Background Ambulatory surgery for breast cancer has become commonplace, with most patients being discharged on the day of surgery.[1,2] Compared with in-patient surgery, outpatient surgery has... Read More
Case data In November 2015 a previously healthy 68-year-old physician vacationing in Mexico developed a generalized rash and low-grade fever and fatigue for 1 week. With the exception of bilateral... Read More
Surgical developments The organized study of congenital heart disease (CDH) began with the establishment of Dr Helen Taussig’s pediatric cardiology clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in... Read More
Complications in adult congenital heart disease (CHD) include pregnancy-related cardio-vascular disease (CVD), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), and arrhythmias. Patients with these... Read More
Over the past 2 decades the survival of pediatric patients after surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) has consistently improved, with in-hospital mortality rates now routinely below 3%. With... Read More