Significant Increase in Clopido ...
The primary aim of this study was to describe the use of the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel in pediatric tertiary care hospitals and to evaluate how ...
Brain Maturity and Brain Injury ...
Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are at high risk for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. The aim of this work was to assess brain matu ...
Predictors of ECMO Support in I ...
The development of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is related to the rate and duration of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Infants may b ...
Reproducibility of Oxygen Satur ...
Patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are at risk for multiple complications and require close follow-up. We investigated the ...
Histopathologic Evaluation of P ...
The aim of this study was to determine the histopathology of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in-stent stenosis after hybrid stage I palliation. The h ...
Is Autophagy in Response to Isc ...
Autophagy is a catabolic process that degrades long-lived proteins and damaged organelles by sequestering them into double membrane structures terme ...
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 ...
Electrophysiologic Studies and ...
Ectopic atrial tachycardia (EAT) often resists medical therapy, making radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) the preferred treatment. This study r ...
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 ...
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 ...
Left-Ventricular Noncompaction ...
Left-ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is an echocardiographic finding of increasing frequency in pediatrics; however, predictors of outcomes have be ...
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, ...
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 ...
Antiplatelet Versus Anticoagula ...
The benefits of prophylactic anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy for patients undergoing extracardiac conduit (ECC) Fontan procedure still are a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Comparison of Gastrointestinal ...
This study aimed to compare the incidence of gastrointestinal complications among infants with singleventricle heart defects after three first-stage ...
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 ...
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 ...