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A comparative study using gastric ultrasound to evaluate the safety of shortening the fasting time before pediatric echocardiography: a randomized controlled non-inferiority study
The objective of this study was to demonstrate that the gastric cross-sectional area (CSA) in the right lateral decubitus position (RLDP) during a 2-h fasting period is not larger than that during a convention...
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Treatment of Primary Cardiac Tumors in Children: A Single Center 18-Year Experience
This study aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and courses of pediatric patients with cardiac tumors in nonoperative and operative groups to help guide treatment decisions. We reviewed the medical re...
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Open AccessAssessment of left atrial remodeling using speckle tracking echocardiography after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure in adult patients
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a well-known, long-term complication of atrial septal defect (ASD) in adults, even after device closure. Left atrial (LA) strain rate applied to the analysis of chamber function has...
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Open AccessDevelopment of necrotizing enterocolitis in full-term infants with duct dependent congenital heart disease
Although many studies have described an increased risk of necrotizing enterocolitis in duct dependent congenital heart diseases, very few have investigated its occurrence in full-term infants with duct depende...
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Clinical Implications of Fragmented QRS Complex as an Outcome Predictor in Children with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is an easily evaluated noninvasive parameter in electrocardiograms (ECGs) for predicting cardiac adverse events. Our study aimed to evaluate whether fQRS could be used as a risk factor to...
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Open AccessThe experience of transcatheter closure of postoperative ventricular septal defect after total correction
The purpose of this study was to describe our experience with patients who underwent transcatheter closure of a post-operative ventricular septal defect (VSD).
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Open AccessThe Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale is an adequate screening instrument for depression and anxiety disorder in adults with congential heart disease
The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) is an instrument that is commonly used to screen for depression in patients with chronic disease, but the characteristics of the CES-D in adults ...
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Open AccessStructural equation modeling of the quality of life for patients with marfan syndrome
We used structural equation modeling to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) for patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS). The goal was to provide guidelines to facilitate the development of interventions and strateg...
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Open AccessCurrent expectations of the arterial switch operation in a small volume center: a 20-year, single-center experience
We reviewed our 20-year experience with arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA) or double outlet right ventricle with subpulmonary ventricular septal defect (Taussig-Bing ...
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Open AccessLeft ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic function in children and adolescents with essential hypertension
Left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in children and adolescents with essential hypertension tend to be underdiagnosed. The aims of this study were to investigate left ventricular hypertrophy...
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Open AccessInterstage mortality for functional single ventricle with heterotaxy syndrome: a retrospective study of the clinical experience of a single tertiary center
In spite of improved survival after palliation for single ventricle, interstage mortality for a single ventricle with heterotaxy syndrome is unknown. The purpose of this study was to quantify interstage mortal...
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A successful treatment of arterial ischemic stroke with stent insertion in a child with congenital heart disease
Diagnosis of arterial ischemic stroke in pediatric patients is often delayed due to the uncertainty and variability of clinical symptoms. Early diagnosis of arterial ischemic stroke can bring a favorable progn...
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Successful bosentan therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a hereditary vascular disease with multiple arterial venous malformations. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is occasionally associated with HHT; however, there is ...
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Clinical Experience of Chest Pain in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in a Single Tertiary Center
The aim of this study was to investigate clinical manifestation and causes of chest pain in adults with congenital heart disease. Of 966 patients in our Adult Congenital Heart Clinic, 50 patients had cyanosis ...
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Prenatal double aortic arch presenting with a right aortic arch and an anomalous artery arising from the ascending aorta
Double aortic arch is a rare anomaly of the aortic arch and this may cause tracheal damage by compressing the trachea during the first year of life. We report here on three fetal cases of double aortic arch an...
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A Single-Center Experience with Intracardiac Thrombosis in Children with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Intracardiac thrombosis in patients with a dilated cardiomyopathy can be life threatening. This study investigated the incidence, risk factors, and outcome of intracardiac thrombosis in children with dilated c...
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Closure of Conduit Fenestration After Extracardiac Fontan Procedure Using Amplatzer Vascular Plug: Comparison with Detachable Coil
The objective of this study was to report the outcome of fenestration closure using either an Amplatzer Vascular Plug I or detachable coils in patients undergoing extracardiac Fontan procedure with conduit fen...
