Use of dexmedetomidine in a pediatric heart transplant patient.

abstract：:In the fetus, the cardiac neural crest gives rise to both the thymus and the conotruncus of the heart. In newborn screening for severe T-cell lymphopenia neonates with congenital heart defects may be detected. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of T-cell lymphopenia in neonates with or without 22q11.2 delet...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gul KA,Strand J,Pettersen RD,Brun H,Abrahamsen TG

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal interventions have been performed for some congenital heart diseases. However, these procedures have not gained wide acceptance due to concerns about their efficacy and safety. The aim of this study was to report on a preliminary experience with fetal cardiac interventions in Brazil. Twenty-two cardiac intervent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Pedra SR,Peralta CF,Crema L,Jatene IB,da Costa RN,Pedra CA

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the case of two pediatric patients who demonstrated echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) during the acute phase of Kawasaki disease. The etiology of PH development in this setting is currently unknown, but the authors hypothesize that pulmonary vasculitis may play a significa...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nicholson GT,Samai C,Kanaan U

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and cardiac catheterization are useful adjuncts to echocardiography for delineating cardiovascular anatomy in pediatric patients. These studies require ionizing radiation, and it is paramount to understand the amount of radiation pediatric patients receive when these tests are pe...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Watson TG,Mah E,Joseph Schoepf U,King L,Huda W,Hlavacek AM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study of children dying with active varicella revealed 11 of 17 cases who had unsuspected interstitial myocarditis at the time of their death. In addition, a prospective study of 6 children, consecutively admitted to the hospital with active varicella, were evaluated for evidence of cardiac dysfunction...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Noren GR,Tobin JD Jr,Staley NA,Asinger RW,Einzig S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to evaluate and highlight the significance of epigastric tenderness in children and adolescents with chest pain. In a 26-months period, patients who were referred for pediatri cardiology evaluation at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences with chief complaint of chest pain were studied. Patients with...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sabri MR,Ghavanini AA,Haghighat M,Imanieh MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Anomalous origin of left pulmonary artery (ALPA) from aorta with atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation. We report a case of ALPA from the aorta with ASD in a 1.8-kg baby. Repair was needed at an early age due to progressive congestive heart failure. Surgical correction was performed with...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lee JH,Jung TE,Lee YH

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various surgical techniques have been proposed for the repair of supravalvular pulmonary stenosis (SVPS) in pediatric populations. Whereas growth potential should be promised, excessive expansion under the presence of undiminished high pulmonary arterial pressure should be avoided. The authors applied all-autologous t...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fujiyoshi T,Hoashi T,Kagisaki K,Kurosaki K,Shiraishi I,Ichikawa H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty infants with interrupted aortic arch (IAA), admitted between 1979 and 1988, were reviewed. They usually presented early in severe cardiac failure or shock. In the initial 5-year period, 17 of the 21 infants underwent diagnostic or confirmatory cardiac catheterization, in contrast with the latter 5 years when onl...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Menahem S,Rahayoe AU,Brawn WJ,Mee RB

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) are common pediatric rhythm disorders requiring comprehensive laboratory evaluation. Although usually idiopathic, implying a benign character and favorable prognosis, the initial clinical approach is still not established in all cases. Considering their prognostic significance, exercise-i...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bjelakovic B,Ilic S,Chouliaras K,Milovanovic B,Vukomanovic V,Bojic T,Bjelakovic L,Zaharov T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study aimed to determine the superior vena cava (SVC) and left innominate vein (INV) normative cross-sectional area in children noninvasively using age as a predictor and also to compare the correlation of the area measured with the diameter on multidetector computed tomography (MDCT). Analysis of t...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Das KM,Momenah TS,Singh R,Raja S,AlMoukirish A,AlZoum M,Larsson SG

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 6-year-old girl with superoinferior ventricles, criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) relationships with solitus atria, a D-loop, L-transposition of the great arteries, subpulmonary stenosis, but without a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The diagnosis was made by echocardiographic examination and was strength...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Alday LE,Juaneda E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accessory atrioventricular pathways (AP) are the most common substrate for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in infants and small children. Up-to-date data on AP ablation in infants and small children are limited. The aim of the present study was to gain additional insight into radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablat...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Backhoff D,Klehs S,Müller MJ,Schneider H,Kriebel T,Paul T,Krause U

