Nonsurgical treatment of patent arterial duct in term neonates with congenital heart disease: the role of intravenous indomethacin.

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：: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

abstract：:Combination of right and left ventricular outflow tracts obstruction is extremely rare. Neonates with combined aortic stenosis (AS) and pulmonary stenosis (PS) present in critical condition and required urgent treatment. The management approach is not well defined. We report five female neonates with combined AS and P...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Elhoury ME,El-Segaier M,Momenah T,Galal MO

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antenatal diagnosis of right heart enlargement has a wide spectrum of differential diagnosis from maternal, placental and fetal causes, and outcomes of all are not known. Coarctation of the aorta is in the differential diagnosis of right heart enlargement. In our study, we focused to measure multiple cardiac dimension...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sivanandam S,Nyholm J,Wey A,Bass JL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D has anti-inflammatory properties, and deficiency is prevalent in children. There is a paucity of data regarding vitamin D status and its correlation with low-grade inflammation and vasculature. We prospectively enrolled 25 children, 9-11 years old (13 male); 21 obese. Eight atherosclerosis-promoting risk fac...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Singh J,Merrill ED,Sandesara PB,Schoeneberg L,Dai H,Raghuveer G

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Left-ventricular apical hypoplasia is a rare entity. Although it has typical imaging features on cardiovascular magnetic resonance, recognizing this condition on echocardiography can be challenging. This report describes an asymptomatic pediatric patient who initially presented with a left-ventricular mass on echocard...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ong CC,Hia CP,Lim TC,Teo LL

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dilated cardiomyopathy in children still has a poor prognosis with high rates of mortality and cardiac transplantation (resp. around 20 and 25%). Awaiting transplantation or possible recovery, these pediatric patients are mechanically supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or a paracorporeal ventricular as...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mets G,Panzer J,De Wolf D,Bové T

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid overload and prolonged mechanical ventilation lead to worse outcomes in critically ill children. However, the association between these variables in children following congenital heart surgery is unknown. The objectives of this study were to describe the association between fluid overload and duration of mechani...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sampaio TZ,O'Hearn K,Reddy D,Menon K

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality among patients with diabetes, and heart failure exists even in the absence of coronary disease. Myocardial metabolism is altered in the diabetic heart as a result of changes in substrate availability secondary to insulin resistance. The nuclear receptor peroxisome...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duncan JG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to characterize the shifting epidemiology and resource utilization of Lyme disease and associated carditis in US children's hospitals. We hypothesized that the Lyme carditis burden has increased and that hospitalizations for Lyme carditis are costlier than those for Lyme disease without carditis. The PHIS da...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Beach CM,Hart SA,Nowalk A,Feingold B,Kurland K,Arora G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists as to whether a hemodynamically significant left-to-right shunt due to a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) affects ventricular contractility. Load-dependent indices such as ejection fraction and shortening fraction have traditionally been used to assess contractility, but the relationship between the r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Barlow AJ,Ward C,Webber SA,Sinclair BG,Potts JE,Sandor GG

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlarged bronchial arteries and/or systemic-to-pulmonary collaterals have been frequently demonstrated in association with transposition of the great arteries. They are usually clinically silent, although they might be large enough to cause accelerated pulmonary vascular obstructive disease or symptomatic cardiac volu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Santoro G,Carrozza M,Russo MG,Calabrò R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked disorder characterised by cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, skeletal myopathy and growth delay. This study describes the UK national clinical experience and outcome of cardiomyopathy in BTHS. The clinical course and echocardiographic changes of all patients with BTHS in the UK were revi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kang SL,Forsey J,Dudley D,Steward CG,Tsai-Goodman B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overweight and obesity rates have risen dramatically in the United States, with subsequent detrimental comorbidity risks. The rates for obesity among children with congenital and acquired heart disease have rarely been reported. A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of overwei...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shustak RJ,McGuire SB,October TW,Phoon CK,Chun AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Management of warfarin in pediatric patients remains a clinical challenge. Warfarin may be administered after congenital heart surgery, and the risks of morbidity can be high. Currently, no data exist to describe the initiation of warfarin and the risk factors for morbidity in post-congenital heart surgery patients. T...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lowry AW,Moffett BS,Moodie D,Knudson JD

