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CHOP announces launch of new Cardiovascular Institute
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute announced it launched the CHOP Cardiovascular Institute, which is to be led by Daniel P. Kelly, MD, director of the University of Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Institute.
AHA statement outlines treatments for COVID-19-related CV complications in children
The American Heart Association has published a scientific statement on the association between COVID-19 infection and CV complications among children and young adults.
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Congenital heart surgeon named to head new CV institute
Charles D. Fraser Jr., MD, a congenital heart surgeon, has been named as the inaugural executive director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Health, according to a press release.
AHA: ‘Start early’ to optimize care transition for teens with congenital heart disease
Cardiologists must emphasize the benefits of lifelong care early for adolescents and emerging adults with congenital heart disease, working with families to provide support based on individual needs, according to a new scientific statement.
Pediatric cardiac screening data warehouse created
The Cardiac Safety Research Consortium announced that a pediatric cardiac screening data warehouse has been created and prospective data collection is underway.
First miniature, adjustable stent implanted in 5-month-old with congenital heart defects
On Feb. 1, the first-in-human implantation of a novel miniaturized stent for infants and small children that can be expanded as they grew was performed at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Baby receives world’s first combination heart, thymus tissue transplant
An infant believed to be the first to receive a combination heart transplant and allogeneic processed thymus tissue implant is gaining immune function 6 months after the procedures, potentially reducing the need for antirejection drugs.
Congenital heart defects may double risk for inpatient critical COVID-19 illness
Hospitalized patients with congenital heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness compared with hospitalized COVID-19 patients without heart defects, according to research published in Circulation.
Nearly half of youth with obesity also have high BP
Almost half of the children and adolescents who were enrolled in a pediatric weight management program for obesity also had high BP, according to research published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.
FDA grants expanded indication to cryoablation catheters for pediatric arrhythmia
Medtronic announced it received expanded indication for its cardiac cryoablation focal catheters from the FDA for the treatment of pediatric atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.
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