Factors prolonging length of stay in the cardiac intensive care unit following the arterial switch operation.

abstract：:A non-dysmorphic 10 month old female was discovered at surgery to have severe vasculopathy of both the systemic and pulmonary arteries. These findings were confirmed by pathologic examination. Follow-up angiography has confirmed multiple sites of vascular obstruction which appear to be worsening. Angioplasty has only ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Spaetgens RL,Duncan WJ,Taylor GP

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care cardiology, also known as ambulatory or outpatient cardiology, for the longitudinal management of patients with common arterial trunk or with transposition of the great arteries is both poorly described and has limited evidence to justify its basis. This article discusses some of the various complications...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Boris JR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonate with functionally univentricular physiology presents unique challenges to the cardiac team. An integrated approach that applies working knowledge of cardiac anatomy, cardiopulmonary physiology, and basic principles of intensive care is essential to guide management of each individual patient. This requires...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nelson DP,Schwartz SM,Chang AC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHD is associated with poor growth, delayed motor and language skills development, and increased length of hospital stay; 28.2% of infants were stunted, with z-scores<-2. The severity of surgery score was not associated with an increased length of stay, suggesting that a low weight-for-age z-score at the time of surge...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Marino LV,Magee A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only few reports have described successful simultaneous transcatheter intervention for CHD in infants. We present an infant with secundum atrial septal defect complicated by valvular pulmonary stenosis. Percutaneous transcatheter pulmonary valvuloplasty was performed first, followed by transcatheter closure of the sec...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Asada D,Tomita H,Fujii T

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Young patients suffering from rhythm disorders have a negative impact in their quality of life. In recent years, ablation has become the first-line therapy for supraventricular arrhythmias in children. In the light of the current expertise and advancement in the field, we decided to evaluate t...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gonzalez Corcia MC,Peters L,Sluysmans T,Moniotte S,Carbonez K,Barrea C,Vo C,Vanhoutte L,Scavee C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective endocarditis is a microbial infection of the endothelial surface of the heart, predominantly the heart valves, that is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Few contemporary data exist regarding affected children in our context. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:We aimed to describe the profile and treatment outc...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Willoughby ML,Basera W,Perkins SR,Comitis GAM,Fourie B,Lawrenson JB,Zühlke LJ

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the duration and dispersion of the P wave in patients after a Senning operation, assessing its value in detecting the risk of atrial tachycardias.We measured the duration and dispersion of the wave in surface 12 lead electrocardiograms obtained from 18 patients with sinus rhythm, having a mean age of 12.8 y...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ozyilmaz I,Eroğlu AG,Güzeltaş A,Oztunç F,Saltik L,Ozdil M,Bariş S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prognosis of the transposition of the great arteries has completely changed since the introduction of the arterial switch. Time limit to perform this intervention is still controversial. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the early and late outcome of primary arterial switch operation beyond the age of m...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Daoud Z,Nuri HA,Miette A,Pomè G

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 32,000 infants are born with CHDs each year in the United States of America. Of every 1000 live births, 2.3 require surgical or transcatheter intervention in the first year of life. There are few more stressful times for parents than when their neonate receives a diagnosis of complex CHD requiring surger...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Fleck DA,Marino BS,Costello JM,Ravishankar C,Torowicz D,Alden C,Van't Hof K,Medoff-Cooper B

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prematurity and low birth weight adds to the risk of serious congenital heart disease in infants. It may also delay surgical intervention, especially when cardiopulmonary bypass is required, or where an aortopulmonary shunt is necessary to maintain adequate oxygenation. In this setting, neonatologists are faced with t...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Malhotra A,Veldman A,Menahem S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body mass index, race/ethnicity, and payer status are associated with operative mortality in congenital heart disease (CHD). Interactions between these predictors and impacts on longer term outcomes are less well understood. We studied the effect of body mass index, race/ethnicity, and payer on 1-year outcomes followi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Siddiqui S,Anderson BR,LaPar DJ,Kalfa D,Chai P,Bacha E,Freud L

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:SummaryThe vast majority of patients with complete transposition present during either the neonatal period or early infancy. Almost always the diagnosis and the categorization of associated lesions can be established by cross-sectional echocardiography. Doppler techniques usually provide enough information about flows...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Rigby ML,Chan KY

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the gross motor development of infants who had undergone cardiac surgery in the neonatal or early infant period. METHODS:Gross motor performance was assessed when infants were 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. This scale is a discriminative gross motor outcome me...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Long SH,Harris SR,Eldridge BJ,Galea MP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Postural tachycardia syndrome is more frequently being recognised in adolescents and adults. However, its pathophysiology remains undefined. We evaluated our database for patterns in family history of clinical symptoms and associated disorders in these patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patients with postura...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Boris JR,Huang J,Shuey T,Bernadzikowski T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe right ventricular failure complicated a postoperative systemic inflammatory response in a 33-year-old woman after surgical repair of congenital cardiac malformations. Volume loading, and high doses of catecholamines, failed to produce improvement, but treatment with vasopressin improved all haemodynamic paramet...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vida VL,Mack R,Castañeda AR