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortopulmonary window coexisting with tetralogy of Fallot (TF) was prospectively diagnosed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography and Doppler in an 18-month-old boy; the diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgical correction was performed, but the patient died in the operating ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Carminati M,Borghi A,Valsecchi O,Quattrociocchi M,Balduzzi A,Rusconi P,Russo MG,Festa P,Preda L,Tiraboschi R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report aims to summarize and evaluate the efficacy and experience of reintervention for children with postoperative pulmonary venous restenosis. Clinical data from 61 patients with postoperative pulmonary venous restenosis who underwent reintervention at Shanghai Children's Medical Center (SCMC) from September 20...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kai L,Xiaoyang Z,Jinghao Z,Zhongqun Z,Qi S,Xiaomin H,Zhiwei X,Jinfen L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial blood flow (MBF) was investigated in children (14.2 +/- 5.01 years) with "resolved" coronary involvement after the onset of Kawasaki disease and angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries. Ten asymptomatic children with a history of Kawasaki disease had electrocardiography, echocardiography, and p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hauser M,Bengel F,Kuehn A,Nekolla S,Kaemmerer H,Schwaiger M,Hess J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous correction for complete transposition with intact ventricular septum remains the preferred surgical option in most centers (Mustard or Senning procedures). The long-term function of the morphologically right ventricle and tricuspid valve, which continue to sustain the systemic circulation thereafter, remains a ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Smith A,Wilkinson JL,Anderson RH,Arnold R,Dickinson DF

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery is often associated with low cardiac output in the postoperative period. This study sought to determine whether increasing heart rate via temporary atrial pacing is beneficial in augmenting cardiac output. Patients younger than 18 years who underwent cardiothoracic surgery and had no p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Barker GM,Affolter J,Saenz J,Cox CS,Forbess JM,Scott WA,Zeltser I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiography has previously been of limited use in visualizing the aorta in neonates and infants. Using a new technique--right parasternal scanning--the aortic arch and brachiocephalic vessels were studied in 50 children under 18 months of age. Complete visualization was accomplished in 47 patients including those...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： George L,Waldman JD,Kirkpatrick SE,Turner SW,Pappelbaum SJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe atrioventricular valve (AVV) or semilunar valve (SLV) regurgitation in the setting of a single ventricle physiology may proceed to valve replacement if repair strategies fail. Outcome data for these children are limited. We present transplant-free survival of a case series of children with single ventricle phys...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Alshami N,Sarvestani AL,Thomas AS,St Louis J,Kochilas L,Raghuveer G

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:A rare case of isolated innominate artery arising from a left persistent arterial duct with a right aortic arch is presented. Of interest in this case is the retrograde flow in the left carotid system, the history of developmental delay, and the magnetic resonance image (MRI) brain findings suggestive of asymmetric vo...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Reeves BM,Colen TM,Sheridan BJ,Ward C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With improvements in technology and surgical technique, pediatric cardiologists are challenging surgeons to close symptomatic ventricular septal defects (VSDs) in ever smaller patients. Although delaying surgery may facilitate operative repair, early intervention decreases the period of time these patients require the...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kogon B,Butler H,Kirshbom P,Kanter K,McConnell M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is presented to identify and characterize the spectrum of the cardiovascular anomalies in children presenting with Williams-Beuren syndrome and cardiovascular anomalies at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto from 1966 to 1988. Forty-nine children were diagnosed and followed. The female to male ratio was...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Zalzstein E,Moes CA,Musewe NN,Freedom RM

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is an important cause of chronic congestive cardiac failure in children. In patients with idiopathic DCM, endothelium vasomotor function is disturbed. There are many studies on the roles of nitric oxide (NO) and adrenomedullin (AM) in adult patients with DCM. However, to our knowledge, no ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kilinç M,Balat A,Cekmen M,Yürekli M,Yilmaz K,Sahinöz S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report of a neonate with cardiac tumors in association with tuberous sclerosis is presented. The rare complication of pulmonary embolism and its successful treatment by anticoagulation and thrombolytic therapy is described. The treatment of these cardiac tumors is conservative, because the tumors regress sponta...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kuwabara N,Kuwahara T,Takahashi K,Goto H

更新日期：2001-07-01 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 five-day-old infant with transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and an interrupted right aortic arch underwent successful balloon septostomy, pulmonary artery banding, and aortic arch repair. The infant also had abnormal facies with severe refractory hypocalcemia and depressed T-lymphocyte n...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duncan WJ,Tyrrell MJ,Bharadwaj B,Rosenberg AM,Schroeder ML,Bingham WT

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00