11th International Workshop in ...
This special issue of Pediatric Nephrology is devoted to manuscripts that demonstrate cutting-edge research in the field of developmental nephrology ...
Formation of Ventricular Aneury ...
A 3-year-old previously healthy girl was admitted with fever, leg pain, and refusal to ambulate after minor leg trauma. Her blood culture results at ...
Pathogenesis and therapy of foc ...
Focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is an important cause of steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in adults and children. It is responsibl ...
Renal artery stenosis: is angio ...
Renovascular hypertension (RVH) is an unusual cause of hypertension in children that is important to diagnose as it is potentially curable with angi ...
Steroid-resistant acute allogra ...
Steroid-resistant rejection after pediatric renal transplantation forms a rare but severe complication with a guarded prognosis particularly if this ...
Adverse consequences of acceler ...
Epidemiological and experimental studies show that the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases at adulthood is inversely related to the weight ...
World Kidney Day 2011: Protect ...
March 10, 2011, will mark the celebration of the 6th World Kidney Day (WKD), an annual event jointly sponsored by the International Society of Nephr ...
Taking the pulse of a sick kidn ...
Arterial stiffness is an increasingly recognized independent predictor of cardiovascular morbidity. Vessel volume and wall texture are the main dete ...
Prevention of large-vessel sten ...
The oldest of three sisters, two of whom are monozygous twins, presenting all with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) associated with a CFH m ...
Hox genes and kidney developmen ...
The adult mammalian kidney is generated by the differentiation and integration of several distinct cell types, including the nephrogenic mesenchyme, ...
Different factor H-related prot ...
Sirs, The classification of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) according to the presence of prodromal diarrhea due to infection by Shiga-like toxin-pr ...
Intrapericardial and Retrocardi ...
A 6-year-old girl with type 3 long QT syndrome was safely and successfully implanted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system. Pr ...
Treatment of Plastic Bronchitis ...
This case illustrates the successful use of orthotopic heart transplantation for the treatment of plastic bronchitis in a 6-year-old boy with hypopl ...
Normalization of Pulmonary Vasc ...
A 3-month-old infant with perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and pulmonary hypertension presented at our center. Cardiac catheterization ...
Patients With Single-Ventricle ...
This study used a retrospective analysis of adults with single-ventricle physiology to ascertain the predictive power of cardiopulmonary stress-test ...
Early NT-proBNP Is Able to Pred ...
The objective of this study was to establish the potential utility of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in the management of pate ...
Influence of Chromosome 22q11.2 ...
One of the most common constitutional chromosomal abnormalities, 22q11.2 microdeletion (del22q 11.2) syndrome has diverse medical complications, suc ...
Treatment of Acute Heart Failur ...
The clinical and hemodynamic effects of compassionate therapy with levosimendan were evaluated in a 14-year–old patient with end-stage renal disease ...
Improvement of Cardiac Geometry ...
We report a pediatric case of successful cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) for acute relapsed deterioration of dilated cardiomyopathy with car ...
Cardiac Lymphangioma in an Infa ...
A 1-year-old boy presented to the emergency room with respiratory distress and cyanosis. He was the first baby of healthy unrelated parents. Examina ...
Short-Term Outcomes of Acute Fu ...
Data on the clinical profile, echocardiographic findings, and outcome of acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) in children from resource limited countri ...
Retroaortic Coronary Artery: Po ...
Anomalous origin of the coronary artery from the opposite aortic sinus is an infrequently encountered clinical problem. Incidence of this abnormalit ...
Congenital Aorta Right Atrial F ...
A 12-year-old girl with a 4-year history of effort dyspnea and palpitations was referred to our institution for evaluation. Physical examination of ...
Murmur and Doppler Alternans in ...
Pulsus alternans is a well-recognized clinical entity in which alternating strong and weak pulses are detected. It usually is secondary to underlyin ...
Prospective, Longitudinal Study ...
Plastic bronchitis (PB) is a rare disease that often occurs in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) who have undergone staged single-ventric ...