A study of congenital cardiac disease in a neonatal population – the validity of echocardiography undertaken by a neonatologist
Authors: Gregory R. Samson; Suresh R. Kumar
Source : Cardiology in the Young, December 2004, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 585-593(9)
Publisher: Greenwich Medical Media
The Challenge
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disorder of cardiac repolarization. It is characterized by a prolongation of the QT interval, and a predisposition to ventricular tachyarrhythmias, which are associated with syncope, arrhythmic events, and sudden cardiac death (SCD). In recent years, there have been significant advances in understanding the genetic basis of the syndrome. Newer genetic forms of LQTS have been identified, too, plus a laboratory test has become available to help in the diagnosis of the syndrome. As knowledge of LQTS continues to expand, clinical applications of this growing body of information need further study
CONGENITAL CORONARY ARTERY FISTULAS: CLINICAL
CONSIDERATIONS AND SURGICAL TREATMENT
GOU-JIENGHONG,* CHIH-YUANLIN,* CHUNG-YILEE,* SHIN-HURNLOH,†HOU-SHENGYANG,*KUANG-YILIU,* YI-TINGTSAI*AND CHIEN-SUNGTSAI*
*Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, and †Department of Pharmacology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, China
ANZ J. Surg. 2004; 74: 350–355
Background:
Coronary artery fistulas are uncommon abnormalities that can cause significant cardiac morbidity. Indications for operation vary, particularly, for asymptomatic patients. Early surgical correction is indicated because of the high incidence of late symptoms and complications.
Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Closure With
the Amplatzer Septal Occluder: Five-Year Follow-Up
Guan Yew, MD, and Nigel J. Wilson* MBChB
Double-Orifice Mitral Valve with Intact Atrioventricular Septum: An
Echocardiographic Study With Anatomic and Functional Considerations
Bibhuti B. Das, MD, Linda B. Pauliks, MD, Ole A. Knudson, Jr, RDCS, Scott Kirby, RDCS,
Kak-Chen Chan, MD, Lilliam Valdes-Cruz, MD, and Raul O. Cayre, MD,
Denver, Colorado;
Boston, Massachusetts; and Corrientes, Argentina
Original Articles
Anatomoechocardiographic correlation double inlet left ventricle
Luis Muñoz-Castellaños, MD – Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta, MD, PhD –
Candace Keirns, MD a [MEDLINE LOOKUP]
available online
Task Force Report
Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment)
of syncope*
Task Force on Syncope, European Society of Cardiology†: M. Brignole (Chairman),
P. Alboni, D. Benditt, L. Bergfeldt, J. J. Blanc, P. E. Bloch Thomsen, J. G. van Dijk,
A. Fitzpatrick, S. Hohnloser, J. Janousek, W. Kapoor, R. A. Kenny, P. Kulakowski,
A. Moya, A. Raviele, R. Sutton, G. Theodorakis and W. Wieling
