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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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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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Experimental Zika Virus Infection in the Pregnant Common Marmoset Induces Spontaneous Fetal Loss and Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities. [PDF]
, 2018 During its most recent outbreak across the Americas, Zika virus (ZIKV) was surprisingly shown to cause fetal loss and congenital malformations in acutely and chronically infected pregnant women.
Aagaard, Kjersti M +17 more
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A “long-standing” malpositioned pacing lead. Long-term follow-up after extraction
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018 Transvenous pacemaker (PM) catheters can be unintentionally placed in the left ventricle (LV) during the implantation procedure. An 8-year-old girl was discovered with a malpositioned pm wire, seven years after the implant.
Berardo Sarubbi +5 more
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European Journal of Medical Research, 2023 The etiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is complex, especially the investigation of rare pathogeny is difficult. Congenital portosystemic venous shunt (CPSS) is a rare congenital anomaly in which the portal blood completely or partially ...
Yunyan Li +5 more
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Glucose inhibits cardiac muscle maturation through nucleotide biosynthesis. [PDF]
, 2017 The heart switches its energy substrate from glucose to fatty acids at birth, and maternal hyperglycemia is associated with congenital heart disease. However, little is known about how blood glucose impacts heart formation.
Braas, Daniel +21 more
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Pulmonary Circulation, 2020 Pulmonary hypertension is a chronic disease developing progressively with high mortality. Pulmonary hypertension patients need persistent medical care; however, limited reports focused on them when there was an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in ...
Hongmei Zhou +7 more
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Use of hydrocolloid dressing in infants requiring open chest management after cardiac surgery
Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Purpose Sternal splintage is known as an effective maneuver to stabilize hemodynamics during the immediate postoperative period, particularly in very sick infants. On the other hand, its wound management is not always straightforward.
Shinya Yokoyama +4 more
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Rare diseases leading to childhood Glaucoma. epidemiology, pathophysiogenesis, and management [PDF]
, 2015 Noteworthy heterogeneity exists in the rare diseases associated with childhood glaucoma. Primary congenital glaucoma is mostly sporadic; however, 10% to 40% of cases are familial. CYP1B1 gene mutations seem to account for 87% of familial cases and 27% of
Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz +5 more
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Chylothorax Due to Superior Vena Cava Obstruction in a Patient With Complex Congenital Heart Disease
JACC: Case Reports, 2021 Obstruction of the superior vena cava represents an under-recognized cause of chylothorax in the adult population. Our case report describes the successful conservative management of chylothorax due to bilateral superior vena cava obstruction in an adult
Rosaria Barracano, MD +9 more
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