Echocardiographic strain imaging in the pediatric heart: clinical value and utility in decision making.

Purpose Of Review: Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE)-derived measures of myocardial mechanics, referred to herewithin as strain measurements, directly assess myocardial contractility and provide a nuanced assessment of ventricular function. This review provides an overview of strain measurements and their current clinical value and utility in decision making in pediatric cardiology.

Recent Findings: Strain measurements are advancing understanding of how cardiac dysfunction occurs in children with acquired and congenital heart disease (CHD).

Ectopic Parathyroid Adenoma in an 11-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Literature Review.

Objective: Primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to an ectopic parathyroid adenoma is rare among children and adolescents.

Methods: We describe the case of an 11-year-old girl with incidentally diagnosed primary hyperparathyroidism secondary to an intrathymic parathyroid adenoma and performed a review of the related literature.

Results: Technetium sestamibi single-photon emission computerized tomography/computed tomography and 4-dimensional computed tomography confirmed the ectopic location of the adenoma.