Long-term outcome after surgical closure of atrial septal defect in childhood with extensive assessment including MRI measurement of the ventricles.

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

abstract：:There is often a diagnostic dilemma in pediatric patients presenting with depressed ventricular function, as myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) of other etiologies can appear very similar. Accurate identification is critical to guide treatment and to provide families with the most accurate expectation of lon...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Suthar D,Dodd DA,Godown J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of the right subaxillary vertical mini-incision (RAVI) used for the closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect (SAVSD) through tricuspid approach only. From June 2015 to September 2016, 32 SAVSD patients (mean age 2.4 ± 1.9 years, range 0.7-8 years) under...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Liu R,Rui L,Zhang B,Lin Y,Li S,Hua Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology and pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD) is largely unknown. Certain demographic factors and laboratory findings are predictive of the development of coronary artery (CA) aneurysms. The objectives of this study were to determine the epidemiology of KD patients in an urban hospital and determine risk fact...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Porcalla AR,Sable CA,Patel KM,Martin GR,Singh N

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review examines the mechanism of estrogen signaling in cardiomyocytes, with an emphasis on mechanisms that might be important in cardioprotection. It investigates estrogen signaling mediated by the nuclear estrogen receptors alpha and beta and the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPR 30/GPER). Estrogen signaling via n...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Murphy E,Lagranha C,Deschamps A,Kohr M,Nguyen T,Wong R,Sun J,Steenbergen C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the very young child (less than eight years of age), transient loss of consciousness represents a diagnostic and management dilemma for clinicians. While most commonly benign, syncope may be due to cardiac dysfunction which can be life-threatening. It can be secondary to an underlying ion channelopathy, cardiac inf...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Villafane J,Miller JR,Glickstein J,Johnson JN,Wagner J,Snyder CS,Filina T,Pomeroy SL,Sexson-Tejtel SK,Haxel C,Gottlieb J,Eghtesady P,Chowdhury D

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantification of pulmonary regurgitation (PR), pulmonary flow distribution, and ventricular function is important for clinical surveillance in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is the established reference, but cost, test duration, and patient discomfort are potential limitat...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： House AV,Muthurangu V,Spanel AJ,Danford DA,Mir B,Schuster A,Hsu H,Kutty S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term oral warfarin is recommended in pediatric Kawasaki disease patients with large coronary artery aneurysms; however, heterogeneity is considerable. This study aimed to determine variables affecting warfarin dosage in Kawasaki disease. The enrolled individuals (194 children) were divided into four groups: (1) C...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Yang D,Kuang H,Zhou Y,Cai C,Lu T

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of procainamide therapy for rapid rate control of postoperative junctional tachycardia (JT). Postoperative JT is one of the most difficult forms of tachycardia to manage. Reported success with a variety of treatments of JT in infants and children has been inconsistent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mandapati R,Byrum CJ,Kavey RE,Smith FC,Kveselis DA,Hannan WP,Brandt B 3rd,Gaum WE

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta-blocker therapy is one of the principal therapies for congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS). However, breakthrough cardiac events occur while being treated with beta-blockers. We sought to determine the frequency of and clinical correlates underlying beta-blocker therapy failures in genotyped, symptomatic LQTS proba...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chatrath R,Bell CM,Ackerman MJ

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to compare histopathological changes in hypoplastic left heart syndrome right ventricles (RV) of patients undergoing Sano and modified Blalock-Taussig (MBT) shunt and correlate them with echocardiographic findings. Myocardial tissue samples were obtained from hearts with Sano or MBT shu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Menon SC,Erickson LK,McFadden M,Miller DV

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Kawasaki disease (KD) was first discovered and identified in Japan by Kawasaki in the 1960s, fatal KD cases resulting from coronary artery aneurysms had been identified retrospectively in the West as early as 1871. Kawasaki initially postulated that this disease was a new, as yet unidentified, self-limiting i...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kushner HI,Abramowsky CR

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:That apoptosis is mediated by specific pathways has long been established. However, more recent data have begun to suggest that necrosis may in fact be "programmed" and not a default "accidental" pathway as previously thought. The mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a known contributor to the development of ma...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Baines CP