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exercise echocardiography assesses exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension. The upper normal limit of right ventricular systolic pressure during exercise is not well established. Our study aims to investigate the response of right ventricular systolic pressure in relation to aerobic capacity. METHODS AND ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Möller T,Peersen K,Pettersen E,Thaulow E,Holmstrøm H,Fredriksen PM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neonate with transposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum presented without pulmonary over-circulation, and subsequently developed pulmonary haemorrhage after corrective surgery. Postoperative CT revealed an aortopulmonary collateral artery arising from the descending aorta, and we performed suc...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sugimoto A,Ota N,Sakamoto K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital anomaly that can be asymptomatic or present with recurrent infections, respiratory symptoms, or rarely heart failure. Sequestration is classified as intralobar or extralobar on the basis of whether there is separation from normal lung tissue by its own visceral pleura. Clas...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Herbert CE,Reddy SR,Lemler MS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a great need for echocardiographic criterions for accurate diagnosis of carditis in acute rheumatic fever. AIM:To test the efficacy of proposed echocardiographic criterions for the diagnosis of carditis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We studied 333 patients suspected of having acute rheumatic fever, under...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vijayalakshmi IB,Vishnuprabhu RO,Chitra N,Rajasri R,Anuradha TV

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CHDs form a complex and heterogeneous group of clinical entities, with high morbidity and mortality. With the advancement of surgical and invasive techniques and clinical treatment, the survival of these patients has increased significantly, and there are reports of a high prevalence of ocular abnormalities ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vilela MA,Sbruzzi G,Pellanda LC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to compare the quality-of-life scores of Malaysian children with CHD and their healthy siblings, to determine the level of agreement between proxy-reports and child self-reports, and to examine variables that have an impact on quality of life in those with CHD. METHODS:Pare...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ong LC,Teh CS,Darshinee J,Omar A,Ang HL

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year-old boy with a background history of Down syndrome and partial atrioventricular septal defect presented with acute respiratory distress requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation. He continued to deteriorate, despite ventilation; direct laryngoscopy, bronchoscopy, and computed tomography demonstrated s...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kelleher EM,Nolke L,McMahon CJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterise the parenting priorities of mothers and fathers of infants hospitalised with CHD and generate recommendations to support parenting during infant hospitalisation. STUDY DESIGN:Through online crowdsourcing, an innovative research methodology to create an online community to serve as a research ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gramszlo C,Karpyn A,Christofferson J,McWhorter LG,Demianczyk AC,Lihn SL,Tanem J,Zyblewski S,Boyle EL,Kazak AE,Sood E

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary tumors of the cardiac valves are rare. One of the most common reasons that left-sided cardiac tumors come to clinical attention is embolization to the systemic circulation. We present two children who suffered left coronary arterial occlusion due to embolization of a sarcoma of the mitral valve. A 6-year-old f...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： McElhinney DB,Carpentieri DF,Bridges ND,Clark BJ,Gaynor JW,Spray TL

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with pulmonary regurgitation after tetralogy of Fallot repair have impaired aerobic capacity; one of the reasons is the decreasing global ventricular performance at exercise, reflected by decreasing peak oxygen pulse. The aims of our study were to evaluate the impact of pulmonary valve replacement on peak oxy...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Legendre A,Richard R,Pontnau F,Jais JP,Dufour M,Grenier O,Mousseaux E,Ladouceur M,Iserin L,Bonnet D

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of mitral valvar prolapse has been reported to be between 0.6 and 21%. The goal of our study was to evaluate its prevalence in young athletes who underwent hand-held echocardiography as a screening mostly in southern California. METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 1742 echocardiograms that we...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hepner AD,Morrell H,Greaves S,Greaves J,Movahed MR

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paediatric heart transplantation has evolved over the last 3 decades. The research group, Pediatric Heart Transplant Study, has been in step with that evolution over the nearly 20 years of its existence by utilising its registry to contribute a wealth of clinical research to the field. The highlights of its studies wi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Law YM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Identification of patients with latent rheumatic heart disease by echocardiography presents a unique opportunity to prevent disease progression. Myocardial strain is a more sensitive indicator of cardiac performance than traditional measures of systolic function. OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Beaton A,Richards H,Ploutz M,Gaur L,Aliku T,Lwabi P,Ensing G,Sable C

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of transcatheter occlusion of a large and tortuose coronary artery fistula in an 8-year-old girl. During 2.5 years' of follow-up, she had no complaints and developed normally. This method of reserving the guide wire in cardiac catheterisation is extremely useful. Through the application of a patent ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zhao G,Jin H,Wu H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00