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View article: Double-Chambered Left Ventricle
Double-Chambered Left Ventricle Open
This case highlights the importance of CMR in the diagnosis of rare congenital cardiac abnormalities, such as DCLV, especially when the echocardiographic window is suboptimal or unclear.
View article: The Use of Vasodilator Therapy in Fontan Patients: A Single-Centre Experience
The Use of Vasodilator Therapy in Fontan Patients: A Single-Centre Experience Open
Background: The aim of this study was to describe our centre experience in the use of pulmonary vasodilator therapy in Fontan patients. Methods: We retrospectively enrolled patients that underwent Fontan operation between 2000 and 2024, re…
View article: Multi‐Modality Imaging in Coronary Anomalies: Focus on Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries
Multi‐Modality Imaging in Coronary Anomalies: Focus on Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries Open
Coronary artery anomalies represent a series of congenital heart diseases characterized by the abnormal circulation of coronary arteries. Of particular interest is the anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries (AAOCA), an underdiagnosed…
View article: The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and additional ventricular chamber size on clinical outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation
The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and additional ventricular chamber size on clinical outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation Open
Objectives: The functional roles of ventricular dominance and additional ventricular chamber after Fontan operation are still uncertain. We aim to assess and correlate such anatomical features to late clinical outcomes. Methods: Fontan pat…
View article: The Sub-Pulmonary Left Ventricle in Patients with Systemic Right Ventricle, the Paradoxical Neglected Chamber: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking Study
The Sub-Pulmonary Left Ventricle in Patients with Systemic Right Ventricle, the Paradoxical Neglected Chamber: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Feature Tracking Study Open
Background/Objective: The impact of subpulmonary left ventricle (LV) dysfunction in patients with a systemic right ventricle (SRV) is insufficiently characterized, with only a few studies suggesting its prognostic significance. Additionall…
View article: Multimodality imaging and functional assessment in patients with systemic right ventricle and biventricular physiology: a retrospective single-center study
Multimodality imaging and functional assessment in patients with systemic right ventricle and biventricular physiology: a retrospective single-center study Open
Systemic right ventricle (sRV) dysfunction is frequent in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of great arteries (cc-TGA) and those with dextro-transposition of great arteries (D-TGA) after Mustard/Senning operations. This co…
View article: How effective is disopyramide in treating pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? State of the art and future directions
How effective is disopyramide in treating pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy? State of the art and future directions Open
Pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has a wide range of clinical manifestations. Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO) at rest is present in up to one-third of children with HCM, with a further 50-60% of symptomatic ch…
View article: Importance of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Applied to Congenital Heart Diseases in Pediatric Age: A Narrative Review
Importance of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Applied to Congenital Heart Diseases in Pediatric Age: A Narrative Review Open
Congenital heart diseases (CHDs) represent a heterogeneous group of congenital defects, with high prevalence worldwide. Non-invasive imaging is essential to guide medical and surgical planning, to follow the patient over time in the evolut…
View article: Utility of Fetal Cardiac Resonance Imaging in Prenatal Clinical Practice: Current State of the Art
Utility of Fetal Cardiac Resonance Imaging in Prenatal Clinical Practice: Current State of the Art Open
The field of prenatal cardiac imaging has revolutionized the way we understand and manage congenital heart diseases (CHD) in the developing fetus. In the prenatal period, cardiac imaging plays a pivotal role in the diagnostic pathway, from…
View article: Unveiling the gothic aortic arch and cardiac mechanics: insights from young patients after arterial switch operation for d-transposition of the great arteries
Unveiling the gothic aortic arch and cardiac mechanics: insights from young patients after arterial switch operation for d-transposition of the great arteries Open
The arterial switch operation (ASO) has become the standard surgical treatment for patients with d-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). While ASO has significantly improved survival rates, a subset of patients develops a unique ana…
View article: Childhood Obesity and Congenital Heart Disease: A Lifelong Struggle
Childhood Obesity and Congenital Heart Disease: A Lifelong Struggle Open
Congenital heart disease (CHD) affects approximately one in every one hundred infants worldwide, making it one of the most prevalent birth abnormalities globally. Despite advances in medical technology and treatment choices, CHD remains a …
View article: The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and additional ventricular chamber size on clinical outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation
The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and additional ventricular chamber size on clinical outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation Open
Objectives The functional roles of ventricular dominance and the presence of an additional ventricular chamber (AVC) after Fontan operation are still uncertain. This is a clinical study to assess and correlate such anatomical features to l…
View article: Diagnostic performance of the non-invasive myocardial work indices in predicting subclinical myocardial work impairment in Fontan patients
Diagnostic performance of the non-invasive myocardial work indices in predicting subclinical myocardial work impairment in Fontan patients Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): public hospital sources. Background The Fontan procedure is an operation that has allowed many paediatric patients suffering from severe congenit…
View article: Right Ventricle Myocardial Work in ToF-repair survivors: no longer behind the scenes
Right Ventricle Myocardial Work in ToF-repair survivors: no longer behind the scenes Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic CHD and survivors after ToF repair are growing rapidly. Children and, more frequently, young adults spToF develop late compl…
View article: Late left ventricular myocardial remodeling after pulmonary artery banding for end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy in infants: an imaging study
Late left ventricular myocardial remodeling after pulmonary artery banding for end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy in infants: an imaging study Open
