Basic Science

• Abnormality of coromosomal study in bicuspid aortic valve
• Acute Effects of Coarctation of the Aorta on Cardiac Sensory Neuronal Activity in Piglets
• Acute hemodynamic changes after experimental Fontan circulation in a swine model without the use of bypass
• Adverse effects of remote ischemic preconditioning in the immature heart
• Arterial haemodynamics and blood gas status are largely preserved in fetal sheep with chronically increased left ventricular afterload
• Assessment of the Right Ventricle Mass Acquisition in an Experimental Model of Intermittent Pulmonary Trunk Banding
• Association between Pulmonary Hypertension in Secundum Atrial Septal Defect and Gene Mutation
• Biventricular diastolic function is unaffected by chronically elevated left ventricular afterload in fetal sheep
• Chronically elevated left ventricular afterload in fetal sheep prevents gestational increase in isovolumic acceleration
• Chronically increased afterload alters left ventricular growth patterns in fetal sheep
• Computer modelling of fetal blood flow distribution in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: effect of pulmonary trunk/ductal enlargement and aortic coarctation
• Connexin40 is expressed in the right ventricles of patients with congenital heart malformations
• Correlation of UFH Measures of Effect with Protamine Titration in Children
• Creatine Kinase Increase was Identified in Cardiac Tissue in Enhanced Maturation by Perinatal Glucoocrticoid Therapy on Fetal and Neonate Rats
• Cytokine and neutrophil number postoperative increase as probable pneumonia predictors
• Detection of DNA copy number aberrations by array CGH in patients with full or partial VACTERL association
• Do Bolus Doses of UFH Contribute to Increased Bleeding Risks in Children?
• Effect of Hydrogen Sulfide on the Proliferation of the Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells of Normal Rats and Spontaneous Hypertensive Rats
• Enhancement of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Expansion by Activated Autologous Serum - Implications for Clinical Grade Expansion
• Experience of three cases with genetically proven Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
• Factors related to adverse drug reaction of digoxin in patients with impaired renal function
• Fetal pulmonary wave generation augments mid-systolic forward flow across the ductus arteriosus
• Higher preoperative serum lactate and sub-clinical infection predict poor outcome in open heart surgeries of congenital heart disorders: 1H NMR study
• Histone deacetylase inhibitor Trichostatin A promotes cardiomyocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells
• Identification of molecular target proteins related to cardiac function in fetal rat tissues after antenatal glucocorticoid administration using a proteomics approach
• Immature hearts respond metabolically different to remote ischemic preconditioning than mature hearts: A tracer study
• Immunohistochemical detection of uPA, PAI-1 and SMA-α in the aneurysm of membranous septum in patients with perimembranous ventricular septal defect
• In vivo cardiac homing and heart failure remodeling characteristics of cord blood and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
• Increased myocardial Met-Enkephalin is associated with reduced arterial oxygenation in Tetralogy of Fallot
• Intercalated disk damage and cardiac pump function reduction in rats treated with zidovudine and preventive effect of vitamin C
• Mechanistic insights into hypothermia-induced platelet dysfunction: P2Y12 receptor blockade protects platelets at hypothermia as employed in cardiac surgery
• Morphological and Microstructural Changes of Rat Mitral Valve Chordae Tendinae During Postnatal Maturation
• Multiple circulatory fates of fetal pulmonary waves determined using linear transmission line theory
• Multiplex, quantitative, real-time PCR is a sensitive, inexpensive and rapid assay to detect DiGeorge Syndrome (DGS1) and can be adapted to newborn screening
• Mutation analysis of CRELD1 gene in children with atrioventricular septal defect
• Myofibrillar protein expression and contractility in congenital heart diseases associated with right ventricular hypertrophy
• Novel strategies to improve myocardial performance and diminish capillary leak after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass in children utilising P188
• Phenotypic features, cardiovascular manifestations and natural history in a unique cohort of infants with Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome
• Phenotypic predictors of chromosome 22q11.2 microdeletion : A prospective study of 150 children <2 years with conotruncal malformations
• Platelet GP IIb/IIIa receptor blockade versus selective inhibition of platelet signal transduction: Which approach is better to protect platelets during extracorporeal circulation?
• Pulsed doppler echocardiographic assessment in monocrotaline induced pulmonary hypertensive rats
• Right ventricular dysfunction after repaired tetralogy of Fallot: an experimental model designed for investigation and development of new therapies
• Right ventricular response to abnormal loading conditions in mice
• Role of maternal hypercholesterolemia and hyperglycemia in the onset of cardiac disease in childhood and adults
• Screening for Chromosomal Deletions and Duplications in Congenital Heart Disease using Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification
• Spatiotemporal expression of histone acetyltransferases p300 and CBP during mouse cardiogenesis
• Tbx1 Knock-down leads to reduced pharyngeal neural crest cells and cardiac performance in zebrafish
• The endothelin system in pulmonary arteries of patients with failed Fontan circulation
• The potent vasoregulatory mediator urotensin-II is produced in the fetus and demonstrates a delayed increase after birth
• Therapeutic effects of ghrelin in a neonatal model of pulmonary hypertension
• Tissue engineering of stentless pulmonary valve using a mesenchymal stem- endothelial progenitor cell- seeded biodegradable poly-4-hydroxybutyrate scaffold for use in pediatric pulmonary valve surgery
• Urotensin-II receptor blockade lowers pulmonary vascular resistance in a perinatal model of meconium aspiration syndrome
• Vascular changes after bone-marrow transplantation in children
• X-chromosome inactivation patterns in left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: epigenetic factors of disease expression

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