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Assessment of left ventricular systolic function using two- and three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography among healthy preschool-age pediatric children

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2022
Background Accurate measurements of left ventricular (LV) volumes and function are important in the management of patients with various cardiac abnormalities.
Heba Kamel, Ayah Tarek Elsayegh, Hany Nazmi, Hebatallah Mohamed Attia   +3 more
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A Path to Implement Precision Child Health Cardiovascular Medicine. [PDF]

, 2017
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) affect approximately 1% of live births and are a major source of childhood morbidity and mortality even in countries with advanced healthcare systems. Along with phenotypic heterogeneity, the underlying etiology of CHDs is
Brian Reemtsen, J. Paul Finn, Juan Alejos, Marlin Touma, Marlin Touma, Nancy Halnon, Stanley F. Nelson, Yibin Wang, Yibin Wang   +8 more
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Multicenter Validation of the Vasoactive-Ventilation-Renal Score as a Predictor of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After Neonatal Cardiac Surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Objectives: We sought to validate the Vasoactive-Ventilation-Renal score, a novel disease severity index, as a predictor of outcome in a multicenter cohort of neonates who underwent cardiac surgery. Design: Retrospective chart review.
Cashen, Katherine, Costello, John M., Gowda, Keshava Murty Narayana, Grimaldi, Lisa M., Mastropietro, Christopher W., Moser, Elizabeth A. S., Piggott, Kurt D., Wilhelm, Michael   +7 more
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Application of the Boston Technical Performance Score to intraoperative echocardiography

Echo Research and Practice, 2019
Background: The Technical Performance Score (TPS) developed by Boston Children’s Hospital showed surgical outcomes correlate with adequacy of technical repair when implemented on pre-discharge echocardiograms.
Hannah R Bellsham-Revell, Antigoni Deri, Silvia Caroli, Andrew Durward, Owen I Miller, Sujeev Mathur, Jelena Saundankar, David R Anderson, B Conal Austin, Caner Salih, Kuberan Pushparajah, John M Simpson   +11 more
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Gender differences in two-dimensional and three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography left ventricular measurements among healthy preschool pediatric population

The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2023
Background Speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) is an upcoming echocardiographic modality to measure global as well as segmental left ventricular systolic function expressed numerically as strain values independent of angle and ventricular geometry ...
Ayah Tarek Elsayegh, Hany Nazmi, Hebatallah Mohamed Attia, Heba Kamel   +3 more
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Evaluation of critical congenital heart defects screening using pulse oximetry in the neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]

, 2017
ObjectiveTo evaluate the implementation of early screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and potential exclusion of sub-populations from universal screening.Study designProspective evaluation of ...
Allen, D, Assing, E, Axelrod, R, Blau, J, Chandra, S, Cohen, M, Fofah, O, Garg, LF, Giuliano, M, Govindaswami, B, Grazel, R, Hassinger, D, Hudome, S, Jegatheesan, P, Koppel, R, Kumar, P, Lakshminrusimha, S, Lohr, J, McClure, D, Spillane, N, Van Naarden Braun, K   +20 more
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Pharmacological therapy in adult congenital heart disease with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2023
Thanks to advances in both medical care and surgical techniques, over recent years, survival for patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased significantly, with about 90% of patients now reaching adulthood.
Rosaria Barracano, Giovanni Domenico Ciriello, Berardo Sarubbi   +2 more
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Congenital Chagas disease in a Bolivian newborn in Bergamo (Italy) [PDF]

, 2018
Chagas disease (CD) is an uncommon disease in Europe. Its epidemiology has changed because of mass migration from Latin America to Europe. Herein we describe a congenital case of CD in a Bolivian newborn in Bergamo, the main city of residence for the ...
Bargiggia, Graziano, D'Antiga, Lorenzo, Farina, Claudio, Gabrielli, Simona, Ortalli, Gaia, Rodari, Paola, Ruggeri, Maurizio   +6 more
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Provision of services for rehabilitation of children and adolescents with congenital cardiac disease: a survey of centres for paediatric cardiology in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2002
A postal questionnaire survey of the 17 centres for paediatric cardiology in the UK investigated the attitudes of staff towards rehabilitation and the current level of provision.
Fredriksen, Gupta, Lynne Kendall, Patricia Sloper, Robert J.P. Lewin   +4 more
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Perfusion techniques for an 800 g premature neonate undergoing Arterial Switch Procedure for Transposition of the Great Arteries★

The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology
Early cardiac surgery in neonates and infants with congenital heart disease has been performed since the middle to late years of the twentieth century.
Owens Richard, Loftin Madeline, Rosten Kellen, Fisher Douglas, Denison Blake, Gottlieb Erin, Fraser Charles   +6 more
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