Percutaneous device closure of a bifurcated inferior vena cava and completion of the Kawashima procedure for the "difficult" univentricular heart.

abstract：:Two children with acute symptomatic pericardial effusion had unusual echocardiographic findings. In each case, the pericardial effusion was hemorrhagic. Echocardiography displayed numerous linear bands coursing across the pericardial space. Recognition of this characteristic image may predict that an acute effusion is...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Morriss JH,Lee J,Lupinetti FM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the common pulmonary vein fails to develop, the embryonic connections of the pulmonary veins to one or more of the systemic veins almost always persist. Anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the inferior vena cava (IVC) are typically characterized by hypoplasia of the involved pulmonary veins and pulmonary ar...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Juraszek AL,Cohn H,Van Praagh R,Van Praagh S

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catheter ablation in children requires placement of multiple large femoral venous sheaths and catheters. Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) was used to evaluate the effect of indwelling lines on femoral venous blood flow. Between October 1993 and February 1994 a total of 17 patients scheduled for catheter ablation u...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Miga DE,McKellar LF,Denslow S,Wiles HB,Case CL,Gillette PC

更新日期：1997-05-01 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：:Despite improved outcomes following modifications to the Fontan technique, significant morbidity and mortality persist. We sought to determine if abnormal pre-Fontan catheterization hemodynamic data will predict postoperative prolonged hospital stay (PHLOS) and adverse post-discharge outcomes. This is a retrospective ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Guruchandrasekar SH,Dakin H,Kadochi M,Bhatia A,Bardales L,Johnston M,Piggott KD

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Sudden death accounts for up to 43% of all deaths in patients with familial dysautonomia (FD). The classic features of FD, namely, autonomic dysfunction, high blood pressure, and blood pressure labiality, are all risk factors for cardiac remodeling and hypertrophy. Myocardial remodeling and hypertrophy are independent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nussinovitch U,Katz U,Nussinovitch M,Blieden L,Nussinovitch N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Requiring bilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (bSCPA) instead of unilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (uSCPA) could influence surgical timing and outcomes. We compared surgical timing and outcomes for patients who underwent uSCPA to those who underwent bSCPA through use of the Pediatric Heart Network...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shuler JM,Statile C,Heydarian H,Lehenbauer DG,Hill GD

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The Norwood procedure with a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) is the first of the three-stage surgical palliation for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We report a patient with schistocytic hemolytic anemia that developed following a right MBTS with a Gore-Tex graft. Hemolysis associated with a MBTS h...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ryerson LM,Wechsler SB,Ohye RG

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For premature infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), it may be unclear when the burdens of treatment outweigh potential benefits. Parents may thus have to choose between comfort care at birth and medical stabilization until surgical repair is feasible. Better defined outcome data, including risk factors for mort...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lynema S,Fifer CG,Laventhal NT

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hemodynamically stable neonate with transposition of the great arteries suddenly went into cardiac arrest during preparation for transport to the operating room. Emergency echocardiography during cardiac massage detected coronary air embolism as the presumed cause of arrest. After about 15 minutes of resuscitation, ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Weidenbach M,Riede FT,Dähnert I

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional occluder implantation has become the preferred mode of treatment in children with clinically significant atrial septal defect (ASD). The continuous increase in the number of patients treated calls for long-term data on device integrity and biocompatibility. We report a child who underwent successful int...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Zhu W,Neubauer H

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：:Non-invasive evaluation of right ventricular (RV) systolic function in neonates with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with traditional metrics including RV fractional area change (FAC) and tricuspid annular systolic plane excursion (TAPSE) has improved outcomes. Apical three-chamber (3C) RV-FAC, a novel tripartite assessme...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chikkabyrappa SM,Critser P,Roane J,Buddhe S,Tretter JT

更新日期：2020-08-01 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：:Rho-kinase (ROCK) belongs to the AGC (protein kinase A/protein kinase G/protein kinase C, PKA/PKG/PKC) family of serine/threonine kinases and is a major downstream effector of small GTPase RhoA. Rho-kinase is involved in a wide range of fundamental cellular functions such as contraction, adhesion, migration, and proli...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shi J,Zhang L,Wei L

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2017, the AHA published revised guidelines for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease (KD). In the absence of compelling data supporting or refuting the utility of lack of tapering (LT) and perivascular brightness (PB), expert panel consensus removed LT and PB from consideration. We hypothesize that LT and PB ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Rabinowitz EJ,Rubin LG,Desai K,Hayes DA,Tugertimur A,Kwon EN,Dhanantwari P,Misra N,Stoffels G,Blaufox AD,Mitchell E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postpericardiotomy syndrome is a frequent complication following cardiac surgery. It is characterized by fever, chest pain, pericardial friction rub or pericardial effusion, and laboratory signs of inflammation. Treatment includes the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory agents, corticosteroids, and pericardial draina...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wendelin G,Fandl A,Beitzke A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 5-year-old child with a Fontan circulation presented with acquired left pulmonary vein occlusion related to a previous surgical repair. We managed this lesion using a hybrid technique to perforate, dilate and stent the obstructed vessel. This approach should be considered when percutaneous access to the pulmonary ve...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mainzer G,Rosenthal E,Austin C,Morgan G

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anatomic evidence of intrauterine closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) has been reported rarely. Between 1985 and 1990, 112 autopsies were performed at the Mayo Clinic on third trimester stillborns and infants who died during the first week of life. There were 21 (19%) cases of congenital heart disease. VSD wa...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nir A,Driscoll DJ,Edwards WD

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:The hybrid pathway for the management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome was pioneered at our institution and is the preferred approach compared with the traditional Norwood pathway. Patients undergoing this surgery are generally <6 months of age, and pain management in this age group after surgery for c...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Naguib AN,Dewhirst E,Winch PD,Simsic J,Galantowicz M,Tobias JD

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a newborn with a congenital aneurysm of the muscular interventricular septum, a conduction system abnormality involving variable left and right bundle branch block, and an abnormality of the short arm of chromosome 20, This combination of anomalies has not been previously reported. To date, the infant has pr...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wong SH,Coleman DM,Aftimos S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This study aimed to evaluate the effects of washed cardiopulmonary (CPB) circuit residual blood reinfusion on the postoperative clinical outcome for pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery. A total of 309 consecutive Chinese cardiac patients receiving CPB between October 2010 and April 2011 were prospectively an...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ye L,Lin R,Fan Y,Yang L,Hu J,Shu Q

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 4-month-old infant with torsade de pointes secondary to procainamide treatment. The infant presented with atrial flutter and converted to normal sinus rhythm with intravenous procainamide. Oral procainamide therapy was initiated as the infusion was tapered, and the patient subsequently developed incessant ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bell D,Thoele DG,Mander G,Bauman JL

更新日期：1995-03-01 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：:This study aimed to determine the dimensions of the thoracic aorta and the predictors of aortic dimensions in girls and young women with Turner syndrome (TS). A cross-sectional study was performed at a secondary care center. The study compared 41 TS patients with 50 healthy age-matched control subjects. The mean age o...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Cleemann L,Mortensen KH,Holm K,Smedegaard H,Skouby SO,Wieslander SB,Leffers AM,Leth-Espensen P,Pedersen EM,Gravholt CH

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00