Myocardial calcification caused by secondary hyperparathyroidism due to dietary deficiency of calcium and vitamin D.

abstract：:Postpericardiotomy syndrome is a frequent complication following cardiac surgery. It is characterized by fever, chest pain, pericardial friction rub or pericardial effusion, and laboratory signs of inflammation. Treatment includes the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents, corticosteroids, and pericardial draina...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wendelin G,Fandl A,Beitzke A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old girl with type 3 long QT syndrome was safely and successfully implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system. Prior to implantation, she had experienced uncontrollable life-threatening arrhythmia in spite of high-dose administration of mexiletine. An ICD coil lead for transvenous us...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ichikawa Y,Iwamoto M,Yanagi S,Masuda M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been introduced as an accurate and minimally invasive diagnostic technique for the assessment of vascular anatomy and its abnormalities. We believe that IVUS can be used for clarifying the reasons for failure of balloon angiography in infantile coarctation of the aorta (CoA), becaus...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mortezaeian H,Khalili Y,Farrokhi M,Tajalli S,Mohammadi AS,Vesal A,Alaei F,Firouzi A,Shafe O,Gohar MF,Qureshi SA

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic atresia and interrupted aortic arch is a rare cardiac combination. Review of the literature revealed nine cases. We present two patients with this combination and the additional finding of quadricuspid pulmonary valves, one of which was severely stenotic. In the latter patient, an aortopulmonary window was pres...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Yew G,Coleman D,Calder L

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Mid-cavity obstruction of the systemic venous atrium developed after the Mustard operation in a child with transposition of the great arteries. Balloon dilatation (BD) was performed twice, to a maximum theoretical transverse diameter of 18 mm. Each time obstruction was initially relieved, but recurred within months. T...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Waldman JD,Waldman J,Jones MC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and pathological features of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma in two children are reported. The first patient presented with right ventricular outflow obstruction and underwent successful surgical resection of his tumor. The second patient developed cardiac arrest following a relatively short period of sy...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Farooki ZQ,Chang CH,Jackson WL,Clapp SK,Hakimi M,Arciniegas E,Pinsky WW

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hammock mitral valve (MV), also known as anomalous mitral arcade, is a rare congenital anomaly. We report a case of a 10-month-old child who presented with congestive heart failure and was found to have severe mitral stenosis (MS) secondary to a hammock MV anomaly. Detailed advanced imaging with cardiac MRI and three-...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： VanLoozen D,McCafferty S,Lutin WA,Polimenakos AC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear cross-sectional area of the muscular fibers from a series of myocardial bridges was analyzed and compared to both the adjacent and underlying myocardial fibers. The series came from 12 hearts of children, ranging in age from 24 h to 2 years, with diverse forms of congenital heart disease, which caused left...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Reig J,Ruiz de Miguel C,Moragas A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation that endocardial fibroelastosis (EFE) can result from an immune response to maternal autoantibody deposition in the fetal myocardium raises the possibility that the fetal immune system may contribute to the pathogenesis of idiopathic EFE and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study sought to characteri...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fernandes NM,Taylor GP,Manlhiot C,McCrindle BW,Ho M,Miner SE,Atkinson A,Jaeggi ET,Nield LE

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy born with a congenital heart defect had insertion of an epicardial pacemaker that was found on routine evaluation to have been displaced into the rectovesical pouch. He underwent transvenous insertion of another pacemaker, and the displaced pacemaker was successfully retrieved by laparoscopy without i...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kravarusic D,Chirdan L,Freud E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As our ability to diagnosis cardiomyopathy matures and genetic testing becomes more widespread, there has been an increase in the number of children followed for cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this study was to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between children with cardiomyopathy and healthy controls and...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Friess MR,Marino BS,Cassedy A,Wilmot I,Jefferies JL,Lorts A

