COVID-19 in children: acute endotheliopathy, but forgotten prostacyclin replacement?
Published in Cardiology in the young
Pre-operative assessment of pediatric congenital heart disease patients in the COVID-19 era: lessons learned.
Published in Cardiology in the young
Equal to COVID-19 patients, non-COVID-19 patients are affected by the medical and social drawbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. A significant reduction in elective life-changing surgeries has been witnessed in almost all affected countries. This study discusses an applicable and effective pre-operative assessment protocol that can be applied during th...
Left ventricular thrombus in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19.
Published in Cardiology in the young
A 17-year-old adolescent with severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with coronavirus disease-2019 developed reduced left ventricular function and left ventricular thrombus. With treatment, his condition improved and the thrombus was dissolved. This case illustrates the risk of severe intra-cardiac thrombotic compli...
COVID-19 pandemic implications in paediatric and congenital heart surgery in Brazil.
Published in Cardiology in the young
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic negatively impacted global healthcare. Consequences in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery programmes and mortality of congenital heart patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-Cov-2) is still to be determined. To study the COVID-19 pandemic implications in Braz...
COVID-19 and ECMO support after neonatal congenital heart surgery: a case report.
Published in Cardiology in the young
Coronavirus disease 2019 causes respiratory and systemic disease and has led to a sudden epidemic affecting people of all ages. Patients with congenital heart disease represent a high-risk population. In this article, we present a newborn who required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for acute respiratory failure in the early postoperati...
Cardiac manifestations and short-term outcomes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in Middle Eastern children during th...
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We herein report on a series of four patients presented to our tertiary care centre with features of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and cardiac involvement. Two of our patients had recent exposure to a COVID-19-positive patient, one had recent documented infection, and another had no known positive contact. All the patients were test...
Coronavirus disease 2019 convalescent children: outcomes after congenital heart surgery
Published in Cardiology in the Young
Background: Children with exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 in recent times (asymptomatic or symptomatic infection) approaching congenital heart surgery programme are in increasing numbers. Understanding outcomes of such children will help risk-stratify and guide optimisation prior to congenital heart surgery. Objective: The objective of the pre...
SARS-CoV-2 infection induced thyroid storm and heart failure in an adolescent girl
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We report a case of thyroid storm precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 infection in an adolescent girl with a history of Graves disease and dilated cardiomyopathy. This case highlights that SARS-CoV-2 infection can potentially trigger a thyrotoxicosis crisis and acute decompensated heart failure in a patient with underlying thyroid disease and myocardial dys...
Adaptations of paediatric cardiology practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
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During the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring and summer of 2020, paediatric heart centres were forced to rapidly alter the way patient care was provided to minimise interruption to patient care as well as exposure to the virus. In this survey-based descriptive study, we characterise changes that occurred within paediatric cardiol...
Complete heart block, severe right ventricular dysfunction in a child with COVID-19 infection
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A young child presented with hepatomegaly, ascites and bradycardia in the setting of COVID-19. Permanent complete atrioventricular block and severe right heart failure were diagnosed. He was treated with surgical epicardial pacemaker implantation. This report is the first description of COVID-19-induced permanent complete atrioventricular block in ...
