Subcostal two-dimensional echocardiographic recognition of a criss-cross heart with discordant ventriculo-arterial connection.

abstract：:Surgical closure of the secundum type of atrial septal defect (ASD) in childhood leads to excellent survival. However, relevant morbidity has been reported. Transcatheter closure of these defects has now become an alternative approach. To compare the results of the two different interventions, reliable data are needed...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bolz D,Lacina T,Buser P,Buser M,Guenthard J

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) has been used in the preoperative evaluation of patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. The purpose of this study was to characterize responses in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) to oxygen and increasing doses of NO during cardiac catheterization and to determin...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Cannon BC,Feltes TF,Fraley JK,Grifka RG,Riddle EM,Kovalchin JP

更新日期：2005-09-01 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：: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：: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：:Midodrine hydrochloride is a potent peripherally-acting alpha1 agonist that is well absorbed and rapidly metabolized to its active metabolite. It has been used for the treatment of refractory syncope but has the important side effect of supine hypertension. A 10-year-old boy with severe symptomatic orthostatic hypoten...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Olgar S,Omeroglu RE

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For neonates with right atrial isomerism (RAI), functional single ventricle (f-SV), and obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), primary TAPVC repair (TAPVCR) has a poor outcome. At our hospital, the survival rate at 1 year of such neonates undergoing primary TAPVCR between 1999 and 2010 (TAPVC...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Kitano M,Hoashi T,Kakuta T,Fujimoto K,Miyake A,Kurosaki KI,Ichikawa H,Shiraishi I

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although liver fibrosis causes significant morbidity in the late postoperative period of the Fontan procedure, the diagnostic value of hyaluronic acid (HA), a serum marker of liver fibrosis, has not been established in Fontan patients. The purpose of this study was to determine whether increased serum HA concentration...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hayashi T,Inuzuka R,Shindo T,Hirata Y,Shimizu N,Oka A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The data on the outcomes of children with heart disease and Down syndrome receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiac or respiratory failure are limited. This study aimed to evaluate morbidity and mortality associated with ECMO in children with Down syndrome and heart disease. Children younger tha...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gupta P,Gossett JM,Rycus PT,Prodhan P

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sedation/anesthesia is critical to cardiac catheterization in the pediatric/congenital heart patient. We sought to identify current sedation/anesthesia practices, the serious adverse event rate related to airway, sedation, or anesthesia, and the rate of intra-procedural conversion from procedural sedation to the use o...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lin CH,Desai S,Nicolas R,Gauvreau K,Foerster S,Sharma A,Armsby L,Marshall AC,Odegard K,DiNardo J,Vincent J,El-Said H,Spaeth J,Goldstein B,Holzer R,Kreutzer J,Balzer D,Bergersen L

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiologic data for pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) needs to be periodically updated as diagnostic techniques and management strategies improve. Herein, the incidence, prevalence, and mortality rates of pediatric HCM in a population-based treatment system are described. Patients aged ≤ 17 years and ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Nandi D,Hayes EA,Wang Y,Jerrell JM

更新日期：2020-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its first description in Japan 30 years ago, Kawasaki disease has been reported worldwide. Although an infectious etiology is suspected based on the epidemiology and clinical features, a causative agent has not been identified. The majority of the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition is attribu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Laupland KB,Dele Davies H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is described in patients with acquired heart failure but its prevalence in adults with congenital heart disease is not well documented. It is likely that single-ventricle patients who have undergone Fontan palliation poorly tolerate the additional stress of SDB on their fragile cardiac...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Cg S,Rm J,Ad K,E Y,M K,G M,J K

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pseudohypertension has often been reported in elderly subjects, but is an unusual phenomenon in children. We report the case of a 5-year-old child who presented with features of Williams syndrome (characterized by elfin facies, supravalvar aortic stenosis, and peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis). Repeated blood pres...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Narasimhan C,Alexander T,Krishnaswami S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little has been published about specific problems that may occur during long-distance transports of newborn cardiac patients. During a 4-year period after centralization of pediatric heart surgery in Sweden, 286 transports were prospectively investigated. A majority (77.3%) of the transports were carried out by nonspe...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Hellström-Westas L,Hanséus K,Jögi P,Lundström NR,Svenningsen N

