Unique foetal diagnosis of aorto-pulmonary collaterals in right atrial isomerism.

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital anomaly that can be asymptomatic or present with recurrent infections, respiratory symptoms, or rarely heart failure. Sequestration is classified as intralobar or extralobar on the basis of whether there is separation from normal lung tissue by its own visceral pleura. Clas...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Herbert CE,Reddy SR,Lemler MS

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:There are several agents used for conscious sedation by various routes in children. The aim of this prospective randomised study is to compare the effectiveness of three commonly used sedatives: intranasal ketamine, intranasal midazolam, and oral chloral hydrate for children undergoing transthoracic echocardi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Alp H,Elmacı AM,Alp EK,Say B

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infants undergoing stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome may have post-operative feeding difficulties. Although the cause of feeding difficulties in these patients is multi-factorial, residual arch obstruction may affect gut perfusion, contributing to feeding intolerance. We hypothesised t...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Chaves AH,Baker-Smith CM,Rosenthal GL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital complete tracheal rings are usually associated with pulmonary slings. We report a rare association of congenital complete tracheal rings with hypoplastic left heart variant. A term infant with diagnosis of a mildly hypoplastic mitral valve, unicuspid aortic valve, and moderately hypoplastic aortic arch with...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bansal N,Mahadin DR,Aggarwal S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Murmurs are abnormal audible heart sounds produced by turbulent blood flow. Therefore, murmurs in a child may be a source of anxiety for family members. Families often use online materials to explore possible reasons for these murmurs, given the accessibility of information on the Internet. In this study, we ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Arslan D,Sami Tutar M,Kozanhan B,Bagci Z

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We describe the structure of, and suggest an etiology for, the interatrial communication which can occur through the mouth of the coronary sinus. Based on the study of human embryos, we propose that the defect is best explained by dissolution of the wall of the coronary sinus adjacent to the left atrium, per...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Knauth A,McCarthy KP,Webb S,Ho SY,Allwork SP,Cook AC,Anderson RH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrioventricular valve regurgitation is widely known as a risk factor for Fontan completion in patients with univentricular physiology. To date, indications and timing for atrioventricular valve repair remain unclear and different surgical techniques have been advocated. Since 2013, 50 consecutive patients underwent e...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gil-Jaurena JM,González-López MT,Pérez-Caballero R,Pita A

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：: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：: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：:A percutaneous transcatheter balloon dilation of a pulmonary venous pathway obstruction was successfully performed in a 40-year-old patient after a Mustard procedure. During the procedure, real-time three-dimensional trans-oesophageal echocardiography demonstrated the morphology of the obstruction. Our case highlights...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nitta M,Sugano T,Iwata K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Care of children with functionally univentricular hearts is resource-intensive. OBJECTIVES:To analyse pregnancy and early post-natal outcomes of fetuses with functionally univentricular hearts in the setting of a low-middle-income country. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted during the period of Ja...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vaidyanathan B,Vijayaraghavan A,Thomas S,Sudhakar A

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with CHD exhibit reduced isometric muscle strength and muscle mass; however, little is known how these parameters relate. Therefore, the aim was to investigate the relation between isometric limb muscle strength and muscle mass for patients in comparison to age- and sex-matched control subjects. ME...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sandberg C,Crenshaw AG,Christersson C,Hlebowicz J,Thilén U,Johansson B

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Conotruncal heart defects are considered to be one of the most common types of birth defect worldwide. Genetic disturbances in folate metabolism such as Thymidylate synthase may increase risk for conotruncal heart defects. We evaluated two common Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms, including the 28 bp tandem repeat in...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Wang X,Wei H,Wu Y,Tian Y,Luo L

更新日期：2018-12-21 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：: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：: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：:This article is to commemorate and celebrate achievements of Professor Milan Šamánek who passed away on 29 April, 2020. Milan was an excellent and visionary paediatric cardiologist who helped to establish paediatric cardiology as a speciality in Czechoslovakia and several other east European countries in the late 1970...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Marek J,Janoušek J,Tůma S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Physical activity tends to be lower in school-age children with congenital heart disease than in healthy controls. To the best of our knowledge, objectively measured physical activity levels of preschool-age children with congenital heart disease have not been studied. METHODS:A total of 10 children with ei...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Stone N,Obeid J,Dillenburg R,Milenkovic J,MacDonald MJ,Timmons BW

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In approximately 5% of patients with idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, the disease usually follows a chronic relapsing course, and children can develop dependence and side effects of prolonged high-dose corticosteroid regimens. In this setting anakinra, a recombinant human interleukin-1 competitive receptor antagonis...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Rodriguez-Gonzalez M,Ruiz-Gonzalez E,Castellano-Martinez A

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Stenosis, mediated by neointimal hyperplasia and thrombosis, is a major limiting factor in successful stent implantation. The introduction of a stent, coated in its endoluminal surface by antihuman CD34 antibodies with endothelial progenitor cell-capturing properties, opens the possibility of promoting a r...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Cabanelas N,Martins JD,Pinto F

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Fetal echocardiography is the main modality of prenatal diagnosis of CHD. This study was done to describe the trends and benefits associated with prenatal diagnosis of complex CHD at a tertiary care centre. METHODS:Retrospective chart review of patients with complex CHD over an 18-year period was performed....

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gorla SR,Chakraborty A,Garg A,Gugol RA,Kardon RE,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2018-12-26 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：BACKGROUND:Children with congenital cardiac defects may have associated chromosomal anomalies, airway compromise, and/or pulmonary hypertension, which can pose challenges to adequate sedation, weaning from mechanical ventilation, and successful extubation. Propofol, with its unique properties, may be used as a bridge t...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Teng SN,Kaufman J,Czaja AS,Friesen RH,da Cruz EM

更新日期：2011-02-01 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:At present, the exclusion for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation for free pulmonary regurgitation after tetralogy of Fallot repair includes an unfavourably large right ventricular outflow tract. OBJECTIVE:To report feasibility and early experience with a recently developed transcatheter heart valve, ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Promphan W,Prachasilchai P,Siripornpitak S,Qureshi SA,Layangool T

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00