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is a rare congenital anomaly that can be complicated by endocarditis, myocardial infarction, or coronary aneurysms. This article reviews the clinical characteristics and surgical outcome of 10 patients with CAF in Rajae Heart Center. From 1990 to 2000, 10 patients (age, 6 months to 15 yea...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Malekahmadi M,Shahmohammadi A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11 day-old female infant underwent resection of a mass in the subaortic region secondary to critical aortic stenosis. At 3 months of age, recurrent severe left-ventricular outflow obstruction (LVOT) in the setting of heart failure prompted redo surgery, and the resected mass revealed an intracardiac foregut cyst, w...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Huang JH,Rudzinski ER,Minette MS,Langley SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital volume has been associated with improved outcomes in congenital cardiac surgery. However, the relationship between hospital volume and hospitalization cost remains unclear. This study examines the relationship between hospital surgical volume and hospitalization costs, while accounting for measures of quality...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chan T,Kim J,Minich LL,Pinto NM,Waitzman NJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a potential complication for children with congenital heart disease (CHD) after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery. This study was designed to investigate and compare the predictive values of urinary biomarkers for AKI after CPB surgery in infants and young children and to determine the ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Zheng J,Xiao Y,Yao Y,Xu G,Li C,Zhang Q,Li H,Han L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies showed the reliability of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) in the quantification of aortic valve stenosis in adults. The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the ability of cMRI in the quantification of congenital aortic valve stenosis (CAS) in children. Nineteen patients (mean age 1...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sirin S,Nassenstein K,Neudorf U,Jensen CJ,Mikat C,Schlosser T

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare anomaly that is thought to arise from a defect in looping of the primitive cardiac tube. Cor triatriatum is another rare congenital cardiac anomaly due to faulty incorporation of the common pulmonary vein into the left atrium. We present a rare case ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jayranganath M,Subramanian A,Manjunath CN

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term prostaglandin use is commonly associated with side effects such as cortical proliferation of the bones, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, and soft tissue swelling of the extremities. We report a neonate with critical coarctation of the aorta, who developed second and third degree atrioventricular blocks associa...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Aly SA,Awad SM,Abdulla RI,Kazmouz S,Nguyen HH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various echocardiographic parameters are determined in the assessment and evaluation of a patent ductus arteriosus. In isolation, many of these parameters have a low sensitivity and specificity for ductal hemodynamic significance compared with ductal size. This study aimed to correlate various echocardiographic parame...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sehgal A,Menahem S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to document morbidities and growth for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) to inform the initial surgical decision and understand healthcare needs. Data were obtained on 137 patients with HLHS, born between 1989 and 1994, who survived staged surgery ( n = 62) or transplantation ( n = 75) and...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jenkins PC,Flanagan MF,Jenkins KJ,Sargent JD,Canter CE,Chinnock RE,Vincent RN,O'Connor GT

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study applied tissue Doppler imaging and color tissue Doppler imaging to study atrial function changes in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The profile of the segmental atrial velocities and the strain rate were determined and compared with those of normal matched control subjects. METHO...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Telagh R,Hui W,Abd El Rahman M,Berger F,Lange PE,Abdul-Khaliq H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and adolescents with congenital heart disease often do not have the opportunity, inclination, or education to participate in safe and effective exercise. The consequences of this behavioral pattern affect not only cardiopulmonary parameters, but also psychosocial factors, especially when lack of participation...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gauthier N,Curran T,O'Neill JA,Alexander ME,Rhodes J

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：:Acute myopericarditis is a major cause of acquired heart disease worldwide in pediatric patients. Various viruses have been reported as the etiology, of which varicella zoster virus was first reported in 1953. However, since nationwide administration of the varicella vaccine, reports of varicella-associated myopericar...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kao KL,Yeh SJ,Chen CC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left atrial isomerism includes a complex spectrum of cardiac and extracardiac anomalies. The records of all patients with left isomerism born during the period of 1973-2010 and treated at the Children's Hospital, Helsinki were reviewed. The short- and long-term outcomes were studied. The review included 38 patients (5...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Eronen MP,Aittomäki KA,Kajantie EO,Sairanen HI

更新日期：2012-04-01 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