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avoidance of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in patients awaiting heart transplantation (HTx) has been suggested to minimize the risk of allosensitization. Although recent studies have suggested that an immature immune system in younger HTx recipients may reduce risks associated with RBC transfusion, the role of age...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： McKee C,Tumin D,Alevriadou BR,Nicol KK,Yates AR,Hayes D Jr,Tobias JD

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) patients are palliated by creating a Fontan-type circulation passing from different surgical stages. The aim of this work is to describe the evolution of ventricular energetics parameters in HLHS patients during the different stages of palliation including the hybrid, the Norwoo...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Di Molfetta A,Iacobelli R,Guccione P,Di Chiara L,Rocchi M,Cobianchi Belisari F,Campanale M,Gagliardi MG,Filippelli S,Ferrari G,Amodeo A

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 4-month-old infant with torsade de pointes secondary to procainamide treatment. The infant presented with atrial flutter and converted to normal sinus rhythm with intravenous procainamide. Oral procainamide therapy was initiated as the infusion was tapered, and the patient subsequently developed incessant ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bell D,Thoele DG,Mander G,Bauman JL

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasculopathy has been identified in young individuals with Turner syndrome (TS). No studies in young individuals with TS have investigated whether this vasculopathy progresses over time. The objective of this study is to describe the changes in vasculopathy over time in a cohort of young individuals with TS. Repeat ul...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Blunden CE,Urbina EM,Lawson SA,Gutmark-Little I,Shah AS,Khoury PR,Backeljauw PF

更新日期：2020-11-26 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：:A 4-year-old girl had the insidious onset of congestive heart failure without apparent cause. Evaluation by echocardiography, thallous chloride TI 201 scintigraphy, and angiography suggested the presence of either a neoplasm or restrictive cardiomyopathy with a localized mass effect on the left ventricle. Pathological...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schieber RA,Lurie PR,Neustein HB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atrioventricular block has been described in association with cases of long QT syndrome and mortality is increased in this subgroup. We describe an infant with congenital QT prolongation and atrioventricular block with normal cardiac function, leading to the initial diagnosis of long QT syndrome. She subsequently deve...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Walls J,Dipchand A,Sanatani S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Our objective was to evaluate and highlight the significance of epigastric tenderness in children and adolescents with chest pain. In a 26-months period, patients who were referred for pediatri cardiology evaluation at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences with chief complaint of chest pain were studied. Patients with...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sabri MR,Ghavanini AA,Haghighat M,Imanieh MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased risk of perioperative hemorrhage has been described in patients with Turner syndrome and coarctation of the aorta. We have operated on 11 patients with Turner syndrome and coarctation of the aorta, two of whom developed bleeding. One patient died. End-to-end anastomosis was performed in all patients. Histolo...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Brandt B 3rd,Heintz SE,Rose EF,Ehrenhaft JL,Clark EB

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of heart failure in patients with enterovirus 71 rhombencephalitis (brain stem encephalitis) remains unknown. Our previous reports hypothesized that a catecholamine storm induced by rhombencephalitis may account for the heart failure. The aim of this study was to develop a novel feline model of norepinep...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fu YC,Chi CS,Lin NN,Cheng CC,Jan SL,Hwang B,Hsu SL,Gong CL,Chen YT,Chiu YT

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:The case report describes a 9-year-old boy who presented with an acute cerebrovascular accident and was found to have cardiac tamponade caused by cardiac rhabdomyosarcoma. Symptoms of rhabdomyosarcoma can be indolent and nonspecific, even with metastatic disease. Echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ashraf T,Day TG,Marek J,Hughes M,Giardini A

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:A blood pump specifically designed to augment flow from the great veins through the lungs would ameliorate the poor physiology of the failing univentricular circulation and result in a paradigm shift in the treatment strategy for Fontan patients. This study is the first to examine mechanical cavopulmonary assistance w...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Throckmorton AL,Lopez-Isaza S,Downs EA,Chopski SG,Gangemi JJ,Moskowitz W

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00