Patient safety and human factors in pediatric cardiac surgery.

abstract：:Patency of the ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common finding in small premature infants. Recently pulsed-Doppler-cross sectional echocardiography (PD-CSE) has been successfully used in these patients. We report a case of a premature infant with an unusual PD-CSE pattern. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Marasini M,Pongiglione G,Silvestri G,Ribaldone D,Garello-Cantoni L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The slope of the relation between the unadjusted QT interval and heart rate during the face immersion test has been reported to be useful as an index for predicting an abnormal lengthening of the QT interval for children with nonfamilial long QT syndrome. Our goals were to determine whether we can replace the slope of...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kamimura J,Yoshinaga M,Kono Y,Yanagi S,Nishi J,Nomura Y,Fukushige T,Kusubae R,Shinkura R,Miyata K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to understand the scope of pediatric heart failure (HF) and the current staffing environment of HF programs. An online survey was distributed to members of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study and the Pediatric Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. All participants ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Auerbach SR,Everitt MD,Butts RJ,Rosenthal DN,Law YM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interruption of the aortic arch and hypoplastic left heart syndrome in the same patient is exceptional. In the combined collections of the Registry of Cardiovascular Disease (St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.) and the Registry of Congenital Heart Defects of the Rijksuniversiteit Gent (Gent, Belgium) three specimens were fou...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Devloo-Blancquaert A,Titus JL,Edwards JE,Vallaeys JH,De Gezelle HR,Coppens M

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital aneurysms of the thoracic venous system are rare. In particular, innominate venous aneurysms are extremely rare. We describe a 16-year-old girl whose chest x-ray suggested a mediastinal tumor. Three-dimensional contrast-enhancement magnetic resonance venography showed a giant sacciform aneurysm of the left ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Tsuji A,Katada Y,Tanimoto M,Fujita I

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramural coronary artery is known to be a risk factor for early death after an arterial switch operation (ASO). We evaluated the early and mid-term results of ASO for patients with intramural coronary artery. From September 2008 to March 2012, seven patients with an intramural coronary artery underwent ASO at our ho...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chen X,Cui H,Chen W,Yang S,Cui Y,Xia Y,Ma L

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:The spectrum of cardiac anomalies in trisomy 18 typically includes septal defects and polyvalvular disease and only rarely complex malformations. We report the first case of trisomy 18 with truncus arteriosus type II. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Moore JW,Wight NE,Jones MC,Krous HF

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients post-bidirectional Glenn (BDG) operation are at risk of left and right pulmonary artery (LPA and RPA) hypoplasia. Transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) in active children can miss essential elements of anatomy. Procedural sedation improves image quality but increases risk of adverse events. We hypothesized that...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Williams JL,Raees MA,Sunthankar S,Killen SAS,Bichell D,Parra DA,Soslow JH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review outlines the morphologic and pathogenetic characteristics of congenital polyvalvular disease. Two cases are used for exemplification. The macroscopic and histologic features of the valves as well as associated cardiac lesions and clinical syndromes are described, followed by a discussion of morphogenesis o...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bartram U,Bartelings MM,Kramer HH,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-year-old girl with cor triatriatum with unroofed coronary sinus and persistent left superior vena cava underwent preoperative radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial tachycardia attack that developed after admission to our hospital. The procedure was not successful. Cryoablation was successfully performed duri...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sato T,Suzuki K,Umemura J,Takahashi Y,Tomimoto K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are expressed in the heart, and mutations in several RBPs have been implicated in cardiovascular disease through genetic associations, animal modeling, and mechanistic studies. However, the functions of many more cardiac RBPs, and their relevance to disease states, remain to be elu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Akerberg AA,Burns CE,Burns CG

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：: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：:Vasculopathy has been identified in young individuals with Turner syndrome (TS). No studies in young individuals with TS have investigated whether this vasculopathy progresses over time. The objective of this study is to describe the changes in vasculopathy over time in a cohort of young individuals with TS. Repeat ul...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Blunden CE,Urbina EM,Lawson SA,Gutmark-Little I,Shah AS,Khoury PR,Backeljauw PF

更新日期：2020-11-26 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：:The commonly used Darling classification for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed types (Craig et al., Lab Invest 6:44-64, 1967). In supracardiac TAPVC, the common pulmonary vein drains superiorly into the left innominate vein, the superior vena...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shah S,Singh M,John C,Maheshwari S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). This study was designed to determine biomarker levels in patients with PAH associated with CHD (PAH-CHD) and CHD patients without PAH and to investigate the relationship of these potent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sanli C,Oguz D,Olgunturk R,Tunaoglu FS,Kula S,Pasaoglu H,Gulbahar O,Cevik A

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：: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：:Different devices have been used for percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs). Over the past 6 months, we have used the Amplatzer duct occluder for VSDs associated with tunnel-shaped aneurysm in three patients here at our institution. Due to the anatomic resemblance between such VSDs and the duct occl...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Dilawar M,Numan M,El-Sisi A,Gendi SM,Ahmad Z

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:A 16-year-old boy with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, Bland-White-Garland syndrome, underwent a mammary artery bypass grafting to the left coronary artery (LCA) together with closure of the stenosed origin of the left coronary artery. A residual LCA to pulmonary artery fistula ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Beitzke A,Luha O,Gamillscheg A

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) are standard methods of quantifying left ventricular (LV) systolic function. 2D global longitudinal strain (2D GLS) is a well-established, but underutilized method for LV function quantification. The aim of this study was to assess precision of GLS compared to EF &...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Patel MD,Myers C,Negishi K,Singh GK,Anwar S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Changes in ventricular geometry are often seen in patients with right ventricular hypertension secondary to pulmonary hypertension (PH). Progressive systolic bowing of the inter-ventricular septum occurs with increasing right ventricular pressure (RVp) and can be quantified with the left ventricular end-systolic eccen...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Averin K,Michelfelder E,Sticka J,Cash M,Hirsch R

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifications of the Fontan operation can afford excellent palliation for many patients with a variety of forms of single ventricle. In properly selected patients who are good candidates, early and late survival can be as high as 95-97%. However, mortality is considerably higher for patients with risk factors for poor...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Driscoll DJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise testing can highlight repolarisation abnormalities in adults with coronary artery disease. Late after Kawasaki disease (KD), increased QT dispersion (QTd) has been reported on resting ECG in children, but there are no reported studies of QTd during exercise. Our objective was to determine the pattern of QTd r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gravel H,Dahdah N,Fournier A,Mathieu MÈ,Curnier D

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in asymptomatic patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is typically based on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-derived ventricular volume measurements. Current criteria do not account for sex-based differences in chamber size. The purpose of this study was to ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Pettit KA,Francois CJ,Aggarwal NR,Hess TM,Bartlett HL

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) is one of the most common cyanotic heart lesions. The arterial switch operation (ASO) is the preferred surgical palliation for D-TGA. One of the primary concerns following the ASO is complications arising from the coronary artery transfer. There is a need for myocardi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Noel CV,Krishnamurthy R,Masand P,Moffett B,Schlingmann T,Cheong BY,Krishnamurthy R

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00