Persistent left superior vena cava without right superior vena cava during fetal life.

Enlarged coronary sinus detected during cardiac examination in the prenatal period is the first finding that raises suspicion for persistent left superior vena cava. In this report, a patient was presented who was referred with the prediagnosis of cor triatriatum sinister in the antenatal period and diagnosed with isolated persistent left superior vena cava (SVC).

Giant Right Atrial Myxoma with Fulminant Progression in an Infant.

Cardiac myxoma is rare in children. Myxomas are exceedingly rare in infancy. Right atrial myxomas were recorded in a small number of case reports involving infants worldwide.

Brugada-Phenocopy Induced by Propafenone Overdose and Successful Treatment: A Case Report.

Background: Brugada syndrome is an inherited arrhythmogenic disease that may cause sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation in young adults. Brugada syndrome caused by propafenone intoxication has been noted rarely in the literature. We report a rare case, Brugada phenocopy due to propafenone intoxication and its treatment.

Assessment of left ventricular functions and myocardial iron load with tissue Doppler and speckle tracking echocardiography and T2* MRI in patients with β-thalassemia major.

Background: The purpose of this study is to determine early myocardial dysfunction in β-thalassemia major (BTM) patients. Where the myocardial dysfunction cannot be detected by conventional echocardiography, it could be detected by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) or speckle tracking echocardiography (STE).

Methods: In this study, we analyzed 60 individuals, 30 of whom were BTM patients and the other 30 of whom were the control group.

Persistent left superior vena cava accompanying congenital heart disease in children: Experience of a tertiary care center.

Background: This study focuses on determining concomitant persistent left superior vena cava (SVC) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).

Methods: Between 2005 and 2012, a total of 2.663 patients with CHD, 88 (3.

The efficacy and safety of naproxen in acute rheumatic fever: The comparative results of 11-year experience with acetylsalicylic acid and naproxen.

The objective was to compare the efficacy and safety of naproxen (NXN) to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) in the treatment of acute rheumatic fever (ARF). The data of 338 children were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were grouped according to joint and valve involvement and also drug chosen [methyl prednisolone (mPSL), ASA or NXN].

Decreased Deformation in Asymptomatic Children with Isolated Left Ventricular Non-compaction and Normal Ejection Fraction.

Echocardiography is the mainstay of screening and disease surveillance in isolated left ventricular non-compaction (iLVNC). The aim of our study is to determine the early regional and global myocardial functional changes and whether the myocardial changes that cannot be detected by conventional echocardiography could be detected by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) or two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) in iLVNC cases without symptoms. Longitudinal and circumferential strain (S) and strain rates (SR) as determined by STE in 20 children aged 12.

Assessment of left ventricular functions with tissue Doppler, strain, and strain rate echocardiography in patients with familial Mediterranean fever.

Objective: This study assessed the early changes in regional and global systolic and diastolic myocardial functions in patients with familial Mediterranean fever without any cardiovascular symptoms using tissue Doppler and strain and strain rate echocardiography and compared them to the results of a control group.

Methods: This study has a cross-sectional and observational design. FMF patients with normal left ventricular function were included in the study.

Cardiac rhabdomyomas associated with tuberous sclerosis complex in 11 children: presentation to outcome.

Cardiac rhabdomyomas (CRs) are the most common heart tumors in children and closely associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). This study was performed to assess the presentation type, clinical course, treatment modalities, and outcome of the patients with rhabdomyoma, associated with TSC. We reviewed our patients with cardiac rhabdomyomas (CRs), who had received a diagnosis of TSC previously or during the follow-up period between June 1996 and January 2012, retrospectively.