In memoriam Dr. Aldo R. Castañeda

Castaneda in memorium

Dr. Aldo R. Castañeda
July 17, 1930 – April 30, 2021

We announce with sorrow the passing of the Apollonian surgeon, Aldo R. Castañeda. On behalf of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, we express our profound gratitude for having blazed the trail for your students and colleagues and helped the lives of so many children around the world! We present our sincere condolences to his wife, Arcely, his children, Claudia, Silvana and Aldo and to all grieving this loss.

Farewell and Godspeed, dear teacher and esteemed colleague!

— WSPCHS Governing Council

We have unlocked the full interview we did with Dr. Castaneda in 2010. You can watch it here.

5 Online First Articles – April 28, 2021

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Online First Articles

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A Rare Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor of the Mitral Valve With Systemic Embolism in a Child

Published: April 26, 2021.
Online first

Contributors

Niranjan Vijayakumar; Bijoy Thattaliyath; Bilge Dundar; Mohsen Karimi; Aditya Badheka; Madhuradhar Chegondi

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Living-Related Donor Kidney Transplant in a Patient With Single Ventricle and Fontan Circulation

Published: April 26, 2021.
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Contributors

Taylor H. Houlihan; Sonya Lopez; Kathryn Dodds; David Goldberg; Gil Wernovsky; H. Jorge Baluarte; Kevin Meyer; Jack Rychik

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The Complex Nature of Emboli Detection During Cardiac Procedures

Published: April 23, 2021.
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Contributors

Gregory R. Bashford; Edward J. Truemper; Max H. Twedt; Benjamin D. Hage; James M. Hammel; Ali N. Ibrahimye; Mohanad Shukry; Ahsan Qadeer; Kent M. Eskridge

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Surgical Management of Giant Intrapericardial Teratoma Encasing the Coronary Artery

Published: April 23, 2021.
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Contributors

Prashant Minocha; Emina Hodzic; Madhu Sharma; Puneet Bhatla; James Nielsen; Michelle Ramirez; Margret Magid; Jason C. Fisher; Ralph Mosca; TK Susheel Kumar

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Optimization of CPB Circuits and Techniques Minimize the Total Number of Intraoperative Emboli Delivery in Congenital Heart Surgery Patients

Published: April 23, 2021.
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Contributors

Akif Ündar; Yongwook Dan

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Open Access Articles from March 2021 Issue

Free articles from 
Volume 12 Issue 2, March 2021

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In Memoriam: William I. Norwood Jr (1941-2020)

Published: March 08, 2021.
Pages 161-163

Contributors

Edward J. Malec; Marshall L. Jacobs

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2150135121992008

Fate of the Arterial Origin of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries After Unifocalization

Published: March 08, 2021.
Pages 230-233

Contributors

P.C. van de Woestijne; J.A.A.E. Cuypers; W.A. Helbing; A.J.J.C. Bogers

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2150135120976135 

Updating an Empirically Based Tool for Analyzing Congenital Heart Surgery Mortality

Published: March 08, 2021.
Pages 246-281

Contributors

Marshall L. Jacobs; Jeffrey P. Jacobs; Dylan Thibault; Kevin D. Hill; Brett R. Anderson; Pirooz Eghtesady; Tara Karamlou; S. Ram Kumar; John E. Mayer; Carlos M. Mery; Meena Nathan; David M. Overman; Sara K. Pasquali; James D. St. Louis; David Shahian; Sean M. O’Brien

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2150135121991528