abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing appropriate care for adults with congenital heart disease requires the evaluation of their current situation. There is limited research in Iran about these patients, particularly in relation to gender differences in the demographic/socio-economic and lifestyle factors, as well as disease parameters...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Eslami B,Sundin O,Macassa G,Reza Khankeh H,Soares JJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden cardiac death is a rare but socially devastating event. The most common causes of sudden cardiac death are congenital electrical disorders and structural heart diseases. The majority of these diseases have an incomplete penetrance and variable expression; therefore, patients may be unaware of their illness. In ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sarquella-Brugada G,Campuzano O,Iglesias A,Sánchez-Malagón J,Guerra-Balic M,Brugada J,Brugada R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheobronchial compression of cardiovascular origin is an uncommon and frequently unrecognised cause of respiratory distress in children. The compression may be due to encircling vessels or dilated neighbouring cardiovascular structures. Bronchoscopy and detailed radiography, especially computed tomography and magne...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Lai SH,Liao SL,Wong KS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although survival to hospital discharge among children requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for medical and surgical cardio-circulatory failure has been reported in international registries, extended survival and re-hospitalisation rates have not been well described in the literature. MATER...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Erwin N,Zuk J,Kaufman J,Pan Z,Carpenter E,Mitchell MB,da Cruz EM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of children with Ebstein's anomaly. BACKGROUND:Data on long-term outcome of children with Ebstein's anomaly are scarce. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of all children with Ebstein's anomaly treated between February, 1979 and January, 2009 in a single ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Oxenius A,Attenhofer Jost CH,Prêtre R,Dave H,Bauersfeld U,Kretschmar O,Seifert B,Balmer C,Valsangiacomo Buechel ER

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology was held in London, United Kingdom, in 1980, organised by Dr. Jane Somerville and Prof. Fergus Macartney. The idea was that of Jane Somerville, who worked with enormous energy and enthusiasm to bring together paediatric cardiologists and surgeons from around the world....

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hugo-Hamman C,Jacobs JP

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement is fast becoming an accepted alternative to repeat surgical pulmonary valve replacement for selected patients and therefore a complementary strategy in the long-term management of those requiring surgical pulmonary valve replacement. With a combined surgical and percutaneous a...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ringewald JM,Suh EJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary care cardiology, also known as ambulatory or outpatient cardiology, for the longitudinal management of patients with common arterial trunk or with transposition of the great arteries is both poorly described and has limited evidence to justify its basis. This article discusses some of the various complications...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Boris JR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syncope is common in children and adolescents and most commonly represents neurocardiogenic syncope. No information has been reported regarding the effect of syncope on health-related quality of life in children. METHODS:This was a retrospective cohort study of patients seen in the Heart Institute Syncope C...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Anderson JB,Czosek RJ,Knilans TK,Marino BS

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interarterial course of anomalous left main coronary artery originating from the right aortic coronary sinus of valsalva is a rare condition among anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery. Various surgical options are available. We performed an alternative procedure, that is, mobilisation of the pulmonic root...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Nimdet K,Soongswang J,Sriyodchati S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case studies of two adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot who were scheduled for surgery. After addressing the right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, the aorta was opened and the ventricular septal defect was approached in a straightforward manner as it was located just under the overriding aort...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gil-Jaurena JM,Cano J,Cuenca V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the gross motor development of infants who had undergone cardiac surgery in the neonatal or early infant period. METHODS:Gross motor performance was assessed when infants were 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. This scale is a discriminative gross motor outcome me...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Long SH,Harris SR,Eldridge BJ,Galea MP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-week premature neonate presented with drug-refractory permanent junctional incessant tachycardia and haemodynamic compromise. The patient underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablation using a single-catheter approach. The child remains in sinus rhythm, without pharmacological treatment, 2 years after the ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Femenía F,Sarquella-Brugada G,Brugada J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe endovascular stent placement using partially covered stents to preserve flow in head and neck vessels. BACKGROUND:Endovascular stent placement has become established as a first-line therapy for native coarctation of the aorta or re-coarctation in older children and adults. Increasingly covered st...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bentham JR,Oswal N,Yates R

