Effective radiation dose in computed tomographic angiography of the chest and diagnostic cardiac catheterization in pediatric patients.

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe the long-term outcome of infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) who underwent placement of internal pulmonary artery bands as part of a transcatheter palliation procedure followed by primary heart transplantation. Transcatheter palliation included stenting of the ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Miyamoto SD,Pietra BA,Chan KC,Ivy DD,Mashburn C,Campbell DN,Mitchell MB,Boucek MM

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：:We report a case of isolated ventricular inversion in a 42-year-old woman. This rare congenital cardiac anomaly was corrected by an intraatrial baffle procedure. She also underwent left-sided double-chamber endocardial pacemaker implantation for postoperative tachycardia bradycardia syndrome. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kannan BR,Kamath KP,Rao SG,Kumar RK

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia can be a real challenge during cardiac surgery in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease. This report describes a 7-year-old girl with d-transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, pulmonary hypertension, chronic thrombocytopenia, polycythemia, and chronic renal impairment...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Al-Biltagi M,Ismail MF,Al-Radi OO,Baho H

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is a rare anomaly that is thought to arise from a defect in looping of the primitive cardiac tube. Cor triatriatum is another rare congenital cardiac anomaly due to faulty incorporation of the common pulmonary vein into the left atrium. We present a rare case ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jayranganath M,Subramanian A,Manjunath CN

更新日期：2011-04-01 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

abstract：:In contrast to the percentile-based definitions of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension for children and adolescents of all ages in the 2004 fourth report, the 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) BP guideline recommends a change to single BP cut-offs for clinical diagnosis (120/< 80-129/< 80 mmHg for el...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Liu Q,Hou Y,Yang L,Zhao M,Li S,Xi B

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate by Doppler echocardiography whether administration of transdermal nitroglycerin (NTG) to children with congestive heart failure could modify mitral flow velocity profile with redistribution of left ventricular filling to late diastole, suggesting preload reduction of the left vent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Vaksmann G,Pariente-Khayat A,Godart F,Francart C,Rey E,D'Athis P,Pons G,Rey C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subtotal cor triatriatum sinister (partially divided left atrium) is characterized by a membrane dividing the left atrium into two portions: a dorsal accessory proximal chamber that receives part of the pulmonary venous return and a small restrictive defect in the membrane that obstructs blood flow from the accessory ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sivakumar K,Satish R,Tailor K,Coelho R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital anomaly, affecting 1 % of live births. The field of pediatric cardiology has witnessed major advances over the past 25 years triggered by research initiatives focusing on CHD. However, large disparities exist in research capabilities between Arab developing ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Farhat T,Abdul-Sater Z,Obeid M,Arabi M,Diab K,Masri S,Al Haless Z,Nemer G,Bitar F

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a higher incidence of sudden death in patients with Rett syndrome than individuals in the general population. Previous studies have implicated cardiac dysautonomia and a long QT interval as causative factors. Because carnitine plays a critical role in cellular metabolism and may have beneficial effects on car...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Guideri F,Acampa M,Hayek Y,Zappella M

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 11 day-old female infant underwent resection of a mass in the subaortic region secondary to critical aortic stenosis. At 3 months of age, recurrent severe left-ventricular outflow obstruction (LVOT) in the setting of heart failure prompted redo surgery, and the resected mass revealed an intracardiac foregut cyst, w...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Huang JH,Rudzinski ER,Minette MS,Langley SM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac rhabdomyoma (CR) is the most common cardiac tumor in newborns. Approximately 75% of cases are associated with tuberous sclerosis complex. Although these tumors usually spontaneously regress after 2 years of age, they can be life-threatening when they obstruct major cardiac inflow or outflow pathways. Everolimu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chang JS,Chiou PY,Yao SH,Chou IC,Lin CY

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：:Balloon angioplasty for native coarctation of the aorta in infants and children is gaining acceptance as an alternative to surgery in discrete membranous obstruction. The aim of this study was to assess the immediate and intermediate-term effectiveness and safety of balloon angioplasty in infants and children with dis...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Massoud Iel S,Farghly HE,Abdul-Monem A,Botros N,Kassem A,Magraby AE,Dawood A,Abdul-Hakam M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-year-old child who had had palliative surgery as a neonate for an absent right atrioventricular connection and double-inlet ventricle was shown to be developmentally retarded. Trisomy for the short arm of chromosome 8 was demonstrated, resulting from a familial 8:13 translocation, with a high risk of recurrence....