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel COstatus system (Transonic Systems, Inc., NY), based on ultrasound dilution (UD), works off in situ arterial and central venous catheters in pediatric patients to measure cardiac output (CO). The purpose of the present study was to validate CO measurement by UD (COUD) with pulmonary artery (PA) thermodilution (C...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Darling E,Thuramalla N,Searles B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 6-year-old girl with evidence of a parahisian accessory pathway on a baseline electrocardiogram underwent successful catheter ablation using magnetic navigation. Magnetic remote controlled ablation eliminated the parahisian pathway with the first radiofrequency application. A second anterolaterally located concealed...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mantziari L,Rigby M,Till J,Ernst S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation exposure from pediatric cardiac catheterization may be substantial, although published estimates vary. We sought to report patient radiation dose across a range of diagnostic and interventional cases in a modern, high-volume pediatric catheterization laboratory. We retrospectively reviewed diagnostic and int...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Glatz AC,Patel A,Zhu X,Dori Y,Hanna BD,Gillespie MJ,Rome JJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have varying degrees of pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension (PH), and there is limited evidence that cardiac dysfunction is present. We sought to study early neonatal biventricular function and performance in these patients by reviewing early ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Altit G,Bhombal S,Van Meurs K,Tacy TA

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is characterized by irreversible diastolic dysfunction with preserved systolic function. The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of impaired ventricular contractility even in the presence of normal ejection fraction (EF) in children with RCM. Longitudinal Doppler tissue v...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sasaki N,Garcia M,Lytrivi I,Ko H,Nielsen J,Parness I,Srivastava S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehospitalization following pediatric heart transplantation is common. However, existing data remain somewhat limited. Using a novel linkage between administrative and clinical databases, pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients from 29 centers who survived to discharge were retrospectively reviewed to determine the...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lambert AN,Weiner JG,Hall M,Thurm C,Dodd DA,Bearl DW,Soslow JH,Feingold B,Smith AH,Godown J

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:Sudden cardiac death in young competitive athletes is tragic and usually due to unsuspected cardiovascular disease. Screening programs for athletes remain debatable, and restriction of athletes from sports can have physical, emotional, and legal ramifications. In this article, we review the epidemiology of the more co...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Vaseghi M,Ackerman MJ,Mandapati R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

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：:Calculating pulmonary vascular resistance is important in many fields of medicine. Although the influence of hematocrit on calculated resistance has been known for many years, it is rare to find the appropriate corrections in published articles. This review discusses the relationship between viscosity and resistance a...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hoffman JI

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtotal cor triatriatum sinister (partially divided left atrium) is characterized by a membrane dividing the left atrium into two portions: a dorsal accessory proximal chamber that receives part of the pulmonary venous return and a small restrictive defect in the membrane that obstructs blood flow from the accessory ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sivakumar K,Satish R,Tailor K,Coelho R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to identify predictors of prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) for single ventricle patients following stage 2 palliation (S2P), excluding patients who underwent a hybrid procedure. We explore the impact of demographic features, stage 1 palliation (S1P), interstage I (IS1) management,...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Baker-Smith CM,Goldberg SW,Rosenthal GL

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Non-invasive evaluation of right ventricular (RV) systolic function in neonates with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with traditional metrics including RV fractional area change (FAC) and tricuspid annular systolic plane excursion (TAPSE) has improved outcomes. Apical three-chamber (3C) RV-FAC, a novel tripartite assessme...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chikkabyrappa SM,Critser P,Roane J,Buddhe S,Tretter JT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We encountered a male aged 6 years 4 months with Kawasaki disease (KD) with severe tricuspid regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction in the acute phase. His clinical course and findings of endomyocardial biopsy suggested that myocarditis was the cause of left ventricular dysfunction and responsible for the deve...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shinohara T,Tanihira Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Norwood procedure with a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) is the first of the three-stage surgical palliation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We report a patient with schistocytic hemolytic anemia that developed following a right MBTS with a Gore-Tex graft. Hemolysis associated with a MBTS h...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ryerson LM,Wechsler SB,Ohye RG

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation exposure is a necessary risk entailed during congenital cardiac catheterizations. The congenital catheterization lab at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital employed quality improvement strategies to minimize radiation exposure in this vulnerable population. In two phases, we implemented six intervent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Patel C,Grossman M,Shabanova V,Asnes J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) in siblings are reported. In the boy, 14 years old, the clinical history, ECG, echocardiography, and histopathological findings were consistent with ARVD. Premature ventricular contractions of left bundle branch block (LBBB) pattern were recorded but no ve...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sabel KG,Blomström-Lundqvist C,Olsson SB,Eneström S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00