Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia, Pregnancy and Teenager: Are They Compatible?

abstract：:A five-day-old infant with transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and an interrupted right aortic arch underwent successful balloon septostomy, pulmonary artery banding, and aortic arch repair. The infant also had abnormal facies with severe refractory hypocalcemia and depressed T-lymphocyte n...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duncan WJ,Tyrrell MJ,Bharadwaj B,Rosenberg AM,Schroeder ML,Bingham WT

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients (ages 3, 5, and 8 years) with various forms of functionally univentricular heart lesions received a total cavopulmonary connection with an extracardiac conduit as a final reconstructive procedure. Failure of the Fontan circulation occurred immediately after surgery because of spontaneous closure of surg...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Michel-Behnke I,Luedemann M,Bauer J,Hagel KJ,Akintuerk H,Schranz D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between pulmonary function and right ventricle (RV) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has not been evaluated. Using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), we describe the relationship of RV size and function with spirometry in a DMD cohort. Fifty-seven boys undergoing CMR and pulmonary function testing ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mehmood M,Ambach SA,Taylor MD,Jefferies JL,Raman SV,Taylor RJ,Sawani H,Mathew J,Mazur W,Hor KN,Al-Khalidi HR

更新日期：2016-06-01 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

abstract：:Systemic candidiasis developed in a seven-week-old premature baby after 6 weeks treatment with antibiotics for suspected septicemia. At that time the echocardiogram showed a dense layer of echoes posteriorly to the anterior tricuspid leaflet during atrial systole. The diagnosis of Candida endocarditis with vegetations...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Stopfkuchen H,Benzing F,Jüngst BK,Meyer W

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For some congenital heart lesions, higher institutional surgical volume has been associated with better survival than in lower volume centers. The relationship between institutional surgical volume and mortality in infants after total anomalous pulmonary vein return (TAPVR) repair has not been well explored. The Texas...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lahiri S,Wang Y,Caldarone CA,Morris SA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a 4-kg infant with Alagille syndrome and congenital heart disease consisting of atrial septal defect (ASD), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and severe peripheral pulmonic stenosis. He underwent successful orthotopic liver transplant along with catheter closure of the ASD and PDA using the Amplatzer device...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Harris M,Cao QL,Waight D,Hijazi ZM

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：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：:This case report describes a boy who had Kawasaki disease (KD) at age 12 months and had a recurrence one year later. The coronary arteries were normal following the initial episode; however, during the second episode he developed coronary aneurysms. Gallium-67 radionuclide imaging, echocardiography, and angiography we...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Vargo TA,Huhta JC,Moore WH,Person DA,Edwards MS

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:Myocardial contractility and relaxation are highly dependent on calcium homeostasis. Immature myocardium, as in pediatric patients, is thought to be more dependent on extracellular calcium for optimal function. For this reason, intravenous calcium chloride infusions may improve myocardial function in the pediatric pat...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Averin K,Villa C,Krawczeski CD,Pratt J,King E,Jefferies JL,Nelson DP,Cooper DS,Ryan TD,Sawyer J,Towbin JA,Lorts A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between maternal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene with plasma homocysteine (HCY) level and offspring congenital heart diseases (CHDs). 338 mothers with offspring CHDs as case group and 306 mothers of normal ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shi H,Yang S,Lin N,Huang P,Yu R,Chen M,Wang L,Jiang Z,Sun X

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to examine the impact that prenatal diagnosis of congenital heart disease (CHD) has on birth and early neonatal outcomes. The prevalence of prenatally diagnosed CHD has risen over the past decade, but the effect that prenatal diagnosis of CHD has on peripartum decisions remains unclear. No co...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Landis BJ,Levey A,Levasseur SM,Glickstein JS,Kleinman CS,Simpson LL,Williams IA

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a fetus diagnosed at 24 weeks' gestation with complete heart block associated with maternal collagen vascular disease and Sjögren's antibody. Serial fetal echocardiograms noted increased echogenicity along the tricuspid and mitral valves without insufficiency. Postnatally, severe tricuspid insuff...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Weber HS,Myers JL

