Fetal echocardiography: new grounds to explore during fetal cardiac intervention.

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：:The prevalence of asymptomatic cardiac valve anomalies was determined in 82 patients (69 females and 13 males) diagnosed as having idiopathic scoliosis and scheduled for corrective surgery (mean age at surgery 16.3 years). The preoperative study in each patient included echocardiography and ultrasound Doppler. Twenty-...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Colomina MJ,Puig L,Godet C,Villanueva C,Bago J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current pulse-oximetry screening (POS) protocol for detection of critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) is recommended only for newborns in well-infant and intermediate care nurseries, and there is no evidence-based protocol for infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The objectives of ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Iyengar H,Kumar P,Kumar P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right-ventricular diverticula (RVD), although rare, have particular characteristics. Our study describes the morphology of anterosuperior diverticula of the right ventricle (RV) and patient outcome for this anomaly. Retrospective analysis was performed on all patients with anterosuperior RVD diagnosed in two tertiary ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wiegand G,Rauch R,Singer H,Koch A,Hofbeck M

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:When the common pulmonary vein fails to develop, the embryonic connections of the pulmonary veins to one or more of the systemic veins almost always persist. Anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are typically characterized by hypoplasia of the involved pulmonary veins and pulmonary ar...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Juraszek AL,Cohn H,Van Praagh R,Van Praagh S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the advent of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and high-resolution echocardiography, cardiac catheterization is unnecessary in clinical protocols in the "routine" single ventricle patient. Catheterization adds little to clinical care in these cases, and there are significant risks and costs associated with it. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fogel MA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypertension has often been reported in elderly subjects, but is an unusual phenomenon in children. We report the case of a 5-year-old child who presented with features of Williams syndrome (characterized by elfin facies, supravalvar aortic stenosis, and peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis). Repeated blood pres...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Narasimhan C,Alexander T,Krishnaswami S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unroofed coronary sinus is a rare cardiac anomaly in which communication occurs between the coronary sinus and the left atrium due to the partial or complete absence of the roof of the coronary sinus. It is usually associated with other cardiovascular anomalies, especially persistent left superior vena cava. It is oft...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hahm JK,Park YW,Lee JK,Choi JY,Sul JH,Lee SK,Cho BK,Choe KO

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular hypertrophy is an adaptive mechanism in children undergoing chronic dialysis to improve contractility at rest. The aim of this study was to determine the left ventricular performance and contractility reserve by "dobutamine stress echocardiography" in children undergoing chronic dialysis. Thirty-five ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mese T,Guven B,Yilmazer MM,Serdaroglu E,Tavli V,Haydar A,Bak M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients (ages 3, 5, and 8 years) with various forms of functionally univentricular heart lesions received a total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit as a final reconstructive procedure. Failure of the Fontan circulation occurred immediately after surgery because of spontaneous closure of surg...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Michel-Behnke I,Luedemann M,Bauer J,Hagel KJ,Akintuerk H,Schranz D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a transient third degree atrioventricular block in a 4-year-old patient with familial dysautonomia is reported. A review of the literature follows with analysis of the significance of arrhythmias in the natural history of the patient with familial dysautonomia. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Rutkowski M,Axelrod FB,Danilowicz D

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outcome in a series of 23 cases of tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed prenatally was compared to published figures for this condition when (a) identified postnatally or (b) treated surgically. There was a marked difference in the survival between these groups, with the highest mortality (75%) occurring when the diagnos...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Allan LD,Sharland GK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noonan syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease that manifests a wide variety of clinical characteristics. The syndrome is also associated with some cardiac defects. Half of all Noonan syndrome cases are caused by mutations in the PTPN11 gene, but only limited data are available regarding aortic involvement in these ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jefferies JL,Belmont JW,Pignatelli R,Towbin JA,Craigen WJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present an unusual complication of the balloon atrial septostomy procedure performed in a neonate with D-transposition of the great arteries. Cardiac tamponade developed shortly after the balloon atrial septostomy procedure and the infant was found to have a tear in the superior aspect of the left atrium, ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Blanchard WB,Knauf DG,Victorica BE

