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With coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic restrictions and lockdown, children and adolescents have experienced emotional and physical isolation from family and community members. This isolation has a negative impact on children's and adolescents' mental health, physical health, and behavior. An online cross-sectional study of children and adolescents aged 5 to 11 years was conducted to assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on their behavior, emotions, and sleep routines.

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Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis caused by the monkeypox virus, an enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus belonging to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the Poxviridae family. Monkeypox has become a disease of global public health significance. Pregnant women are unfortunately among the those at an increased risk for exposure to monkeypox because their immune system is altered during pregnancy.

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Introduction: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. Surgical correction has improved survival but re-intervention is often required.

Objectives: The objective is to assess outcomes after surgical repair of TOF, long-term follow-up, and factors that influence these results.

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Brugada Syndrome is characterized by arrhythmogenic risk that may be exacerbated by different metabolic and pharmacological factors. Since its first description, knowledge of this syndrome and its detection by physicians belonging to different specialties have gradually increased. The risk of arrhythmias is well known to increase in the postoperative period, and this risk is particularly accentuated in patients with Brugada Syndrome.

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Dacron Tube Graft-Covered Stenting of Recoarctation of the Aorta.

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January 2018

Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Center, Bahrain Defense Forces Hospital, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

We report a case with recoarctation within a tubed graft. Covered stent placed inside the tube graft safely and effectively treated the recoarctation of the aorta.

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Computerized Tomography Use in Williams-Beuren Syndrome Aortopathy.

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January 2017

Mohammed Bin Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Cardiac Center, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Williams-Beuren syndrome is a multisystem genetic disorder caused by hemizygous deletion on chromosome 7q11.23, encompassing about 28 genes including the elastin gene, ELN. Cardiovascular abnormalities are frequent and are related to elastin insufficiency.

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