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Little is known about the quality of life, health, family, education, and employment status among adult men with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 68 men who underwent repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1971 and 1991 were studied. Fifty-three patients answered the SF-36 heal...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bygstad E,Pedersen LC,Pedersen TA,Hjortdal VE

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to detect structural and functional changes in the left and right ventricles in obese Egyptian adolescents. Methods and results Anthropometric and echocardiographic parameters, including tissue Doppler imaging, were obtained from 70 obese adolescents with average body mass inde...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kamal HM,Atwa HA,Saleh OM,Mohamed FA

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of a continuous infusion of basic fibroblast growth factor on the adaptive potential of the right ventricular myocardium after 30 days of mechanically induced overload in rats. Materials and methods We banded the pulmonary trunk, so as...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vida VL,Dedja A,Faggin E,Speggiorin S,Padalino MA,Boccuzzo G,Pauletto P,Angelini A,Milanesi O,Thiene G,Stellin G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease constitutes an acute febrile vasculitis of unknown aetiology. It is considered the most common cause of acquired cardiac failure in children. Although standard treatment comprises intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin, some children exhibit refractory disease, necessitating the use of alternative the...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kossiva L,Karanassios E,Papadopoulos G,Karavanaki K

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between long QT interval and sudden infant death syndrome has been clearly established. Several studies have been conducted to determine the evolution of the QT interval in childhood from birth, but only in full-term newborns. However, data on the QT interval in pre-term infants are extremely...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Séguéla PE,Rozé JC,Gournay V

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent fifth - double-lumen - aortic arch is a rarely seen entity, which is usually associated with other cardiac anomalies; it has been previously reported only in children. We report a new case of double-lumen aortic arch with a systemic-to-systemic connection diagnosed incidentally during cardiac multi-detector...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tehrai M,Saidi B,Goudarzi M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial ischaemia and infarction in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum with right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation is a well-established complication. We report an interesting case of an acquired aneurysm in the ventricular septum in a patient who underwent staged palliation. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Patel AR,Farrell P,Harris M,Gaynor JW,Gillespie MJ

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography can surpass simple cross-sectional echocardiography in providing precise details of cardiac lesions. For the purpose of optimising treatment, we describe our findings with real-time three-dimensional echocardiography when interrogating different types of communica...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bilska KM,Kehrens CM,Riley G,Anderson RH,Marek J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Complications at the vascular access sites are among the most common adverse events in congenital cardiac catheterization. The use of small-gauge catheters may reduce these events; however, other factors can contribute to the development of vascular complications. OBJECTIVES:To determine factors associated ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Roushdy AM,Abdelmonem N,El Fiky AA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial switch surgery for d-transposition of great arteries is usually performed in the first 2 weeks of life before the left ventricle regresses. The arterial switch surgery that helps achieve anatomic and physiologic correction of this condition has better long-term outcomes than other surgical approaches. The pro...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mahima J,Shivanna DN,Subramanian A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal interventions for critical aortic coarctation may be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality if the patient is extremely premature. We report the successful treatment of critical coarctation in a 25-week, 740-gram infant using initial clipping of the duct until continued prostaglandin E1 infusion...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Bialkowski A,Baden W,Franz AR,Poets CF,Hofbeck M,Ziemer G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parental suspicions that the child may possibly take narcotics may be substantiated by hair analysis, which may not only identify the narcotic abuse profile, but also define the minimum period of narcotic usage. OBJECTIVE:A toxicological hair analysis aiming at detecting the presence of amphetamines and can...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Kłys M,Szydłowski L,Rojek S

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvement in operative survival of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome has led to increasing emphasis on prevention of interstage mortality. Many centres have improved interstage results through programmes of home monitoring following discharge after the Norwood (Stage 1) operation. Experience with heighte...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Hehir DA,Cooper DS,Walters EM,Ghanayem NS

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In utero diagnosis of complex progressive cardiac disease such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome presents a novel opportunity for antepartum, intrapartum, and neonatal management. The clinical possibilities and potential for differing outcomes challenge the mother-foetus dyad with regard to informed consent. Previous...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Mavroudis C,Mavroudis CD,Farrell RM,Jacobs ML,Jacobs JP,Kodish ED

