Follow-up of congenital heart disease patients with subclinical hypothyroidism.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is no consensus or theoretical explanation regarding the optimal location for the fenestration during the Fontan operation. We investigated the impact of the location of the fenestration on Fontan haemodynamics using a three-dimensional Fontan model in various physiological conditions. METHODS:A three...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sughimoto K,Asakura Y,Brizard CP,Liang F,Fujiwara T,Miyaji K,Liu H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Operations for left ventricular outflow tract abnormalities are centred on hemodynamic conditions that relate to subvalvar stenosis, valvar stenosis/regurgitation, aortic annular hypoplasia, and supravalvar aortic stenosis. Operative interventions over the years have evolved because the intervening outcomes proved to ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mavroudis C,Mavroudis CD,Jacobs JP

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communications between the pulmonary artery and left atrium cause cyanosis. The images document serial haemodynamic changes in such a fistula from fetal life to the postnatal period with a successful transcatheter intervention. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sivakumar K,Sean DR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of improved medical and surgical care in congenital heart disease, there has been an increase in the number of patients who survive into adulthood, giving rise to a new patient population 'Adults with congenital heart disease'. In the past, morbidity and mortality were the primary concerns for this gro...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tyagi M,Austin K,Stygall J,Deanfield J,Cullen S,Newman SP

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The interest of professional medical societies in research about outcomes, mixed with the recent accessibility to management of data on the internet, has moved many societies to create national databases or registries for their specialty. In societies with procedure-based specialties such as surgery, these databases w...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Morales DL,McClellan AJ,Jacobs JP

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether the exercise tolerance test can provide diagnostic and prognostic information regarding children and young adults and help predict outcome. METHODS:A total of 87 patients, aged 7-29 years (median 13, mean 13.4) were selected retrospectively. They underwent exerci...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sajnach-Menke MA,Walpole SC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progress in the management of complex congenital heart disease (CHD) led to an improvement in survival rates of adults with a Fontan-like circulation. The objective of this study was to assess the subjective health status and quality of life of this population. METHODS AND RESULTS:Patients aged more than 18...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Soufi A,Gouton M,Metton O,Mitchell J,Bernard YF,Bozio A,Ninet J,Di Filippo S

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A young female athlete is described with anomalous origin of the main stem of the left coronary artery from the non-facing sinus of Valsalva who sustained myocardial infarction and died suddenly after physical exertion. Autopsy findings illustrated the mechanistic importance of acute angle take-off of the left main co...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hamamichi Y,Okada E,Ichida F

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:With the increase in long-term survival of post-transplant children, there is a paradigm shift in the emphasis of post-transplant care. We describe de novo cardiovascular abnormalities, which occurred in otherwise asymptomatic paediatric liver transplant recipients, who received liver allografts between 1991 and 2014 ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Huang JG,Lim T,Quek SC,Quak SH,Aw MM

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hyperinflammatory response to COVID-19 is being described in children. While this presents, and responds to management, similar to that of Kawasaki Disease it is being coined a new entity. But is it really? We explore how this phenomenon may be Kawasaki Disease with a new trigger. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Loomba RS,Villarreal E,Flores S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positional cyanosis is an uncommon finding in young patients. We report three infants who presented with positional cyanosis due to a pedunculated tumour in the right heart. Arterial desaturation was the result of right-to-left shunting at the level of the oval foramen caused by obstruction and/or insufficiency of the...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Levitas A,Gross G,Zucker N,Zalzstein E

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Temporary percutaneous epicardial pacing wires are routinely placed in children following cardiac surgery. There is uncertainty in clinical practice about the optimum timing for their removal, and practice varies widely both within and between different institutions. AIM:The aim of our study was to describe...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Jowett V,Hayes N,Sridharan S,Rees P,Macrae D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Flow profiles are important determinants of fluid-vessel wall interactions. The aim of this study was to assess blood flow profiles in the aorta and pulmonary trunk in patients with transposition and different ventriculoarterial connection, and hence different mechanics of the coherent pump. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Riesenkampff E,Nordmeyer S,Al-Wakeel N,Kropf S,Kutty S,Berger F,Kuehne T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant right subclavian artery is the most common congenital aortic arch anomaly. There are a few reports concerning the clinical manifestations and follow-up of this CHD detected by echocardiographic screening. METHODS:A total of 1737 full-term neonates, with a male-to-female ratio of 900:837, received e...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Jan SL,Lin MC,Chan SC

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：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：:A 29-year-old gravida1 para1 woman presented with increasing fatigue. Multi-modality imaging demonstrated the left coronary artery arising from the main pulmonary artery with large collateral vessels in the interventricular septum, in keeping with unrepaired anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Ca...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hanneman K,Wald R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischaemia and infarction in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum with right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation is a well-established complication. We report an interesting case of an acquired aneurysm in the ventricular septum in a patient who underwent staged palliation. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Patel AR,Farrell P,Harris M,Gaynor JW,Gillespie MJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:A bicuspid aortic valve is not only a common congenital heart defect but also an enigmatic condition that can cause a large spectrum of diseases, such as aortic valve stenosis and severe heart failure in newborns whereas aortic dissection in adults. On the contrary, a bicuspid aortic valve can also occur with normal f...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Pedersen MW,Groth KA,Mortensen KH,Brodersen J,Gravholt CH,Andersen NH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional ambulatory rhythm monitoring in children can have limitations, including cumbersome leads and limited monitoring duration. The ZioTM patch ambulatory monitor is a small, adhesive, single-channel rhythm monitor that can be worn up to 2 weeks. In this study, we present a retrospective cross-sectional analysi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： May JW,Carter EL,Hitt JR,Burklow TR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Tetralogy of Fallot is a common congenital cardiac malformation. A rare subgroup includes unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery, either the left or the right main branch. The literature lacks an established treatment for these cases, and surgical options carry certain mortality and morbidity. PATIENTS ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ugurlucan M,Arslan AH,Yildiz Y,Ay S,Besikci RT,Cicek S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of using the new Cardia Ultrasept II™ device with interposed Goretex patch referring to the perforation of polyvinyl alcohol membrane. BACKGROUND:Great advances have been made in the development of devices for closure of atrial septal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mijangos-Vázquez R,García-Montes AJ,Soto-López EM,Guarner-Lans V,Zabal C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to use techniques of decision analysis to compare values or preferences for balloon angioplasty versus surgery for treatment of aortic coarctation in children. BACKGROUND:Balloon angioplasty and surgery for aortic coarctation have a differing spectrum and prevalence of outcomes and complications, m...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Wong D,Benson LN,Van Arsdell GS,Karamlou T,McCrindle BW

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many, if not most, of the controversies regarding the description of the congenitally malformed heart have been resolved over the turn of the 20th century. A group of lesions that remains contentious is the situation in which both arterial trunks, in their greater part, are supported by the morphologically right ventr...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bharucha T,Hlavacek AM,Spicer DE,Theocharis P,Anderson RH

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00