5 results match your criteria: "Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Children's Health Ireland Crumlin[Affiliation]"

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  • * Involved 127 children (average age of 2 years), showing no arrhythmias or significant heart abnormalities during their hospital stay despite some elevated lab markers in younger kids.
  • * Findings suggest that serious cardiac involvement is rare in non-MIS-C COVID-19 pediatric cases, indicating that standard heart evaluations may not be necessary unless there are specific symptoms.
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Letter Regarding "Ten-Year Follow-Up of Dilatation of Aortic Structures in Fallot-Type Anomalies".

Pediatr Cardiol

January 2024

School of Medicine, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and Children's Health Ireland Crumlin, University College of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

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The Role of Multimodality Imaging in Pediatric Cardiomyopathies.

J Clin Med

July 2023

Division of Cardiology and Cardio Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy.

Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases representing the first cause of heart transplantation in children. Diagnosing and classifying the different phenotypes can be challenging, particularly in this age group, where cardiomyopathies are often overlooked until the onset of severe symptoms. Cardiovascular imaging is crucial in the diagnostic pathway, from screening to classification and follow-up assessment.

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Although not completely devoid of risk, pregnancy can be managed in virtually all patients affected by even the most complex forms of congenital heart disease. It is not however advisable in patients with any form of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Pregnancy is even manageable in patients with univentricular heart converted to Fontan circulation.

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