Cardiac tumors in children: A 20-year review of clinical presentation, diagnostics and treatment.

Background: The use of new imaging techniques has contributed significantly to earlier diagnosis and treatment of cardiac tumors.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze data from children with cardiac tumors in terms of clinical presentation, the role of noninvasive diagnostic procedures and the long-term outcome.

Material And Methods: The data analyzed retrospectively concerned 30 children in whom cardiac tumors were diagnosed from January 1995 to July 2015.

Challenges of caring for a patient with a rare disease--as demonstrated by Cornelia de Lange Syndrome.

There are over 12,500 diseases defined by European researchers as rare disorders occurring in less than 1:2000 live births. The majority of these manifest in childhood. The clinical picture of a rare disorder is dominated by intellectual disability of various severity and organ defects.

[Hemitruncus arteriosus - a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension].

A case of a rare congenital anomaly--hemitruncus arteriosus, in a two month old infant is presented. Diagnosis and treatment of this condition are discussed.

[Isolated left ventricular non-compaction - various clinical presentations].

The isolated left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is an increasingly commonly diagnosed myocardial disorder resulting from a defective morphogenesis of the endomyocardium. This is associated with high rates of thromboembolism, cardiac failure, and cardiac arrhythmia. The report describes 3 cases of LVNC, presenting with different clinical pictures.

[The effect of lateral thoracotomy on the development of scoliosis in patients with patent ductus arteriosus].

Introduction: Surgery, particularly thoracotomy in the thoracic area in infancy has been implicated in the development of scoliosis of thoracogenic origin. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of lateral thoracotomy on scoliosis development in subjects with patent ductus arteriosus.

Material And Methods: A group of 69 patients with patent ductus arteriosus was evaluated.

Scoliosis in patients with aortic coarctation and patent ductus arteriosus: does standard posterolateral thoracotomy play a role in the development of the lateral curve of the spine?

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of lateral thoracotomy on the development of scoliosis in subjects undergoing repair of coarctation of the aorta (CoA) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). A group of 133 patients with CoA and PDA was evaluated. Forty-five patients with CoA and 38 with PDA underwent surgery using standard posterolateral thoracotomy (operative group), whereas 12 patients with CoA and 31 with PDA were treated using balloon dilatation and stent or coil implantation (nonoperative group).

Is chest sonography a breakthrough in diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism in children?

Objective: Sonographic criteria of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) have been already evaluated basing on adult patients. There are limited studies to determine diagnostic value of chest ultrasound (CUS) in pediatric PTE. The aim of our study was to present usefulness of ultrasound examination of chest in diagnosis of PTE in children.

[Cardio-vascular disorders at the time of diagnosis of malignant solid tumours in children--own experiences].

Unlabelled: Cardio-vascular abnormalities in children with neoplastic disease are observed in some cases even during initial diagnostic examinations. The aim of the study was to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of cardiological and vascular disorders in the initial phase of malignant solid tumors in children.

Material And Methods: The study included 236 paediatric patients diagnosed with malignant solid tumours, treated in the Department of Paediatrics, Haematology, Oncology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Gdańk, between 1992 and 2004.

[Cardiovascular malformations in Turner syndrome].

Background: A literature review indicates that the prevalence of cardiovascular malformations in patients with Turner syndrome ranges from 17 to 47 percent.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the cardiovascular system in patients with Turner syndrome, controlled by the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic of the Medical University of Gdansk.

Material And Methods: The study included 55 females with Turner syndrome aged 3-20 years (mean age 9.

[Epidemiology of hypertensive retinopathy in young patients after coarctation of the aorta repair].

Purpose: Coarctation of the aorta is a cause of childhood hypertension. In some patients hypertension persists after coarctation repair. We evaluated hypertensive retinopathy in patients after coarctation repair, factors correlated with retinopathy, specificity of retinal findings.

[Aortic coarctation treated with bypass graft in adolescence and implantation of intravascular stent 12 years later--a case report].

A case of a 26-year-old female with aortic coarctation and Recklinghausen disease is presented. At the age of 14 years the patient underwent thoracic aortic bypass grafting. Twelve years later she developed arterial hypertension.