Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
A short note on Bicuspid Aortic Valve (BAV)
Bicuspid aortic valve disease (BAV) is the most common congenital heart abnormality, affecting 0.5–2% of the total population with a male predominance [1].
neonatal cardiology
7th European Echocardiography Course in Congenital Heart Disease
The 7th European Echocardiography Course in Congenital Heart Disease will be organised in
Barcelona, from Wednesday 3th to Saturday 6th October 2012.
This course provides a thorough overview of Echocardiography in Congenital Heart Disease and is aimed at Pediatric Cardiologists, Grown-up Congenital Heart Disease Specialists and Echocardiography Technicians working with Congenital Heart Disease patients.
6th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery 2013
The 6th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery 2013 takes place from the 17th to the 22nd February 2013.
The World Congress is run for and on behalf of the International Steering Committee for the World Congress and builds on the solid scientific foundations established at the previous World Congresses.
Chiari Network as a Cause of Fetal and Neonatal Pathology
Chiari’s Network as a Cause of Fetal and Neonatal Pathology
Fatiha Bendadi • David A. van Tijn • Lou Pistorius • Matthias W. Freund
The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Chiari’s Network as a Cause of Fetal and Neonatal PathologyAbstract Chiari’s network is a remnant of the eustachian valve located in the right atrium.
Incomplete involution of the fetal sinus venosus valves results in ‘‘redundant’’ Chiari’s network, which may compromise cardiovascular function. This report describes a case with the novel ï¬nding of prenatal compromise due to redundant Chiari’s network and an uncommon case with signiï¬cant postnatal symptoms.
46th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Dear Friends and Colleagues, It is our pleasure to invite you to the 46th Annual Meeting of the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology which will be held in Istanbul. We are pleased to organise this wonderful event for the second time in Istanbul after the 1976 meeting of AEPC. We believe this meeting will give you the opportunity to increase the knowledge exchange in paediatric and congenital cardiology. The meeting will cover all the aspects of this unique medical science.
Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology Seminar in Paris
Fetal and Pediatric Cardiology Seminar in Paris
December 9th and 10th of 2011 – Paris – FRANCE
Dear Friends,
We propose this Seminar on fetal and pediatric cardiology. We meant it to be different. Indeed, the presentations will be delivered by Junior / Senior pairs. We hope you will find appealing and exciting this array of subjects ranging from genetics, embryology, first quarter imaging, 3D and 4D imaging and magnetocardiography to pathophysiology of the coronary flow and neurodevelopment, pathologies of the left side of the heart and surgical procedures.
Kabuki Syndrome
Kabuki Syndrome
a post_it by s.gerboni
Kabuki syndrome, also known as Kabuki makeup syndrome and Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome, was initially described in 1988 by Niikawa et al. Congenital heart disease is commonly associated with Kabuki syndrome, with a reported incidence of 31–58% in large series ….
Berry Syndrome, a Complex Aortopulmonary Malformation 1
Berry Syndrome, a Complex Aortopulmonary Malformation
Prenatal diagnosis by fetal echocardiography
a spotlight by s. gerboni
Berry syndrome is a rare association of distal aortopulmonary window (APW), aortic origin of the right pulmonary artery (RPA), intact ventricular septum, patent ductus arteriosus, and interrupted or hypoplastic aortic arch. Since the original description in 1982 as a specific syndrome rather than a random coincidence.
Criss-cross heart or upstairs downstairs heart.
Criss-cross heart or ‘upstairs–downstairs’ heart.
Review by S.Gerboni
Lev and Rowlatt in 1961 described unusual arrangement of the cardiac inlets :
ventricular chambers arranged in a superoinferior fashion,
with the RV superiorly and the LV inferiorly located.
The term Criss-cross heart,was introduced by Anderson et al. in
1974, defined as crossing of the long axes of the AV valves.
New Guidelines from the AHA on prevention of Infective Endocarditis
New Guidelines from the AHA on prevention of Infective Endocarditis
Extensively analysis of literature on procedure-related bacteriemia and infective endocarditis, results of profilactic studies in animals, and retrospective and prospective studies of the prevention of infective endocarditis.