Is balloon atrial septostomy associated with preoperative stroke in neonates with transposition of the great arteries?
BAS is a major identifiable risk factor for preoperative focal brain injury in neonates with TGA. Imaging characteristics of identified brain injuries were consistent with embolism; however, the mechanism is more complex than site of vascular access for BAS or exposure to central venous catheters. These findings have implications for the indications for BAS, timing of surgical repair, and use of anticoagulation in TGA.
Programming by HF chow predisposes hepatic adverse remodeling in the liver of adult offspring.