Issue 2/2008
Content (47 Articles)
A Review of Ductal Stenting in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome: Bridge to Transplantation and Hybrid Stage I Palliation
D. J. DiBardino, D. B. McElhinney, A. C. Marshall, E. A. Bacha
Application of a Complication Screening Method to Congenital Heart Surgery Admissions
Oscar J. Benavidez, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Emile Bacha, Pedro Del Nido, Kathy J. Jenkins
Competition Between Native Flow and Graft Flow After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Impact on Indications for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Localized Stenosis with Giant Aneurysms Due to Kawasaki Disease
Etsuko Tsuda, Hideki Fujita, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Osamu Yamada, Shigeyuki Echigo, Soichiro Kitamura
Atrial Septal Defect: Spectrum of Care
R. Kharouf, D. M. Luxenberg, O. Khalid, R. Abdulla
Correlation Between Peripheral and Central Venous Pressures in Children with Congenital Heart Disease
H. Amoozgar, N. Behniafard, M. Borzoee, G. H. Ajami
Aspirin Resistance in Children with Heart Disease at Risk for Thromboembolism: Prevalence and Possible Mechanisms
Lisa C. Heistein, William A. Scott, Thomas M. Zellers, David E. Fixler, Claudio Ramaciotti, Janna M. Journeycake, Matthew S. Lemler
Association of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C–634 G Polymorphism in Taiwanese Children With Kawasaki Disease
K.-C. Hsueh, Y.-J. Lin, J.-S. Chang, L. Wan, Y.-H. Tsai, C.-H. Tsai, C.-P. Chen, F.-J. Tsai
The Malignant Course of Acute Rheumatic Fever in the Modern Era: Implications for Early Surgical Intervention in Cases of Bivalvular Insufficiency With Impaired Ventricular Function
K. Herrold, E. M. Herrold, A. J. Bograd, M. Richmond, P. A. Flynn, R. S. Cooper, J. M. Chen
Assessment of Regional Atrial Function in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies Using Tissue Doppler Imaging
Ragiab Telagh, Wei Hui, Mohammed Abd El Rahman, Felix Berger, Peter E. Lange, Hashim Abdul-Khaliq
Pulmonary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease
O. C. Onyekwere, A. Campbell, M. Teshome, S. Onyeagoro, C. Sylvan, A. Akintilo, S. Hutchinson, G. Ensing, P. Gaskin, G. Kato, S. Rana, J. Kwagyan, V. Gordeuk, J. Williams, O. Castro
Pre-Hospital Discharge Car Safety Seat Testing in Infants Following Congenital Heart Surgery
J. M. Simsic, K. Masterson, B. E. Kogon, P. M. Kirshbom, K. R. Kanter
Very Early Extubation after Open-Heart Surgery in Children Does Not Influence Cardiac Function
U. Meißner, J. Scharf, J. Dötsch, M. Schroth
Transthoracic Echo-Doppler Assessment of Coronary Microvascular Function Late after Kawasaki Disease
S. Cicala, M. Galderisi, M. Grieco, A. Lamberti, R. Cosimi, F. Pellegrini, F. de Leva
Feeding Difficulties and Growth Delay in Children with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome versus d-Transposition of the Great Arteries
D. Davis, S. Davis, K. Cotman, S. Worley, D. Londrico, D. Kenny, A. M. Harrison
Clinical Investigation of Systemic-Pulmonary Collateral Arteries
Chang-Hsien Yu, Ming-Ren Chen
Ultrasound-Guided Versus Landmark-Guided Femoral Vein Access in Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization
S. Iwashima, T. Ishikawa, T. Ohzeki
Safety and Efficacy of Carvedilol Therapy for Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Muscular Dystrophy
J. Rhodes, R. Margossian, B. T. Darras, S. D. Colan, K. J. Jenkins, T. Geva, A. J. Powell
QT Dispersion and Diastolic Functions in Differential Diagnosis of Primary Mitral Valve Prolapse and Rheumatic Mitral Valve Prolapse
Barıs Guven, Ayse Guler Eroglu, Kadir Babaoglu, Tevfik Demir, Alper Güzeltas, Funda Oztunc, Levent Saltik
Percutaneous Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect Associated with Tunnel-Shaped Aneurysm Using the Amplatzer Duct Occluder
Muhammad Dilawar, Mohammed Numan, Amal El-Sisi, Salwa Morcos Gendi, Zaheer Ahmad
Reliability of a Single Pulse Oximetry Reading as a Screening Test for Congenital Heart Disease in Otherwise Asymptomatic Newborn Infants: The Importance of Human Factors
J. D. Reich, B. Connolly, G. Bradley, S. Littman, W. Koeppel, P. Lewycky, M. Liske
Evaluation of Right Ventricular Contraction by Myocardial Strain in Children Using a Two-Dimensional Tissue Tracking Method
H. Matsui, G. Satomi, S. Yasukochi, S. Kaneko, K. Haseyama
Palivizumab Use in Subjects with Congenital Heart Disease
