Echocardiography plays a critical role in the assessment of cardiac disease. Important
differences in echocardiographically derived cardiac chamber dimensions have been …

Objective: The objective of this study is to establish normal reference ranges for the left
ventricular mass (LVM) and LVM index (LVMI) in preterm infants according to the body …

There has been no multicenter study on the prognosis of pediatric hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM) in Japan. Therefore, we conducted a retrospective multicenter …

Background Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited autosomal dominant heart
disease, characterized by increased left ventricular wall thickness and abnormal loading …

Background: There has been no nationwide survey on the prognosis of pediatric dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM) in Japan. Therefore, we designed this retrospective multicenter …

Background Echocardiography is an important technique in neonatal care. The heart of a
premature baby is known to be different from that of a term baby, and there is a paucity of …

Background Over the past two decades, heart failure in children has increased in terms of
symptom recognition and prevalence. The initial clinical manifestations of heart failure in …

Background: Cardiac complications contribute significantly to morbidity in children with
sickle cell anaemia (SCA). Little is known about the geometry and contractile function of the …

Aims: In children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), fetuin-A and fibroblast growth factor-23
(FGF-23) have been implicated in the mechanism and progression of several cardiac …

La disfunción diastólica ventricular tiene una importancia demostrada en la fisiopatología de
la insuficiencia cardíaca en el paciente adulto, aunque todavía es una entidad poco …