Congenital heart disease
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Congenital heart disease · Nov 2018
Randomized Controlled TrialUtility of three-dimensional models in resident education on simple and complex intracardiac congenital heart defects.
Applications of three-dimensional (3D) printed models in medicine include preprocedure planning, patient education, and clinical training. Reproducing complex anatomy as a 3D printed model can be useful for understanding congenital heart defects (CHD). We hypothesized that using 3D printed models during didactic sessions with resident physicians will improve trainees' understanding of CHD. ⋯ Incorporation of 3D printed models into lectures about CHD imparts a greater acute level of understanding, both subjective and objective, for pediatric and combined pediatric/emergency medicine residents. There does not seem to be an added benefit for understanding ventricular septal defects, but there is for tetralogy of Fallot, likely due to increased complexity of the lesion and difficulty visualizing spatial relationships in CHD with multiple components.
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Congenital heart disease · Nov 2018
Efficiency of the home cardiac rehabilitation program for adults with complex congenital heart disease.
We aimed to study the efficiency and safety of once-a-week outpatient rehabilitation followed by home program with tele-monitoring in patients with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease. ⋯ Once-a-week outpatient hospital-based exercise program followed by supervised home-based exercise program showed a significant benefit in improvement of exercise capacity in adults with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease without serious adverse outcomes.