos del Instituto de Cardiología de México
The aim of this work is to describe the different aspects of diagnosis and postoperative follow-u... more The aim of this work is to describe the different aspects of diagnosis and postoperative follow-up in four patients after surgery for aortic-left ventricular tunnel (ALVT). The surgical techniques and results have been published, in the literature but there are no reports about the progression of aortic regurgitation. We reviewed the clinical features of four patients operated with ALVT. The clinical information (electrocar-diograms, echocardiograms and catheterilution) was studied in the preoperative period. Surgical technique and postoperative evolution were analysed. The follow-up period ranged between 4.7 and 13 years. In a 14 years period, four children (2 boys and 2 girls), were operated for ALVT. The mean age at the time of diagnosis was 8.5 years (ranged between 1 month and 14 years). A continuous murmurs was present in all cases, associated to cardiac failure in the youngest patient (1 month old). The clinical diagnosis was ALVT in the four cases but only in two the echocar...
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 1992
Rev. cuba. cardiol. cir. …, 1991
Resumo: Se estudiaron 11 fetos diagnosticados como corazones univentriculares mediante ecocardiog... more Resumo: Se estudiaron 11 fetos diagnosticados como corazones univentriculares mediante ecocardiografía bidimensional, con comprobación necrópsica. Los hallazgos ecocardiográficos comunes en nuestra serie fueron: una sola conexión ...
Revista Colombiana De Cardiologia, Jun 1, 2008
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia, Dec 1, 2005
We present a case involving a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease in a 2-month-old neo... more We present a case involving a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease in a 2-month-old neonate. The initial diagnosis was thought to be tricuspid dysplasia with right-to-left shunting through an interatrial communication. However, surgery showed the presence of a pedunculated mass that prolapsed into the tricuspid valve orifice, thereby causing severe obstruction to right ventricular filling. This mass was attached to the lower part of the atrial septum. Pathological examination showed fibrotic myxoid tissue. After the mass was resected surgically, the tricuspid valve appeared normal. We comment on the pathogenesis and the differential diagnosis of this rare entity.
Rev Lat Cardiol Cir Cardiovasc Infant, Sep 1, 1985
Base de dados : LILACS. Pesquisa : 31730 [Identificador único]. Referências encontradas : 1 [refi... more Base de dados : LILACS. Pesquisa : 31730 [Identificador único]. Referências encontradas : 1 [refinar]. Mostrando: 1 .. 1 no formato [Detalhado]. página 1 de 1, 1 / 1, LILACS, seleciona. para imprimir. Fotocópia. experimental, Documentos relacionados. Id: 31730. ...
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