Pediatric Cardiology News

A large-scale study found that the risk for developing hypertension within 5 years was higher even among children who were at the high end of normal weight, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Haptoglobin gene expression in the blood appeared associated with anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy among childhood cancer survivors, according to study results.

Emerging precision medicine therapies targeting the molecular causes of cardiomyopathy and HF may improve the outlook for pediatric patients with HF, according to a review published in Translational Pediatrics.

People with autism are at an increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases, and the risks are even higher among children with autism, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Key risk factors that may predict severe disease in patients with MIS-C include fever greater than 103.1 degrees Fahrenheit, central nervous system involvement and left ventricular dysfunction, according to data published in Rheumatology.

An expert panel of pediatric cardiologists and oncologists issued its inaugural cardio-oncology guidelines for the management of pediatric patients receiving anticancer therapy.

The use of the updated American Heart Association 2022 ambulatory BP monitoring guideline reclassified many adolescents from normotensive to hypertensive, researchers reported.

Using Danish registry data of more than 1.3 million residents, researchers observed no association between simple to moderate congenital heart disease and infertility, according to a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has developed a model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac operations.

A school-based nutrition, gardening and cooking intervention was associated with reductions in LDL and HbA1c in children who participated, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.