Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Implantation in a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Organ transplantation practices have witnessed tremendous advances all over the world and in Türkiye in recent years, and the pre-transplantation preparation, operation and postoperative follow-up procedures are being meticulously handled. However, there is very limited information about follow-up processes of pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) undergoing organ transplantation. Furthermore, it is difficult to manage the arduous and long-term care and follow-up processes in ASD cases undergoing organ transplantation.

Arrhythmias in children undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation.

Introduction: Heart transplantation (HT) is the only treatment option in children with heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathies and non-reparable congenital heart diseases.

Methods: We performed a retrospective clinical data review of all consecutive pediatric patients (aged 2-18 years) who underwent orthotopic HT for advanced heart failure at our institution between January 2007 and January 2023. Clinical, procedural, and follow-up data were collected and comprehensively analyzed.

Electrocardiographic changes in hospitalised children with COVID-19.

Objectives: Cardiac manifestations of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have mainly been reported in adults. Therefore, we aimed to determine the electrocardiographic abnormalities in hospitalised paediatric patients with COVID-19 and multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated hospitalised paediatric patients <18 years of age with a diagnosis of COVID-19 (n = 168) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (n = 48) between March 2021 and December 2021.

Cardiac Assessment in Children with MIS-C: Late Magnetic Resonance Imaging Features.

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C) is a new entity that emerges 2-4 weeks after the SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. MIS-C can affect all systems, the most severe of which is cardiac involvement. The duration of the cardiac symptoms is still uncertain and may be persistent or prolonged.