更新日期：1994-07-01 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：:We herein describe, for the first time, the fetal presentation of a case of ventricular inversion, restrictive ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, hypertensive left ventricle and double outlet right ventricle at 34 weeks of gestational age. Postnatal echocardiography confirmed the prenatal diagnosis. The pa...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： El-Asmar JM,Degheili JA,Al-Halabi E,Sklansky M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ruptured sinus Valsalva aneurysm (SVA) in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot is a very rare cardiac complication. This report describes the case of a 10-year-old Hispanic girl who presented to her cardiologist for a routine transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), which showed a ruptured sinus of Valsalva, with left-to-r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mithani AA,Polimenakos AC,Santucci BA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fetal echocardiographic scan was performed when routine prenatal ultrasound screening failed to identify four cardiac chambers. The scan showed a single ventricle with an associated circoid varicosity. Because of these anomalies, amniocentesis was suggested and trisomy 18 confirmed. The presence of major cardiac str...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duncan WJ,George D,Ezzat W,Wallace K,Van den Beuken B

更新日期：1993-01-01 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

abstract：:Isolation of the left innominate artery arising from the ductus arteriosus is a rare clinical entity with only nine cases being reported in the literature [5, 7, 8]. We describe a case consisting of tetralogy of Fallot, right aortic arch, and isolation of the left innominate artery arising from a left-sided ductus art...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mart CR,Zachary CH,Kupferschmid JP,Weber HS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echocardiography has previously been of limited use in visualizing the aorta in neonates and infants. Using a new technique--right parasternal scanning--the aortic arch and brachiocephalic vessels were studied in 50 children under 18 months of age. Complete visualization was accomplished in 47 patients including those...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： George L,Waldman JD,Kirkpatrick SE,Turner SW,Pappelbaum SJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Branch pulmonary artery stenosis (BPAS) in the setting of systemic-pulmonary artery shunts (SPS) may result in significant sequelae. Limited information exists regarding the safety and efficacy of pulmonary artery balloon angioplasty and stent implantation via SPS in neonates and infants. This study aimed to examine t...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Aregullin EO,Gutierrez Y,Osorio S,Nykanen DG,Khan DM,Zahn EM

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium sulfate was given to pediatric cardiac surgical patients during cardiopulmonary bypass period in an attempt to reduce the occurrence of postoperative junctional ectopic tachycardia (PO JET). We reviewed our data to evaluate the effect of magnesium on the occurrence of JET and assess a possible relationship b...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： He D,Sznycer-Taub N,Cheng Y,McCarter R,Jonas RA,Hanumanthaiah S,Moak JP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present an unusual complication of the balloon atrial septostomy procedure performed in a neonate with D-transposition of the great arteries. Cardiac tamponade developed shortly after the balloon atrial septostomy procedure and the infant was found to have a tear in the superior aspect of the left atrium, ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Blanchard WB,Knauf DG,Victorica BE

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After surgical repair of an aortic coarctation a term infant presented with severe pulmonary hypertension and cyanosis unresponsive to treatment including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The atypical clinical course became apparent once the accompanying diagnosis of congenital alveolar capillary dysplasia with mi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gamillscheg A,Zobel G,Spuller E,Reiterer F,Beitzke A

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:We measured the coronary flow reserve in a 13-year-old girl with the rare anomaly of an absent left circumflex coronary artery. Although the coronary flow volume of the right coronary artery was at the same level as that of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the coronary flow reserve of the patient's right ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Itoi T,Oka T,Hamaoka K

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 9-year-old boy whose past history was remarkable for a heart murmur was diagnosed with abdominal angina due to acute occlusion of a simple coarctation of the aorta. Using a single cross-clamp, we accomplished an end-to-end anastomosis after resection of the coarctation. Paradoxical hypertension and abdominal angina ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ingu A,Morikawa M,Fuse S,Abe T

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 12-year-old male presented with a 6-week history of apparent digital vasculitis with color changes of the distal fingers and erythematous macules of the palms and soles. Physical examination revealed skin findings of Carney complex and an abnormal cardiac examination. Echocardiography demonstrated a large left atria...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mirkinson LJ,Ratnayaka K,Sable CA,Gaskin PR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00