Caracterização das crianças com síndrome de Down concomitante ao hipotireoidismo congênito no estado de Mato Grosso, Região Central do Brasil, 2010–2021 by Camila Moraes Mello, Stela Maris Silvestrin

“…Jaundice, macroglossia and congenital heart disease were the most relevant clinical findings in this study.…”
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Enhanced heart sound anomaly detection via WCOS: a semi-supervised framework integrating wavelet, autoencoder and SVM by Peipei Zeng, Shuimiao Kang, Shuimiao Kang, Fan Fan, Jiyuan Liu, Jiyuan Liu

“…For example, it can help detect heart murmurs when the heart is structurally abnormal, to tell if a newborn has congenital heart disease. Due to the low time and high efficiency, most work focuses on the semi- supervised anomaly detection method. …”
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Single-center experience and evaluation of rare ıntracranial abscesses in childhood by Nihal Yildiz, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydin

“…The most frequent etiology was post-operative procedures (30.4%), followed by a history of meningomyelocele (13%), and congenital heart disease (8.7%). On MRI, 68.7% of the supratentorial abscesses were multiple and commonly localized in the frontal and parietal regions. …”
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Early and midterm results of Cook Formula stent in children with right heart disease: A single-center experience by Haritha Girija, Chinnasamy Sivaprakasam Muthukumaran, Rajaguru Ganesan, Sankarakuttalan Ramkishore, Vijay Arun, Vellusamy Mahitha, Neville Solomon, Swaminathan Vaidyanathan

“…Materials and Methods: We studied the clinical and angiographic data of children with congenital heart disease who underwent stenting for RVOT obstruction and branch PA stenosis using the Formula stent (Cook Medical, Limerick, Ireland) between 2018 and 2024 in a tertiary pediatric cardiac center in southern India. …”
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Recent Developments in Ventricular Assist Device Therapy by Angel Moctezuma-Ramirez, Haseeb Mohammed, Austin Hughes, Abdelmotagaly Elgalad

“…Pediatric ventricular assist devices (VADs) remain a critical unmet need; challenges in developing pediatric VADs include device sizing and managing congenital heart disease. Advances in LVAD technology adapted for use in right ventricular assist devices (RVADs) make possible the effective management of right ventricular failure in patients with acute cardiac conditions or congenital heart defects. …”
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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Connected to the Pulmonary Artery in a 15-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Discussion on Secondary Prevention of Sudden Death by Jérémy Laïk, Virginie Fouilloux, Philippe Aldebert, Linda Koutbi, Jérôme Hourdain, Philippe De Swardt, Fabrice Tiger, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, François Bernasconi, Laurent Jacq

“…Anomalous left coronary artery connected to the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital heart disease. Adaptive development of sufficient heterocoronary collaterality in the newborn may allow survival to a later age. …”
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Multiple Organ Failure Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Child with Down Syndrome: Is Trisomy 21 Associated with an Unfavourable Clinical Course? by Perla Idalia Vazquez-Hernández, Alan Cárdenas-Conejo, Manuel Alejandro Catalán-Ruiz, Karla Navar-Gallegos, Emilio Zenteno-Salazar, Jose Rafael-Parra-Bravo, Ranferi Aragon-Nogales, Maribel Ibarra-Sarlat, Juan Carlos Núñez-Enríquez

“…Female, 2 years old, karyotype 47,XX,+21[30], previously diagnosed with a cyanotic congenital heart disease (tricuspid atresia and infundibular pulmonary stenosis, type Ib) who started with diarrhea, developed shortness of breath, and cyanosis and was admitted to the hospital presenting low-oxygen saturation (33%) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation support. …”
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Immediate and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Infants With Transposition of Great Arteries Who Underwent Balloon Atrial Septostomy in Sudan by Sulafa K. M. Ali, Amna Elsheikh, Mohammed Abdulrahman Alhassan

“…Transposition of great arteries (TGA) is a critical congenital heart disease leading to a fatal outcome if timely management is not provided. …”
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Initial Experience Using the Radiofrequency Needle Visualization on the Electroanatomical Mapping System for Transseptal Puncture by Silvia Guarguagli, Ilaria Cazzoli, Aleksander Kempny, Michael A. Gatzoulis, Sabine Ernst

“…Fourteen of 41 patients had congenital heart disease, including 9 patients with previous septal closure. …”
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Exercise Training in Athletes with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Does Not Result in Increased Dimensions and Impaired Performance of the Left Ventricle by Laura Stefani, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Innocenti, Roberto Mercuri, Nicola Maffulli

“…Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is one of the most common congenital heart disease (0.9%–2%) and is frequently found in the athletes and in the general population. …”
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MiR-25-3p regulates pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after Glenn procedure in patients with univentricular heart via the PHLPP2-HIF-1α axis by Junpei Kawamura, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Kentaro Ueno, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yasuhiro Okamoto

