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Tricuspid valve replacement with a mitral homograft in children with rheumatic tricuspid valvulopathy - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Conclusion: on the basis of our midterm results, tricuspid valve replacement with a mitral homograft in children seems to be a valuable alternative surgical option...
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| June 18, 2004 |
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Severe obesity associated with cardiovascular deconditioning, high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, diabetes mellitus/hyperinsulinemia, and respiratory compromise - Journal of Pediatrics
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Conclusion: Children and adolescents with BMI 40 kg/m2 have substantial cardiorespiratory morbidity including severe physical deconditioning...
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| June 17, 2004 |
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Comparison of myocardial function in children with body mass indexes >25 versus those 25 kg/m2 - American Journal of Cardiology
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Diastolic functions of the heart, measured by pulsed tissue Doppler echocardiography from 25 overweight and obese children, were compared with 91 children of normal weight who were 10 to 18 years old and had normal 2-dimensional echocardiographic examinations...
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The UK Central Cardiac Audit Database: creating the wellspring for better care for heart babies - British Journal of Healthcare Computing Medical Informatics
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The Central Cardiac Audit Database (CCAD) was set up just over three years ago following the Kennedy Inquiry on infants’ deaths at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. Its aim is to meet the need for an accurate way of recording and monitoring cardiac care across the UK — not just as an early warning system of when things go wrong and not just for infants, but as a measure of long-term outcomes — to ensure that tragedies like Bristol can never happen again and that all heart-disease patients can be confident about the quality of their care, wherever they receive it...
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| June 16, 2004 |
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Parental Atrial Fibrillation as a Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation in Offspring - JAMA
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Conclusions: Parental AF increases the future risk for offspring AF, an observation supporting a genetic susceptibility to developing this dysrhythmia. Further research into the genetic factors predisposing to AF is warranted...
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| June 15, 2004 |
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Variability of plasma aprotinin concentrations in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Conclusion: A functional assay reveals significant variability in aprotinin concentration for pediatric patients using current weight-based aprotinin dosing. Additional investigation is necessary to determine target aprotinin concentration dosing regimens to provide better efficacy...
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Impact of Amoxicillin Prophylaxis on the Incidence, Nature, and Duration of Bacteremia in Children After Intubation and Dental Procedures - Circulation
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Conclusions: Bacteremia from these procedures occurs more often, from a wider variety of bacterial species, and for a longer duration after dental extractions than previously reported in any age group. Amoxicillin has a significant impact on the incidence, nature, and duration of bacteremia after nasal intubation, dental restorative and cleaning procedures, and dental extractions...
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Determinants of Arterial Nitrate-Mediated Dilatation in Children - Circulation
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Conclusions: Reduced endothelial function, increased oxidative stress, and preclinical carotid atherosclerosis are independent determinants of impaired NMD in children. These data thus suggest that primary nitrate tolerance occurs in children at risk for atherosclerosis...
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| June 14, 2004 |
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Little-known 'fifth disease' is attracting attention - USA Today
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Tammy Delancey had never heard of "fifth disease." She was five months pregnant with her second child, a girl, in 1997, when she got sick. Her body hurt all over, she says. "You pull up the blinds in the morning and your eyes hurt from the sun. I knew it wasn't morning sickness," she says. Fifth disease is caused by a form of human parvovirus. It usually causes no symptoms or only mild ones, such as a rash on the cheeks in children. But in pregnant women, it can lead to potentially fatal anemia ...
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| June 11, 2004 |
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Ross-Konno procedure in neonates: report of three patients - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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The Ross-Konno procedure, applied to neonates with severe left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, offers a satisfactory solution in fully releasing the LVOT gradient, and in replacing the aortic valve with a pulmonary autograft with an excellent growth potential. We reported on three recent neonatal cases...
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