Pediatric Cardiology News

Studies showed that low enrollment of women in CVD clinical trials may be influenced by myriad clinical, racial and community-related factors, according to a perspective published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of the most-read news in cardiology of July 2021.

In a cohort of athletes with long QT syndrome or other genetic heart diseases who were approved to return to play, there were no sports-related deaths over 20 years, researchers reported at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Among pediatric electrophysiologists with similar job characteristics, women earned less than men, according to survey results presented at Heart Rhythm 2021.

Cleveland Clinic has been selected by U.S. News & World Report as the top U.S. hospital for cardiology and heart surgery, in the publication’s 2021-2022 Best Hospitals rankings.

Any type of breastfeeding, regardless of duration or exclusivity, was associated with the child presenting with lower BP by age 3 years, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Heart and inflammatory issues experienced by pediatric patients hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children mostly resolved within a few months, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

Beating cardiomyocytes were successfully grown from stem cells in space, which could have future implications for cardiac research.

Sharing results of genetic tests for cardiomyopathy with adolescents does not appear to negatively impact family functioning scores, researchers reported.

Myocarditis in children is most commonly caused by viral infection, although there are a variety of infectious and noninfectious causes, according to a scientific statement from the American Heart Association.