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Burn J,Baraitser M,Hughes DT,Saldana-Garcia P,Taylor JF

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although Kawasaki disease (KD) was first discovered and identified in Japan by Kawasaki in the 1960s, fatal KD cases resulting from coronary artery aneurysms had been identified retrospectively in the West as early as 1871. Kawasaki initially postulated that this disease was a new, as yet unidentified, self-limiting i...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kushner HI,Abramowsky CR

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report hemodynamic findings in two patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) after "one-and-a-half ventricle repair" and placement of a bidirectional Glenn shunt using four-dimensional (4D) flow magnetic resonance imaging. Quantification of flow and analysis of flow patterns revealed the...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Uribe S,Bächler P,Valverde I,Crelier GR,Beerbaum P,Tejos C,Irarrazaval P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the third leading cause of death in children <1 year of age in Mexico where there is a high prevalence of the 677C → T polymorphism of the MTHFR gene. This is important because the homozygous 677T/T MTHFR gene and deficiency of folic acid (FA) intake have been associated with CHD. Ou...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Balderrábano-Saucedo NA,Sánchez-Urbina R,Sierra-Ramírez JA,García-Hernández N,Sánchez-Boiso A,Klunder-Klunder M,Arenas-Aranda D,Bravo-Hernández G,Noriega-Zapata P,Vizcaíno-Alarcón A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic basis of congenital heart disease remains unknown in most of the cases. Recently, a novel mouse model shed new light on the role of CCN1/CYR61, a matricellular regulatory factor, in cardiac morphogenesis. In a candidate gene approach, we analyzed a cohort of 143 patients with atrial septal defects (ASD) by...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Perrot A,Schmitt KR,Roth EM,Stiller B,Posch MG,Browne EN,Timmann C,Horstmann RD,Berger F,Özcelik C

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital diverticulum of the left ventricle, a rare malformation, is usually associated with midline thoracoabdominal defect. We describe a case with congenital left ventricular diverticulum presenting as an isolated lesion. The lesion was suspected on two-dimensional echocardiography and was confirmed by cardiac ca...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wu JM,Yu CY

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chylous effusions frequently occur after cardiac surgery due to severe damage to the lymphatic system, thus indicating that the insertion of a chest tube may be necessary. Factor XIII (FXIII) is discussed as being essential for wound healing. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate whether the application ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schroth M,Meißner U,Cesnjevar R,Weyand M,Singer H,Rascher W,Klinge J

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) administered in the acute stage of Kawasaki disease (KD) is the standard therapy. Few reports describe nonresponders to initial treatment with IVIG in KD, which remains the most consistent risk factor for coronary artery lesions (CALs). This study aimed to investigate whether the seru...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kim SY,Han MY,Cha SH,Jeon YB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to evaluate school-age developmental and educational outcomes for children with and without a cardiac procedure in the first year of life to improve understanding of longer-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in children who have had a cardiac procedure for congenital heart disease, the most ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lawley CM,Winlaw DS,Sholler GF,Martin A,Badawi N,Walker K,Nassar N,Lain SJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a 2-month-old male infant with thrombosis in the superior vena cava and pericardium due to transient protein C deficiency. Protein C deficiency was related to sepsis and hepatitis-induced liver function impairment. The patient's cardiac anatomy was otherwise normal. The patient was referred to us with signs...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Demir T,Celkan T,Ahunbay G,Babaoglu A,Besikci R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this article is to examine the frequency, timing of formation of aneurysm of the ventricular membranous septum (AVMS), and prognosis in patients with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD). PATIENTS:One hundred forty-eight patients were diagnosed with a perimembranous VSD within 90 days...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Miyake T,Shinohara T,Nakamura Y,Fukuda T,Tasato H,Toyohara K,Tanihira Y

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defect (CHD) represents the most prevalent birth defect, and accounts for substantial morbidity and mortality in humans. Aggregating evidence demonstrates the genetic basis for CHD. However, CHD is a heterogeneous disease, and the genetic determinants underlying CHD in most patients remain unknown. In...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lu CX,Wang W,Wang Q,Liu XY,Yang YQ

更新日期：2018-04-01 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