Even though in the last ten years pediatric cardiology and rheumatology have formally separated in Croatia as well, strong links still remain between them. They are no longer manifested through rheumatic fever, but through other rheumatic entities: systemic lupus erythematosus, antiphospholipid syndrome, systemic scleroderma, Kawasaki disease, polyarteritis nodosa, and some forms of granulomato...

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of children referred to pediatric cardiology clinic for chest pain diagnosed with a cardiac cause for the pain. DESIGN Medical records of patients evaluated for chest pain at the University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital from 2004 to 2006 were reviewed, including the studies performed and final diagnosis. RESULTS A total of 135 patients, including 78 ...

Interventional cardiology for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease is a relatively young and rapidly evolving field. As the profession begins to establish multi-institutional databases, a universal system of nomenclature is necessary for the field of interventional cardiology for paediatric and congenital cardiac disease. The purpose of this paper is to present the results of the efforts o...

BACKGROUND The population of adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) is growing exponentially. These survivors are at risk of late cardiac complications and require lifelong cardiology care. However, there is a paucity of data on how to prepare adolescents to assume responsibility for their health and function within the adult health care system. Evidence-based transiti...

1 Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany 2 Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany 3 Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany 4 Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children’s Hospital, Heinrich-Heine Uni...

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome Due to Venovenous Malformation Meng-Luen Lee1 and Ing-Sh Chiu2,3 Department of Pediatrics – Division of Pediatric Cardiology – Changhua Christian Children’s Hospital1, Changhua; Department of Surgery – Division of Cardiovascular Surgery – Changhua Christian Children’s Hospital2, Changhua; Department of Surgery – Division of Cardiovascular Surgery – College of Medi...

ANDREW M. TAYLOR, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.R.,* STEVEN DYMARKOWSKI, M.D., PH.D., KRISTOF DE MEERLEER, M.D., PASCAL HAMAEKERS, R.N., MARC GEWILLIG, M.D., PH.D., LUC MERTENS, M.D., PH.D., and JAN BOGAERT, M.D., PH.D. Department of Radiology, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium Cardiothoracic Unit, Ins...

Interventional cardiology procedures result in substantial patient radiation doses due to prolonged fluoroscopy time and radiographic exposure. The procedures that are most frequently performed are coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary interventions, diagnostic electrophysiology studies and radiofrequency catheter ablation. Patient radiation dose in these procedures can be assessed either...

1. Dept. of Orthodoncy, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 2. Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 3. Dept. of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran 4. Dept. of Biostatistics, School of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur ...

ISSN:2155-9880 JCEC, an open access journal Congenital Heart Disease-Recent Discoveries and Innovations J Clin Exp Cardiolog *Corresponding author: Michael Steinmetz, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Goettingen, RobertKoch-Str. 40, 37099 Gottingen, Germany, Tel: ++49-551-3922550; Fax: ++49-5513922560; E-mail: [email protected]...