Methodology of echocardiographic analysis of morphological variations of the aortic arch and its branches in children - own experience.

We wish to share our experience in echocardiographic assessment of the course of the aortic arch, illustrating it with multiple examples of the majority of possible variants. The course of the aortic arch and its branches may be visualized using high parasternal and suprasternal views in sagittal and transverse planes. It is hardly ever possible to visualize the entire aortic arch on a single ultrasonographic section, particularly in the case of pathological variations.

Non-invasive diagnosis of aortic arch anomalies in children - 15 years of own experience.

: To summarize our experience in echocardiographic diagnosis of aortic arch anomalies in pediatric patients. : A retrospective assessment of echocardiographic findings in Echo-Lab patients of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department, who were diagnosed with an anomalous aortic arch between 2003 and 2018. : The diagnosis of an abnormal course of the aortic arch and/or its branches was established in 115 children aged between 4 days and 17 years.

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery treated surgically in a 6-week-old infant. A case report and review of the literature.

Background: In the present paper, the authors describe a case of a rare congenital defect - anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the main pulmonary artery diagnosed in a 5-week-old infant who was deemed eligible for surgical treatment based solely on echocardiography. Such anatomical abnormalities of the coronary arteries are subtle and thus extremely difficult to visualize, especially in patients in whom permanent extensive damage of the cardiac muscle has not yet occurred. For this reason, the diagnosis is usually established when the disease is highly advanced, oftentimes only postmortem.

Double-chambered right ventricle in a 16-year-old patient with Williams syndrome.

We present a case of double-chambered right ventricle diagnosed during preparation for colonoscopy due to gastrointestinal bleeding in a 16-year-old, mentally disabled boy with Williams syndrome. The patient was previously diagnosed with ventricular septal defect and mild pulmonary stenosis. Echocardiography performed under general anesthesia revealed hypertrophied muscular bundles in the right ventricle with the maximum gradient of 100 mmHg, causing severe outflow obstruction.

Anomalous connection of the left hepatic vein to coronary sinus in a child with PAPVD. Surgical significance and diagnostic difficulties.

Left hepatic vein (LHV) that drains blood into a coronary sinus (CS) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly of systemic vein drainage with only single reports published. In most of these cases the unusual venous connection was found incidentally during diagnostics or surgery. The case of a two-year-old boy in whom the anomaly was discovered during open heart surgery for partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) is presented.

The myocardial performance index in children after surgical correction of congenital malformations with intracardiac shunt.

Background: The lack of a simple and clinically useful method of myocardial function assessment makes it difficult to monitor patients after repair of congenital cardiac malformations. The myocardial performance index (MPI) introduced in 1995 by Chuwa Tei may help to precisely follow the course of postoperative myocardial function disturbances.

Aim: To assess the usefulness of MPI for cardiac function evaluation following surgical correction of congenital defects performed in cardiopulmonary bypass and to evaluate it's prognostic value.

[Echocardiographic abnormalities in infants with heart murmur].

Objectives: Congenital heart diseases are very serious problem of current perinatology. Early detection of congenital heart diseases and new possibilities of their treatment have decreased mortality rate in neonates.

The Aim Of The Study: Was to present the reasons of the heart murmurs found in newborns, based on postnatal echocardiography.