Medical and surgical perspectives of cardiac hypertrophy in Costello syndrome.

abstract：:An intact atrial septum places infants with hypoplasia of the left heart into a group with an extremely high rate of mortality. We report a neonate, diagnosed antenatally, who was delivered by Caesarian section in the cardiac theatre, urgently placed onto cardiopulmonary bypass, and who then underwent an atrial septec...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Barker C,Moscuzza F,Anderson D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult survivors of aortic interruption is extremely rare. Diagnosis mostly depends on additional imaging with CT and MRI. We present a rare case of acquired complete interruption of the aorta that was found incidentally at the time of coronary angiography. This finding was confirmed by CT scan. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ozturk S,Gurbuz AS,Efe SC

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 12-day-old newborn affected by coarctation of the aorta and intraventricular defect who underwent coarctectomy and pulmonary artery banding. On post-operative day 7, the patient suffered from pulseless electric activity due to tension pneumothorax. Point-of-care ultrasound was performed during ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Polito A,Biasucci DG,Cogo P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual combination of three types of interatrial communications - coronary sinus defect, primum defect, and secundum defect - occurring together in a 3-year-old child is presented. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ramman TR,Azad S,Iyer KS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to determine the role of toxic elements and trace elements in the pathogenesis of conotruncal heart defects by measuring their concentrations in the first meconium specimens of the affected newborns. METHODS:Concentrations of lead, cadmium, iron, zinc, and copper were measure...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kundak AA,Pektas A,Zenciroglu A,Ozdemir S,Barutcu UB,Orun UA,Okumus N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic has challenged our initial predictions of its ramifications, both short and long term. Cardiovascular manifestations of COVID-19 in children remain a topic of investigation as literature is lacking. We describe new onset atrial fibrillation in a child with a history of COVID-19 infec...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Santi AD,Aquino P,Dorfman M

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidative stress may contribute to the pathogenesis of congenital heart defects, but the role of dynamic thiol/disulphide homeostasis has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess whether there are changes in thiol/disulphide homeostasis and nitric oxide levels in children with tetralogy of Fallot ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Temel MT,Demiryürek S,Saracaloglu A,Ozer CH,Kahraman HN,Coskun ME,Başpınar O,Demiryürek AT

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Obesity increases the risk for various cardiovascular problems. Increase in body mass index is often an independent risk factor for the development of elevated blood pressure and clustering of various cardiovascular risk factors. OBJECTIVE:To determine early markers of left ventricular affection in obese pa...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： El Saiedi SA,Mira MF,Sharaf SA,Al Musaddar MM,El Kaffas RMH,AbdelMassih AF,Barsoum IHY

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe endovascular stent placement using partially covered stents to preserve flow in head and neck vessels. BACKGROUND:Endovascular stent placement has become established as a first-line therapy for native coarctation of the aorta or re-coarctation in older children and adults. Increasingly covered st...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bentham JR,Oswal N,Yates R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the ASDOS-technique (Sulzer-Osypka GmbH, Germany) for transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects within the oval fossa. BACKGROUND:Although several attempts have been made to occlude defects within the oval fossa by transcatheter techn...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hausdorf G,Schneider M,Fink C,Neudorf U,Fischer G,Tynan M,Friedli B

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：: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：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：BACKGROUND:Postpericardiotomy syndrome has been considered a disorder induced by viral infection. This conclusion is based on serologic criterions, but these may be unreliable following either cardiopulmonary bypass or transfusion therapy. Previous studies have not verified the proposed etiology either by isolation of ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Webber SA,Wilson NJ,Junker AK,Byrne SK,Perry A,Thomas EE,Book L,Tipple M,Patterson MW,Sandor GG

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is to commemorate and celebrate achievements of Professor Milan Šamánek who passed away on 29 April, 2020. Milan was an excellent and visionary paediatric cardiologist who helped to establish paediatric cardiology as a speciality in Czechoslovakia and several other east European countries in the late 1970...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Marek J,Janoušek J,Tůma S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to investigate risk factors for the development of postoperative chylothorax following paediatric congenital heart surgery and to investigate the impact of a management guideline on management strategies and patient outcome. METHODS:All patients with chylothorax following cardiac...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Day TG,Zannino D,Golshevsky D,d'Udekem Y,Brizard C,Cheung MMH

