Intra-utero diagnosis of anomalous right ventricular muscle bundles in association with a ventricular septal defect: a case report.

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：:Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the third leading cause of death in children <1 year of age in Mexico where there is a high prevalence of the 677C → T polymorphism of the MTHFR gene. This is important because the homozygous 677T/T MTHFR gene and deficiency of folic acid (FA) intake have been associated with CHD. Ou...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Balderrábano-Saucedo NA,Sánchez-Urbina R,Sierra-Ramírez JA,García-Hernández N,Sánchez-Boiso A,Klunder-Klunder M,Arenas-Aranda D,Bravo-Hernández G,Noriega-Zapata P,Vizcaíno-Alarcón A

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:To describe great-vessel dimensions in patients with D-loop transposition of the great arteries (TGA) who have undergone atrial switch operation (ATSO). Patients who have undergone arterial switch operation for TGA have a high incidence of dilation of the neoaortic root. The incidence and degree of great artery dilati...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Yurasek GK,Gauvreau K,Powell AJ,Geva T,Brown DW

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:Long-term ECG is widely used in diagnosis and assessment of many cardiac symptoms which may be caused by dangerous arrhythmias that sometimes can be difficult to document. The PocketECG system is a new technological solution for a long-term, noninvasive, continuous and real-time ECG monitoring that provides automatic ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Bieganowska K,Kaszuba A,Bieganowski M,Kaczmarek K

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Increasingly the importance of how and why we make decisions in the medical arena has been questioned. Traditionally the aeronautical and business worlds have shed a light on this complex area of human decision-making. In this review we reflect on what we already know about the complexity of decision-making in additio...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Duignan S,Walsh KP,McMahon CJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our purpose was to evaluate the impact of suspicion or confirmation of heart disease on the physical and psychosocial health of children. We utilized the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ PF-50). Children ages 5 to 18 years attending a general cardiology clinic were eligible. Those with primary noncardiac diagnoses unre...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Walker RE,Gauvreau K,Jenkins KJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to clarify the association of clinical characteristics of unexplained syncope with the outcome of the head-up tilt test (HUT) in children. A total of 47 patients with unexplained syncope were classified into two groups according to their outcomes of HUT: the positive response group and the ne...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Qingyou Z,Junbao D,Jianjun C,Wanzhen L

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:There is often a diagnostic dilemma in pediatric patients presenting with depressed ventricular function, as myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) of other etiologies can appear very similar. Accurate identification is critical to guide treatment and to provide families with the most accurate expectation of lon...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Suthar D,Dodd DA,Godown J

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Internationally, there have been isolated case reports published of children presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in the setting of undiagnosed rickets. Although there has been an increased prevalence of rickets in the United States, there has been only one documented case of associated DCM. At our institution...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Brown J,Nunez S,Russell M,Spurney C

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 6-year-old girl with superoinferior ventricles, criss-cross atrioventricular (AV) relationships with solitus atria, a D-loop, L-transposition of the great arteries, subpulmonary stenosis, but without a ventricular septal defect (VSD). The diagnosis was made by echocardiographic examination and was strength...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Alday LE,Juaneda E

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ventriculoseptal defect (VSD) usually is present in patients with a double-outlet right ventricle. This report describes a case of double-outlet right ventricle with a completely shrouded inlet VSD and no interventricular shunting. This was associated with a severely regurgitant dysplastic mitral valve. The anatomy ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Singla M,Al-Radi O,Mertens L

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：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：: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：:Anomalous origin of left pulmonary artery (ALPA) from aorta with atrial septal defect (ASD) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation. We report a case of ALPA from the aorta with ASD in a 1.8-kg baby. Repair was needed at an early age due to progressive congestive heart failure. Surgical correction was performed with...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lee JH,Jung TE,Lee YH

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Accessory atrioventricular pathways (AP) are the most common substrate for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia in infants and small children. Up-to-date data on AP ablation in infants and small children are limited. The aim of the present study was to gain additional insight into radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablat...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Backhoff D,Klehs S,Müller MJ,Schneider H,Kriebel T,Paul T,Krause U

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of myocardial bridging of a coronary artery in the setting of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is controversial, although we have previously reported an association with myocardial ischemia and sudden death in children. We report five symptomatic children in whom symptoms or evidence of myocardial ischemia r...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Downar J,Williams WG,McDonald C,Wigle ED,McCrindle BW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nuclear cross-sectional area of the muscular fibers from a series of myocardial bridges was analyzed and compared to both the adjacent and underlying myocardial fibers. The series came from 12 hearts of children, ranging in age from 24 h to 2 years, with diverse forms of congenital heart disease, which caused left...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Reig J,Ruiz de Miguel C,Moragas A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All 91,823 children born in 1980 in Bohemia (population 6.314 million; area 52,478 square kilometers) were examined at least four times during infancy and at the age of three and four years. All children who died were autopsied and those with heart disease were selected. A total of 779 children (8.223/1000 live births...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Samánek M,Slavík Z,Zborilová B,Hrobonová V,Vorísková M,Skovránek J

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Color-coded two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography confirmed the presence of severe congenital mitral regurgitation in an 8-month-old infant. Intraoperative inspection revealed an isolated perforation in the anterior leaflet. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Schranz D,Oelert H,Iversen S,Schuind A,Huth R,Jüngst BK,Stopfkuchen H,Erbel R

更新日期：1990-04-01 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