Pediatric Cardiology News

PHILADELPHIA — Children and adolescents with arrhythmia disorders are more likely to be diagnosed with depression, anxiety or ADHD than those without them, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Session.

PHILADELPHIA — Udenafil in adolescents after Fontan surgery did not significantly improve oxygen consumption at peak exercise, although it did significantly improve exercise performance at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold, according to data from the FUEL trial presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

ADHD affects approximately 11% of school-aged children every year, and this rate continues to rise annually. The primary treatment modality includes amphetamines and methylphenidate, with 82.5% of children being prescribed medication.

ATLANTA — In this video exclusive, Daniel J. Rader, MD, chair of the department of genetics, chief of the division of translational medicine and human genetics, the Seymour-Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and chief science adviser for the FH Foundation, spoke with Katherine Wilemon, founder and CEO of the FH Foundation, about major takeaways from the FH Foundation’s FH Global Summit, which focused on familial hypercholesterolemia as a driver for precision public health.

Infants exposed to airborne fine particulate matter appeared to have a disruption in cardiac vagal tone, researchers reported.

NEW ORLEANS — A six-step initiative embedded in electronic health records dropped the percentage of low-probability cardiology referrals among pediatric patients with chest pain to zero, according to a study presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition.

ATLANTA — In this video exclusive, Amy L. Peterson, MD, director of pediatric preventive cardiology and associate professor of pediatrics in the division of pediatric cardiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, discusses her presentation at the FH Foundation’s FH Global Summit, which focused on her team’s research on cholesterol screening, especially in children to diagnose conditions like FH.

ATLANTA — In this video exclusive, Laura L. Hayman, PhD, FN, FAAN, FAHA, professor in the department of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Boston College of Nursing and Health Sciences, discussed her presentation on primary and primordial prevention of CVD in children, with a strong emphasis on strategies to use in schools, at the FH Foundation’s FH Global Summit.

Prenatal use of snus, a moistened smokeless tobacco product, may lead to higher systolic BP and altered heart rate variability in offspring by age 6 years, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Sudden cardiac death — the leading cause of sudden death among high school and college athletes in the United States — is not something that can be easily predicted.