Corrigendum: Comparison of cardiac function between single left ventricle and tricuspid atresia: assessment using echocardiography combined with computational fluid dynamics.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.

Prediabetes is associated with a higher serum neurofilament light chain level in adolescents.

Objective: Serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) level, which is a biomarker indicative of neuroaxonal damage and cognitive impairment, has been reported in several neurological diseases. There has been a lack of studies on the association between sNfL levels and prediabetes in adolescents. This study investigated whether sNfL levels were higher in adolescents with prediabetes undergoing elective orthopedic surgery.

Predictive Value of Glycosylated Hemoglobin for Post-operative Acute Kidney Injury in Non-cardiac Surgery Patients.

Objective: Recent studies have indicated that patients (both with and without diabetes) with elevated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) have a higher rate of acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery. However, whether HbA1c could help to predict post-operative AKI in patients after non-cardiac surgery is less clear. This study aims to explore the predictive value of pre-operative HbA1c for post-operative AKI in non-cardiac surgery.

Ventricular function and dyssynchrony in children with a functional single right ventricle using real time three-dimensional echocardiography after fontan operation.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and clinical value of real time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) for assessing ventricular systolic dysfunction and dyssynchrony in children with an functional single right ventricle (FSRV) having undergone the Fontan procedure.

Methods: Twenty-five children with an FSRV and 25 healthy children were enrolled in our study. RV volume analysis was performed compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the reference standard in FSRV patients.

Association of Overlapped and Un-overlapped Comorbidities with COVID-19 Severity and Treatment Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study from Nine Provinces in China.

Objective: Several COVID-19 patients have overlapping comorbidities. The independent role of each component contributing to the risk of COVID-19 is unknown, and how some non-cardiometabolic comorbidities affect the risk of COVID-19 remains unclear.

Methods: A retrospective follow-up design was adopted.

Diagnosis of anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery by echocardiography.

Purpose: To review the imaging characteristics and evaluate the diagnostic value of echocardiography for diagnosing anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the echocardiographic records and compared these images with operative findings in six children with ARCAPA.

Results: ARCAPA was characterized by dilation of the left coronary artery, inappropriate origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery, and collaterals within the interventricular septum.

Regression equations for calculation of z scores for echocardiographic measurements of left heart structures in healthy Han Chinese children.

Objective: Clinical decision making in children with heart disease relies on detailed measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography. However, no echocardiographic reference values are available for the Chinese children. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for left heart structures in a population-based cohort of healthy Chinese Han children.

Regression equations for calculation of z scores for echocardiographic measurements of right heart structures in healthy Han Chinese children.

Objective: Clinical decision making in children with congenital and acquired heart disease relies on measurements of cardiac structures using two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish z-score regression equations for right heart structures in healthy Chinese Han children.

Methods: Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiography was performed in 515 patients.

Coronary artery indexed diameter and z score regression equations in healthy Chinese Han children.

Objective: In children with coronary disease, clinical decision should be based on detailed measurements of the coronary arteries by two-dimensional echocardiography. We aimed to establish coronary artery reference indexed diameter and z scores regression equations in a large cohort of Chinese Han children.

Methods: We measured the diameter of the proximal right (RCA), left main (LMCA), left anterior descending, and left circumflex coronary artery, and of the aortic annulus, and calculated the coronary-aorta index (coronary artery-to-aortic annulus ratio) in 506 Chinese Han children with normal hearts whose ages ranged from 1 day to 18 years.

Echocardiographic assessment of juxtaposition of the right atrial appendage in children with congenital heart disease.

The objective of this study was to analyze the echocardiographic characteristics of juxtaposition of the atrial appendages and to determine its prevalence in children with congenital heart disease. From June 1998 to December 2008, 10,880 children underwent selective angiocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and echocardiography for evaluation of congenital heart disease. Juxtaposition of the atrial appendages was diagnosed based on the results of angiocardiography and MRI; the echocardiographic characteristics of this anomaly were analyzed retrospectively.

Echocardiographic assessment of conjoined twins with congenital heart disease in Shanghai.

Background: The aim of this study is to improve the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in conjoined twins using echocardiography.

Methods: Six sets of conjoined twins at Shanghai Children's Medical Center and Xin-Hua Hospital from 1980 to 2006 were assessed retrospectively. Cardiac anomalies of varying degrees of severity were first evaluated using 2D echocardiography.

[Clinical diagnosis of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in 22 cases].

Objective: To discuss the diagnostic methods and features of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA).

Methods: A total of 22 cases of ALCAPA hospitalized between 2000 and 2007 were recruited and divided into infant group (age < or = 1 year, n = 10) and older children group (age > 1 year, n = 12). The patients' history, electrocardiography (ECG) and echocardiography were reviewed and analyzed retrospectively.

Doppler myocardial performance index in assessment of ventricular function in children with single ventricles.

Background: Quantitative assessment of ventricular function in children with single ventricles is both difficult and subjective because of asymmetric ventricular geometry. The Doppler myocardial performance index (MPI) allows the assessment regardless of ventricular shape. This study was designed to evaluate the feasibility of MPI in assessing ventricular function in children with single ventricles before and after total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC).