Insights into the characteristics of mammalian cardiomyocyte terminal differentiation shown through the study of mice with a dysfunctional c-kit.

abstract：:Since its first description in Japan 30 years ago, Kawasaki disease has been reported worldwide. Although an infectious etiology is suspected based on the epidemiology and clinical features, a causative agent has not been identified. The majority of the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition is attribu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Laupland KB,Dele Davies H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the use of cross-sectional imaging--echocardiography and contrast-enhanced computed tomography--to confirm the presence of a foramen-type defect of the left pericardium with herniation of the left atrial appendage. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Burrows PE,Smallhorn JS,Trusler GA,Daneman A,Moes CA,Rowe RD

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear if neonatal tetralogy of Fallot repair offers better outcomes compared to repair later in infancy. We therefore conducted a meta-analysis comparing outcomes of neonatal and non-neonatal repair. Manuscripts were identified and reviewed for quality and bias with favorably scored manuscripts being included ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Loomba RS,Buelow MW,Woods RK

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular (RV) function as assessed by deformation has been evaluated prenatally and after palliation in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). However, limited data exist about the immediate postnatal cardiac adaptation and RV function in HLHS. We compared echocardiographic measures of cardiac performance in...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Altit G,Bhombal S,Chock VY,Tacy TA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debilitating cardiomyocyte loss underlies the progression to heart failure. Although there have been significant advances in treatment, current therapies are intended to improve or preserve heart function rather than regenerate lost myocardium. A major hurdle in implementing a cell-based regenerative therapy is the in...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Willems E,Bushway PJ,Mercola M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe a case of coarctation of the aorta, congenital aortic stenosis with bicuspid valve, and supravalvar aortic stenosis with left coronary artery ostial stenosis. The child underwent staged treatment using a hybrid approach employing both surgical and interventional cardiology methods. A single...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Goel P,Madhu Sankar N,Rajan S,Cherian KM

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:This report describes a case involving the rare combination of persistent truncus arteriosus type A2, double aortic arch, and mitral stenosis. At the age of 26 days, the patient underwent division of the right-sided aortic arch with tracheal compression and bilateral pulmonary banding. Fontan completion was successful...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Imai K,Tsukuda K,Sakazaki H,Fujiwara K

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Our purpose was to evaluate the impact of suspicion or confirmation of heart disease on the physical and psychosocial health of children. We utilized the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ PF-50). Children ages 5 to 18 years attending a general cardiology clinic were eligible. Those with primary noncardiac diagnoses unre...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Walker RE,Gauvreau K,Jenkins KJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:Studies of larger patient groups for systematic assessment of the anatomical accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) have been performed so far only in adults. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether MRI can precisely depict pulmonary venous anatomy in...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Riesenkampff EM,Schmitt B,Schnackenburg B,Huebler M,Alexi-Meskishvili V,Hetzer R,Berger F,Kuehne T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, it is clear that primary hypertension begins in childhood and that it contributes to the early development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Hypertension also increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, and that risk rises as blood pressure levels escalate. As among adult patients, overweig...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Assadi F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our institute, 1100 patients with a history of Kawasaki disease have been catheterized for selective coronary arteriography. Their age at examination ranged from four months to 13 years. Coronary artery lesions (CAL) were found in 262 patients. As far as the type of the CAL was concerned, occlusion was noted in 20 ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Suzuki A,Kamiya T,Kuwahara N,Ono Y,Kohata T,Takahashi O,Kimura K,Takamiya M

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to provide descriptive information about off-label treatment practice with clopidogrel in a pediatric population. METHODS:Patients less than 18 years of age prescribed clopidogrel between March 2002 and August 2005 were retrospectively identified at Children's Hospital, Boston. Data from th...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Maltz LA,Gauvreau K,Connor JA,Jenkins KJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with single ventricle, mitral atresia, common atrium, pulmonary stenosis, azygos continuation of the inferior vena cava and bilateral systemic artery--pulmonary artery anastomoses, the systemic veins were connected directly to the pulmonary arteries to achieve physiologic repair; the child was discharged ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Waldman JD,Lamberti JJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications, such as recoarctation or secondary hypertension, probably related to the loss of arterial elasticity, frequently occur after aortic coarctation surgery. This study aimed to investigate arterial compliance as evaluated by automated recording of the QKd interval in patients who underwent repair of coarcta...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bassareo PP,Marras AR,Manai ME,Mercuro G

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little has been published about specific problems that may occur during long-distance transports of newborn cardiac patients. During a 4-year period after centralization of pediatric heart surgery in Sweden, 286 transports were prospectively investigated. A majority (77.3%) of the transports were carried out by nonspe...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hellström-Westas L,Hanséus K,Jögi P,Lundström NR,Svenningsen N

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging has higher spatial resolution than conventional single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging and allows accurate and reproducible quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF). In this article, we describe the role of PET myocardial perfusio...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Singh TP,Muzik O,Forbes TF,Di Carli MF

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with tricuspid atresia after total cavopulmonary connection who developed significant mitral valve regurgitation. Doppler myocardial echocardiography tracings showed "pseudonormalization" of diastolic velocities. After successful surgical reconstruction of the mitral valve, the diastolic myocardial...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Petzuch K,Eicken A,Marek J,Vogel M,Schreiber C,Hess J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure (HF) has high morbidity and mortality in children. This study aimed to investigate the value of cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in children with heart failure. This study was a prospective case-control study that involved 50 children with acute HF and 2...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： El Amrousy D,Hodeib H,Suliman G,Hablas N,Salama ER,Esam A

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to assess the impact of integrating a simulation-based education module into an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) curriculum on novice learners and to test the duration of time that skills obtained during this training exercise were retained. The authors hypothesized that multidisciplinary, s...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chan SY,Figueroa M,Spentzas T,Powell A,Holloway R,Shah S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in the setting of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit dysfunction is a relatively new procedure with encouraging early and midterm results. Malpositioning of the valve during implantation is a potentially serious complication. This report describes a case in which val...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Berman DP,Burke R,Zahn EM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum troponin (Tn) is often elevated in viral myocarditis; however, its prognostic significance is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that abnormal serum Tn is associated with mortality in children hospitalized with myocarditis. We retrospectively studied data from six large children's hospitals participating in the P...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Butto A,Rossano JW,Nandi D,Ravishankar C,Lin KY,O'Connor MJ,Shaddy RE,Shamszad P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been substantial controversy regarding treatment of congenital heart defects in infants with trisomies 13 and 18. Most reports have focused on surgical outcomes versus expectant treatment, and rarely there has been an effort to consolidate existing evidence into a more coherent way to help clinicians with de...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Carvajal HG,Callahan CP,Miller JR,Rensink BL,Eghtesady P

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae are commonly detectable in children after open-heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The objective of the study was to determine the neurodevelopmental outcome in these children in relation to postoperative inflammatory reaction. This is a prospective, observational stu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gessler P,Schmitt B,Prètre R,Latal B

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of ventricular dysfunction and asynchrony is very important in predicting the outcome for children with a single right ventricle. However, the assessment is inaccurate and subjective because of the unusual ventricular shape. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and clinical value of velocity vector ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wu YR,Zhang YQ,Chen LJ,Wang SS,Zhong SW,Zhang ZF

更新日期：2014-10-01 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