Doppler estimation of pressure gradient in pulmonary stenosis: maximal instantaneous vs peak-to-peak, vs mean catheter gradient.

abstract：:A 5-year-old boy born with a congenital heart defect had insertion of an epicardial pacemaker that was found on routine evaluation to have been displaced into the rectovesical pouch. He underwent transvenous insertion of another pacemaker, and the displaced pacemaker was successfully retrieved by laparoscopy without i...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kravarusic D,Chirdan L,Freud E

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is documented that exercise can increase serum cardiac troponins in adults and adolescents; however, there is a lack of related studies concerning the release of cardiac troponins in children. This study investigated the influence of table tennis training on cardiac biomarkers in children. Twenty-eight male childre...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ma G,Liu Y,Liu K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient diagnosed with a small atrial septal defect (3-4 mm) that had grown to 24 mm in diameter over a six-year period. Timing of transcatheter intervention may be affected by growth of the atrial septal defect and this reports the first case of an atrial septal defect outgrowing the possibility of tran...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Tortoriello TA,McMahon C,Kovalchin JP,Bricker JT,Grifka RG

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HOXA1 gene plays a fundamental role in embryonic morphogenesis. Recent studies in humans and mice have indicated that HOXA1 plays a previously unrecognized role in cardiovascular system development. Congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly ventricular septal defect (VSD), might be a clinically isolated manifes...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Liu J,Wang B,Chen X,Li H,Wang J,Cheng L,Ma X,Gao B

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:At the University of California Davis Medical Center, a screening fetal ultrasound examination (level I or II) incorporates a comprehensive segmental evaluation of the fetal heart. This study evaluated the reliability of the fetal ultrasound exam in the detection of abnormal heart anatomy. Our retrospective study revi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Skeels M,Taylor D,Park J,Parrish M,Choy M

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:Limited data exist on the impact of prenatal diagnosis and outcomes of fetal truncus arteriosus (TA). We sought to assess prenatal diagnostic accuracy and prenatal outcomes in fetuses with TA and compare postnatal outcomes in neonates with prenatally and postnatally diagnosed TA. Records were reviewed for patients dia...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Swanson TM,Selamet Tierney ES,Tworetzky W,Pigula F,McElhinney DB

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reduced exercise capacity is a common finding in adult congenital heart disease and is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However, data on exercise capacity in patients after repair of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) are scarce. Furthermore, a high rate of exercise-induced hypertension has been d...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Dijkema EJ,Sieswerda GT,Breur JMPJ,Haas F,Slieker MG,Takken T

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) treatment with cyclooxygenase (COX) inhibitors (indomethacin [INDO] and ibuprofen [IBU]) on regional oxygenation requires further clarification. The authors hypothesized that both INDO and IBU reduce regional tissue oxygenation in preterm neonates with PDA but that the risk...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bhatt M,Petrova A,Mehta R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few data on the incidence of echocardiographic (echo) abnormalities following catheter ablation in children in the era of 3D mapping. Wide practice variation exists regarding routine post-ablation echo. We hypothesized a low incidence of clinically significant echo abnormalities following SVT ablation in oth...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gartenberg AJ,Pass RH,Ceresnak S,Nappo L,Janson CM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three infants, each with a clinical picture of dilated cardiomyopathy, underwent endomyocardial biopsy. Immunohistologic analysis revealed chronic myocarditis. In one infant, a postviral etiology of chronic myocarditis could be assessed on the basis of molecular techniques. Therapy with azathioprine and prednisone res...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schmaltz AA,Demel KP,Kallenberg R,Neudorf U,Kandolf R,Klingel K,Bültmann B

更新日期：1998-05-01 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：: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：:Aortopulmonary window coexisting with tetralogy of Fallot (TF) was prospectively diagnosed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography and Doppler in an 18-month-old boy; the diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgical correction was performed, but the patient died in the operating ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Carminati M,Borghi A,Valsecchi O,Quattrociocchi M,Balduzzi A,Rusconi P,Russo MG,Festa P,Preda L,Tiraboschi R

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pulmonary vasodilator testing (AVT) is essential to determining the initial therapy for children with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This study aimed to report the initial experience with inhaled treprostinil used for AVT in children with PAH and to evaluate the hemodynamic change after inhaled treprosti...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Takatsuki S,Parker DK,Doran AK,Friesen RH,Ivy DD

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right-ventricular diverticula (RVD), although rare, have particular characteristics. Our study describes the morphology of anterosuperior diverticula of the right ventricle (RV) and patient outcome for this anomaly. Retrospective analysis was performed on all patients with anterosuperior RVD diagnosed in two tertiary ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Wiegand G,Rauch R,Singer H,Koch A,Hofbeck M

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of pre-existing catheterization left pulmonary artery (LPA) gradients and correlation of these gradients with later LPA stenosis after successful patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occlusion. We performed a single-center review of 130 patients with PDA closure from...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gowda ST,Kutty S,Ebeid M,Qureshi AM,Worley S,Latson LA

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Ventricular dysfunction in patients after Fontan-like operations (FLOs) is a serious complication that might contribute to poor long-term results. Ischemic heart disease will have debilitating consequences on a Fontan heart. Ten patients (15.8 +/- 5.01 years) after FLO had transesophageal echocardiography and cardiac ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hauser M,Bengel FM,Kühn A,Sauer U,Nekolla SG,Eicken A,Schwaiger M,Hess J

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：:Renovascular hypertension is an uncommon disease, but it causes 5-10% of all childhood hypertension. The most common cause of renal artery stenosis is fibromuscular dysplasia, resulting in at least 60% of renovascular hypertension cases. This report describes a case of a renal artery stenosis confirmed by multidetecto...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kim HJ,Son JS,Kim KS

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heterotaxy syndrome is associated with complex cardiac malformations and cardiac conduction system abnormalities. Those with right atrial isomerism (RAI) have dual sinus nodes and dual atrioventricular nodes predisposing them to supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Those with left atrial isomerism (LAI) lack a...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ozawa Y,Asakai H,Shiraga K,Shindo T,Hirata Y,Hirata Y,Inuzuka R

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cor triatriatum sinistrum (division of the left atrium) is a recognized clinical and surgical entity. Division of the right atrium, also known as cor triatriatum dexter, is an extremely rare congenital abnormality in which persistence of the right valve of the embryonic systemic sinus venosus divides the right atrium ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Choudhary D,Sivasankaran S,Venkateshwaran S,Sasidharan B

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a Waterston's anastomosis on a patient with complicated tricuspid atresia when she was two months of age. At age 14 years she required left pneumonectomy for massive, idiopathic hemoptysis. Four months after the pneumonectomy we substituted a modified Fontan anastomosis for the Waterston anastomosis. Rest...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Danilowicz D,Langsner A,Colvin SB

更新日期：1991-07-01 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 objective of this study is to identify predictors of prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS) for single ventricle patients following stage 2 palliation (S2P), excluding patients who underwent a hybrid procedure. We explore the impact of demographic features, stage 1 palliation (S1P), interstage I (IS1) management,...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Baker-Smith CM,Goldberg SW,Rosenthal GL

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery is a rare anomaly. Patients may present with hemoptysis, recurrent respiratory infections, pulmonary hypertension, or congestive heart failure. This report describes the case of a missing right pulmonary artery associated with anomalous left pulmonary venous connection not prev...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Binnetoğlu K,Ayabakan C,Sarisoy O,Tokel K

更新日期：2012-01-01 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