The CCAS Board of Directors established the Membership Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement Committee to lead efforts in strengthening membership and promoting active engagement within the CCAS and … [Read More...]
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CCAS is a society organized within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The CCAS concept originated with cardiac anesthesia directors and other key leaders at major congenital heart disease programs, who believed there was a need for a new society because of rapid advancement of highly specialized knowledge in the field, and a great increase in the numbers of patients, including adults with congenital heart disease.
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A 16-year-old male with a history of Tetralogy of Fallot repair with a transannular patch as an infant presents for transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR). He has severe pulmonary valve regurgitation with a right ventricular end diastolic volume index of (RVEDVI) of 180 ml/m2, and worsening exercise tolerance. After deployment of the transcatheter pulmonary valve, regional wall motion abnormalities are immediately noted on transesophageal echocardiogram. Which of the following is the most likely cause?
A. Acute right ventricular failure
B. Pulmonary artery rupture
C. Coronary artery compression
