Disturbance of Glucose Homeosta ...
This study aimed to evaluate the time course of perioperative blood glucose levels of children undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart disea ...
2010 Riley Heart Center Symposi ...
Heart failure, a common event in childhood with significant morbidity and mortality, has an impact on both children and adults. In adult medicine, h ...
Comparison of Posterolateral Th ...
This study was designed to compare the longterm clinical outcomes and costs between video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and posterolateral thorac ...
The Neonatal But Not the Mature ...
The force–frequency relationship (FFR) reflects alterations in intracellular calcium cycling during changing heart rate (HR). Tachycardia-induced he ...
Usefulness of Fetal Three-Dimen ...
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur in 1% of live-born infants and frequently are associated with extracardiac malformations. This study aimed to ...
Eisenmenger Ventricular Septal ...
This study aimed to examine the definition and indications for surgery, to elucidate the morphologic substrate of aortic regurgitation, and to extra ...
General Anesthesia for Children ...
Severe heart failure in children is uncommon. The anesthetic management of children with this condition is challenging. The authors aimed to identif ...
The Mitochondrial Permeability ...
That apoptosis is mediated by specific pathways has long been established. However, more recent data have begun to suggest that necrosis may in fact ...
Comparison of Gastrointestinal ...
This study aimed to compare the incidence of gastrointestinal complications among infants with singleventricle heart defects after three first-stage ...
Relationship of Brain Natriuret ...
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a biomarker of cardiovascular disease that is common in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, in ch ...
Gadolinium-Enhanced Three-Dimen ...
Pulmonary stenosis (PS) or pulmonary atresia (PA) is an important component of complex cyanotic congenital heart disease, especially in tetrology of ...
Anomalous Origin of the Left Co ...
This study aimed to illustrate the experience of treating children with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCA ...
A Juvenile Murine Heart Failure ...
Persistent pressure overload can cause cardiac hypertrophy and progressive heart failure (HF). The authors developed a pressure-overload HF model of ...
Epigenetic Regulation of E2F-1- ...
A delicate balance exists between cell growth and cell death. In the context of the adult myocardium, inappropriate or inordinate cell loss through ...
Multicenter Study of the Effect ...
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are being used with increasing frequency in children and young adults. Our aim was to examine the app ...
The Outcome of Open Heart Surge ...
Although the outcome of neonatal cardiac surgery has dramatically improved, low body weight (LBW) is still considered an important risk for open hea ...
Nonfluoroscopic and Radiation-L ...
The purpose of this study was to report the feasibility and procedural technique of minimal or no fluoroscopy in the ablation of ventricular arrhyth ...
Antiplatelet Versus Anticoagula ...
The benefits of prophylactic anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing extracardiac conduit (ECC) Fontan procedure still are a ...
Early Echocardiographic Finding ...
Heart complications are among the serious problems of patients with b-thalassemia intermedia. This study aimed to evaluate myocardial function in th ...
Bnip3 as a Dual Regulator of Mi ...
The Bcl-2 adenovirus E1B 19 kDa-interacting protein 3 (Bnip3) is a pro-apoptotic BH3-only protein associated with the pathogenesis of many diseases, ...
Left-Ventricular Noncompaction ...
Left-ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is an echocardiographic finding of increasing frequency in pediatrics; however, predictors of outcomes have be ...
Validation of Cardiac Output Me ...
Novel COstatus system (Transonic Systems, Inc., NY), based on ultrasound dilution (UD), works off in situ arterial and central venous catheters in p ...
Use of Near-Infrared Spectrosco ...
We evaluated whether near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurement from the flank correlates with renal vein saturation in children undergoing cardi ...
Electrophysiologic Studies and ...
Ectopic atrial tachycardia (EAT) often resists medical therapy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) the preferred treatment. This study r ...
Right Ventricle and Tricuspid V ...
This study aimed to evaluate clinical outcomes including hemodynamics, right ventricle (RV) function, and tricuspid valve (TV) function in patients ...