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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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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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Disease Burden of Congenital Toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2007
Although the outcomes of toxoplasmosis have been well documented, an integrated estimate of the impact of this infection on the health status of the population is not available. "Disability-adjusted life years" are the sum of years of life lost and years lived with disability, weighted for the severity of the illness.
Havelaar, AHrivm, Kemmeren, JMrivm, Kortbeek, LMrivm   +2 more
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Lipoprotein(a) concentrations in adult congenital heart disease patients

, 2014
Introduction. Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) contributes to the formation to atherosclerosis, promotes inflammation and stimulates prothrombotic processes. Methods.
Rodríguez-González, Fayna, Martínez Quintana, Efrén   +1 more
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Congenital heart block associated with Sjögren syndrome: case report [PDF]

, 2009
Background: Congenital heart block is a rare complication of pregnancy associated with Sjögren Syndrome that may result in the death of the foetus or infant, or the need for pacing in the newborn or at a later stage.Case report: The case is presented of ...
Poate, Timothy W.J., Penelope J Shirlaw, Michael P Escudier, Shirlaw, Penelope J., Moutasim, Karwan A., Timothy WJ Poate, Escudier, Michael P., Karwan A Moutasim   +7 more
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Classical Complement Pathway Inhibition in a Pediatric Patient With Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric refractory immune thrombocytopenia (rITP) is generally characterized by persistent thrombocytopenia and failure to achieve a sustained response to multiple standard therapies. We report a 4‐year‐old female with congenital tufting enteropathy, post‐intestinal transplant patient on immunosuppressants, who developed severe rITP ...
Sarah Hsieh, Susmita Sarangi, Caileigh Pudela, Catherine M. Broome, Tara K. Suntum   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Abatacept for Prophylaxis of Acute and Chronic Graft‐Versus‐Host‐Disease in Children Undergoing Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Cohort Studies

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Graft‐versus‐host disease (GvHD) remains one of the most significant complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Abatacept, a selective T‐cell costimulation modulator, is a relatively novel prophylactic agent, though pediatric data remain limited.
Matthijs D. Kruizinga, Anne B. Verbeek, Caroline A. Lindemans, Emilie P. Buddingh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Accuracy of pulse oximetry screening for detecting critical congenital heart disease in the newborns in rural hospital of Central India [PDF]

, 2013
Congenital cardiovascular malformations are the most common category of birth defects and responsible for mortality in the first twelve months of life.
Taksande, Amar M., Suwarnakar, K., Gadekar, A., Japzape, T., Lakhkar, Bhawna   +4 more
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