The outcome of patients with right atrial isomerism is poor.

Right-atrial isomerism (RAI) is a heterotaxy syndrome with disturbances of left-right axis development resulting in complex heart malformations and anomalies of the thoracic and abdominal organs. To study the outcome of RAI, all data from patients diagnosed with this syndrome at Helsinki University Hospital between January 1976 and December of 2010 were reviewed. The outcomes were studied for 32 patients (38 % girls).

Lowered levels of serum albumin and HDL-cholesterol in children with a recent mild infection.

Background: Infections are associated with atherogenic changes in serum.AIM. To elucidate effects of recent infections on risk factors for coronary heart disease in children.