abstract：:Once a mainstay in the treatment of neonates with d-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA), the application of balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) in the d-TGA population has become more selective. Currently, there is no clear evidence for or against a selective BAS strategy. The aims of this single-center retrospect...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Zaleski KL,McMullen CL,Staffa SJ,Thiagarajan RR,Maschietto N,DiNardo JA,Nasr VG

更新日期：2021-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Requiring bilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (bSCPA) instead of unilateral superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (uSCPA) could influence surgical timing and outcomes. We compared surgical timing and outcomes for patients who underwent uSCPA to those who underwent bSCPA through use of the Pediatric Heart Network...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Shuler JM,Statile C,Heydarian H,Lehenbauer DG,Hill GD

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been introduced as an accurate and minimally invasive diagnostic technique for the assessment of vascular anatomy and its abnormalities. We believe that IVUS can be used for clarifying the reasons for failure of balloon angiography in infantile coarctation of the aorta (CoA), becaus...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mortezaeian H,Khalili Y,Farrokhi M,Tajalli S,Mohammadi AS,Vesal A,Alaei F,Firouzi A,Shafe O,Gohar MF,Qureshi SA

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating direct consequences on the health of affected patients. It has also had a significant impact on the ability of unaffected children to be physically active. We evaluated the effect of deconditioning from social distancing and school shutdowns implemented during the COVID-19 pan...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Dayton JD,Ford K,Carroll SJ,Flynn PA,Kourtidou S,Holzer RJ

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In the very young child (less than eight years of age), transient loss of consciousness represents a diagnostic and management dilemma for clinicians. While most commonly benign, syncope may be due to cardiac dysfunction which can be life-threatening. It can be secondary to an underlying ion channelopathy, cardiac inf...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Villafane J,Miller JR,Glickstein J,Johnson JN,Wagner J,Snyder CS,Filina T,Pomeroy SL,Sexson-Tejtel SK,Haxel C,Gottlieb J,Eghtesady P,Chowdhury D

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to identify reliable quantitative fetal echocardiographic predictors for postnatal development of coarctation (CoA). In this retrospective study, we included 65 fetuses with a prenatally suspected, isolated CoA, born 2010-2018. Dimensions of the cardiac structures, aortic, and ductal arches exp...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Fricke K,Liuba P,Weismann CG

更新日期：2020-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Fontan operation can improve outcomes, surviving patients still face Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD). The aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of FALD in relation to ultrasound liver elastography. A cross-sectional study was conducted for all patients on whom an ultrasound uppe...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sethasathien S,Silvilairat S,Sittiwangkul R,Makonkawkeyoon K,Pongprot Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children and adolescents with congenital heart disease often do not have the opportunity, inclination, or education to participate in safe and effective exercise. The consequences of this behavioral pattern affect not only cardiopulmonary parameters, but also psychosocial factors, especially when lack of participation...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Gauthier N,Curran T,O'Neill JA,Alexander ME,Rhodes J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite improved outcomes following modifications to the Fontan technique, significant morbidity and mortality persist. We sought to determine if abnormal pre-Fontan catheterization hemodynamic data will predict postoperative prolonged hospital stay (PHLOS) and adverse post-discharge outcomes. This is a retrospective ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Guruchandrasekar SH,Dakin H,Kadochi M,Bhatia A,Bardales L,Johnston M,Piggott KD

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：:Right ventricular (RV) remodeling in hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) begins prenatally and continues through staged palliations. However, it is unclear if the most marked observed remodeling post-Norwood is secondary to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) exposure or if it is an adaptation intrinsic to the systemic RV...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Mah K,Serrano Lomelin J,Colen T,Tham EB,Lin L,Eckersley L,Smallhorn JF,Becher H,Mertens L,Khoo NS

更新日期：2020-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac involvement of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD) is the most common cause of fatal outcomes. It is still unclear whether some DMD/BMD gene mutations might be predictive of cardiac involvement. In this study, we provide a comprehensive overview on genotypes of cardiac disease in DMD/BMD. We sys...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Zhou H,Fu M,Mao B,Yuan L

更新日期：2020-10-09 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：:Ductal stenting (DS) palliates duct-dependent lesions using coronary stents. Sirolimus-eluting stents have replaced bare-metal stents in coronary interventions. Concerns exist about sirolimus levels in neonates. Therapeutic immunosuppressive sirolimus level is 5-15 ng/ml. After neonatal DS, drug levels were assessed a...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Sivakumar K,Pavithran S,Sonawane B,Rajendran M,Ramasamy R

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been substantial controversy regarding treatment of congenital heart defects in infants with trisomies 13 and 18. Most reports have focused on surgical outcomes versus expectant treatment, and rarely there has been an effort to consolidate existing evidence into a more coherent way to help clinicians with de...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Carvajal HG,Callahan CP,Miller JR,Rensink BL,Eghtesady P

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Non-invasive evaluation of right ventricular (RV) systolic function in neonates with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with traditional metrics including RV fractional area change (FAC) and tricuspid annular systolic plane excursion (TAPSE) has improved outcomes. Apical three-chamber (3C) RV-FAC, a novel tripartite assessme...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Chikkabyrappa SM,Critser P,Roane J,Buddhe S,Tretter JT