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Killian-Pallister syndrome is a rare dysmorphic condition characterized by specific clinical manifestations and tetrasomy 12p. Although the association of this condition with congenital heart disease has been previously documented, no cases have been reported in association with Fallot's tetralogy. We report one such ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Grech V,Parascandalo R,Cuschieri A

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenomedullin (ADM) is a vasoactive peptide with potent dilatory effects. We studied whether perioperative myocardial injury could be altered by the presence of ADM. Blood samples from 19 children with congenital heart disease undergoing surgical repair were collected at six time points: preoperative, on cardiopulmon...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Szekely L,Vijay P,Sharp TG,Bando K,Brown JW

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:M-mode and 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic imaging are routinely used to quantify left-ventricular (LV) size and function in pediatric patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The reproducibility of and correlation between these techniques are unknown. This analysis sought to compare interreader, intrareader, ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lee CK,Margossian R,Sleeper LA,Canter CE,Chen S,Tani LY,Shirali G,Szwast A,Tierney ES,Campbell MJ,Golding F,Wang Y,Altmann K,Colan SD,Pediatric Heart Network Investigators.

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary valve stenosis is described in an 800-g infant. A modified catheter was required to cross the valve in the smallest child known to undergo this procedure. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hoyer MH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence, history, and treatment of arrhythmias, in particular preexcitation and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, in patients with Ebstein anomaly (EA) during childhood and adolescence, we performed a multicenter retrospective study of all consecutive live-born patients with EA, diagnosed, and fol...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Delhaas T,Sarvaas GJ,Rijlaarsdam ME,Strengers JL,Eveleigh RM,Poulino SE,de Korte CL,Kapusta L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrial flutter/fibrillation (AFL/AF) is a late complication in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Its effects on long-term prognosis are not fully understood. We evaluate the impact of AFL/AF in adults with repaired TOF on global mortality and unplanned hospitalizations during follow-up, and the predictor...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： de Castilhos GM,Ley ALG,Daudt NS,Horowitz ESK,Leiria TLL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neonatal Marfan syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease with an extremely poor prognosis. This report gives a clinical and echocardiographic description of an infant with a mutation in exon 29 of the fibrillin-1 gene (FBN1), a region in which this severe form of Marfan syndrome seems to cluster. The ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Weidenbach M,Brenner R,Rantamäki T,Redel DA

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive measurement of cardiac output (CO) and particularly stroke volume (SV) remain difficult but potentially valuable. These variables can be particularly challenging to measure in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). Impedance cardiography (IC) is a technique shown to be accurate in measuring SV in ad...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ebrahim M,Hegde S,Printz B,Abcede M,Proudfoot JA,Davis C

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic aortic insufficiency (AI), left-ventricular (LV) dysfunction must be detected early to allow timely surgery. Strain and strain rate have been used for this purpose in adults, but the value of this method in pediatric AI has not been established. Forty patients with moderate to severe AI were included in thi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lowenthal A,Tacy TA,Behzadian F,Punn R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, revolutionary advances in ultrasound imaging technology have allowed the study of the evolution of congenital heart disease during fetal life. The frustration arising from watching the prenatal progression of severe semilunar valve obstructions and therapy-refractory fetal arrhythmias has prompte...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kohl T

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pheochromocytoma is a rare disease, which often presents a diagnostic challenge due to a variable symptom presentation complex. We report the case of a child who presented with isolated symptoms of palpitations and was found to have junctional tachycardia with subsequent development of cardiomyopathy. Further evaluati...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kim JJ,Valdes SO,Kertesz NJ,Cannon BC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A premature child with congenital complete heart block had an epicardial single-chamber pacemaker implanted at 2 days of age. At 21 months of age, while sitting or standing, the patient's right anterior thigh muscles contracted at her pulse rate. Surgical exploration revealed a free-floating pacemaker in her peritoneu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Salim MA,DiSessa TG,Watson DC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent congenital left atrial aneurysm presenting in a newborn as cardiac tamponade is described. Such a presentation has not been previously reported. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mansour E,Aldousany A,Arce O,Subramanian S,Ashraf MH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00