Pediatric Cardiology News

Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia who initiated statin therapy during childhood had a slower progression of carotid intima-media thickness and a reduced risk for CVD in adulthood, according to a study with 20-year follow-up data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Globally, the overall prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents aged 19 years or younger is 4%, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Alcohol consumption of would-be parents may be a significant risk factor for the development of congenital heart disease in their subsequent children, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

October marks Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness on one of the leading causes of death in the U.S.

Novartis announced that sacubitril/valsartan has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of children aged 1 year and older with symptomatic HF and systemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Researchers of a published study found that, after cardiac surgery, children with congenital heart disease had an increased risk for both ESKD and mortality.

Despite efforts in recent years to improve healthy beverage intake among young children, many kids still do not consume enough healthy drinks to support their nutritional needs and development, according to a report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Eating Research program. The program convened a panel of experts from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the AAP, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and the American Heart Association to offer recommendations to encourage the consumption of healthy drinks in children up to age 5 years.

In a new study, 5-year survivors of childhood cancer have a two to 10 times higher risk for developing CVD compared with cancer-free individuals of similar age.

A novel risk stratification model estimated the risk for sudden cardiac death at 5 years in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology.

The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among young people with bipolar disorder was about quadruple that of the general population, researchers reported in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.