View article: Percutaneous approach to residual pulmonary bifurcation stenosis in conotruncal diseases
Percutaneous approach to residual pulmonary bifurcation stenosis in conotruncal diseases Open
Residual stenosis after right ventricle outflow tract surgery represents a major issue to manage in the children and adult patient with conotruncal defects. Despite a detailed multimodality imaging, the anatomy of distal pulmonary trunk an…
View article: Systemic hypertension in adults with congenital heart diseases
Systemic hypertension in adults with congenital heart diseases Open
View article: Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Age: Are They Triggered by SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Age: Are They Triggered by SARS-CoV-2 Infection? Open
Coronavirus disease 2019 is a highly contagious infectious disease. Research on heart rhythm disorders in children affected by COVID-19 infection is quite lacking. An infant and a congenital heart disease (CHD) teenager with a pacemaker pr…
View article: Three-Dimensional-Enabled Surgical Planning for the Correction of Right Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
Three-Dimensional-Enabled Surgical Planning for the Correction of Right Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return Open
Objectives: The surgical technique for right partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) depends on the location of the anomalous pulmonary veins (PVs). With this in mind, we sought to evaluate the impact of 3D heart segmentation and…
View article: Mid- and Long-Term Atrio-Ventricular Functional Changes in Children after Recovery from COVID-19
Mid- and Long-Term Atrio-Ventricular Functional Changes in Children after Recovery from COVID-19 Open
Background: Although most children may experience mild to moderate symptoms and do not require hospitalization, there are little data on cardiac involvement in COVID-19. However, cardiac involvement is accurately demonstrated in children w…
View article: 1115 NON-INVASIVE MYOCARDIAL WORK INDICES IN PATIENTS WITH FONTAN CIRCULATION
1115 NON-INVASIVE MYOCARDIAL WORK INDICES IN PATIENTS WITH FONTAN CIRCULATION Open
Background Although the Fontan operation has contributed greatly to the improvement of survival in patients with a single ventricle, cardiac function and exercise capacity may deteriorate over time. However, there have been no quantitative…
View article: 969 MID AND LONG TERM ATRIO-VENTRICULAR MECHANISM IN CHILDREN AFTER RECOVERY FROM ASYMPTOMATIC O MILDLY SYMPTOMATIC SARS COV2 INFECTION
969 MID AND LONG TERM ATRIO-VENTRICULAR MECHANISM IN CHILDREN AFTER RECOVERY FROM ASYMPTOMATIC O MILDLY SYMPTOMATIC SARS COV2 INFECTION Open
Background Clinical manifestations of children's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) were initially considered less severe compared with adult patients. However, there is now increasing evidence of a “long-tail” of COVID-19 related symptom…
View article: 966 ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND CMR FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT IN THE LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP
966 ADVANCED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC AND CMR FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT IN THE LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP Open
Advanced echocardiographic and CMR features of patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot in the long-term follow-up. Anna Gozzi1, Jolanda Sabatino1, Elena Cuppini1, Irene Cattapan1, Alessia Basso1, Jennifer Fumanelli1, Angela Di Candia1, …
View article: Mid- and long-term atrio-ventricular mechanics in children after recovery from asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
Mid- and long-term atrio-ventricular mechanics in children after recovery from asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection Open
Background Clinical manifestations of children's coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) were initially considered less severe compared with adult patients. However, there is now increasing evidence of a “long-tail” of COVID-19 related symptom…
View article: The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and accessory ventricle size on clinical outcomes after Fontan procedure
The impact of dominant ventricle morphology and accessory ventricle size on clinical outcomes after Fontan procedure Open
Objectives the physio-pathological role of the morphological ventricular dominance (left, FSLV; right, FSRV), and the hemodynamic contribute of an accessory ventricular chamber (AVC), in patients with functional single ventricle (FSV) afte…
View article: Long QT syndrome and left ventricular non-compaction in a family with KCNH2 mutation: A case report
Long QT syndrome and left ventricular non-compaction in a family with KCNH2 mutation: A case report Open
Background Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is an abnormality of the myocardium, characterized by prominent left ventricular trabeculae and deep inter-trabecular recesses. Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiac ion channelopathy presen…
View article: Evolution of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities during follow-up in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Evolution of echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities during follow-up in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children Open
Aims Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with cardiovascular manifestations are frequent. However, there is lacking evidence regarding cardiological follow-up of this cohort of patients. The aim of our study was to descri…
View article: Correction to: Left ventricle longitudinal strain alterations in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic pediatric patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection
Correction to: Left ventricle longitudinal strain alterations in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic pediatric patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection Open
European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 22, Issue Supplement_1, January 2021, jeaa356.167, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.167 In the originally published version of this manuscript, funding information was missing in e…
View article: Exercise stress echocardiography in paediatric and adolescent patients
Exercise stress echocardiography in paediatric and adolescent patients Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. INTRODUCTION Exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is still underused in paediatric patients, and very little data is available for congenital heart diseases (CHDs). PURPOSE To descr…
View article: Predictive factors of outcome in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) after pulmonary valve replacement: preliminary data of our Centre experience (2010-2020)
Predictive factors of outcome in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) after pulmonary valve replacement: preliminary data of our Centre experience (2010-2020) Open
Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background TOF patients undergo multiple surgical procedures during their life. The improvement in surgical techniques and patient’s clinical management led to longer life expectancy,…