Resolution of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection-related severe pulmonary hypertension in a very low-birth-weight infant.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) affects approximately 0.5% of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults with poor prognosis. The effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy for treatment of HIV-related PAH (HIV-PAH) remains controversial.

Analysis of atrial and ventricular performance by tissue Doppler imaging in patients with atrial septal defects before and after surgical and catheter closure.

Objective: To compare the effects of surgical and device closure of atrial septal defects on atrial and ventricular performance assessed by the novel tissue Doppler derived strain rate.

Background: Despite the increasing number of transcatheter closures, there is no information comparing the effect of the transcatheter closure technique on atrial performance with that of conventional surgery. Tissue Doppler derived strain rate can effectively quantify local myocardial function independent of the overall heart motion.

Final height and puberty in 40 patients after antileukaemic treatment during childhood.

Unlabelled: Endocrine dysfunction and damage of the epiphysial growth plates have been reported as late effects of antileukaemic treatment during childhood. It is a common opinion that cranial irradiation (CI) is the most important factor for blunted growth. Accordingly, recent therapeutic strategies in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) avoid cranial irradiation.

[Effect of various therapeutic protocols on growth and final height of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma].

A total of 74 children suffering from acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) or non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) were involved in a retrospective analysis of their physical growth during and after the therapy. Out of this total number, 54 children were subjected to radiochemotherapy in compliance with the VII/(81) scheme, and another 20 children in compliance with the LSA2L2 scheme. At the beginning of the therapy the average height-standard deviation score (H-SDS) for both groups of patients corresponded with the population average.