Feeding, growth, nutrition, and optimal interstage surveillance for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

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：:An otherwise healthy 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 infection. A haemorrhagic pericardial effusion was found in the transthoracic echocardiography. He was treated with pericardiocentesis, ibuprofen, and hydroxychloroquine. A la...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gokalp S,Çilsal E,Yukcu B,Yolcu C,Akkoc G,Guzeltas A

更新日期：2021-01-07 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：:Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the posterior, non-coronary sinus is extremely rare and has never been reported in a paediatric-age competitive athlete. We report this very rare case of the right coronary artery arising from the posterior sinus. In the anomalous right coronary from the posterior sin...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Adebo D,Jacobson Z,Harris MA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:So as to determine the value of brain natriuretic peptide in the plasma as a biochemical marker for myocarditis of Kawasaki disease, we studied 69 patients. The blood samples, electrocardiograms and cross-sectional echocardiograms were obtained before the commencement of treatment and in the convalescent pha...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kawamura T,Wago M

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of circumferential fracture of aortic coarctation stent with severe re-stentosis presenting 16 years after initial stent implantation with end-stage renal disease. The patient was treated with a covered stent using the stent-in-stent technique. The use of an ultra-high-pressure balloon was proved nec...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ayoub F,AlShelleh S,A L-Ammouri I

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:To determine whether cardiac catheterisation procedures for low birth weight neonatesr < or = 2.5 kg carries a greater risk of complications compared with neonates > 2.5 kg, we conducted a single-centre retrospective case–control study. From 01/03 to 01/09, 46 consecutive neonates < 2.5 kg at the time of cardiac cathe...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mobley MM,Stroup RE,Kaine SF

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：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：:Tetralogy of Fallot, when associated with atrioventricular septal defect permitting shunting at ventricular level, represents a complex cyanotic congenital malformation. Experience with surgical repair is limited, and results vary considerably. Between 1984 and 1996, we repaired 14 consecutive patients with this combi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tláskal T,Hucín B,Kostelka M,Chaloupecký V,Marek J,Tax P,Janouàek J,Kuèera V,Hruda J,Reich O,Skovránek J

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome often experience difficulty with oral feeding, which contributes to growth failure, morbidity, and mortality. In response to feeding difficulty, clinicians often change the bottle nipple, and thus milk flow rate. Slow-flow nipples have been found to reduce the stress of fee...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Pados BF,Thoyre SM,Estrem HH,Park J,Knafl GJ,Nix B

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Anomalous origin of a coronary artery from the aorta is a potentially serious anomaly that occurs in about 0.1-0.2% of the population. This percentage is small; however, it translates into about 4000 annual births with these anomalies. The clinical presentation of these anomalies is rare, and hence most are and will r...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hoffman JI

更新日期：2014-10-01 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:We have used the Amplatzer ductal occluder for transcatheter closure of large persistently patent arterial ducts, and used our experience to assess the safety and efficacy of the device in young children and infants. METHODS AND PATIENTS:We used the Amplatzer ductal occluder prospectively in 43 patients wit...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Al-Ata J,Arfi AM,Hussain A,Kouatli AA,Jalal MO

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adverse influences arising in fetal life or immediately after birth have a permanent effect on body structure, physiology and metabolism. Evidence is now accumulating that programming of bone growth might be an important contributor to the later risk of osteoporosis. Long-term morbidity and mortality associa...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Rego C,Guerra A,Guardiano M,Esteves P,Pereira J,Aguiar A,Areias JC

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the wrong sinus of Valsalva with interarterial, intramural, and/or intraconal course is a rare congenital anomaly that is associated with a high risk of sudden death in children. The Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society established the Registry of Anomalous Aortic Or...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Brothers JA,Gaynor JW,Jacobs JP,Caldarone C,Jegatheeswaran A,Jacobs ML,Anomalous Coronary Artery Working Group.

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Little is known about the quality of life, health, family, education, and employment status among adult men with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 68 men who underwent repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1971 and 1991 were studied. Fifty-three patients answered the SF-36 heal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bygstad E,Pedersen LC,Pedersen TA,Hjortdal VE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure in children is a complex clinical syndrome with multiple aetiologies. The underlying disorders that lead to heart failure in children differ significantly from those in adults. Some clinical biomarkers for heart failure status and prognosis appear to be useful in both age groups. This review outlines the...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Xu M,Ramirez-Correa GA,Murphy AM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our aim was to assess the immediate and short term results of closure of moderate and large patent arterial ducts using the self-expanding and repositionable Amplatzer device. METHOD:We attempted closure in 25 patients (10 Females and 15 males) using the Amplatzer occluder. Their median age was 48 months wi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Marwah A,Radhakrishnan S,Shrivastava S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in miRNA-machinery genes may alter the biogenesis of miRNAs affecting disease susceptibility. In this case-control study, we aimed to evaluate the impact of three single-nucleotide polymorphisms (DICER rs1057035, DROSHA rs10719, and XPO5 rs11077) and their combined effect in a genetic r...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Borghini A,Vecoli C,Mercuri A,Turchi S,Andreassi MG

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To the best of our knowledge, normal limits of heart rate with respect to gender, and as established using 24-hour ambulatory Holter electrocardiography, have yet to be published for the entire age range of children and adolescents. OBJECTIVES:To establish the normal limits for heart rate in newborns, infan...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Salameh A,Gebauer RA,Grollmuss O,Vít P,Reich O,Janousek J

更新日期：2008-10-01 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：:Torsades de Pointes is an extremely rare arrhythmia in children associated to LQT syndrome. Pheochromocytomas are also extremely rare tumours in the paediatric age. We present a case of a young patient with an acquired long QT syndrome complicating with Torsades de Pointes as first clinical manifestation of a pheochro...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Cecilia GM,Emilien D,Laurent H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three-dimensional imaging of a rare finding of Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which has been previously reported only by two-dimensional echocardiography. A fetal echocardiogram was performed at 19 weeks that showed a moderately hypoplastic left ve...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Cassidy C,Mitchell MB,Jone PN

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary vascular tumour of the heart is rare, especially in neonates and infants. We report a male premature newborn with a right atrial tumour associated with a large amount of pericardial effusion detected by screening foetal echography. Diagnosis of capillary haemangioma was confirmed by histopathological examinati...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Lin TW,Wang JN,Kan CD

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-operative severe vascular stenosis and proliferating endothelial tissue lead to severe circulatory disorders and impair organ perfusion. Bioabsorbable magnesium scaffolds may help to overcome these obstructions without leaving obstructing stent material. We analyse their role in the treatment of vascula...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zartner PA,Schranz D,Mini N,Schneider MB,Schneider K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00