Pediatric Cardiology News

Childhood physical, sexual or emotional abuse or emotional or physical neglect were each associated with greater risk for early-onset CVD and ischemic heart disease, researchers reported.

In a cohort of pregnant women with prior maternal congenital heart block, hydroxychloroquine successfully reduced the risk for recurrent fetal blocks by more than 50%, according results from the PATCH trial.

The United States is in the throes of debate over police reform.

The United States is in the throes of debate over police reform.

There appears to be no increase in surgeries for congenital heart disease as a result of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, researchers reported.

Dexamethasone did not significantly reduce major complications and mortality at 30 days in infants who underwent cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass compared with placebo, according to findings from the DECISION trial.

Narrow retinal arterioles were predictive of future elevated systolic BP among children, and elevated BP at baseline was predictive of microvascular impairments, researchers reported.

Texas Children’s Hospital achieved the No. 1 rank on U.S. News & World Report’s list of best hospitals for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery for the fourth consecutive year.

Overactivity presenting as elevated heart rate, left ventricular ejection velocity and proximal pulse wave velocity are potential sources of primary hypertension among children, researchers reported.

Women with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience cardiac and obstetric complications during pregnancy compared with women without heart defects, researchers reported.