Informed consent, bioethical equipoise, and hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

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

abstract：:Recently, three-dimensional printing of heart models is being used to plan percutaneous and surgical interventions in patients with CHD. We describe a case where we used a three-dimensional print model to plan a complex percutaneous intervention in a patient with coarctation of the aorta. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ghisiawan N,Herbert CE,Zussman M,Verigan A,Stapleton GE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We previously reported four heterozygous missense mutations of MYH7, KCNQ1, MYLK2, and TMEM70 in a single three-generation Chinese family with dual Long QT and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy phenotypes for the first time. However, the clinical course among the family members was various, and the potential myoca...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Wang J,Guo RQ,Guo JY,Zuo L,Lei CH,Shao H,Wang LF,Zhang YM,Liu LW

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We carried out a retrospective case control analysis to evaluate the outcome, and the need for treatment, of problems with atrioventricular conduction occurring during an acute attack of rheumatic fever, assessing the occurrence of second and third atrioventricular block versus first degree block. We reviewed and anal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zalzstein E,Maor R,Zucker N,Katz A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right atrial isomerism is associated with complex cardiac malformations, particularly single-ventricle lesions; right atrial isomerism is rarely associated with aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries. We report a foetal diagnosis of right atrial isomerism, with an unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect, pulmonary sten...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mawad W,Dutil N,Thakur V

更新日期：2020-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complete transposition is the most common form of neonatal cyanotic heart disease. The management of this condition has changed markedly in the last decade and there appears to be a significant variation between centres in terms of pre-operative management. OBJECTIVES/METHODS:We surveyed all paediatric card...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hornung TS,O'Sullivan JJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with systemic inflammatory response. Steroids suppress this response, although the therapeutic evidence remains controversial. We hypothesised that intravenous steroids in children undergoing open-heart surgery would decrease inflammation leading to better early post-oper...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Amanullah MM,Hamid M,Hanif HM,Muzaffar M,Siddiqui MT,Adhi F,Ahmad K,Khan S,Hasan Z

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to investigate the change in diameter of holes within the oval fossa, and the role of aneurismal formation in reducing the size of the hole, in patients diagnosed during infancy with isolated defects in the floor of the fossa. PATIENTS:In a retrospective study, we included 100 patients diagnosed ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Demir T,Oztunç F,Eroğlu AG,Saltik L,Ahunbay G,Kutluğ S,Güzeltaş A,Altun G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Placement of peritoneal drainage catheters intra-operatively has been shown to help prevent fluid overload in children recovering from surgery for two-ventricle heart disease. We aimed to determine whether this practice is also helpful in children recovering from Fontan palliation. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A ret...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Pitman-Hunt C,Richards KL,Delius RE,Walters HL 3rd,Mastropietro CW

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnosis, clinical features, management and post-natal follow-up in consecutive fetuses identified with tachycardia. METHODS:We reviewed consecutive fetuses with tachycardia identified in a single tertiary institution between January, 2001, and December, 2008. We considered several options f...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Lulić Jurjević R,Podnar T,Vesel S

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many parts of the world, mostly low- and middle-income countries, timely diagnosis and repair of congenital heart diseases (CHDs) is not feasible for a variety of reasons. In these regions, economic growth has enabled the development of cardiac units that manage patients with CHD presenting later than would be idea...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Iyer PU,Moreno GE,Fernando Caneo L,Faiz T,Shekerdemian LS,Iyer KS

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:A 5-year-old girl presented with chronic fatigue and extreme exercise intolerance. After countless doctor visits, investigations, and hospital admissions, striking desaturation during exercise test pointed to a cardiovascular problem. Desaturation as a result of right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale du...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Grootaers C,Roggen M,Gewillig M

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Early weight trends after cardiac surgery in infants from low- and middle-income countries where the majority are undernourished have not been defined. We studied the early post-operative weight trends to identify specific factors associated with early weight loss and poor weight gain after discharge followi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Banerji N,Sudhakar A,Balachandran R,Sunil GS,Kotayil BP,Krishna Kumar R

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:A 44-year-old woman was referred to our centre for interventional cardiac catheterisation. The diagnostic work-up after a preceding ischaemic stroke led to the assumption of a patent foramen ovale due to a positive bubble study. Before the planned percutaneous closure of the patent foramen ovale, we performed a second...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Doering F,Eicken A,Hess J

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：AIM:In present study, we aimed to evaluate the changes in valvular regurgitations in mid-term follow-up of children with first attack acute rheumatic fever diagnosed after updated Jones criteria. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The medical records of the children diagnosed with acute rheumatic fever between June 2015 and Novemb...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Güler M,Laloğlu F,Ceviz N

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumopericardium, defined as air in the pericardial cavity, is a rare condition with potentially severe complications and mortality. In the neonatal period, pneumopericardium is associated with prematurity, very low birth weight, and assisted ventilation. We report the occurrence of spontaneous pneumopericardium in a...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nederlof I,Roest AAW,Starreveld JS

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography can surpass simple cross-sectional echocardiography in providing precise details of cardiac lesions. For the purpose of optimising treatment, we describe our findings with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography when interrogating different types of communica...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bilska KM,Kehrens CM,Riley G,Anderson RH,Marek J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a young soldier presenting with aborted sudden cardiac death, who was found to have concomitant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Along with pathological haemodynamic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an easily-inducible re-entrant tachycardia was clearly documented in o...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kim S,Song WH,Kim SS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate heart rate variability by Holter monitoring in type 1 diabetic children compared with a healthy control group and determine the factors modifying heart rate variability. METHODS:This was designed as a prospective study comparing 28 patients, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and under follow-up, wit...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Özgür S,Ceylan Ö,Şenocak F,Örün UA,Doğan V,Yılmaz O,Keskin M,Aycan Z,Okutucu S,Karademir S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with the rare association of the heart in the left chest, congenitally corrected transposition, pulmonary atresia and an intact ventricular septum. There were associated fistulous communications between the morphologically left ventricle and the coronary arteries. Diagnosis was made by echocardio...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Patel CR,Spector ML,Zahka KG

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Arrhythmias are common in patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit. We sought to identify the rates of occurrence and types of arrhythmias, and determine whether an arrhythmia was associated with illness severity and paediatric intensive care unit length of stay. DESIGN:This is a prospective, ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Cassel-Choudhury GN,Aydin SI,Toedt-Pingel I,Ushay HM,Killinger JS,Cohen HW,Ceresnak SR

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of unroofed coronary sinus not associated with the persistent left superior vena cava. Definite diagnosis of the unroofed coronary sinus was obtained by trans-oesophageal echocardiography, which revealed the unroofed portion with left-to-right shunt. Real-time three-dimensional trans-oesophageal echoc...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nakano Y,Iwamoto M,Masuda M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the volume and range of diagnosis in new patients referred to paediatric cardiac outpatient clinics. METHODS:Data was collected prospectively, using a proforma completed at all outpatient clinics over a period of three months. RESULTS:There were 526 new referrals, representing an increase of almo...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Murugan SJ,Thomson J,Parsons JM,Dickinson DF,Blackburn ME,Gibbs JL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection, the early identification of infants at risk for severe disease in order to potentially decrease morbidity could be considered a major goal. Current guidelines recommend only clinical observation for this purpose in infants without known comorbidities. However, recent evidence ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Rodriguez-Gonzalez M,Benavente-Fernandez I,Castellano-Martinez A

更新日期：2019-11-01 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