Arslanoğlu, Ergin Işık, Mehmet Emirhan Kara, Kenan Abdurrahman Yigit, Fatih Çine, Nihat Tunçer, Eylem Ceyran, Hakan
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Cardiology in the young
Other markers investigated in this population have gained importance in the diagnosis of the disease since the course of COVID-19 disease is atypical in the paediatric population and PCR may be misleading. The leukocyte profile is one of these biochemical tests. Children did not have lymphopenia in hemogram count, whereas relatively neutropenia and...
Renk, Hanna Grosse, David Schober, Sarah Schlensak, Christian Hofbeck, Michael Neunhoeffer, Felix
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Cardiology in the young
Differentiation between post-operative inflammation and bacterial infection remains an important issue in infants following congenital heart surgery. We primarily assessed kinetics and predictive value of C-reactive protein for bacterial infection in the early (days 0-4) and late (days 5-28) period after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Secondary ob...
Oka, Hideharu Nakau, Kouichi Nakagawa, Sadahiro Kobayashi, Yuki Imanishi, Rina Iwata, Kunihiro Azuma, Hiroshi
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Cardiology in the young
T1 mapping is a recently developed imaging analysis method that allows quantitative assessment of myocardial T1 values obtained using MRI. In children, MRI is performed under free-breathing. Thus, it is important to know the changes in T1 values between free-breathing and breath-holding. This study aimed to compare the myocardial T1 mapping during ...
Lourenço, Guilherme Pimentel, João Trigo, Conceição Pinto, Fátima F
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Cardiology in the young
A previously healthy 15-year-old teenage boy was admitted for fever and heart failure. Myocarditis was suspected, and endomyocardial biopsy revealed giant cell myocarditis. Immunosuppressive treatment was initiated, with excellent response. A plausible link to previous leptospirosis was identified. At 18-month follow-up, left ventricular function i...
Vos, Eefke Leenders, Erika Werkman, Sterre R Udink Ten Cate, Floris E A Draaisma, Jos M T
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Cardiology in the young
Noonan syndrome is a genetic disorder characteried by short stature, typical facial features, developmental delay, and CHD. In this single-centre retrospective study, we analysed typical Noonan syndrome-related electrocardiographic features in 95 patients with clinically and molecularly confirmed Noonan syndrome. Typical Noonan syndrome-related ele...
Faim, Diogo Silva, Patrícia V Zunzunegui, José L Puga, Luís Francisco, Andreia Rodrigues, Dina Pires, António
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Cardiology in the young
We report on a 50-year-old female patient, with several severe comorbidities and high-surgical risk, in whom we successfully performed a simultaneous transcatheter pulmonary and tricuspid valve-in-ring implantation to treat both bioprosthetic pulmonary valve dysfunction and native torrential tricuspid valve regurgitation, the latter previously mana...
Genet, Lucie De Luca, Daniele
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Cardiology in the young
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate can cause acute and life-threatening hypoxia, but preterm neonates are not suitable candidate to extra-corporeal life support. We report the unique case of an extremely preterm neonates with life-threatening persistent pulmonary hypertension refractory to triple vasodilator therapy (nitric oxide, ilo...
Chakraborty, Praloy Roberts, Jason D Gollob, Michael H
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Cardiology in the young
Ventricular repolarisation can be influenced by hormonal milieu which may mimic long QT syndrome. We describe a series of patients referred for genetic testing for diagnosed long QT syndrome where a detailed clinical workup demonstrated endocrinopathies as the cause of presumed "gene negative" long QT syndrome and QT prolongation.
Giusti, Giuliano Villano, Mariantonia Pozzi, Marco
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Cardiology in the young
We report on a patient with bicuspid aortic valve and anomalous right coronary artery from the opposite sinus without evidence of intramural course. Different authors support the universal presence of intramural course in patients with origin of the right coronary artery from the opposite sinus of Valsalva in normal heart. The occurrence of both bi...
Das, Bibhuti B Shakti, Divya Akam-Venkata, Jyothsna Obi, Obiageli Weiland, Michael D Moskowitz, William
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Cardiology in the young
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...
