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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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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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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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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...