Avoiding compression of extracardiac valved conduits.

abstract：:Presented is a retrospective outcome study of a 15-year single institutional experience with a contemporary cohort of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and complex that underwent a "Giessen Hybrid" stage I as initial palliation. Hybrid approach consisting of surgical bilateral pulmonary artery banding and ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schranz D,Bauer A,Reich B,Steinbrenner B,Recla S,Schmidt D,Apitz C,Thul J,Valeske K,Bauer J,Müller M,Jux C,Michel-Behnke I,Akintürk H

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked disorder characterised by cardiomyopathy, neutropenia, skeletal myopathy and growth delay. This study describes the UK national clinical experience and outcome of cardiomyopathy in BTHS. The clinical course and echocardiographic changes of all patients with BTHS in the UK were revi...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kang SL,Forsey J,Dudley D,Steward CG,Tsai-Goodman B

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Fetal echocardiography has impacted the fetus with congenital heart disease in many important ways. Advances in fetal echocardiography have allowed for more accurate and earlier detection of cardiac abnormalities. In turn, the prenatal diagnosis of cardiac abnormalities has improved the care and outcome of selected fe...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kovalchin JP,Silverman NH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enlarged bronchial arteries and/or systemic-to-pulmonary collaterals have been frequently demonstrated in association with transposition of the great arteries. They are usually clinically silent, although they might be large enough to cause accelerated pulmonary vascular obstructive disease or symptomatic cardiac volu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Santoro G,Carrozza M,Russo MG,Calabrò R

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：: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：:In the fetus, the cardiac neural crest gives rise to both the thymus and the conotruncus of the heart. In newborn screening for severe T-cell lymphopenia neonates with congenital heart defects may be detected. In this study, we investigated the occurrence of T-cell lymphopenia in neonates with or without 22q11.2 delet...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gul KA,Strand J,Pettersen RD,Brun H,Abrahamsen TG

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are expressed in the heart, and mutations in several RBPs have been implicated in cardiovascular disease through genetic associations, animal modeling, and mechanistic studies. However, the functions of many more cardiac RBPs, and their relevance to disease states, remain to be elu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Akerberg AA,Burns CE,Burns CG

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Screening with portable echocardiography has uncovered a large burden of latent rheumatic heart disease (RHD) among asymptomatic children in endemic regions, the significance of which remains unclear. This study aimed to determine the 2-year outcomes for children with latent RHD diagnosed by echocardiographic screenin...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Beaton A,Okello E,Aliku T,Lubega S,Lwabi P,Mondo C,McCarter R,Sable C

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) can monitor changes in cerebral regional oxygen saturation (rSO2) and tissue hemoglobin content (HbT). The relation between cerebral NIRS readings and vital parameters has not been analyzed before at a fine temporal scale. This study analyzed this relation during cardiopulmonary bypas...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Menke J,Möller G

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmias in pregnancy are becoming more common given more available and effective medical, ablation and device treatment options. Several changes associated with pregnancy, increased blood volume, cardiac output, and heart rate secondary to an increased sympathetic state, facilitate more frequent occurrences of arr...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Friday KP,Moak JP,Fries MH,Iqbal SN

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging has higher spatial resolution than conventional single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging and allows accurate and reproducible quantification of myocardial blood flow (MBF). In this article, we describe the role of PET myocardial perfusio...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Singh TP,Muzik O,Forbes TF,Di Carli MF

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery is often associated with low cardiac output in the postoperative period. This study sought to determine whether increasing heart rate via temporary atrial pacing is beneficial in augmenting cardiac output. Patients younger than 18 years who underwent cardiothoracic surgery and had no p...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Barker GM,Affolter J,Saenz J,Cox CS,Forbess JM,Scott WA,Zeltser I

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In adult heart failure (HF) patients, a higher ventricular arterial (VA) coupling ratio measured non-invasively is associated with worse HF prognosis and response to treatment. There are no data regarding the relationship of VA coupling to outcome in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients. We investigated the...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Capone CA,Lamour JM,Lorenzo J,Tria B,Ye K,Hsu DT,Mahgerefteh J

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 3 1/2-year-old female child presented with massive hemoptysis 5 months after a modified Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt for double-outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis. Computerized tomographic scan and angiography showed a false aneurysm of the subclavian artery at the insertion of the shunt. Successful surgic...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Parvathy U,Balakrishnan KR,Ranjith MS,Moorthy JS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical and pathological features of primary pulmonary artery sarcoma in two children are reported. The first patient presented with right ventricular outflow obstruction and underwent successful surgical resection of his tumor. The second patient developed cardiac arrest following a relatively short period of sy...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Farooki ZQ,Chang CH,Jackson WL,Clapp SK,Hakimi M,Arciniegas E,Pinsky WW

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to provide descriptive information about off-label treatment practice with clopidogrel in a pediatric population. METHODS:Patients less than 18 years of age prescribed clopidogrel between March 2002 and August 2005 were retrospectively identified at Children's Hospital, Boston. Data from th...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Maltz LA,Gauvreau K,Connor JA,Jenkins KJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the influence of heart rate (HR) on systolic time intervals (STI) in neonates, serial measurements of right ventricular (RVSTI) and left ventricular systolic time intervals (LVSTI) were made on 30 healthy term newborn infants at age 4-8 h, 24-30 h, eight days, and four weeks. STI was related to HR and age...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lindner W,Döhlemann C,Schneider K,Versmold H

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a poorly understood disease that can complicate any underlying pulmonary disease. However, it appears to most often occur in patients with surgically palliated congenital heart disease, particularly after the Fontan procedure. Few data exist about the prevalence and etiology of PB in this po...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Caruthers RL,Kempa M,Loo A,Gulbransen E,Kelly E,Erickson SR,Hirsch JC,Schumacher KR,Stringer KA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The commonly used Darling classification for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed types (Craig et al., Lab Invest 6:44-64, 1967). In supracardiac TAPVC, the common pulmonary vein drains superiorly into the left innominate vein, the superior vena...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shah S,Singh M,John C,Maheshwari S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory viral infections in infants undergoing congenital heart surgery lead to prolonged intubation time, hospital (HLOS) and cardiac intensive care unit length of stay (CICU LOS). The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of respiratory viruses using molecular testing in otherwise healthy infant...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Delgado-Corcoran C,Blaschke AJ,Ou Z,Presson AP,Burch PT,Pribble CG,Menon SC

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Maintaining patency of the ductus arteriosus pending surgical intervention can be critical to the survival of the neonate with ductal dependent congenital heart disease. Spontaneously delayed ductal closure has been observed clinically and experimentally in newborns with critical pulmonic stenosis. Infants with ductal...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hammerman C,Aramburo MJ,Bui KC

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile disease of unknown etiology that develops in children and is sometimes accompanied by myocardial dysfunction and systemic vasculitis. However, myocardial repolarization lability has not yet been fully investigated. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate myocardial r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kuriki M,Fujino M,Tanaka K,Horio K,Kusuki H,Hosoi M,Eryu Y,Kato T,Yamazaki T,Hata T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the incidence of crochetage on the R wave in inferior limb leads can be used for the diagnosis of pediatric secundum atrial septal defect (ASD). Two hundred fifty-six children with secundum ASD (case cohort) and 256 age- and gender-matched children without hear...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shen L,Liu J,Li JK,Xu M,Yuan L,Zhang GQ,Wang JY,Huang YJ

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00