Circulation, Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatrics

Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

MAY 29, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. With continued medical and surgical advancements, most children and adolescents with congenital heart disease are expected to survive to adulthood.

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Advancing Wearable Biosensors for Congenital Heart Disease: Patient and Clinician Perspectives: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association

Circulation

MARCH 28, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Wearable biosensors (wearables) enable continual, noninvasive physiologic and behavioral monitoring at home for those with pediatric or congenital heart disease. Wearables allow patients to access their personal data and monitor their health.

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Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

DAIC

MARCH 17, 2025

tim.hodson Mon, 03/17/2025 - 14:56 March 17, 2025 Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Associations flagship journal Circulation. are forms of congenital heart defects (CHD).

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Cancer Research Congenital Genetic predisposition

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Cardiovascular Management of Aortopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

AUGUST 12, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Pathogeneses include connective tissue disorders, smooth muscle contraction disorders, and congenital heart disease, including bicuspid aortic valve, among others. The American Heart Association has published guidelines for diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease.

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Pediatrics Congenital Heart Disease Aortic valve Bicuspid/Mitral

Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

JANUARY 23, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Current metrics used to adjust for case mix complexity in congenital cardiac catheterization are becoming outdated due to the introduction of novel procedures, innovative technologies, and expanding patient subgroups.

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Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Cardiology: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation

APRIL 15, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Environmental toxicants and pollutants are causes of adverse health consequences, including well-established associations between environmental exposures and cardiovascular diseases.

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Abstract 4139192: Remote monitoring platform improves communication and clinical decision making for pediatric interstage healthcare team members

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4139192-A4139192, November 12, 2024. Background:Asynchronous remote patient monitoring (RPM) is increasingly common in healthcare models for infants with congenital heart disease (CHD). HCTs reported improved communication (4.5+.77) Parents' data engagement averaged 268+195.3

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Abstract 4146466: Targeting Gut Microbiota-Derived Kynurenine to Predict and Protect the Remodeling of the Pressure Overloaded Young Heart

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4146466-A4146466, November 12, 2024. Background:Without timely intervention, pressure-overloading left ventricular (poLV) remodeling may become progressive and readily degenerate into heart failure.

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Long-Term Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Study

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:A growing number of patients with tetralogy of Fallot develop left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure, in addition to right ventricular dysfunction.

Congenital Heart Disease

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Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Changes on Waitlist Mortality and Clinical Practice in Pediatric and Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathy

Circulation

JANUARY 9, 2025

Circulation, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The United Network of Organ Sharing made changes to the priority for allocation of hearts for transplantation (HT) in 2016 for pediatric patients and 2018 for adult patients.

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Pediatric ECG-Based Deep Learning to Predict Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodeling

Circulation

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Circulation, Ahead of Print. Model performance was similar on internal test and emergency department cohorts, with model predictions of LV hypertrophy outperforming the pediatric cardiologist expert benchmark. RESULTS:The training cohort comprised 92 377 ECG–echocardiogram pairs (46 261 patients; median age, 8.2

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Pediatrics Echocardiogram Congenital Heart Disease Outcomes

Use of Right Ventricular Free-Wall Strain in a Multivariable Estimate of Right Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 17, Issue 12 , Page e016882, December 1, 2024. In patients without a history of repaired congenital heart disease (n=88), only RVFW-LS/PASP, PVRi, PASP, and RVFW-LS/PVRi predicted outcomes (area under the curve, 0.738 [P=0.002], 0.729 [P=0.01], 0.729 [P=0.01], and 0.729 [P=0.015], respectively).CONCLUSIONS:In

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Pediatrics Pulmonary Congenital Heart Disease Hypertension

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2022 Arman Kilic Supplementing Existing Societal Risk Models for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Machine Learning for Improved Prediction Journal of the American Heart Association November 2021 Jared Belle Strategies for Mechanical Right Ventricular (..)

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Institutional Coronary Artery Bypass Case Volumes and Outcomes European Journal of Heart Failure October 2023 Makoto Mori 1 Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation The Annals of Thoracic Surgery August 2023 Carlos Diaz-Castrillion 2 Volume-Failure to Rescue Relationship in Acute Type A Aortic Dissections: An Analysis of The (..)

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

Acute coronary syndrome in a pediatric patient? An ECG was perfomed on arrival to our ED: NSR with ST elevation II,III, aVF with reciprocal depression in aVL Would you refer this pediatric patient for emergent PCI? Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

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Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Advancing Wearable Biosensors for Congenital Heart Disease: Patient and Clinician Perspectives: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association

Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

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Cardiovascular Management of Aortopathy in Children: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Catheterization for Congenital Heart Disease Adjustment for Risk Method II

Environmental Exposures and Pediatric Cardiology: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Abstract 4139192: Remote monitoring platform improves communication and clinical decision making for pediatric interstage healthcare team members

Abstract 4146466: Targeting Gut Microbiota-Derived Kynurenine to Predict and Protect the Remodeling of the Pressure Overloaded Young Heart

Long-Term Outcomes of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: A Multicenter Study

Impact of Heart Transplant Allocation Changes on Waitlist Mortality and Clinical Practice in Pediatric and Adult Patients With Congenital Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathy

Pediatric ECG-Based Deep Learning to Predict Left Ventricular Dysfunction and Remodeling

Use of Right Ventricular Free-Wall Strain in a Multivariable Estimate of Right Ventricular-Arterial Coupling in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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OMI in a pediatric patient? Teenagers do get acute coronary occlusion, so don't automatically dismiss the idea.

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