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Echocardiographic screening for congenital heart disease

J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 5. pii: S0914-5087(14)00345-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2014.11.011. [Epub ahead of print] Echocardiographic screening for congenital heart disease in 8819 children: A report from local community events for children’s healthcare. Nishio S1, Kusunose K2, Yamada H3, Yamao M1, Hirata Y1, Mori K4, Matsuoka S5, Sata M3. Author information Abstract


Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Computed Tomography Imaging Review

Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Computed Tomography Imaging Review Karuna M. Das,Tarek S. Momenah,Sven G. Larsson,Shehla Jadoon, Abdullah S. Aldosary,Edward Y. Lee Abstract Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS) affects young infants and children. The underlying etiopathogenesis of this rare disease is due to the mutation of the elastin gene that is responsible for the elasticity […]


Ultrasonic Biophysical Measurements in the Normal Human Fetus for Optimal Design of the Monolithic Fetal Pacemaker

Ultrasonic Biophysical Measurements in the Normal Human Fetus for Optimal Design of the Monolithic
Fetal Pacemaker
Evgueni Fayn, MD, Howard A. Chou, PhD, DaeGyun Park, MD, PhD, Daniel H. Zavitz, MSc, Bettina F. Cuneo, MD, Vicki L. Mahan, MD, Mehmet Guleçyuz, MD, Letitia Curran, RDMS, David Lipson, PhD,
Edmond W. Quillen, Jr., PhD, Boris M. Petrikovsky, MD, PhD, and Marc Ovadia, MD

The failures of current medical therapeutics for the management of fetal complete atrioventricular
block with hydrops fetalis, as well as the increasing number of fetuses at risk for acute bradycardia during interventional procedures and fetal surgeries, have inspired the author of this article to develop a monolithic pacemaker designed for closed-thorax, closed-uterus, closed–maternal abdomen over-the-wire deployment under ultrasound guidance.