Impacts of therapeutic hypothermia on cardiovascular hemodynamics in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: a case control study using echocardiography.

Purpose: The effects of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) on hemodynamics in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) were evaluated.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two neonates (gestational age, 39.4 ± 1.

Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia: a case control study using speckle tracking echocardiography.

Purpose: Severe aplastic anemia (SAA), a fatal disease, requires multiple transfusion, immunosuppressive therapy, and finally, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) as the definitive treatment. We hypothesized that iron overloading associated with multiple transfusions and HSCTrelated complications may adversely affect cardiac function. Left ventricular (LV) function was assessed in children after HSCT for SAA.

Usefulness of anterior uveitis as an additional tool for diagnosing incomplete Kawasaki disease.

Purpose: There are no specific tests for diagnosing Kawasaki disease (KD). Additional diagnostic criteria are needed to prevent the delayed diagnosis of incomplete Kawasaki disease (IKD). This study compared the frequency of coronary artery lesions (CALs) in IKD patients with and without anterior uveitis (AU) and elucidated whether the finding of AU supported the diagnosis of IKD.

Normal left ventricular torsion mechanics in healthy children: age related changes of torsion parameters are closely related to changes in heart rate.

Background And Objectives: This study was aimed at assessing left ventricular torsion (LVtor) mechanics using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), establishing normal reference values of principal LVtor parameters, and analyzing the age-related changes in normal children.

Subjects And Methods: Eighty children (aged 3 months to 15 years) with normal cardiac function and rhythm were recruited. LVtor parameters including rotations, twist and untwist, torsion, and their rate indices were measured using STE.

Early left ventricular dysfunction in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia: a case control study using speckle tracking echocardiography.

Background And Objectives: Cardiovascular complications are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood cancer survivors. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a curable therapy for pediatric cancer. However, changes in cardiac function in children after HSCT are not well known.