“…Abstract The detailed mechanism of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations after Glenn surgery (G-PAVMs) in cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) remains unclear. Microarray in situ hybridization was performed to assess the miRNA (miRNA) profiles of serum from pediatric patients (0–6 years of age) with G-PAVMs and after the Fontan procedure without G-PAVMs. …”
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Pregnancy and cardiovascular outcomes among patients post Fontan surgery: a 25-year single-centre retrospective cohort study by Ran Kornowski, Eran Hadar, Daniel Yehuda, Omri Soudry, Eyal Schwartz, Ilan Richter, Alexander Dadashev, Shahar Vig, Shimon Kolker, Ohad Houri, Rafael Hirsch, Nili Schamroth Pravda

“…We aimed to evaluate the immediate and long-term outcomes among these patients who were followed at our centre.Methods We included adult patients who had undergone Fontan surgery for congenital heart disease and were pregnant between 1994 and 2021. …”
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Accuracy and Reproducibility of a Modified Echocardiographic Method for Right Ventricular Output Calculation in Neonates by Carlotta Milocchi, Silvia Nogara, Giorgia Mazzuca, Federica Runfola, Martina Ciarcià, Iuri Corsini, Benjamim Ficial

“…All neonates with echocardiographic measurements of RVO and left ventricular output (LVO) without congenital heart disease, including patent ductus arteriosus and patent foramen ovale > 3 mm, were included. …”
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Could the arm blood pressure measured with simultaneous bilateral arm method be used for hypertension diagnosis? by Taixuan Wan, Yuanhao Wu, Ziqiang He, Hai Su

“…The exclusion criteria were acute myocardial infarction, congenital heart disease, acute heart failure, syncope, hemiplegia, arrhythmia and pulseless (by palpation).Outcome measures We compared the BP differences between bilateral arm method and unilateral arm method. …”
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Effect of gestational age on clinical features in necrotizing enterocolitis-associated intestinal perforation by Minming Chen, Wei Feng, Jinping Hou, Xiaohong Die, Zhenhua Guo, Yi Wang

“…For comorbidity, the incidence of sepsis, coagulopathy, type of (congenital heart disease) CHD, and hypoproteinemia in Group 1 was higher than that in Group 2 (all P < 0.016), and the incidence of respiratory failure, hypoproteinemia in Group 1 was higher than that in Group 3 (all P < 0.016). …”
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Establishment and evaluation of a nomogram prediction model for risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence after the cox-maze IV procedure by Chuang Yu, Yanan Wei, Huajie Zheng, Sanjiu Yu, Yongbo Cheng, Chaojun Yan, Jun Li, Ping He, Wei Cheng

“…Factors predictive of postoperative AF recurrence included age, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), early atrial tachyarrhythmias (ATAs), and congenital heart disease surgery (namely, ventricular septal defect repair and atrial septal defect repair). …”
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The Potential for High-Priority Care Based on Pain Through Facial Expression Detection with Patients Experiencing Chest Pain by Hsiang Kao, Rita Wiryasaputra, Yo-Yun Liao, Yu-Tse Tsan, Wei-Min Chu, Yi-Hsuan Chen, Tzu-Chieh Lin, Chao-Tung Yang

“…Background and Objective: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), one of the chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is defined as a cardiac and vascular disorder that includes coronary heart disease, heart failure, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular disease (stroke), congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, and elevated blood pressure (hypertension). …”
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Down syndrome and outcomes in critically ill pediatric patients by José Tantaleán Da Fieno, Rosa León Paredes, Patricia Palomo Luck, Carlos Del Águila Villar, Emiliana Rizo Patrón

“…Children with DS were younger and had a higher prevalence of comorbidities, congenital heart disease, and underweight. Both crude bivariate and multivariate analyses demonstrated that children with DS had higher mortality rates, increased frequency of HAIs, longer DMV, longer PICU stay, and fewer VFD. …”
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L-Citrulline in Neonates: From Bench to Bed Side by Dwayne Mascarenhas, Atefeh Mohammadi, Randa Higazy, Julijana Ivanovska, Estelle Gauda, Bonny Jasani

“…A few studies have shown the beneficial effects of L-CIT supplementation in pulmonary hypertension secondary to congenital heart disease, but evidence of efficacy in the neonatal population is lacking. …”
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Influence of Second-Trimester Ultrasound Markers for Down Syndrome in Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age by Mariza Rumi Kataguiri, Edward Araujo Júnior, Luiz Claudio Silva Bussamra, Luciano Marcondes Machado Nardozza, Antonio Fernandes Moron

“…The second-trimester ultrasound assessed the following markers: increased nuchal fold thickness, cardiac hyperechogenic focus, mild ventriculomegaly, choroid plexus cysts, uni- or bilateral renal pyelectasis, intestinal hyperechogenicity, single umbilical artery, short femur and humerus length, hand/foot alterations, structural fetal malformation, and congenital heart disease. To investigate differences between the groups with and without markers, nonparametric tests consisting of the chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test were used. …”
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