Pediatric Cardiology News

Researchers using RNA sequencing have identified unique cell and immune system signatures in tissue samples of children with congenital heart disease, offering a rare opportunity to better understand the origins of a complex disease.

Cases of Kawasaki disease dropped 28% during the COVID-19 pandemic and remained low following implementation of prevention efforts, including mask mandates and school closures, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Texas Children’s Hospital was named the top hospital for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery in the 2022 to 2023 rankings by U.S. News & World Report for the sixth consecutive year.

ATLANTA — A speaker reported 100% 1-year survival and high freedom from pulmonary regurgitation, stenosis and reintervention in patients who underwent transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.

Young children diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have a symptom burden and cardiac phenotype comparable with children presenting later in adolescence, suggesting similar management strategies are needed for preadolescent patients.

A digital medication adherence program with virtual video check-ins was associated with adolescent heart transplant recipients taking more of their medications as prescribed 6 months after the intervention, data from a pilot study show.

WASHINGTON — Childhood risk factors and the change in combined-risk z score between childhood and adulthood were associated with CV events in midlife, researchers reported.

Medtronic has announced a recall of the delivery catheter component in the company’s transcatheter pulmonary valve system due to risk for capsule break during use.

DENVER — Selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predicted adverse development among infants with congenital heart disease, according to study findings presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

DENVER — A randomized controlled trial found that early targeted treatment with ibuprofen did not reduce mortality among 72-hour-old extremely preterm infants with a large patent ductus arteriosus, researchers reported here.