General Cardiology

• 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in patients with exercise-induced hypertension after the surgical aortic coarctation repair
• 3 Cases of Coronary Artery Fistula detected with Heart murmurs
• A case control study of neurodevelopmental outcome in infants undergoing cardiac vs non cardiac surgery
• A new category of VSD -- Silent VSD !
• Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Causes Esophageal Compression in Children As Severe As Complete Vascular Rings and Can be Restored by Aortopexy : An Esogaphageal Manometry Study
• Aggressive medical and surgical management improves outcome of children with right atrial isomerism - A 30-year experience in a single institution
• An Overview of Heart Rhythm Disturbances in Children with Palpitations or Syncope
• Analysis of the clinical phenotype and pathogenesis in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
• Angiotensin II blockade diminished plasma BNP levels in surgically corrected tetralogy of Fallot patients with moderate-to-severe pulmonary regurgitation
• Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery: Mid and long-term results after surgery
• Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: Ten years experiences in diagnosis and surgical repair
• Aortic Coarctation and Arch Hypoplasia Secondary To Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
• Arrhythmia in children with mitral valve prolapse
• Aspirin response in patients with total cavopulmonary anastomosis - early experience
• Autonomic control of the cardiovascular system is changed in children with mitral valve prolapse
• B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of latent left ventricular impairment in pediatric patients with bronchial asthma
• B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Japanese Obese Children
• Benign heart tumors present with a large spectrum of clinical features
• Blood Pressure Distribution in Indian School Children Differs from International Reference Population
• Body image perception, dietary habits and physical activity of middle school children
• Brain Abscess In Congenital Heart Disease: A Curebale Reality
• Brain Abscess in 200 patients: Congenital Heart Disease as the main Predisposing Factor in children a Report From South of Iran
• Cardiac diastolic dysfunction in cardiovascular asymptomatic HIV-infected children
• Cardiac related tbx1, tbx5 and tbx20 gene expression are down-regulated during heart development in raldh2 knock-down zebrafish embryos
• Cardiac Surgery for children from developing countries: program evaluation and outcomes
• Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous syndrome: First report of 2 cases with aortic stenosis
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing After Surgical Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot
• Cardiovascular malformations in Down Syndrome: spectrum, management and survival over 22 years
• Clinical findings and diagnosis of Myocarditis in children
• Clinical Implications of B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients late after the atrium-pulmonary artery connection
• Clinical Screening for Congenital Heart Disease at Birth: A Prospective Study in a Community Hospital in Southern India
• Coarctation of the aorta – still a missed diagnosis
• Comparison of Bruce treadmill test and Dobutamnine test in follow-up examination of children after surgical repair of the aorta coarctation in children
• Congenital absence of one pulmonary artery
• Congenital cyanotic cardiac diseases and R78W polymorphism frequency of CFC1 gene in patients with situs anomaly
• Congenital Heart Block and Dilated Ascending Aorta
• Congenital heart disease in 22q11 deletion syndrome: do variants in the folate genes have a modifier effect?
• Congenital Heart Disease in Children in Fiji
• Congenital supravalvar aortic stenosis and severe but transient myocardial ischemia
• Constrictive pericarditis in children
• Corrected QT Interval in Children with Brain Death
• Correction of imbalanced pulmonary blood flow is effective in plastic bronchitis associated with Fontan operation: A case report
• Correlation between Six- Minute Walk Test and Exercise Stress Test in Healthy Children
• Current status in the management of pediatric infective endocarditis : a national survey
• Deceleration and acceleration capacity in children with mitral valve prolapse
• Diagnosis and management of symptomatic congenital ductus arteriosus aneurysm in neonates
• Diastolic function and valvar involvement in Mucopolysaccharidosis and Mucolipidosis
• Differential Impact of Right Ventricular Pacing on Three-Dimensional Global Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony in Children and Young Adults with Congenital and Acquired Heart Block
• Difficulties and possible solutions in establishing pediatric cardiac care in a developing country
• Do Rural Indian Children have Higher Risk of Obesity related Hypertension?
• Does the size of pulmonary artery (PA) still affect the Fontan circulation after completion of the procedure?
• Double orifice tricuspid valve: rare or frequently missed?
