Corrigendum: TUM4Health, a holistic student health promotion program. Screening of cardiovascular risk factors in university students.

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TUM4Health, a holistic student health promotion program. Screening of cardiovascular risk factors in university students.

Cardio Vascular risk prevention in Germany has a gap between the ages of 20 and 30 years. We established a program for risk group identification in students and analyzed the screenings according to the ACCF/AHA Stages and NYHA functional classification. In a cross-sectional design, 596 participants completed a sports medical and motor performance check-up.

Association of European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology practical recommendations for surveillance and prevention of cardiac disease in childhood cancer survivors: the importance of physical activity and lifestyle changes From the Association of European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Working Group Sports Cardiology, Physical Activity and Prevention, Working Group Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Working Group Imaging and Working Group Heart Failure.

Background: Childhood cancer survivors are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, presenting as the main causes of morbidity and mortality within this group. Besides the usual primary and secondary prevention in combination with screening during follow-up, the modifiable lifestyle factors of physical activity, nutrition, and body weight have not yet gained enough attention regarding potential cardiovascular risk reduction.

Objective: These practical recommendations aim to provide summarised information and practical implications to paediatricians and health professionals treating childhood cancer survivors to reduce the risk of cardiovascular late effects.

Cardiovascular Function and Exercise Capacity in Childhood Cancer Survivors.

Introduction: Childhood cancer survivors (CCS) might be at high risk of additional chronic diseases due to cardiotoxic side effects. The aim of this study was to analyze long-term side effects of cancer therapy on vascular structure/function, cardiac biomarkers and on physical activity.

Methods: In total, 68 asymptomatic patients aged 16-30 years with childhood cancer (diagnosed 10.

Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors on 10-Years Follow-Up Correlates With Cumulative Anthracycline Dose and Is Best Detected by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing, Circulating Serum Biomarker, Speckle Tracking Echocardiography, and Tissue Doppler Imaging.

Survivors of childhood cancer are at risk for anthracycline- and/or radiotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity. The aim of this study was to assess clinical, laboratory, and imaging parameters of subclinical cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors. Patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET), laboratory testing, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) with tissue doppler imaging (TDI) and speckle tracking.

Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Amniotic Fluid, Umbilical Arterial Blood, Umbilical Venous Blood, and Maternal Blood at Delivery, and Their Reference Values for Full-Term, Singleton, Cesarean Deliveries.

Several cardiovascular biomarkers have regulatory functions in perinatal physiology. This study aimed to analyze the feto-maternal distribution pattern of biomarkers in samples of amniotic fluid, umbilical arterial blood, umbilical venous blood, and maternal blood samples, and to establish reference values. Each linked sample set consisted of the combined samples obtained in an individual pregnancy.

Feasibility, safety and diagnostic impact of endomyocardial biopsies for the diagnosis of myocardial disease in children and adolescents.

Aims: Endomyocardial biopsies (EMBs) are performed infrequently in children owing to significant past complication rates and controversial discussions about the therapeutic value of results. The objective of this study was to investigate the safety and feasibility of EMBs for suspected myocardial disease in relation to their clinical value.

Methods And Results: We performed a retrospective multicentre review of the Working Group for Interventional Cardiology of the German Society for Paediatric Cardiology.

Cardiovascular biomarkers in paired maternal and umbilical cord blood samples at term and near term delivery.

Background: Cardiovascular biomarkers might help to identify fetuses or pregnancies at risk.

Aim: To examine the umbilical cord neonatal and maternal levels of cardiovascular biomarkers at the time of delivery, and to correlate maternal and fetal biomarker levels to each other, to gestational age and to delivery mode.

Study Design: In a prospective, observational, cross-sectional, single-center study biomarkers were measured in paired maternal and umbilical venous cord blood samples.

Impedance cardiography (electrical velocimetry) and transthoracic echocardiography for non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in pediatric intensive care patients: a prospective single-center observational study.

Introduction: Electrical velocimetry (EV) is a type of impedance cardiography, and is a non-invasive and continuously applicable method of cardiac output monitoring. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is non-invasive but discontinuous.

Methods: We compared EV with TTE in pediatric intensive care patients in a prospective single-center observational study.

Management of Pentalogy of Cantrell with complete ectopia cordis and Double Outlet Right Ventricle.

Pentalogy of Cantrell (PoC) is a rare congenital midline defect. We present a case and its treatment of PoC with complete ectopia cordis and congenital heart disease. Postnatally the congenital heart defect was surgically corrected and the ectopic heart was covered by musculous mobilized flap.

Retrospective analysis of the effect of angiotensin II receptor blocker versus β-blocker on aortic root growth in paediatric patients with Marfan syndrome.

