conclusions children with chd are at risk of severe complications with the involvement of other organs. long-term febrile illness should be taken seriously in these children. they need hospitalization and careful evaluation. case presentation a 6-year-old girl with a ventricular septal defect (vsd) was presented. echocardiography revealed large vegetation in the right ventricular outflow tract ...

background: hypoalbuminemia may be caused by liver disease, nephrotic syndrome, burns, protein-losing entropathy, malnutrition, and metabolic stress. alterations in albumin in metabolic stress such as cardiac surgery have been previously investigated. we studied serum albumin concentration in children with congenital heart disease and also the association of hypoalbuminemia with mortality and m...

background: there is some evidence indicating improvement in myocardial performance after atrial septal defect closure, either device closure or surgical, but ventricular dyssynchrony has not been evaluated before and after surgical closure. the aim of this study was to evaluate ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony in patients with atrial septal defect before and after surgical closure. methods:...

This study was conducted to assess the incidence of abnormalities of ventricular depolarization (late potentials) in children with sinus rhythm after open heart surgery and their relation to spontaneous ventricular tachycardia. Open heart surgery, particularly operations involving ventriculotomy, may predispose patients to the development of ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibri...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the frequency and prevalence of congenital heart defects in a tertiary care center for children with heart diseases. METHODS We carried out an epidemiological assessment of the first medical visit of 4,538 children in a pediatric hospital from January 1995 to December 1997. All patients with congenital heart defects had their diagnoses confirmed at least on echocardiograp...

conclusions opium has teratogenic effect on cardiovascular system. results from 225 children under study 23.5% had addicted parents based on the variables of the study but the rate was only 2.3 for the control group. the difference between these two groups was significant and the most common form of heart disease was congenital ventricular septal defect. background opium abuse is one of the wid...

catheter ablation is an accepted, highly effective modality of treatment for cardiac arrhythmias in children. the success rate depends on the operator’s experience, especially in cases involving complex anatomies. we hereby report our recent experience of successful ablation of accessory pathways in three children with complex congenital heart diseases. the first case was a 7-year-old girl with...

Adrenocortical functions were studied in 15 infants under 1 year of age, operated on under hypothermia for congenital cardiac diseases consisting mainly of ventricular septal defect. Adrenocortical functions were examined preand postoperatively, by eosinophil cell count in the peripheral blood and determi nation of urinary output of 17-OHCS and 17-KS. Thorn's test was also done before operation...