Pediatric Cardiology News

Patients recovering from multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children should receive a cardiology follow-up, study findings reported in Pediatrics suggest.

The Healio team is providing live coverage of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.

A study linked participation in preschool programs to cardiovascular health in midlife, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Most adolescents who use e-cigarettes have attempted to quit in the past year but usually without seeking outside help, according to study findings published in Pediatrics.

Preschool-aged children of lower socioeconomic status have poorer health and derive less benefit from the same lifestyle interventions delivered to preschoolers of higher socioeconomic status, according to study findings.

Data from qualitative interviews show parents and caregivers understand and worry about hypertension as a chronic disease, yet expressed little concern when high BP was noted for their children in the clinic, researchers reported.

Children who underwent cardiac surgery had a high medication burden that often persisted throughout adolescence, with medication expenditures often 10-fold higher compared with those who did not have heart surgery, data show.

People who started smoking before the legal age smoked more cigarettes per day and had greater nicotine dependence and lower rates of smoking cessation vs. those who initiated after the legal age, researchers reported.

In a longitudinal cohort study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, people who had greater amounts of sedentary time in childhood were more likely to have an increase in left ventricular mass as a young adult.

An artificial intelligence-based network successfully identified atrial septal defects from ECGs and holds potential to improve early screening for the congenital anomaly, researchers reported.