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate the hemodynamic status of children admitted to the intensive care unit, using suprasternal and transesophageal Doppler ultrasound, and to establish a suitable noninvasive technique to monitor trends in cardiac output in critically ill children. Twenty children were studied over a p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mohan UR,Britto J,Habibi P,de MC,Nadel S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cor triatriatum sinistrum (division of the left atrium) is a recognized clinical and surgical entity. Division of the right atrium, also known as cor triatriatum dexter, is an extremely rare congenital abnormality in which persistence of the right valve of the embryonic systemic sinus venosus divides the right atrium ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Choudhary D,Sivasankaran S,Venkateshwaran S,Sasidharan B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in the setting of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit dysfunction is a relatively new procedure with encouraging early and midterm results. Malpositioning of the valve during implantation is a potentially serious complication. This report describes a case in which val...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Berman DP,Burke R,Zahn EM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year-old child who had had palliative surgery as a neonate for an absent right atrioventricular connection and double-inlet ventricle was shown to be developmentally retarded. Trisomy for the short arm of chromosome 8 was demonstrated, resulting from a familial 8:13 translocation, with a high risk of recurrence....

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Burn J,Baraitser M,Hughes DT,Saldana-Garcia P,Taylor JF

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:We performed a Waterston's anastomosis on a patient with complicated tricuspid atresia when she was two months of age. At age 14 years she required left pneumonectomy for massive, idiopathic hemoptysis. Four months after the pneumonectomy we substituted a modified Fontan anastomosis for the Waterston anastomosis. Rest...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Danilowicz D,Langsner A,Colvin SB

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) reflects volume overload on left ventricle and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with ventricular septal defect (VSD). Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) has been reported to correlate positively with BNP in VSD patients with various degrees of PH. We aimed to investigate the re...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Toyono M,Harada K,Tamura M,Aoki-Okazaki M,Shimada S,Oyamada J,Takada G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hybrid pathway for the management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was pioneered at our institution and is the preferred approach compared with the traditional Norwood pathway. Patients undergoing this surgery are generally <6 months of age, and pain management in this age group after surgery for c...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Naguib AN,Dewhirst E,Winch PD,Simsic J,Galantowicz M,Tobias JD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly the importance of how and why we make decisions in the medical arena has been questioned. Traditionally the aeronautical and business worlds have shed a light on this complex area of human decision-making. In this review we reflect on what we already know about the complexity of decision-making in additio...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duignan S,Walsh KP,McMahon CJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its first description in Japan 30 years ago, Kawasaki disease has been reported worldwide. Although an infectious etiology is suspected based on the epidemiology and clinical features, a causative agent has not been identified. The majority of the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition is attribu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Laupland KB,Dele Davies H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azygos continuation of inferior venacava (IVC) is well known in association with interrupted IVC. We report azygos connection of uninterrupted IVC in a young child with complex univentricular heart. This peculiar anatomy was made suitable for univentricular repair by combining percutaneous device closure of prehepatic...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chaudhuri M,Shivanna D,Jayranganath M,Chandra S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective observational study conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit aimed to evaluate echocardiographic changes provoked by anemia and transfusion of packed red blood cells (pRBCs) in premature infants. In this study, 32 anemic premature infants had serial echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Radicioni M,Troiani S,Mezzetti D

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic bronchitis is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition in which protein casts form within and occlude the bronchus, resulting in pulmonary failure, and has been identified as a complication after the Fontan procedure. We present a case of a 5-year-old girl who had undergone an extracardiac fenestrated Fo...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wilson J,Russell J,Williams W,Benson L

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical closure of the secundum type of atrial septal defect (ASD) in childhood leads to excellent survival. However, relevant morbidity has been reported. Transcatheter closure of these defects has now become an alternative approach. To compare the results of the two different interventions, reliable data are needed...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bolz D,Lacina T,Buser P,Buser M,Guenthard J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrary to acquired arteriovenous fistulas, the congenital malformations are very rare. Here we report a case of congenital arteriovenous fistula forming a communication between the right subclavian artery to subclavian vein. To our knowledge, there is no similar case in which an infant has been successfully operated...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Dogan R,Yilmaz M,Ozkutlu S,Elsharshari H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00