Use of fresh decellularized allografts for pulmonary valve replacement may reduce the reoperation rate in children and young adults: early report

S Cebotari, I Tudorache, A Ciubotaru, D Boethig… - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Degeneration of xenografts or homografts is a major cause for reoperation in
young patients after pulmonary valve replacement. We present the early results of fresh …

Impact of gender and age on cardiovascular function late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: percentiles based on cardiac magnetic resonance

S Sarikouch, H Koerperich, KO Dubowy… - Circulation …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The impact of gender and age on cardiac function by cardiac magnetic
resonance (CMR) in repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is unknown, which limits the value of …

Reference values for atrial size and function in children and young adults by cardiac MR: a study of the German competence network congenital heart defects

S Sarikouch, H Koerperich, D Boethig… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To provide reference data for atrial size and function during childhood and
adolescence by cardiac MR (CMR). Materials and Methods: We prospectively examined 115 …

Optimal normative pediatric cardiac structure dimensions for clinical use

MN Awori, K Finucane… - World Journal for Pediatric …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Cardiac structure size influences surgical decision making in pediatric cardiac surgery. Lack
of universally adopted normative cardiac structure dimensions may confound decision …

Cardiac function

J Bogaert - Clinical cardiac MRI, 2011 - Springer
Visualization and quantification of the cardiac pump activity by means of imaging techniques
has become an essential part in the diagnosis of many cardiac diseases. This pump activity …

Kardiovaskuläre Magnetresonanztomographie bei pädiatrischen Patienten

H Neubauer, J Wirbelauer, B Lengenfelder… - Monatsschrift …, 2011 - infona.pl
Die kardiovaskuläre MRT [Kardio-MRT (MRT: Magnetresonanztomographie)] erlaubt eine
umfassende morphologische und funktionelle Untersuchung des Herzens. Ihre Anwendung …

Circulation Editors' Picks: Most Read Articles in Imaging

Editors - Circulation, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
The following articles are being highlighted as part of Circulation's Topic Review series. This
series will summarize the most important manuscripts, as selected by the editors, published …

Chamber and Vessel Quantification in Pediatric Echocardiography: What Do the Guidelines Teach Us?

L Lopez, WW Lai - Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The American Society of Echocardiography has recently published guidelines for
chamber and vessel quantification during a pediatric echocardiogram. Because the sizes of …

Cardiovascular MRI in pediatric patients

H Neubauer, J Wirbelauer, B Lengenfelder… - Monatsschrift …, 2011 - Springer
Die kardiovaskuläre MRT [Kardio-MRT (MRT: Magnetresonanztomographie)] erlaubt eine
umfassende morphologische und funktionelle Untersuchung des Herzens. Ihre Anwendung …