Clinical implications of respiratory ciliary dysfunction in heterotaxy patients with congenital heart disease: elevated risk of postoperative airway complications

ObjectiveCardiac surgery in Congenital Heart Disease-Heterotaxy (CHD-HTX) patients often leads to increased postoperative airway complications. Abnormal respiratory ciliary function, resembling primary ciliary dyskinesia, has been observed. We expanded the sample size by retrospectively reviewing Ci...

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Main Authors: Tingting Zhao, Xianghui Huang, Weicheng Chen, Han Gao, Zhiyu Feng, Chaozhong Tan, Jingwei Sun, Xiaojing Ma, Weili Yan, Wei Sheng, Guoying Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1333277/full