Prenatally Diagnosed Ventricular Inversion, Restrictive Ventricular Septal Defect, Pulmonary Stenosis, Hypertensive Left Ventricle and Double Outlet Right Ventricle: Case Report and Literature Review.

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：:The epinephrine test has been shown to be a powerful tool to predict the genotype of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). The aim of this study was to evaluate its role in the diagnosis and management of LQTS in children. The test (using the Shimizu protocol) was conducted in patients with some evidence of LQTS but in ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Clur SA,Chockalingam P,Filippini LH,Widyanti AP,Van Cruijsen M,Blom NA,Alders M,Hofman N,Wilde AA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nesiritide is a synthetic form of B-type natriuretic peptide. It is approved for the treatment of acute exacerbations of congestive heart failure in hospitalized adult patients. It is currently under investigation for use in other settings and other patient populations. This article describes administration of nesirit...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Reynolds EW,Conely ET,Vranicar M

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary rhabdomyosarcoma of the heart observed in a 3-week-old infant, provides an opportunity to review this rare clinical entity; 61 reported cases are collated. The more common sites are right ventricle, left atrium, and right atrium; the tumour may protrude into the cavity and cause obstruction. Echocardiography...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schmaltz AA,Apitz J

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to determine the efficacy of procainamide therapy for rapid rate control of postoperative junctional tachycardia (JT). Postoperative JT is one of the most difficult forms of tachycardia to manage. Reported success with a variety of treatments of JT in infants and children has been inconsistent...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mandapati R,Byrum CJ,Kavey RE,Smith FC,Kveselis DA,Hannan WP,Brandt B 3rd,Gaum WE

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Circulating progenitor cells have been extensively studied in the context of heart disease in adults. In these patients, they have been demonstrated to be markers of myocardial injury and recovery as well as potential therapeutic agents. However, studies in children are much more limited. Here we review current knowle...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kort EJ,Croskey L,Scibienski T,Rajasekaran S,Jovinge S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful balloon valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary valve stenosis is described in an 800-g infant. A modified catheter was required to cross the valve in the smallest child known to undergo this procedure. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hoyer MH

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a pulse oximetry screening protocol at a city of mild elevation with a specific focus on the false-positive screening rate. Pulse oximetry screening was performed according to the proposed guidelines endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics at a center in Tucson, AZ, a...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Han LM,Klewer SE,Blank KM,Seckeler MD,Barber BJ

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are the leading cause of death in infants under 1 year of age. Aberrations in the expression and function of cardiac transcription factors (TFs) are a major contributor to CHDs. Despite the numerous studies undertaken to functionally characterize these TFs, their exact role in different...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fardoun M,Dehaini H,Kamar A,Bitar F,Majdalani M,El-Rassi I,Nemer G,Arabi M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) complicated with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and an intact ventricular septum (IVS) often is therapy resistant and associated with an extremely poor prognosis. For this condition, opening of the ductus arteriosus (DA) by prostaglandin-E1 in conjunct...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Masutani S,Seki M,Taketazu M,Senzaki H

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article we report the first case of Q fever endocarditis in a 13 years old child with a percutaneous pulmonary Melody® valve. The patient had a new onset of Melody valve dysfunction associated with the combination of hepatosplenomegaly and pancytopenia but was afebrile. Although blood cultures were negative, w...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jalal Z,Duperril M,Séguéla PE,Melenotte C,Chabaneix J,Raoult D,Thambo JB

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digoxin has been an effective treatment for fetal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT), but second-line therapy remains more controversial. Thirty-seven cases of fetal SVT were identified that received digoxin as first-line therapy. Seventeen fetuses (46%) converted to and maintained normal sinus rhythm. Flecainide was ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ebenroth ES,Cordes TM,Darragh RK

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：: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：:Twelve years after an apparently successful surgical correction of infradiaphragmatic (obstructed) total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, a 12-year-old boy developed evidence of pulmonary artery hypertension secondary to pulmonary venous obstruction due to an apparent lack of growth at the anastomotic site. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kveselis DA,Chameides L,Diana DJ,Ellison L,Rowland T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of aneurysmal enlargement of the right atrium was found accidentally during a routine examination. The patient was asymptomatic and free of palpitations or proven rhythm disturbances. The results of echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and cardiac catheterization excluded cardiac malformation, which co...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kozelj M,Angelski R,Pavcnik D,Zorman D

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with anomalies of the heart frequently suffer from arrhythmias that either are associated with a congenital heart defect or result from the course of the disease. For most of the bradyarrhythmias, appropriate timing of the initiation of treatment is more challenging than its eventual execution. In the case of...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hebe J,Hansen P,Ouyang F,Volkmer M,Kuck KH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the first-line examination for the study of coronary lesions in Kawasaki disease, CT coronary angiography (CTCA) is increasingly used and showed good results. Our aim is to evaluate the contribution of CTCA in the detection of coronary lesions and to compare its results...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jrad M,Ben Salem F,Barhoumi C,Lassoued F,Frikha W,Boukriba S,Mizouni H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic atresia and interrupted aortic arch is a rare cardiac combination. Review of the literature revealed nine cases. We present two patients with this combination and the additional finding of quadricuspid pulmonary valves, one of which was severely stenotic. In the latter patient, an aortopulmonary window was pres...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Yew G,Coleman D,Calder L

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:We sought to describe the use and outcomes of small, medium and large premounted stents in patients with congenital heart disease, including incidence of and risk factors for re-intervention and development of in-stent stenosis. Premounted stents offer several advantages over traditional manually crimped bare-metal st...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Boe BA,Zampi JD,Schumacher KR,Yu S,Armstrong AK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhabdomyoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor in infants and children and is often associated with tuberous sclerosis. Surgical resection may be indicated and, if so, is usually curative. We describe a rhabdomyoma in an infant who presented with severe myocardial ischemia necessitating orthotopic heart transpla...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Demkow M,Sorensen K,Whitehead BF,Rees PG,Sullivan ID,Elliott MJ,de Leval MR

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：: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：:Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of mortality among patients with diabetes, and heart failure exists even in the absence of coronary disease. Myocardial metabolism is altered in the diabetic heart as a result of changes in substrate availability secondary to insulin resistance. The nuclear receptor peroxisome...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duncan JG

更新日期：2011-03-01 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：:This review discusses the historical aspects, current state of the art, and potential future advances in the areas of nomenclature and databases for congenital heart disease. Five areas will be reviewed: (1) common language = nomenclature, (2) mechanism of data collection (database or registry) with an established uni...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Jacobs JP,Mavroudis C,Jacobs ML,Maruszewski B,Tchervenkov CI,Lacour-Gayet FG,Clarke DR,Gaynor JW,Spray TL,Kurosawa H,Stellin G,Ebels T,Bacha EA,Walters HL 3rd,Elliott MJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe atrioventricular valve (AVV) or semilunar valve (SLV) regurgitation in the setting of a single ventricle physiology may proceed to valve replacement if repair strategies fail. Outcome data for these children are limited. We present transplant-free survival of a case series of children with single ventricle phys...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Alshami N,Sarvestani AL,Thomas AS,St Louis J,Kochilas L,Raghuveer G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prevalence, history, and treatment of arrhythmias, in particular preexcitation and Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, in patients with Ebstein anomaly (EA) during childhood and adolescence, we performed a multicenter retrospective study of all consecutive live-born patients with EA, diagnosed, and fol...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Delhaas T,Sarvaas GJ,Rijlaarsdam ME,Strengers JL,Eveleigh RM,Poulino SE,de Korte CL,Kapusta L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00