• Early Surgical Management of Anatomically Complete Vascular Rings: Screening for Anatomically Complete Vascular Rings
• Effect of digoxin in Neonates with Ventricular Septal Defect and Congestive Heart Failure using Tissue Velocity Imaging
• Effect of planned teaching of parents in care of children with Congenital Heart Disease
• effect of schizandra and 2-methyl-2-buteno-carbonic acid
• Effect of selective alpha 1 receptor agonist in the treatment of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome in children
• Effectiveness of a home self-tilt training (TT) program for the prevention of recurrent neurally mediated syncope ( NMS ) in children and adolescents
• Effects of Carvedilol for Heart Failure in Patients with Functionally Univentricular Heart
• Effects of chronic Fluorosis on cardiovascular system in children
• Effects of chronic hypoxia on the expression of calmodulin and calcicum/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II and the calcium activity in myocardial cells in young rats
• Efficacy of cardiac resynchronization therapy in Fontan candidates with interventricular dyssynchrony
• Emergency Visits by Young Children with Significant Heart Disease
• Estimation of left ventricular filling pressure
• Ethnic Group Differences in the Perinatal Antecedents of Early Childhood Obesity: A Population-Based Analysis
• Evaluation of a Humanitarian Cardiovascular Screening Program – Use of Clinical Parameters and Non-Ccardiologist in the Screening Process
• Evaluation of cardiac changes in children with pneumonia
• Evaluation of congenital cardiac care in disadvantaged healthcare systems: A database for developing nations
• Evaluation of Myocardial Function with Cardiothoracic Ratio of X-ray in Children’s Chest Pain : by Tissue Doppler Imaging
• Evaluation of perinatal cardiac function in diabetic pregnant fetuses by brain natriuretic peptide(BNP) in cord blood
• Excercise Induced Chest Pain In Pediatric Patients
• Exercise induces significant biventricular intraventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in children with TOF
• First Database of Arterial Function (Aix, PWVao, SBPao) from healthy children and adolescents
• Haemodynamic and Right Ventricular Mechanical Response to Exercise in Atrial Repaired Transposition of the Great Arteries
• Hepatic changes during long-term follow-up after cavopulmonary connection
• Hepatopulmonary syndrome and intrapulmonary vasodilatation in children with chronic liver diseases
• High R'/R in V1-2 leads represents right ventricular pressure and volume overload in ASD
• Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Diagnosed in Childhood in Hungary
• Hypoplastic Left Heart Complex: A Play on Z-Scores
• Imipramine Induced Toxicity with Brugada Electrocardiographic Pattern in a Toddler : a Case Report
• Impact of Temporary Interruption of Long-Term Right Ventricular Pacing on Left Ventricular Function and Dyssynchrony in Children and Young Adults with Congenital and Acquired Heart Block
• Incidence and etiological evaluation of murmurs in full term neonates
• Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease in General Population of an Asian Country, Taiwan, from 2000 to 2006
• Infections and endothelial cell apoptosis
• Influence of the Fontan modification on systemic venous and pulmonary arterial flow pattern according to the respiratory cycle - assessment by intravascular Doppler echocardiography
• Intermediate-term follow-up after end-to-end operation for coarctationof the aorta - one centre experience
• Is the long-term outcome of the one & one half physiology superior to the Fontan physiology in patients with hypoplastic right heart?
• Kawasaki Disease: Cardiovascular Involvement and Outcome in the British Midlands
• Left Ventricular diastolic function indices in healthy children
• Long-term Survival in Children born 1973 – 1997 with Complex AVSD in Sweden
• Management of transposition of the great arteries in southern France: impact of antenatally diagnosis
• Marfan síndrome in 106 children. Prevalence of clinical manifestations, cardiovascular impact and survival
• Mean platelet volume is a predictor of 22q11.2 deletion in congenital heart disease
• Monocyte yeast cell phagocytosis and serum opsonic activity in children with rheumatic heart disease
• Monozygotic twins discordant for congenital heart defects
• Mortality in infants with cardiovascular malformations
• Motivating Forces for Parenting Infants with a Complex Congenital Heart Defect and Feeding Interaction
• Nationwide Prospective Study of a Contemporary Cohort of Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot – Analysis of 407 patients correlating imaging to exercise tolerance and quality of life
• Native Infective Endocarditis in 111 Children: Predictors of morbidity and mortality
• Non-Invasive Assessment of the Biophysical Properties of the Aorta and Ventricular-Vascular Coupling in the Fontan Circulation
• NT-pro-BNP is sensitive to latent chronic heart failure in the patients with single ventricle physiology and Tetralogy of Fallot
• Our approach to alleviate cyanosis after the Fontan procedure
• Outcome of the LV in Children and Young Adults with Severe Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Regurgitation Compared to Isolated Lesions
• parental awareness of endocarditis prophylaxis in children with congenital heart disease in Korea
• Patent Foramen Ovale- Is there need for Follow-up?
