Individual and joint effects of genetic polymorphisms in microRNA-machinery genes on congenital heart disease susceptibility.

abstract：:We describe the case of a 17-year-old male soccer player with T-wave inversion in precordial leads in resting electrocardiography, which also disclosed sinus bradycardia, early repolarization, and increased QRS voltage. These findings strongly suggested cardiomyopathy. The patient's T-wave inversion disappeared during...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Motoki N,Akazawa Y,Hachiya A,Inaba Y

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Neurodevelopmental abnormalities are common in children with CHD and are the highest-priority concerns for parents and professionals following cardiac surgery in childhood. There is no additional routine monitoring of development for children with CHD in the United Kingdom; hence, neurodevelopmental conce...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Wray J,Brown KL,Ridout D,Lakhanpaul M,Smith L,Scarisbrick A,O'Curry S,Hoskote A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. It occurs as an outpouching that progresses like a windsock, and it may rupture producing aortic regurgitation, cardiac tamponade, congestive heart failure, conduction abnormalities, and stroke. We describe a case of rupture of the sinus of Valsal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Atiq M,Ali F,Hasan SB

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the epidemiological characteristics of Kawasaki disease in Jilin province of China and explore its clinical features. METHODS:The medical records of children with Kawasaki disease hospitalised in the First Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University and Yanbian University between January, 2000 and...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Piao JH,Jin LH,Lv J,Zhou Y,Jin CJ,Jin ZY

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：: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：:Gaucher disease is an autosomal-recessive lysosomal storage disease characterised by the accumulation of glucocerebroside in macrophages; it is caused by mutations in glucocerebrosidase gene-1 in many organ tissues such as the liver, spleen, and bone marrow. Its different clinical subtypes, according to the presence a...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kör Y,Keskin M,Başpınar O

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Isolated aortic regurgitation and myocardial infarction are a rare congenital defect among neonatal patients. We present a case of a neonate with an unusual aortic valve morphology causing both regurgitation and obstruction of the left coronary artery ostium. Despite both non-invasive and invasive imaging modalities, ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Samuel S,Dhanantwari P,Meyer DB

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:We found spontaneous echoes in two teenagers with nephrotic syndrome and profound hypoalbuminemia, both having normal cardiac structure, function and output. The phenomenon disappeared after the level of albumin normalized. In one patient, all spontaneous echoes disappeared following convalescence, the level of albumi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hadash A,Braver Y,Lorber A

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Information about acute coronary syndrome caused by Kawasaki disease-related coronary artery lesions in adults is sketchy. We reviewed the clinical features of 50 adult patients who had an acute coronary syndrome caused by coronary artery lesions due to Kawasaki disease or probable Kawasaki disease from 1980 to 2008. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tsuda E,Abe T,Tamaki W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing appropriate care for adults with congenital heart disease requires the evaluation of their current situation. There is limited research in Iran about these patients, particularly in relation to gender differences in the demographic/socio-economic and lifestyle factors, as well as disease parameters...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Eslami B,Sundin O,Macassa G,Reza Khankeh H,Soares JJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An otherwise healthy 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 infection. A haemorrhagic pericardial effusion was found in the transthoracic echocardiography. He was treated with pericardiocentesis, ibuprofen, and hydroxychloroquine. A la...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gokalp S,Çilsal E,Yukcu B,Yolcu C,Akkoc G,Guzeltas A

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Femoral vein access is the first choice for percutaneous atrial septal defect closure, and when it cannot be used due to anatomic reasons, the alternative sites should be considered, frequently increasing the complexity of the procedure. Here we report the case of a 3-year-old boy, with situs inversus and dextrocardia...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Oliveira EC,Moura MAG,Almeida JA,Ribeiro ALP,Nascimento BR

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Carbon monoxide poisoning may cause myocardial toxicity and cardiac autonomic dysfunction, which may contribute to the development of life-threatening arrhythmias. We investigated the potential association between acute carbon monoxide exposure and cardiac autonomic function measured by heart rate variabi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vural C,Dinleyici EC,Kosger P,Bolluk O,Kilic Z,Ucar B

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the echocardiographic features, underlying causes, and outcome of fetuses with dilated cardiomyopathy. DESIGN:A retrospective observational study between 1983 and 2003 at a tertiary centre for fetal cardiology. PATIENTS:Affected fetuses were identified using a computerised database. We included...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sivasankaran S,Sharland GK,Simpson JM

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arterial switch operation has become the preferred procedure for surgical management of transposition, defined on the basis of concordant atrioventricular and discordant ventriculo-arterial connections. We conducted a retrospective evaluation of our experience in 61 infants with this segmental combination, seen fr...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Wheeler DS,Dent CL,Manning PB,Nelson DP

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endocarditis of congenital coronary fistulas in the cardiac chambers is rare, especially in the paediatric age group. We describe the case of a 9-year-old boy with a fistula from the dilated right coronary artery to the junction of the superior caval vein to the right atrium, complicated by endocarditis. Treatment con...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Krasemann T,van Beynum IM,Frohn-Mulder IME,Dalinghaus M

更新日期：2018-02-01 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：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：:Although cardiac tumours are rare, such tumours are increasingly being diagnosed with increasing frequency and great accuracy by antenatal ultrasound. Cardiac haemangiomas account for less than one-twentieth of all primary cardiac tumours, with most being diagnosed in the neonatal period. We report 3 instances of succ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sharma J,Hirata Y,Mosca RS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is a rare life-threatening arrhythmogenic disorder. An association with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and other atrial arrhythmias has been described, but in all published cases the initial manifestation of the disease was ventricular arrhythmia. This is the first...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Lawrenz W,Krogmann ON,Wieczorek M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa is an area of fibrous continuity between the mitral and aortic valves. We present the first case of a congenital pseudoaneurysm in this region, detected prenatally as an isolated cardiac defect, which was followed-up conservatively postnatally. The diagnosis was confirmed by ech...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Harrington JK,Glickstein J,Shah A

更新日期：2017-05-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-week-old child presented with a cardiac arrest secondary to myocardial ischaemia. Echocardiography demonstrated a single coronary artery arising from the right sinus of Valsalva. The coronary artery branched into left and right arteries, with the left artery then coursing anomalously in the tissue plane between th...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Duke C,Rosenthal E,Simpson JM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy is of concern in children treated for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Risk is dose-dependent, increasing with higher doses. We aim to highlight the risk of early-onset cardiotoxicity with low-cumulative anthracycline dose in a young Omani boy with AML. We conclude in the presence of ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tony S,Mevada R,Joshi N

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Absent arterial valve leaflets are rare anomalies. On the basis of our understanding of the normal development of the arterial valves, we draw inferences that might offer clues to their morphogenesis. METHODS:We describe the findings from four human fetal autopsies with so-called "absent" arterial valvar le...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tretter JT,Steffensen T,Westover T,Anderson RH,Spicer DE

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The diagnosis of trisomy 21 in children has been associated with failed extubation after CHD surgery. Dexmedetomidine may be a useful agent to improve postoperative outcomes in these patients, such as ventilator time, ICU length of stay, or hospital length of stay. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The Pediatric Heal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Moffett BS,Mossad EB,Tobias JD,Cabrera AG

更新日期：2015-06-01 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