Fetal CHD and perinatal outcomes.

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：:Milrinone is a drug frequently used for hemodynamic support in children during critical illness. Although the hemodynamic changes induced by milrinone in children may appear similar to those of adults, the physiologic contributors of these changes remain vastly unknown. A systematic review was conducted to identify st...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Loomba RS,Dorsey V,Villarreal EG,Flores S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity in an 18-year-old boy who had undergone corrective surgery for tetralogy of Fallot 4 years earlier, and was treated with amiodarone because of recurrent malignant postoperative ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Toxicity was recognized on the basis of clinical features, chest...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kothari SS,Balijepally S,Taneja K

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with congenital cardiac disease experience challenges in developing healthy patterns of physical activity due to decreased exercise capacity and parental fear and confusion about what is permissible. The purpose of this study was to describe physical activity habits in children 10-14 years of age wi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ray TD,Green A,Henry K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheobronchial compression of cardiovascular origin is an uncommon and frequently unrecognised cause of respiratory distress in children. The compression may be due to encircling vessels or dilated neighbouring cardiovascular structures. Bronchoscopy and detailed radiography, especially computed tomography and magne...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Lai SH,Liao SL,Wong KS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms are a rare complication following cardiac surgery. Their traditional surgical management carries high morbidity and mortality, especially in patients with multiple comorbidities. Transcatheter closure of these pseudoaneurysms using a septal occluder device has been previously reported ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Masri SI,Majdalani MN,Bitar FF

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To categorise records according to primary cardiac diagnosis in the United Kingdom Central Cardiac Audit Database in order to add this information to a risk adjustment model for paediatric cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Codes from the International Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Code were mapped to recognisable prim...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Brown KL,Crowe S,Pagel C,Bull C,Muthialu N,Gibbs J,Cunningham D,Utley M,Tsang VT,Franklin R

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Transcatheter closure of atrial septal defects is performed under fluoroscopy, but echocardiography has gained an important role in the procedure. With the new Amplatzer Septal Occluder a device has become available which is easy to implant with minimal fluoroscopy time. We developed an interventional proced...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ewert P,Daehnert I,Berger F,Kaestner A,Krings G,Vogel M,Lange PE

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Decades ago, mass-scale epidemiologic studies were undertaken to accurately describe the prevalence of congenital heart disease and associated malformations, and to identify inheritance patterns, teratogenic influence and aetiologic underpinnings. Despite phenomenal breakthroughs in molecular diagnosis of congenital h...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nies M,Brenner JI

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest pain in adolescents is rarely associated with cardiac disease. Adolescents with medically unexplained chest pain usually have high levels of anxiety and depression. Psychological stress may trigger non-cardiac chest pain. This study evaluated risk factors that particularly characterise adolescence, such as major...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Eliacik K,Kanik A,Bolat N,Mertek H,Guven B,Karadas U,Dogrusoz B,Bakiler AR

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Protein-losing enteropathy is an infrequent but severe condition occurring after Fontan procedure. The multifactorial pathogenesis remains unclear and no single proposed treatment strategy has proven universally successful. Therefore, we sought to describe different treatment strategies and their effect on cl...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Schleiger A,Ovroutski S,Peters B,Schubert S,Photiadis J,Berger F,Kramer P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increasing rates of survival have raised the question of medical and psychosocial factors contributing to quality of life of patients with congenital cardiac disease. We investigated the impact of the severity of disease, and social disadvantage, on the quality of life of patients and their primary caregivers...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Goldbeck L,Melches J

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：:A ventricular septal defect in transposition of the great arteries is frequently closely related to the cardiac valves. The valvar function after arterial switch operation of patients with transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect or intact ventricular septum was compared. We analysed the funct...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gabriel J,Scheld HH,Tjan TD,Osada N,Krasemann T

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Patients with severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in tetralogy of Fallot typically have right-to-left shunting, resulting in low pulmonary blood flow and cyanosis. Here we present the case of an infant with tetralogy of Fallot and severe pulmonary valve stenosis, complicated by systemic hypertension, th...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Khoury M,Kallile M,May J,Punn R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care cardiology, also known as ambulatory or outpatient cardiology, for the longitudinal management of patients with common arterial trunk or with transposition of the great arteries is both poorly described and has limited evidence to justify its basis. This article discusses some of the various complications...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Boris JR

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:We report a case of Uhl's anomaly in a 5-month-old cyanotic infant who presented with thromboembolic stroke and acute hemiparesis. The patient underwent successfully an initial surgical repair, which included exclusion of the right ventricle by patch closure of the tricuspid valve, atrial septectomy and construction o...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Azhari N,Assaqqat M,Bulbul Z

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common respiratory syncytial virus has been associated with cardiac involvement, usually tachyarrhythmias and occasionally myocarditis. A child is described who probably developed a complete heart block following respiratory syncytial bronchiolitis. Such an association needs to be considered if the heart is struct...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Menahem S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement in operative survival of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome has led to increasing emphasis on prevention of interstage mortality. Many centres have improved interstage results through programmes of home monitoring following discharge after the Norwood (Stage 1) operation. Experience with heighte...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hehir DA,Cooper DS,Walters EM,Ghanayem NS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease, which is characterised by systemic vasculitides accompanied by acute fever, is regularly treated by intravenous immunoglobulin to avoid lesion formation in the coronary artery; however, the mechanism of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy is unclear. Hence, we aimed to analyse the global exp...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zhang L,Song QF,Jin JJ,Huang P,Wang ZP,Xie XF,Gu XQ,Gao XJ,Jia HL

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease constitutes an acute febrile vasculitis of unknown aetiology. It is considered the most common cause of acquired cardiac failure in children. Although standard treatment comprises intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin, some children exhibit refractory disease, necessitating the use of alternative the...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kossiva L,Karanassios E,Papadopoulos G,Karavanaki K

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:In a neonate born prior to term with a weight of 1825 grams, and diagnosed prenatally as having atrioventricular septal defect and Down's syndrome, we found the aortic arch to be interrupted between the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery, with the arterial duct being the only route of distal perfusion....

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Starreveld JS,van Rossum AC,Hruda J

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Congenital complete atrioventricular block is a known lethal condition. Although antenatal diagnosis and the technical advances of pacemaker treatment have reduced its mortality, treatment of premature babies with significant myocardial damage remains a challenge. In this paper, we report the case of a premature low-b...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Fujioka T,Nii M,Tanaka Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Risk for neurodevelopmental delay in infants and children with CHD is well established, but longer-term outcomes are equivocal. A meta-analysis was conducted to establish whether cognitive deficits remain beyond childhood - into teenage and young adult years. Methods and results A total of 18 unique samples,...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mills R,McCusker CG,Tennyson C,Hanna D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00