Lipid Profile in Children Born Small for Gestational Age.

Background: Lipid disorders are one of the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the study was to estimate the lipid profile in early childhood in the population of Polish children born small for gestational age (SGA).

Materials And Methods: The study included 140 patients (93 SGA children and 47 controls) aged 5 to 11 years.

Changes in the cardiovascular system in children with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 - A single center experience.

Background Pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (PIMS-TS) is a serious complication of a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection in the group of pediatric patients. Despite the fact that this disease affects only about 1 of 1000 children, it may be severe, and changes in the cardiovascular system may cause long-term complications and the need for longitudinal patient care. Methods It is a single-center retrospective study considering 51 patients with PIMS-TS.

Own experience in the treatment of infantile haemangiomas with propranolol - preliminary results.

Background: Infantile haemangiomas are the most common vascular tumours in children. Since 2008 the application of propranolol has been a promising therapy in the management of haemangiomas.

Aim Of The Study: Analysis of the patients with infantile haemangiomas treated with propranolol.

Takayasu's arteritis mimicking Kawasaki disease in 7-month-old infant, successfully treated with glucocorticosteroids and intravenous immunoglobulins.

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) rarely occurs in infants. There are only four reports on TA in children below 1 year of age, revealing diversity of its symptoms. We describe a 7-month-old female infant hospitalized for hectic fever, irritability, high acute phase indices, and coronary artery dilatations found on echocardiography, which suggested Kawasaki disease (KD).

[Prenatal diagnostics of congenital heart disease--own results].

Objectives: Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most common congenital malformation. They are still often overlooked in fetuses during the routine obstetric scanning.

Design: The aim of our study was to present our results in detecting CHD in high risk pregnancies.

Myocardial infarction in a 17-year-old body builder using clenbuterol.

A case of non-Q myocardial infarction in a previously healthy 17-year-old body builder, who used clenbuterol, a long-acting beta(2) adrenergic agonist with anabolic and lipolytic effects, is reported. Only 1 case report of myocardial infarction associated with the use of clenbuterol was found in a literature review and that case was, however, associated with anabolic steroid use. This is the first case report to describe myocardial infarction in a young male body builder only taking clenbuterol.

[Prenatal diagnosis of arrhythmias and conduction disturbances].

Objectives And Design: Cardiac arrhythmias are one of the most frequent indications for the fetal echocardiographic assessment. The objective of this work is to present our own results of diagnosing and treating the fetuses with arrhythmias.

Materials And Methods: The 1485 prenatal echocardiographic examinations were performed in 1302 fetuses.