Dhanya Warrier,Sejal Shah,Colin John et al.
Dhanya Warrier et al.
Persistent fifth aortic arch (PFAA), also known as congenital double-lumen aortic arch, is a rare developmental anomaly of the aortic arch. A 5-month-old baby who presented with congestive cardiac failure was diagnosed to have a large paten...
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with descending vertical vein: Unusual drainage to azygos vein [0.03%]
全肺静脉异位连接引流至奇静脉的一种少见形式——垂直导管位置较低型
Saurabh Kumar Gupta,Gurpreet Singh Gulati,Rajnish Juneja et al.
Saurabh Kumar Gupta et al.
Most patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection have a set pattern of pulmonary venous drainage and predictable sites of obstruction. However, uncommon variations do exist and delineating the entire course is more important t...
Unexpected difficulty during transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defect associated with right aortic arch [0.03%]
右位主动脉弓合并房间隔缺损封堵术中意外困难一例报告
Nageswara Rao Koneti,Abhijeet Shelke,Srinivasa Kumar Arramraj et al.
Nageswara Rao Koneti et al.
Right aortic arch (RAA) associated with isolated atrial septal defect (ASD) is very rare. We report successful closure of ASD associated with RAA using a 26-mm atrial septal occluder in a 30-year-old male patient. The impingement of right d...
Henry Chubb,John M Simpson
Henry Chubb
Z-scores are a means of expressing the deviation of a given measurement from the size or age specific population mean. By taking account of growth or age, Z-scores are an excellent means of charting serial measurements in paediatric cardiol...
Rajendra Tandon
Rajendra Tandon
Despite identifying that rheumatic fever (RF) is the result of an immunological reaction following group-A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infection, the pathogenesis remains elusive. RF has been incorrectly designated as causing pancarditis, ...
Safety and usefulness of outreach clinic conducted by pediatric echosonographers [0.03%]
儿童超声心动图医生开展的医疗延伸服务的安全性和有效性
Badr Al Harbi,Ali A Al Akhfash,Abdullah Al Ghamdi et al.
Badr Al Harbi et al.
Background: Outreach echocardiographic services led by cardiac sonographers may help district level hospitals in the management of patients suspected to have cardiac anomalies. However, the safety and utility of such an a...
Endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in children with irreversible pulmonary hypertension due to congenital heart disease [0.03%]
不可逆性肺动脉高压患儿内皮功能障碍与动脉粥样硬化病变的关系研究
Murat Ciftel,Ayse Simşek,Ozlem Turan et al.
Murat Ciftel et al.
Objective: To assess endothelial dysfunction and the risk for coronary atherosclerosis in children with irreversible pulmonary hypertension due to congenital heart disease (CHD). ...
Dhanya Warrier,Rahul Saraf,Sunita Maheshwari et al.
Dhanya Warrier et al.
Background: Fetal echocardiography is a well established sensitive tool to diagnose congenital heart disease (CHD) in utero. One of the determinants of effective utilization of fetal echocardiography is its awareness in t...
Effect of ventricular size and function on exercise performance and the electrocardiogram in repaired tetralogy of Fallot with pure pulmonary regurgitation [0.03%]
肺动脉反流根治术后右心室大小和功能对运动能力和心电图的影响
Shaji C Menon,Aditya K Kaza,Michael D Puchalski
Shaji C Menon
Background: In repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), exercise test parameters like peak oxygen uptake and ventilatory efficiency predict mortality. Studies have also suggested cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR)-derived right ...
Palliative stent implantation for coarctation in neonates and young infants [0.03%]
新生儿和婴幼儿主动脉缩窄的姑息支架置入术
Isabel Sreeram,Narayanswami Sreeram,Gerardus Bennink
Isabel Sreeram
Background: In selected neonates and infants, primary palliative stent implantation may be indicated for coarctation of the aorta. We describe our experience with this approach in five consecutive patients. ...