Rare cause of cardiac failure in an infant.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine early outcomes for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation and to determine risk factors for mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary paediatric critical care unit. INTERVENTION:Risk factors for mortality were sought fo...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Walsh MA,Asoh K,Van Arsdell GS,Humpl T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anthracycline chemotherapeutic agents carry the well-recognised risk of cardiac toxicity. The aim of this study was to determine the long-term effect of anthracycline chemotherapy on the biventricular function in childhood cancer survivors using tissue Doppler imaging and two-dimensional speckle tracking echo...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Yoldaş T,Yeşil Ş,Karademir S,Şahin G,Arman Örün U,Doğan V,Özgür S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scimitar syndrome represents a rare variant of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with right lung hypoplasia, dextrocardia, and concomitant airway-vessel abnormalities. Surgical correction is preferred in symptomatic patients or in patients with increased left-to-right shunt. In this report, the first case ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Dokumcu Z,Divarci E,Erdener A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate delivery management and outcomes in fetuses prenatally diagnosed with CHD. STUDY DESIGN:A retrospective cohort study was conducted on 6194 fetuses (born between 2013 and 2016), comparing prenatally diagnosed with CHD (170) to those with non-cardiac (234) and no anomalies (5790). Primary outcomes ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ge CJ,Mahle AC,Burd I,Jelin EB,Sekar P,Jelin AC

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction has been reported in hypoxaemic patients with the Eisenmenger syndrome, but a direct correlation between levels of endothelial markers and the severity of hypoxaemia has not been explored. With this in mind, we compared the levels in the plasma of tissue-type plasminogen activator, thrombomodul...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： de P S Soares R,Maeda NY,Bydlowski SP,Lopes AA

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untreated congenital long QT syndrome may result in potentially lethal ventricular tachycardia. In the most common type, risk of such an event has been linked to exercise. This originally resulted in very restrictive guidelines for sports participation in affected individuals. Although the complex interactions of a sp...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Aziz PF,Saarel EV

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Holt-Oram syndrome is characterised by CHD and limb anomalies. Mutations in TBX5 gene, encoding the T-box transcription factor, are responsible for the development of Holt-Oram syndrome, but such mutations are variably detected in 30-75% of patients. METHODS:Clinically diagnosed eight Holt-Oram syndrome pat...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Jhang WK,Lee BH,Kim GH,Lee JO,Yoo HW

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：: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：:The incidence of congenital heart disease is higher in monozygotic than dizygotic twins, with a higher concordance rate. Although coarctation of the aorta has previously been reported in monozygotic twins, to the best of our knowledge it has not been described in dizygotic twins. We report here such a concurrence in d...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Caldas M,Dhillon R

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innocent murmurs in childhood are common, and often they do not reflect cardiac disease. We have performed a prospective review, by means of a questionnaire, to clarify the parental perception of the innocent murmur identified in their child. Whenever possible, depending on age, we also sought the input of the child. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Advani N,Menahem S,Wilkinson JL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, three-dimensional imaging has provided new opportunities for visualizing congenital cardiac malformations. We present the initial clinical experience using a recently implemented system, which employs some of new interactive, real-time, techniques. We show how three-dimensional rendering based on magn...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sørensen TS,Pedersen EM,Hansen OK,Sørensen K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a rare cardiac anomaly in which the pulmonary artery abnormally arises from the ascending aorta. Physiologically, most patients develop signs of cardiac failure due to high flow to both lungs, with systemic or supra-systemic pressures in ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Amir G,Frenkel G,Bruckheimer E,Dagan T,Katz J,Berant M,Vidne B,Birk E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with a secundum atrial septal defect are usually asymptomatic and are referred for elective closure after 3-4 years of age; however, in premature infants with chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or pulmonary hypertension, increased pulmonary blood flow secondary to a left-to-right atrial shunt, ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zussman ME,Freire G,Cupp SD,Stapleton GE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sialidosis, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, is caused by a deficiency of NEU1 encoded enzyme alpha-N-acetyl neuraminidase. We report a premature male with neonatal-onset type II sialidosis which was associated with left ventricular dysfunction. The clinical presentation and subsequent progression which culminated...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Prasanna P,Sriram CS,Rodriguez SH,Kohli U

更新日期：2021-01-28 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：:An interarterial course of anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right aortic coronary sinus of valsalva is a rare condition among anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery. Various surgical options are available. We performed an alternative procedure, that is, mobilisation of the pulmonic root...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nimdet K,Soongswang J,Sriyodchati S

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：:Hypereosinophilic syndrome is defined as persistent eosinophilia in the blood for more than 6 months, without any identifiable cause and with end-organ involvement evidence. Cardiac manifestations of HES include heart failure due to restrictive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, intraventricular thrombosis, and coronary arte...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tahouri T,Mahdavi M,Rezaei-Kalantari K,Shahzadi H

更新日期：2021-01-25 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Although chylothorax is an uncommon complication following paediatric cardiothoracic surgery, it has significant associated morbidities and increased in-hospital mortality, as well as results in higher costs. A lack of prospective evidence or consensus guidelines for management of chylothorax further hinde...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Marino LV,Bell KL,Woodgate J,British Dietetic Association Paediatric Cardiology Interest Group.,Doolan A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal interventions for critical aortic coarctation may be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality if the patient is extremely premature. We report the successful treatment of critical coarctation in a 25-week, 740-gram infant using initial clipping of the duct until continued prostaglandin E1 infusion...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bialkowski A,Baden W,Franz AR,Poets CF,Hofbeck M,Ziemer G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:We aimed to investigate the role of adiponectin in acute rheumatic fever by evaluating correlations with cytokines and acute-phase reactants. METHODS:Patients were divided into three groups by clinical findings. Group 1 included 8 patients with only chorea, Group 2 included 13 patients with arthritis and carditis,...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ozgen H,Ucar B,Yildirim A,Colak O,Bal C,Kilic Z

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The term cor triatriatum is used to describe a fibromuscular partition that divides an atrium into two compartments. It was first used by Borst in 1905, although the lesion had been described before by Church in 1868. Both described divided left atrial chamber (also referred to as cor triatriatum sinister)...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Al-Mousily F,Baslaim G,Kouatli A,Al-Ata J,Arfi AM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The concept of self-management of oral anticoagulation has been shown to entail better quality of treatment than conventional management when assessed in selected adults. We have extended the concept of self-management to include children with congenital cardiac disease, hypothesizing self-management of oral ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Christensen TD,Attermann J,Hjortdal VE,Maegaard M,Hasenkam JM

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Severe cyanosis due to pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas occurs often after a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (Glenn operation) and also in some congenital anomalies in which hepatic venous blood bypasses the lungs in the first passage. Relocation of hepatic flow into the lungs usually causes these fis...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hoffman JI

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In utero diagnosis of complex progressive cardiac disease such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome presents a novel opportunity for antepartum, intrapartum, and neonatal management. The clinical possibilities and potential for differing outcomes challenge the mother-foetus dyad with regard to informed consent. Previous...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mavroudis C,Mavroudis CD,Farrell RM,Jacobs ML,Jacobs JP,Kodish ED

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This brief report describes a case of flail anterior tricuspid valve leaflet in a neonate associated with maternal antiphospholipid syndrome. Fetal echocardiography at 27 weeks of gestation showed competent atrioventricular valves with biventricular echogenic chordae. Fetal distress was noted at delivery, and echocard...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tarca AJ,Eckersley L,Kothari D

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00