• Paternal Fibrillin 1 and TGFBR2 Mutation Transmitting to an Affected Son with Neonatal Marfan Syndrome: The Importance of Early Recognition
• Physiologic Response to Feeding in Infants with Transposition
• Plastic Bronchitis after the Fontan Procedure – successful treatment with Tissue Plasminogen Activator
• Platelet Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Level Is Strongly Correlated with Coronary Artery Abnormalities in Kawasaki Syndrome
• Poor vitamin C status is associated with delayed myocardial repolarization, increased carotid intima-media thickness, and decreased microvascular function in young patients with type 1 diabetes
• Population-based Study of Pediatric Sudden Death in Taiwan
• Predictors of Cardiac arrhythmias in early postoperative period after surgery for congenital heart disease
• Preoperative Management Strategy for Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries and Intact Ventricular Septum
• Prevalence and lethal arrhythmic risk of short QT interval in school health examination
• Pulmonary artery diverticulum:? An angiographic marker of Williams Syndrome
• Pulmonary Thromboembolism in Children with Nephrotic Syndrome
• Pulse oximetry as a screening tool for detecting Congenital Heart Defects in the West Midlands, United Kingdom – An Interim Analysis
• Pulse oximetry screening (POS) in newborns can reduce the diagnostic gap in critical congenital heart disease (cCHD) –2 years experience from a prospective multicenter trial
• QT Dispersion in Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
• Quality of life in children with mitral valve prolapse
• Regional Epidemiology of Congenital Heart Diseases According to Geographical Districts in Turkey
• Register of CHD, population and hospital – Prospective Croatian study 2002-2007
• Resting MRI does not predict ventricular dysfunction on exercise in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot
• Retroapective Evaluation of the Patients with Pericarditis and Pericardial Effusion
• Right ventricular dysfunction and B-type natriuretic peptide in asymptomatic patients after repair of tetralogy of Fallot
• Role of Creatine Kinase(CK) and Creatine Kinase-Muscle brain fraction(CKMB) in retrospective diagnosis of perinatal asphyxia and their correlation with cardiovascular dysfunction
• Serial change of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors in Kawasaki Disease (KD)
• Serial NT-proBNP in Acute Decompensated Pediatric Heart Failure
• Serum levels of natriuretic peptides decrease during treatment protocol for univentricular heart (UVH)
• Spontaneous closure of fistula between right coronary artery and right ventricle in infant
• Stress Echocardiography Using Semi-Supine Cycle Ergometry in Patients with Pediatric Heart Disease. Nearly 700 Tests Later!
• Submitral left ventrcular aneurysms in a paediatric population
• Systemic Venous Collateral Development after the Fontan Procedures
• The assessment of blood pressure variability in children with vasovagal syncopes using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• The effects of congenital heart disease in children with Down syndrome
• The Hybrid Procedure for the Borderline Left Heart
• The incidence of Aortic Stenosis and Subaortic Stenosis in patients with Coarctation of the Aorta in a Pediatric Cardiology Service
• The incidence of persistent left superior vena cava in children with other congenital heart defects
• The Incidence of the 22q.11.2 Deletion Syndrome in children in Cape Town, South Africa
• The Natural History of Ventricular Septal Defects: Followed from Less Than Six Months of Age
• The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease in School-aged Children: A Large-scale Prospective Screening Study in 276,332 Subjects
• The proposed founder mutation Y111C-KCNQ1- a substantial cause of LQT1 in Sweden
• The value of serum NT-proBNP levels in the differential diagnosis and follow-up of congestive heart failure and respiratory distress due to pulmonary etiologies in infants and children
• Three cases of multiple coronary arterial fistulae
• Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in a Sibling
• Transcatheter balloon dilation versus surgical commisurotomy in neonates with critical aortic stenosis
• Treatment of a large PAVF in a child after TCPC
• Treatment of full-term infants with patent ductus arteriosus based on preterm infants
• Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Children and Adolescents with Vasovagal Syncope
• Use of Enteral Budesonide for the Treatment of Protein-Losing Enteropathy following Fontan Pallation – A Case Report
• Usefulness of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker of right ventricular function in children after tetralogy of Fallot total repair
• Ventricular Function Following Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Closure
• What determines nutritional recovery in malnourished children undergoing correction of congenital heart defects?
• Williams’ syndrome: an unusual cause of neonatal coarctation

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