Issue 4/2020
Content (29 Articles)
An Ethical Argument for Professional Regulation and Regionalization of Care in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Angira Patel, Rupali Gandhi
Atrial Function and Its Role in the Non-invasive Evaluation of Diastolic Function in Congenital Heart Disease
Hieu T. Ta, Tarek Alsaied, Jeremy M. Steele, Vien T. Truong, Wojciech Mazur, Sherif F. Nagueh, Shelby Kutty, Justin T. Tretter
Characteristics of Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling in a Porcine Model of Shunt-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Liping Wang, Linlin Guo, Limin Zhu, Yanjun Sun, Mingjie Zhang, Zhuoming Xu
Fears and Stressors of Trainees Starting Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology
David W. Brown, Geoffrey Binney, Zachary Gauthier, Elizabeth D. Blume
Leadless Micra Pacemaker Use in the Pediatric Population: Device Implantation and Short-Term Outcomes
C. R. Breatnach, L. Dunne, K. Al-Alawi, P. Oslizlok, D. Kenny, K. P. Walsh
Comprehensive Functional Echocardiographic Assessment of Transposition of the Great Arteries: From Fetus to Newborn
Carin Walter, Iris Soveral, Joaquim Bartrons, María Clara Escobar, Juan Manuel Carretero, Laura Quirado, Olga Gómez, Joan Sánchez-de-Toledo
Novel Urinary Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Fumiya Yoneyama, Toru Okamura, Kiyohiro Takigiku, Satoshi Yasukouchi
Extracardiac Fontan Fenestration Device Closure with Amplatzer Vascular Plug II and Septal Occluder: Procedure Results and Medium-Term Follow-Up
Melissa K. Webb, Lyndsey E. Hunter, Theodore R. Kremer, Charles B. Huddleston, Andrew C. Fiore, Saar Danon
Non-invasive Risk Stratification in Pediatric Ventricular Pre-excitation
Rana Khaznadar, Stephanie F. Chandler, A. Sami Chaouki, Sabrina Tsao, Gregory Webster
Long-Term Follow-Up of Transthoracic Echocardiography-Guided Transcatheter Closure of Large Atrial Septal Defects (≥ 30 mm) Using the SHSMA Occluder
Hongwei Dou, Tong Kan, Xian Guo, Lingxiao Wang, Jian Na, Pan Li, Xudong Xu, Yongwen Qin, Xianxian Zhao
Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
Marc Drake, Salil Ginde, Scott Cohen, Peter Bartz, Jane Sowinski, Emily Reinhardt, Tara Saleska, Michael G. Earing
Use of Noninvasive Ventilation in Respiratory Failure After Extubation During Postoperative Care in Pediatrics
Denise S. Rolim, Filomena R. B. Galas, Lucilia S. Faria, Erica F. Amorim, Marisa M. Regenga, Eduardo J. Troster
Severity of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease Correlates with Fontan Hemodynamics
Anastasia Schleiger, Madeleine Salzmann, Peter Kramer, Friederike Danne, Stephan Schubert, Christian Bassir, Tobias Müller, Hans-Peter Müller, Felix Berger, Stanislav Ovroutski
Left Ventricular Stiffness in Adolescents and Young Adults After Arterial Switch Operation for Complete Transposition of the Great Arteries
Chuan Wang, Vivian Wing-yi Li, Edwina Kam-fung So, Yiu-fai Cheung
Epicardial Pacemaker in Neonates and Infants: Is There a Relationship Between Patient Size, Device Size, and Wound Complicatıon?
Servet Ergün, Hasan Candaş Kafalı, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Okan Yildiz, Mustafa Güneş, İsmihan Selen Onan, Yakup Ergül, Alper Güzeltaş, Sertaç Haydin
Risk Factors for Cardiac and Non-cardiac Causes of Death in Males with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber, Kenneth R. Knecht, Chet R. Villa, Chentel Cunningham, Jennifer Conway, Matthew J. Bock, Katheryn E. Gambetta, Ashwin K. Lal, Kurt R. Schumacher, Sabrina P. Law, Shriprasad R. Deshpande, Shawn C. West, Joshua M. Friedland-Little, Irene D. Lytrivi, Michael A. McCulloch, Ryan J. Butts, David R. Weber, Jonathan N. Johnson
Early Postnatal Echocardiography in Neonates with a Prenatal Suspicion of Coarctation of the Aorta
Trisha V. Vigneswaran, Hannah R. Bellsham-Revell, Henry Chubb, John M. Simpson
Clinical Outcomes and Risk Factors for In-Hospital Mortality in Neonates with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Mohammed Hamzah, Hasan F. Othman, Esraa Elsamny, Hemant Agarwal, Hany Aly
Inferior Vena Cava Diameter Predicts Nephropathy in Patients Late After Fontan Palliation
Sheetal Patel, Premchand Anne, Julie Somerfield-Ronek, Wei Du, Mark V. Zilberman
Right Ventricular Growth and Function After Balloon Valvuloplasty for Critical Pulmonary Valve Stenosis in Infants and Neonates
Hala Agha, Sonia El-Saeidi, Hassan Abou Seif, Mohamed Abd El-Salam, Doaa El Amrousy
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Children is Safe with Most Pacemaker Systems, Including Those with Epicardial Leads
Madeline Bireley, Joshua R. Kovach, Candace Morton, Joseph R. Cava, Amy Y. Pan, Melodee Nugent, Margaret M. Samyn
T-cell Receptor Excision Circles in Newborns with Heart Defects
Kiran A. Gul, Janne Strand, Rolf D. Pettersen, Henrik Brun, Tore G. Abrahamsen
Flow Dynamics of Bilateral Superior Cavopulomonary Shunts Influence Outcomes After Fontan Completion
Masamichi Ono, Melchior Burri, Benedikt Mayr, Lisa Anderl, Julie Cleuziou, Martina Strbad, Alfred Hager, Jürgen Hörer, Rüdiger Lange
Right Ventricular Strain Impairment in Adults and Adolescents with Repaired Aortic Coarctation
Fabien Labombarda, Laurine Verdier, Pascale Maragnes, Paul Milliez, Farzin Beygui
Initial Experience in Chile with Stent Implantation in the Right Ventricle Outflow Tract in High-Risk Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot
Paulo Valderrama, Francisco Garay, Daniel Springmüller, Yeny Briones, Daniel Aguirre, Rodrigo González, Pedro Becker, Guillermo Zamora, Luis Sánchez, Gabriel Castillo, Gilberto Palominos, Luis Cárdenas
Novel PRKAG2 Variant Manifesting with a Cardiac Arrest in a Child
Georgia Spentzou, Ruth McGowan, Dominic Hares, Karen McLeod
Determining Novel Urinary Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Fu-Kun Liu, Fu-Shan Xue
Rebuttal to Letter to Editor: Determining Novel Urinary Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury and Prediction of Clinical Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Fumiya Yoneyama, Kazushi Maruo