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J Family Med Prim Care
December 2024
Department of Pediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Involvement of the heart in children with tuberculosis (TB) generally affects the pericardium; however, the myocardium of a child being affected alone and leading to systolic heart dysfunction has rarely ever been reported. We report a case of a 12-year-old child who presented to Pediatric Emergency Services with severe hypotension (BP <5 percentile for the age) and was subsequently diagnosed with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, with an ejection fraction of less than 15%. During the hospital stay, after an exhaustive workup, the child was diagnosed with pulmonary TB with tubercular myocarditis.
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December 2024
Department of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic, Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine - Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
As the population of adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) grows, there also grows an expanded need for non-invasive surveillance methods to guide management and intervention. A multimodal imaging approach layers complementary insights from echocardiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and other modalities into a clinician's view of patient physiology. Merely applying strategies from acquired adult cardiac disease would be inadequate and potentially misleading.
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December 2024
East Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases and School of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
Background: Echocardiography is widely used to assess aortic stenosis (AS) but can yield inconsistent results, leading to uncertainty about AS severity and the need for further diagnostics. This retrospective study aimed to evaluate a novel echocardiography-based marker, the signal intensity coefficient (SIC), for its potential in accurately identifying and quantifying calcium in AS, enhancing noninvasive diagnostic methods.
Methods: Between May 2022 and October 2023, 112 cases of AS that were previously considered severe by echocardiography were retrospectively evaluated, as well as a group of 50 cases of mild or moderate AS, both at the Eastern Slovak Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Kosice, Slovakia.
Cardiovasc Diagn Ther
December 2024
Department of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Background: Dextro-transposition of the great arteries (dTGA) stands out as a prevalent cyanotic congenital heart defect (CHD), characterized by an intricate reversal in the arrangement of the major arteries. In the past, several surgical procedures have been used to treat dTGA, including the atrial switch. Although the method is no longer used, survivors of the procedure still living among us.
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January 2025
Departamento de Cardiología, Fundación Valle del Lili, Carrera 98 No. 18 - 49, Cali, 760032, Colombia.
Background: Penetrating cardiac trauma is an entity with high pre and intrahospital mortality due to complications such as cardiac tamponade and massive hemothorax. A ventricular septal defect (VSD) occurs in 1-5% of cases and can present early or late. The management strategy for VSD resulting from penetrating cardiac trauma is uncertain.
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