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with congenital cardiac disease experience challenges in developing healthy patterns of physical activity due to decreased exercise capacity and parental fear and confusion about what is permissible. The purpose of this study was to describe physical activity habits in children 10-14 years of age wi...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Ray TD,Green A,Henry K

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-month-old infant with severe tricuspid valve disease due to staphylococcal bacterial endocarditis, underwent surgical replacement of the valve. The new valve was fashioned using an autologous pericardial patch. Over 3 years of follow-up, the new valve has functioned satisfactorily, with moderately elevated right ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Sreeram N,Ben Mime L,Bennink G

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ventricular septal defect in transposition of the great arteries is frequently closely related to the cardiac valves. The valvar function after arterial switch operation of patients with transposition of the great arteries and ventricular septal defect or intact ventricular septum was compared. We analysed the funct...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Gabriel J,Scheld HH,Tjan TD,Osada N,Krasemann T

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a child with cor triatriatum dexter masquerading as Ebstein's anomaly on transthoracic echocardiography. This was attributed to a floppy membrane arising from the right atrium, protruding into the tricuspid valve and pushing the leaflets downwards, giving an impression of Ebstein's anomaly. The i...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Salam S,Gallacher D,Uzun O

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Holt-Oram syndrome was confirmed in an asymptomatic 36-year-old man by a novel TBX5-gene mutation (exon 8 acceptor splicing site, c.663-1G greater than A). Computed tomography showed an atrial septal defect and an anomalous right coronary artery crossing between the aorta and pulmonary arteries. Surgery corrected ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Vianna CB,Miura N,Pereira AC,Jatene MB

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intra-cardiac repair of congenital cardiac diseases in children with left-right shunt is often associated with acute elevation of pulmonary artery pressure following cardiopulmonary bypass. We studied the correlation between the Glu298Asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and pulmona...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Loukanov T,Hoss K,Tonchev P,Klimpel H,Arnold R,Sebening C,Karck M,Gorenflo M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here the case of a 27-year-old woman with Noonan syndrome presenting with ventricular fibrillation. After successful defibrillation, echocardiography revealed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Normal echocardiographic cardiac structure and function were r...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Aydin A,Yilmazer MS,Gurol T

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Children with congenital cardiac defects may have associated chromosomal anomalies, airway compromise, and/or pulmonary hypertension, which can pose challenges to adequate sedation, weaning from mechanical ventilation, and successful extubation. Propofol, with its unique properties, may be used as a bridge t...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Teng SN,Kaufman J,Czaja AS,Friesen RH,da Cruz EM

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of transcatheter occlusion of a large and tortuose coronary artery fistula in an 8-year-old girl. During 2.5 years' of follow-up, she had no complaints and developed normally. This method of reserving the guide wire in cardiac catheterisation is extremely useful. Through the application of a patent ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Zhao G,Jin H,Wu H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supravalvular aortic stenosis is associated with the Williams-Beuren syndrome, but it also occurs in a non-syndromatic congenital form. An elastin gene mutation of chromosome 7q11.23 is responsible in both cases. The vascular features are identical. These patients have a higher risk of sudden death, particularly when ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Jakob A,Unger S,Arnold R,Grohmann J,Kraus C,Schlensak C,Stiller B

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about acute coronary syndrome caused by Kawasaki disease-related coronary artery lesions in adults is sketchy. We reviewed the clinical features of 50 adult patients who had an acute coronary syndrome caused by coronary artery lesions due to Kawasaki disease or probable Kawasaki disease from 1980 to 2008. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Tsuda E,Abe T,Tamaki W

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional health is becoming an important part of outcome assessment following congenital heart surgery. METHODS:The Child Health Questionnaire was used to evaluate self-reported functional health in a cohort of children operated on for congenital heart disease between 1996 and 2002, now aged 10-20 years. ...

journal_title：Cardiology in the young

authors： Larsen SH,McCrindle BW,Jacobsen EB,Johnsen SP,Emmertsen K,Hjortdal VE

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00