Usefulness of Fetal Three-Dimen ...
Congenital heart defects (CHDs) occur in 1% of live-born infants and frequently are associated with extracardiac malformations. This study aimed to ...
Use of Near-Infrared Spectrosco ...
We evaluated whether near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) measurement from the flank correlates with renal vein saturation in children undergoing cardi ...
Reproducibility of Oxygen Satur ...
Patients with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are at risk for multiple complications and require close follow-up. We investigated the ...
P-Wave Dispersion and Heart Rat ...
Previous studies have reported that patients with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) may display autonomic dysfunction. Measurement of heart rate variabili ...
Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child w ...
We present a 16-year-old girl who presented with chest pain. Given her obesity and positive family history, she was felt to have atherosclerotic hea ...
Delayed Right-Ventricular Perfo ...
We present a case of a migrated ventricular pacing lead after 1 month of implantation. Enhanced computed tomography allowed for the exact diagnosis. ...
Heart Rate Variability and Exer ...
Heart rate variability (HRV) has been used as a reliable method to detect cardiac autonomic nervous system activity. Peak oxygen uptake (VO2 peak) h ...
Central Fat Influences Cardiac ...
It has been suggested that upper-body fat compared with lower-body fat is more closely associated with cardiovascular abnormalities. Our objective w ...
Quality of Life Experienced by ...
This study aimed to assess the quality of life (QOL) experienced by adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and to determin ...
Establishment of Secondary Iron ...
Periodic blood transfusion can lead to secondary iron overload in patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases. Iron overload can result in iron ...
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 ...
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 ...
Kidney repair and stem cells: a ...
Over the last decade, stem cells have been the topic of much debate and investigation for their regenerative potential in the case of renal injury. ...
The impact of inflammation on b ...
Bone is a dynamic tissue. Skeletal bone integrity is maintained through bone modeling and remodeling. The mechanisms underlying this bone mass regul ...
Gastrointestinal intervention i ...
Interventional radiology is a rapidly growing discipline in paediatrics. Many non-vascular interventional techniques may be used in the gastrointest ...
Continuing challenges in defini ...
To achieve significant dose reduction without compromising diagnostic efficacy, it is important to understand the effects of exposure reduction on i ...
Evaluation of liver fibrosis wi ...
Background The degree of hepatic fibrosis in biliary atresia (BA) correlates with the prognosis of the disease and thus, early diagnosis of liver fi ...
Volumetric fat-water separated ...
Background Pediatric body MRI exams often cover multiple body parts, making the development of broadly applicable protocols and obtaining uniform fa ...
Whole-body MR angiography: init ...
Radiological assessment of vasculopathy in children is typically undertaken with ultrasonography, echocardiography, conventional angiography, comput ...
The nature of backbone monomers ...
The influence of the composition of soft contact lenses on the achievement of a significant increase in drug loading and control release capability w ...
GENETACK: FRAMESHIFT IDENTIFICA ...
We describe a new program for ab initio frameshift detection in protein-coding nucleotide sequences. The task is to distinguish the same strand overl ...
Do mtDNA Mutations Participate ...
The pathogenesis of sporadic Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains enigmatic. Mitochondrial complex-I defects are known to occur in the substantia nigra ( ...
Recent Computational Approaches ...
This paper reviews recent computational approaches to the understanding of gene regulation in eukaryotes. Cis-regulation of gene expression by the bi ...
Genetic and Environmental Facto ...
Complex neurodevelopmental disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism, attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, (manic) depressive illness and addic ...
The Origin of Amerindians and t ...
The classical three-waves theory of American peopling through Beringia was based on a mixed anthropological and linguistic methodology. The use of mt ...