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Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2022 Background: Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCDs) are currently used in patients at temporarily heightened risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) who are temporarily unable to receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
Berardo Sarubbi +10 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2023 Background Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious and rare disease that is often derived from genetic mutations. Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a chromosomal abnormality disease that has its origin in the mutation of lysine methyltransferase 2D ...
Xiao-xian Deng +5 more
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International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021 Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are widely accepted therapy in congenital heart disease (CHD) patients at risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias or sudden cardiac death (SCD).
Berardo Sarubbi +13 more
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023 Background In patients after heart transplantation, systemic arterial hypertension and enhanced central aortic stiffness contribute to increased ventricular afterload, which might lead to graft dysfunction.
Heiner Latus +12 more
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BMC Pediatrics, 2020 Background Pediatric patients with genetic disorders have a higher incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) regardless of their heart defects. Filamin A (FLNA) mutation is recently recognized to be associated with pediatric pulmonary disorders,
Xiaoxian Deng +9 more
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International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 Protein-losing enteropathy (PLE) represents a rare but severe and potentially life-threatening complication following Fontan operation in patients with a functional single ventricle.
Rosaria Barracano +4 more
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Imaging of ventricular septal defect: Native and post-repair
International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 Cardiac imaging using a combination of multiple modalities has become an essential tool in the management of adults with congenital heart disease with the potential to improve the outcome.
Flavia Fusco +4 more
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Diagnostics, 2023 The population of patients with a systemic right ventricle (sRV) in biventricular circulation includes those who have undergone an atrial switch operation for destro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) and those with congenitally corrected ...
Francesca Bevilacqua +7 more
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Challenges of congenital heart disease in grown-up patients
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017 Nowadays, more than 90% of all children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) reach adult life. Although initially considered to be cured, the majority of them continue to need specialised follow-up because they require re-do interventions or are at
Markus Schwerzmann +5 more
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Subcutaneous finger cardioverter-defibrillator in low weight paediatric patients: a case series
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022 Placement of traditional transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system in low-weight children is often difficult because of their vessel size, the elevated risk of lead malfunction and failure, children’s growth and various anatomic ...
Berardo Sarubbi +7 more
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