Epidemiology, etiology, and management of Kawasaki disease: state of the art.

abstract：:Prior to initiation of a formal screening program, 30 % of patients referred for device closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) at our institution had atrial septal anatomy which precluded ASD device closure. This resulted in inefficiencies in workflow, staff utilization, and inconvenience for families. Our objective...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nicholson GT,Vincent RN,Petit CJ,Roman M,Glanville M,Kim DW

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is described in patients with acquired heart failure but its prevalence in adults with congenital heart disease is not well documented. It is likely that single-ventricle patients who have undergone Fontan palliation poorly tolerate the additional stress of SDB on their fragile cardiac...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Cg S,Rm J,Ad K,E Y,M K,G M,J K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of myocardial bridging of a coronary artery in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is controversial, although we have previously reported an association with myocardial ischemia and sudden death in children. We report five symptomatic children in whom symptoms or evidence of myocardial ischemia r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Downar J,Williams WG,McDonald C,Wigle ED,McCrindle BW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Requiring bilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (bSCPA) instead of unilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (uSCPA) could influence surgical timing and outcomes. We compared surgical timing and outcomes for patients who underwent uSCPA to those who underwent bSCPA through use of the Pediatric Heart Network...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shuler JM,Statile C,Heydarian H,Lehenbauer DG,Hill GD

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A very rare combination including tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), absent pulmonary valve, and isolated left pulmonary artery is described. A 4-month-old girl presented with mild cyanosis and severe dyspnea. Echocardiography established the diagnosis of TOF and absent pulmonary valve with severe pulmonary regurgitation and ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wu L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of obesity in long-term survivors with complex congenital heart disease may be increasing, and little is known about the timing and onset of weight gain and growth patterns in these high-risk patients. Prevalence rates of overweight/obesity and longitudinal changes in body mass index (BMI) with age were...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chung ST,Hong B,Patterson L,Petit CJ,Ham JN

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natriuretic peptides (NP) are released from the heart in response to pressure and volume overload. The biologic properties of NPs include counterregulation of the rennin-angiotensin-aldosterone pathway and a decrease in sympathetic tone resulting in diuresis, natriuresis, and vasodilation. Natriuretic peptides help to...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Das BB

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many different types of potassium channels with various functions exist in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells, contributing to many physiological actions and pathological conditions. The deep involvement of these channels in the onset and exacerbation of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) also continues to be rev...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hayabuchi Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internationally, there have been isolated case reports published of children presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in the setting of undiagnosed rickets. Although there has been an increased prevalence of rickets in the United States, there has been only one documented case of associated DCM. At our institution...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Brown J,Nunez S,Russell M,Spurney C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare form of endocardial cushion defect is an atrioventricular (AV) canal-type ventricular septal defect with cleft mitral valve in the absence of a primum atrial septal defect. In two infants with Down's syndrome, preoperative delineation of this entity was accomplished. M-mode echocardiographic features included p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： LaCorte MA,Cooper RS,Kauffman SL,Schiller MS,Golinko RJ,Griepp RB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Routine use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a safe monitoring and diagnostic method during pediatric congenital cardiac surgery. However, the question of whether intraoperative TEE is accurate and cost effective for patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) has not been raised. This study aim...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kim SJ,Park SA,Song J,Shim WS,Choi EY,Lee SY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 14-year-old boy after a Mustard procedure for transposition of the great arteries developed pulmonary hypertension secondary to baffle obstruction. This occurred over several years without apparent significant symptomatology. Systemic-level pressure prevailed in the left (pulmonary) ventricle and provided an opportu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Reisman M,Rosengart RM,Degner TL,Sintek C,Khonsari S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications, such as recoarctation or secondary hypertension, probably related to the loss of arterial elasticity, frequently occur after aortic coarctation surgery. This study aimed to investigate arterial compliance as evaluated by automated recording of the QKd interval in patients who underwent repair of coarcta...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bassareo PP,Marras AR,Manai ME,Mercuro G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a rare case of complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with an intramural right coronary artery arising well above the sinotubular junction. Additionally in this case, the left circumflex artery arose anomalously as a branch from the right coronary. Identification of this anatomic anom...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Johnson JA,Burkhart HM,O'Leary PW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between pulmonary function and right ventricle (RV) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has not been evaluated. Using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), we describe the relationship of RV size and function with spirometry in a DMD cohort. Fifty-seven boys undergoing CMR and pulmonary function testing ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mehmood M,Ambach SA,Taylor MD,Jefferies JL,Raman SV,Taylor RJ,Sawani H,Mathew J,Mazur W,Hor KN,Al-Khalidi HR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this article is to examine the frequency, timing of formation of aneurysm of the ventricular membranous septum (AVMS), and prognosis in patients with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD). PATIENTS:One hundred forty-eight patients were diagnosed with a perimembranous VSD within 90 days...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Miyake T,Shinohara T,Nakamura Y,Fukuda T,Tasato H,Toyohara K,Tanihira Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A surge in cortisol levels is seen after surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Based on evidence of attenuation of the cortisol response to repeated stress in other settings, we hypothesized that the magnitude of cortisol increase in children after a second exposure to CPB would be reduced. Serial cortisol levels...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bangalore H,Checchia PA,Ocampo EC,Heinle JS,Minard CG,Shekerdemian LS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the University of California Davis Medical Center, a screening fetal ultrasound examination (level I or II) incorporates a comprehensive segmental evaluation of the fetal heart. This study evaluated the reliability of the fetal ultrasound exam in the detection of abnormal heart anatomy. Our retrospective study revi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Skeels M,Taylor D,Park J,Parrish M,Choy M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that mild recurrent aortic obstruction produces subtle changes in ambulatory blood pressure was investigated by performing 24-hour monitoring on 11 postoperative coarctation patients. Patients (age 16.1 +/- 2.7 years) were compared with normal controls (age 15.7 +/- 2.5 years, n = 15). Surgery (end-to-e...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Parrish MD,Torres E,Peshock R,Fixler DE

