Pediatric Cardiology News

Heart rate monitoring may be a crucial means of detecting rhythm abnormalities in the fetuses of pregnant individuals who are positive for anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

In a study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers found low maternal mortality among pregnant women with congenital heart disease in highly developed health care systems.

In pediatric patients undergoing the Fontan procedure, those assigned rivaroxaban had numerically lower but statistically similar rates of thrombotic events compared with those assigned aspirin, according to results of the UNIVERSE trial.

Published results showed Exparel may be safe in patients aged 6 to younger than 17 years undergoing spine or cardiac surgery.

A virtual reality intervention called “Bear Blast” significantly decreased pain and anxiety among children and teenagers while they underwent peripheral IV catheter placement, trial data showed.

Adhering to any of the healthy eating patterns from the 2015 U.S. dietary guidelines significantly improved CVD risk markers in children with overweight who have elevated cholesterol levels, researchers reported in Clinical Pediatrics.

Children and young adults with kidney disease showed a “high burden” of subclinical cardiovascular disease, according to a study that examined structural and functional abnormalities.

In patients with early-stage sarcomeric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, valsartan improved certain parameters of disease progression compared with placebo, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

After out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, pediatric recipients of rescue breathing with CPR had better outcomes compared with those in their age group who received compression-only CPR, researchers reported.

The prevalence of clinical genetic testing is rising; therefore, the American Heart Association has issued guidance on the use, ethics and timing of pediatric genetic testing for heritable CVDs.