Pulmonary overflow (PO) is a common finding in left-to-right shunting congenital heart diseases (CHD). B-line artifacts are seen on lung ultrasound the presence of extravascular water.

Congenital heart diseases are substantially appeared before or after birth. There are two important disease categories which are commonly appeared after birth vascular, congenital heart disease. Right ventricular hypertrophy is one of important congenital heart disease. These abnormalities are related to either structure or function of heart and also found associated to cardiovascular system. I...

UNLABELLED The extent of congenital heart disease in Cameroon remains largely unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence and pattern of congenital heart diseases in the Cardiac Centre of St Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, situated in a rural area of Cameroon. METHODS Between November 2002 and November 2008, a population of 2 123 patients with suspected cardiac patholo...

background: brain type natriuretic peptide (bnp) is a cardiac hormone that is secreted mainly by the ventricles in response to volume expansion and pressure load. it can predict post-operative complications after heart surgery in adults. we sought to investigate the prognostic value of bnp in children after heart surgery. methods: we measured the bnp serum levels in 96 children with congenital ...

OBJECTIVE To assess mortality and the psychological repercussions of the prolonged waiting time for candidates for heart surgery. METHODS From July 1999 to May 2000, using a standardized questionnaire, we carried out standardized interviews and semi-structured psychological interviews with 484 patients with coronary heart disease, 121 patients with valvular heart diseases, and 100 patients wi...