Objectives: Cardiovascular pathology, including aortic root dilation at the level of sinus of Valsalva (SV), is one of the major causes of morbidity in paediatric patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS). β-Blocker (BB) is well established to slow aortic dilation in MFS. Less is known about the effectiveness of angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) on aortic dilation in paediatric patients with MFS.

Prevalence of Anemia in Children with Congestive Heart Failure due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

Introduction. Anemia is prevalent in adult heart failure patients and appears to be an independent risk factor for morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this work is to determine the prevalence of anemia in children with heart failure from dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and to evaluate its influence on morbidity and mortality.

Impact of age and gender on cardiac pathology in children and adolescents with Marfan syndrome.

Cardiac pathologies are the major aspect in the treatment strategies for Marfan syndrome (MFS). In this progressive disease, less is known about manifestations and progression of cardiovascular symptoms in children. To define a certain decision regarding therapeutic options, knowledge concerning the onset of cardiovascular findings is essential.

Cardiovascular computed tomography angiography in newborns and infants with suspected congenital heart disease: retrospective evaluation of low-dose scan protocols.

Twelve infants (body weight, 3.59±1.36 kg) with congenital heart disease underwent a clinically indicated cardiovascular computed tomography angiography (CTA) study.

The Kid-Short Marfan Score (Kid-SMS) - an easy executable risk score for suspected paediatric patients with Marfan syndrome.

Aim: Due to age-dependent manifestations, diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) in children and adolescents is sophisticated. Although revised Ghent criteria is a major step forward, its utility in children is still restricted due to expensive and technically advanced diagnostics. As early diagnosis submits long-term benefits concerning prognosis, the need of an appropriate diagnostic tool for risk stratification of suspected paediatric patients with Marfan is justified.

Left coronary artery occlusion after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation.

Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) is an attractive option for patients with pulmonary valve insufficiency or stenotic right ventricular outflow tracts. We present the case of a 26-year-old patient in which PPVI was used to treat d-transposition of the great arteries, uncommon coronary artery anatomy, and conduit stenosis that resulted from multiple operations on the right outflow. Days after discharge to home, she experienced acute chest discomfort correlating with ischemia noted on an electrocardiogram and elevated troponin levels.

Early stage 2 palliation is crucial in patients with a right-ventricle-to-pulmonary-artery conduit.

Background: Improved survival after Norwood stage 1 palliation is giving more patients the opportunity to reach stage 2 palliation; thus, more patients are exposed to the risk of interstage death.

Methods: A single-center review of patients who underwent stage 1 palliation from January 1998 to December 2007 (n = 58) was performed. Pulmonary blood flow was established either by a modified Blalock-Taussig-shunt (mBTS, n = 33) or a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit (RVPAC, n = 25).

First experience with a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in a neonate.

Paclitaxel-eluting balloons are a new and innovative method in the treatment of in-stent stenosis and small vessel disease in adult cardiac pathology. The treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is difficult to manage, and results in a high mortality rate due to residual or recurrent stenosis. We report the first case of treatment for neonatal pulmonary vein restenosis with a paclitaxel-eluting balloon.

Difficult to treat recurrent stenosis of the aorta.

The risk associated with repeated treatment of aortic stenosis is as high as 5% and increases to as much as 25% in complex heart diseases. Among the methods that are commonly accepted and used in the treatment of recurrent aortic stenosis are balloon dilatation and stent implantation. In this study we describe five patients with recurrent stenosis of the aorta treated with stent implantation.

Mechanisms underlying air aspiration in patients undergoing left atrial catheterization.

Background: Air embolism in patients undergoing percutaneous interventions requiring access to the left atrium (LA) represents a potentially fatal complication. Here we tested if a decline in LA pressures following sedation represents an important mechanistic link underlying air intrusion into the LA.

Methods And Results: Left atrial pressures were measured in 26 consecutive patients (49 +/- 14 years; 27% male), who underwent percutaneous atrial septal occlusion for persistent foramen ovale or secundum atrial septal defects.

Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography for follow-up of Waterston shunt.

A 37-year-old man presented with Eisenmenger's reaction. He had progressive cyanosis and signs of right-sided heart failure. In early childhood he was palliated with a Waterston shunt for cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Noninvasive follow-up of complications after the Takeuchi operation.

Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare lesion. Untreated, up to 90% of patients die before 1 year of age. The Takeuchi operation and direct coronary artery reimplantation have resulted in low mortality rates and excellent functional outcome.

Effect of Carvedilol on QT Duration in Paediatric Patients with Congestive Heart Failure.

Objective: To investigate the effect of carvedilol on electrocardiographic parameters in children with congestive heart failure.

Patients And Methods: 18 children with heart failure (aged 2 months-17 years) were treated with carvedilol (initially 0.09 mg/kg/day, slowly increased up to 0.