Pediatric Cardiology News

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.

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators are effective in preventing arrhythmic death in people with congenital heart disease, with the devices successfully terminating all life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, data show.

School-based screening and management strategies for childhood obesity including dietary and exercise interventions with family and peer participation could improve the trajectory of CV risk in adulthood, according to a scientific statement.

A low-dose regimen of the blood pressure medication carvedilol demonstrated safety and efficacy in improving heart health of childhood cancer survivors, according to results of a multicenter phase 2b trial.