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Challenges remain in the judgement of pathological murmurs in newborns at maternity hospitals, and there are still many simple major CHD patients in developing countries who are not diagnosed in a timely fashion. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of cardiac auscultation on neonatal CHD by general pae...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zhao QM,Niu C,Liu F,Wu L,Ma XJ,Huang GY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with tricuspid atresia palliated by construction of a total cavopulmonary connection, both pulmonary and systemic circulations depend on the performance of the dominant left ventricle. When estimating the volume of such ventricles using cross-sectional echocardiography, it is necessary to make as...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Acar P,Saliba Z,Sidi D,Kachaner J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional ambulatory heart rhythm monitoring is limited in its ability to provide rapid diagnosis of arrhythmias in athletes participating in water or high-intensity sports. This case report is of a 17-year-old female competitive swimmer who underwent loop recorder implantation with Confirm Rx™ ICM 3500 (Abbott, Mi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Yoon JG,Snyder CS,Hoyt WJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death is a rare but socially devastating event. The most common causes of sudden cardiac death are congenital electrical disorders and structural heart diseases. The majority of these diseases have an incomplete penetrance and variable expression; therefore, patients may be unaware of their illness. In ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sarquella-Brugada G,Campuzano O,Iglesias A,Sánchez-Malagón J,Guerra-Balic M,Brugada J,Brugada R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case in which a meandering right pulmonary vein connecting to the left atrium is associated with hypoplasia of the right lung, horseshoe lung, abnormal pulmonary lobation, and abnormal branching of the pulmonary arteries. We discuss its relationship to the so-called scimitar variant, and to the scimitar sy...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Yoo SJ,Al-Otay A,Babyn P

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two paediatric congenital heart disease patients presented with a brief history of low-grade fever without any focal symptoms. Their clinical features and laboratory tests were unremarkable; however, their blood cultures were positive that prompted further work-up. Infective endocarditis should be considered in any pa...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： DonaireGarcia A,Burke B,Latifi SQ,Agarwal HS

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of anatomic biventricular repair by a combination of intraatrial and intraventricular re-routing in patients with isomerism of the left atrial appendages. METHODS:Anatomic biventricular repair by means of combined intraratrial and intraventricular re-routing was achieved in 5 of the...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Uemura H,Yagihara T,Kawahira Y,Yoshikawa Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe 3 siblings with muscular ventricular septal defects, two requiring surgical closure. One of their offspring had a rare congenital aneurysm of the muscular ventricular septum, also requiring surgery. Another had a small muscular ventricular septal defect which closed spontaneously. Their father had echocard...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nicolae MI,Summers KM,Radford DJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac anesthesia and critical care provide an important continuum of care for patients with congenital heart disease. Clinicians in both areas work in complex environments in which the interactions between humans and technology is critical. Understanding our contributions to outcomes (modifiable risk) and our abilit...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Laussen PC

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to compare associations between generic versus disease-specific functional health status assessments and patient and clinical characteristics for patients with severe congenital heart disease. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional observational study involving 325 single ventricle patien...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： McCrindle BW,Zak V,Pemberton VL,Lambert LM,Vetter VL,Lai WW,Uzark K,Margossian R,Atz AM,Cook A,Newburger JW,Pediatric Heart Network Investigators.

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to analyse seasonal variations in live births with congenital heart disease in the overall population of Malta. Included were all patients diagnosed as having congenital heart disease by echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, surgery or post mortem, by 1 year of age, and who were born be...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Grech V

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of right ventricular size and function is an important part of the clinical cardiac evaluation; however, these quantitative measures are challenging by echocardiography. Automated software could be useful in place of manual measurements and qualitative assessment. This study evaluates a semi-autom...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： McCloud AK,Lowisz J,Roberson DA,Lefaiver CA,Penk JS

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00