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The optimal surgical strategy for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect (PA/VSD) in neonates and young infants is controversial. Staged repair may be associated with a higher risk of inter-stage mortality, while primary repair may lead to frequent post-repair re-interventions. METHODS:From 2004 t...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lee WY,Kang SR,Im YM,Yun TJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients post-bidirectional Glenn (BDG) operation are at risk of left and right pulmonary artery (LPA and RPA) hypoplasia. Transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) in active children can miss essential elements of anatomy. Procedural sedation improves image quality but increases risk of adverse events. We hypothesized that...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Williams JL,Raees MA,Sunthankar S,Killen SAS,Bichell D,Parra DA,Soslow JH

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of Leadless cardiac pacemakers avoids the inherent complications that may occur secondary to lead insertion. A large number of devices have been inserted in adult patients although data in pediatric patients are lacking. We aimed to assess our experience with the Leadless device in the pediatric popula...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Breatnach CR,Dunne L,Al-Alawi K,Oslizlok P,Kenny D,Walsh KP

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the complications after epicardial pacemaker (PM) implantation in neonates and infants and their relationship with factors such as device size and patient size. Between May 2010 and July 2018, 55 patients under 1 year of age who underwent epicardial PM placement were retrospectively evaluated. ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Ergün S,Kafalı HC,Genç SB,Yildiz O,Güneş M,Onan İS,Ergül Y,Güzeltaş A,Haydin S

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Little data are published about right ventricular (RV) growth and function in infants and neonates after balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (BPV) for critical valvular pulmonary stenosis (PS). We aimed to assess the RV growth and function during 1 year after BPV for critical valvular PS in neonates and infants. A total o...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Agha H,El-Saeidi S,Abou Seif H,Abd El-Salam M,El Amrousy D

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rehospitalization following pediatric heart transplantation is common. However, existing data remain somewhat limited. Using a novel linkage between administrative and clinical databases, pediatric heart transplant (HT) recipients from 29 centers who survived to discharge were retrospectively reviewed to determine the...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Lambert AN,Weiner JG,Hall M,Thurm C,Dodd DA,Bearl DW,Soslow JH,Feingold B,Smith AH,Godown J

更新日期：2020-03-01 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：:We sought to characterize the shifting epidemiology and resource utilization of Lyme disease and associated carditis in US children's hospitals. We hypothesized that the Lyme carditis burden has increased and that hospitalizations for Lyme carditis are costlier than those for Lyme disease without carditis. The PHIS da...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Beach CM,Hart SA,Nowalk A,Feingold B,Kurland K,Arora G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ejection fraction (EF) and fractional shortening (FS) are standard methods of quantifying left ventricular (LV) systolic function. 2D global longitudinal strain (2D GLS) is a well-established, but underutilized method for LV function quantification. The aim of this study was to assess precision of GLS compared to EF &...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Patel MD,Myers C,Negishi K,Singh GK,Anwar S

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：: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：:Pediatric primary cardiomyopathy is rare but serious, having high mortality; hypertrophic and dilated types are the most common. Its etiology has been mainly considered idiopathic; however, next generation sequencing techniques have revealed nearly half of idiopathic pediatric cases arose from specific genetic mutatio...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Rojnueangnit K,Sirichongkolthong B,Wongwandee R,Khetkham T,Noojarern S,Khongkraparn A,Wattanasirichaigoon D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warfarin dosing is challenging due to a multitude of factors affecting its pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD). A novel personalised dosing algorithm predicated on a warfarin PK/PD model and incorporating CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genotype information has been developed for children. The present prospective, obser...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Al-Metwali BZ,Rivers P,Goodyer L,O'Hare L,Young S,Mulla H

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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 timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in asymptomatic patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is typically based on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-derived ventricular volume measurements. Current criteria do not account for sex-based differences in chamber size. The purpose of this study was to ...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Pettit KA,Francois CJ,Aggarwal NR,Hess TM,Bartlett HL

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) offer a multifaceted platform to study cardiac developmental biology, understand disease mechanisms, and develop novel therapies. Remarkable progress over the last two decades has led to methods to obtain highly pure hPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (hPSC-CMs) with reasonable ease and s...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Marchianò S,Bertero A,Murry CE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common modes of medical education for congenital heart disease (CHD) rely heavily on 2-dimensional imaging. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology allows for the creation of physical cardiac models that can be used for teaching trainees. 3D printed cardiac models were created for the following lesions: pu...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Smerling J,Marboe CC,Lefkowitch JH,Pavlicova M,Bacha E,Einstein AJ,Naka Y,Glickstein J,Farooqi KM

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of the right subaxillary vertical mini-incision (RAVI) used for the closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect (SAVSD) through tricuspid approach only. From June 2015 to September 2016, 32 SAVSD patients (mean age 2.4 ± 1.9 years, range 0.7-8 years) under...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： Liu R,Rui L,Zhang B,Lin Y,Li S,Hua Z

更新日期：2019-08-01 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：:Atrial flutter/fibrillation (AFL/AF) is a late complication in adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Its effects on long-term prognosis are not fully understood. We evaluate the impact of AFL/AF in adults with repaired TOF on global mortality and unplanned hospitalizations during follow-up, and the predictor...

journal_title：Pediatric cardiology

authors： de Castilhos GM,Ley ALG,Daudt NS,Horowitz ESK,Leiria TLL

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00