Left-Ventricular Noncompaction ...
Left-ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is an echocardiographic finding of increasing frequency in pediatrics; however, predictors of outcomes have be ...
Tricuspid Valve Repair in Hypop ...
Tricuspid valve regurgitation (TR) remains an obstacle for staged palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Because previous results fro ...
Pathology of the Aortic Arch in ...
Aortic arch reconstruction plays an important role in the success of the Norwood procedure (NP) for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This stu ...
Role of Caveolae in Cardiac Pro ...
Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The molecular signaling pathways involved in cardiac protection ...
Accuracy of Cardiac Auscultatio ...
The aim of this study was to assess whether cardiac auscultation performed by pediatric trainees and neonatologists can reliably distinguish innocen ...
Huge Right Ventricular Outflow ...
A 30-year-old man was referred to our center for pulmonic valve replacement. He had a history of total correction of the Tetralogy of Fallot with an ...
Pulmonary Limitation to Exercis ...
This study evaluated resting pulmonary function and its impact on exercise capacity after atrial baffle (BAFFLE) and arterial switch (SWITCH) repair ...
Occlusion of Pulmonary Arteriov ...
An 8-year-old girl was referred because of frequent epistaxis and acrocyanosis. The family history showed that her father, aunt, uncle, and grandfat ...
aHUS caused by complement dysre ...
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is a heterogeneous disease that is caused by defective complement regulation in over 50% of cases. Mutatio ...
Abdominal pain in a female adol ...
Differential diagnosis of abdominal pain in a female teenager with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) and insulin-dependent diabet ...
Renal manifestations of patient ...
MYH9-related disorders are a group of autosomal, dominantly inherited disorders caused by mutations of the MYH9 gene, which encodes the non-muscle m ...
The impact of pediatric nephrot ...
The objective of our study was to assess the psychologic and economic effects of pediatric nephrotic syndrome (NS) on caregivers. Caregivers of 50 c ...
Rituximab for refractory cases ...
Rituximab has been used over the last decade as a rescue therapy for refractory cases of nephrotic syndrome (NS). Here we report the use of rituxima ...
Maternal smoking during pregnan ...
An adverse fetal environment leads to smaller kidneys, with fewer nephrons, which might predispose an individual to the development of kidney diseas ...
Calcium signaling triggered by ...
The kidney is extraordinarily sensitive to adverse fetal programming. Malnutrition, the most common form of developmental challenge, retards formati ...
Blood pressure profile in renal ...
Hypertension is a common complication after renal transplantation and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the cu ...
Renin–angiotensin system in ure ...
Branching morphogenesis of the ureteric bud (UB) is a key developmental process that controls organogenesis of the entire metanephros. Notably, aber ...
Single daily high-dose mizoribi ...
Although cyclosporine (CsA) therapy is effective in the management of children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS), a recent study has ...
Paediatric radiology seen from ...
Paediatric radiology requires dedicated equipment, specific precautions related to ionising radiation, and specialist knowledge. Developing countrie ...
Molecular ultrasound imaging an ...
US is a low-cost, real-time imaging modality that is the most used diagnostic tool in paediatric radiology. Reasons include the improved US image q ...
Variable MR imaging appearances ...
Background Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is rare in the general pediatric population but is increasingly found in treated pediatric cancer patient ...
Skeletal imaging effects of pam ...
Background After observing metaphyseal changes in pediatric and young adult patients with osteosarcoma who were treated with pamidronate, we initiat ...
Pulmonary metastases in childre ...
Background Approximately 15–20% of patients with osteosarcoma present with detectable metastatic disease and the majority of whom (85%) have pulmona ...
MRI for the evaluation of pectu ...
Pectus excavatum, the most common congenital deformity of the anterior chest wall, is both a cosmetic and functional abnormality. The degree of abno ...
MR evaluation of fetal demise
Background Fetal demise is an uncommon event encountered at MR imaging. When it occurs, recognition by the interpreting radiologist is important to ...