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.
Question of the Week
An infant with Tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (TOF/PA/MAPCAs) presents for unifocalization. An intraoperative pulmonary artery flow study is requested by the surgeon. Which hemodynamic value obtained during the flow study is MOST likely to predict a successful repair with VSD closure and RV-PA conduit after unifocalization?
A. mPAP less than 15 mmHg at 1.5 L/min/m2
B. mPAP greater than 30 mmHg at 2.5 L/min/m2
C. mPAP less than 25 mmHg at 3.0 L/min/m2