Pediatric Cardiology News

Fetal echocardiograms for low-risk pregnancies have been reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which may bring about a need for fetal tele-echocardiography, according to a review published in Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.

Adults with congenital heart disease demonstrated poorer neurocognitive function compared with those without it, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Cardiovascular and hematological risk factors increased the risk for in-hospital mortality by 613% and 336%, respectively, in pediatric patients who had an ischemic stroke.

After a school district mandated ECGs for all students wishing to participate in sports, the screenings uncovered nearly 200 children with abnormal findings, including eight who were at risk for sudden cardiac arrest, study findings showed.

Exposure to diabetes in utero was associated with an elevated risk for CVD events and risk factors in offspring from the ages of 10 to 35 years, according to research published in CMAJ.

Adults with ventricular septal defects had poorer exercise capacity compared with adults without them, researchers found.

As clinicians around the world rapidly transitioned from in-person to telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, it required managing many changes at once.

In updated guidance, the AAP said some children with COVID-19 may need an ECG before they return to playing sports, based on growing evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection can severely damage the heart.

Children with low peer status and marginalization at school may have increased risk for circulatory diseases in adulthood, researchers found.

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