From Other Journals: A Review of Recent Articles in Pediatric Cardiology.
Tarek AlsaiedPublished in: Pediatric cardiology (2020)
In this review, we provide a brief description of recently published articles addressing topics relevant to pediatric cardiologists. Our aim is to provide a summary of the latest articles published recently in other journals in our field. The articles address (1) cardiac resynchronization in children with symptomatic ventricular dysfunction and dyssynchrony which seems to result in higher transplant-free survival, (2) outcomes of aortic leaflet reconstruction including Ozaki procedure to repair aortic valve disease in adolescents, (3) meta-analysis for risk factors of ventricular tachycardia and death after repaired tetralogy of Fallot which reiterates the known risk factors and showed that the severity of pulmonary regurgitation is not in itself associated with outcomes although the ventricular response to regurgitation (dilation and dysfunction) is, (4) preschool promotion of healthy life style did not associate with sustained effect when evaluated later in childhood although repeated intervention seems to have a dose-related effect to promote healthy life style, (5) the lack of beneficial effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in the interstage period, and (6) a new phenomenon of acute heart failure and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children temporarily related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- risk factors
- left ventricular
- meta analyses
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic stenosis
- young adults
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- aortic valve replacement
- angiotensin converting enzyme
- acute heart failure
- systematic review
- heart failure
- oxidative stress
- angiotensin ii
- randomized controlled trial
- pulmonary hypertension
- physical activity
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- catheter ablation
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- glycemic control
- ejection fraction