Stuart A. Cohen, Robert Zanni, Alan Cohen, Molly Harrington, Paul VanVeldhuisen, Marnie L. Boron
Anterograde Stent Implantation for Treatment of Recurrent Coarctation After Norwood Operation
Rainer Schaeffler, Samir Sarikouch, Matthias Peuster
Outcomes Following Electroanatomic Mapping and Ablation for the Treatment of Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia in the Pediatric Population
Rose M. Cummings, William T. Mahle, Margaret J. Strieper, Robert M. Campbell, Lynne Costello, Virginia Balfour, Amanda Burchfield, Patricio A. Frias
Warfarin Therapy for Giant Aneurysm Prevents Myocardial Infarction in Kawasaki Disease
Yoko Sugahara, Masahiro Ishii, Hiromi Muta, Motofumi Iemura, Toyojiro Matsuishi, Hirohisa Kato
Polymorphisms of Human Leukocyte Antigen Genes in Korean Children with Kawasaki Disease
Jin Hee Oh, Ji Whan Han, Soon Ju Lee, Kyung Yil Lee, Byung Kyu Suh, Dae Kyun Koh, Joon Sung Lee, Chang Kyu Oh, Tai Gyu Kim, Hee Baeg Choi
Health-Related Quality of Life and Right Ventricular Function in the Midterm Follow-up Assessment After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair
C. B. Pilla, C. A. Pereira, A. V. Fin, F. V. Aquino, A. Botta, L. DalleMulle, C. P. Ricachinevsky, A. J. Nogueira, F. A. Lucchese, L. E. Rohde
Ventricular Tachycardia in Acute Fulminant Myocarditis: Medical Management and Follow-up
J. R. Sharma, S. Sathanandam, S. P. Rao, S. Acharya, V. Flood
A Simple and Feasible Technique for Repair of Anomalous Origin of the Left Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta
Lei Li, Junwu Su, Yongtao Wu, Yi Luo
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty for Coronary Arterial Stenosis in a 10-Year-Old Boy with Kawasaki Disease and a Brief Review
Meng-Luen Lee, Chien-Hsun Hsia
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in an 11-Year-Old Girl and Typical Echocardiographic Features
Abdul Rahim Wong, Nabil AbdurRazak, Saad Mohammad Al-Hadlaq, Abdullah Salem Al-Jarallah
Giant Left Atrial Appendage with a Common Ventricular-Appendicular Wall and an Abnormal Course of the Circumflex Coronary Artery in an Asymptomatic 18-Month-Old Girl
Anita Dumitrescu, Kevin P. Walsh, Alfred E. Wood
Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Right Sinus of Valsalva and Noncompaction of the Left Ventricle
Katheryn Gambetta, Wei Cui, Chawki el-Zein, David A. Roberson
Spontaneous Development and Rupture of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm: A Rare Complication in an Infant with Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Stenoses Due to Mutation of the Elastin Gene
Christian Apitz, Juergen Schaefer, Ludger Sieverding, Anita Rauch, Michael Hofbeck
A Case of an Infant with Flail Tricuspid Valve Due to Spontaneous Papillary Muscle Rupture: Was Neonatal Lupus the Culprit?
G. A. Fleming, F. G. Scholl, A. Kavanaugh-McHugh, M. R. Liske
Cardiomyopathy in Multiple Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Mohit Singla, Grace Guzman, Andrew J. Griffin, Saroja Bharati
Right Ventricular Outflow Patch Reconstruction for Repair of Double-Outlet Left Ventricle
S. Sohn, H. S. Kim, J. J. Han
Delayed Closure of Ductus Arteriosus in Term Newborns with Congenital Hypothyroidism: Effect of l-Thyroxine Therapy
G. F. Guarnieri, N. Laforgia, A. Mautone, G. Balducci
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm in Newborns: A Worrisome But Benign Entity with or without Congenital Heart Disease
G. Freire, I. Dubrow
High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulin in Recurrent Postpericardiotomy Syndrome
G. Wendelin, A. Fandl, A. Beitzke
A “Towering” ECG: Massive Ventricular Depolarization Waves in a Newborn with Multiple Cardiac Rhabdomyomas
R. S. Arora, M. Ibrahim, O. J. Rackham
Anatomically Corrected Malposition of the Great Arteries
Ming-Ren Chen
Neonatal Right Lung Emphysema Due to Pulmonary Artery Sling
Guido Oppido, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Gaetano Gargiulo
Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Child Secondary to Infective Endarteritis
Abdolrazagh Kiani, Hasan Radmehr, Reza Shabanian
Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva: Unexpected Finding in a Patient Diagnosed with Ventricular Septal Defect with Aortic Regurgitation
Suneil K. Aggarwal, Vijay Sai, V. Ramnath Iyer
Two-Dimensional Echocardiographic Valve Measurements in Healthy Children: Gender-Specific Differences
M. V. Zilberman, P. R. Khoury, R. T. Kimball