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 16-year-old boy with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, underwent a mammary artery bypass grafting to the left coronary artery (LCA) together with closure of the stenosed origin of the left coronary artery. A residual LCA to pulmonary artery fistula ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Beitzke A,Luha O,Gamillscheg A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a case involving the rare combination of persistent truncus arteriosus type A2, double aortic arch, and mitral stenosis. At the age of 26 days, the patient underwent division of the right-sided aortic arch with tracheal compression and bilateral pulmonary banding. Fontan completion was successful...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Imai K,Tsukuda K,Sakazaki H,Fujiwara K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A blood pump specifically designed to augment flow from the great veins through the lungs would ameliorate the poor physiology of the failing univentricular circulation and result in a paradigm shift in the treatment strategy for Fontan patients. This study is the first to examine mechanical cavopulmonary assistance w...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Throckmorton AL,Lopez-Isaza S,Downs EA,Chopski SG,Gangemi JJ,Moskowitz W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic evidence of intrauterine closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) has been reported rarely. Between 1985 and 1990, 112 autopsies were performed at the Mayo Clinic on third trimester stillborns and infants who died during the first week of life. There were 21 (19%) cases of congenital heart disease. VSD wa...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nir A,Driscoll DJ,Edwards WD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery thrombosis in neonates occurs rarely. This report describes the case of a term infant with a pulmonary artery thrombosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The risk factors identified in the case included maternal diabetes and heterozygous factor V Leiden deficiency. The p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sawyer T,Antle A,Studer M,Thompson M,Perry S,Mahnke CB

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) are standard methods of quantifying left ventricular (LV) systolic function. 2D global longitudinal strain (2D GLS) is a well-established, but underutilized method for LV function quantification. The aim of this study was to assess precision of GLS compared to EF &...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Patel MD,Myers C,Negishi K,Singh GK,Anwar S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this investigation was to compare how two modes of positive pressure ventilation affect cardiac output, airway pressures, oxygenation, and carbon dioxide removal in children with congenital heart disease in the immediate postoperative period. The investigation used a one group pretest-post-test study ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kocis KC,Dekeon MK,Rosen HK,Bandy KP,Crowley DC,Bove EL,Kulik T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) treatment with cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors (indomethacin [INDO] and ibuprofen [IBU]) on regional oxygenation requires further clarification. The authors hypothesized that both INDO and IBU reduce regional tissue oxygenation in preterm neonates with PDA but that the risk...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bhatt M,Petrova A,Mehta R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diverticulum of the left ventricle, a rare malformation, is usually associated with midline thoracoabdominal defect. We describe a case with congenital left ventricular diverticulum presenting as an isolated lesion. The lesion was suspected on two-dimensional echocardiography and was confirmed by cardiac ca...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wu JM,Yu CY

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to identify reliable quantitative fetal echocardiographic predictors for postnatal development of coarctation (CoA). In this retrospective study, we included 65 fetuses with a prenatally suspected, isolated CoA, born 2010-2018. Dimensions of the cardiac structures, aortic, and ductal arches exp...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fricke K,Liuba P,Weismann CG

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an unusual case with tortuosity of the great vessels in a neonate who presented at birth with cyanosis. The diagnosis was made with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), then confirmed by genetic analysis. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Pilati M,Luciani GB,Prioli MA,Puppini G

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00