{"title":"The rarest aortic arch anomaly a case report of asymptomatic isolation of the subclavian artery.","authors":"N Taliana, A Gatt, A Borg, V Grech","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a rare case of isolated right subclavian artery arising from a right-sided patent arterial duct in a patient with DiGeorge syndrome, diagnosed on cardiac CT, along with potential complications and management approaches.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"19 2","pages":"9-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917871/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36074391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Percutaneous device closure of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Connecting to the Left Atrium with intact coronary sinus: A Rare Entity.","authors":"M Tomar","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a 4 year old child referred for routine cardiology evaluation as part of evaluation of murmur with scoliosis. On examination, there was mild duskiness. Echocardiography revealed bilateral superior vena cavae, a small innominate vein, a left superior vena cava to the left atrium and an intact coronary sinus. The findings were confirmed on computed tomography angiography. Percutaneous closure of the left superior vena cava by an Amplatzer vascular plug was done successfully. Although the patient was apparently asymptomatic, the procedure was done to prevent risk of cerebral emboli.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"19 2","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917870/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36074387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Persistence of pulmonary arterial hypertension after relief of left sided obstructive lesions in small infants: our experience.","authors":"T Munesh","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Infants with critical left sided obstructive lesions usually present with left ventricle dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Left ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary artery pressures usually normalize after relief of obstruction. In some, PAH persists despite adequate relief of obstruction.</p><p><strong>Patients and methods: </strong>We retrospectively reviewed records of infants (less than 3 months) who underwent intervention for left sided obstruction (n=50) over four years (May 2012-May 2016).</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>We report four infants who had persistent of PAH despite relief of left sided obstruction. The causes of PAH were found to be high left ventricular end diastolic pressure(n=1), severe hypoplasia of pulmonary veins (n=1), stenosis of the lower branch of the right pulmonary artery (n=1) and non-regression of pulmonary vascular resistance (n=1).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>That persistence of PAH after relief of obstruction should be investigated and other, less common causes should be sought.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"19 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917864/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36074385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"DiGeorge phenotype in the absence of 22q11 deletion - a case report.","authors":"N Taliana, E Said, V Grech","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>DiGeorge syndrome is polytopic developmental field defect which is usually associated with 22q11.2 microdeletion. However, this phenotype may be caused by other conditions. We report such a case and briefly review these alternative causes for this particular phenotype.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"19 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5917865/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36074386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Y Chromosome in Tumer syndrome; a case report.","authors":"N Taliana, V Grech, E Said, J V DeGiovanni","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"18 4","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270033/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34909086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J Bugeja, D Cutajar, C Zahra, R Parascandalo, V Grech, J V DeGiovanni
{"title":"Aortic stenting for neonatal coarctation of the aorta - when should this be considered?","authors":"J Bugeja, D Cutajar, C Zahra, R Parascandalo, V Grech, J V DeGiovanni","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"18 3","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270202/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34909079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of atypical Kawasaki disease with giant coronary artery aneurysm containing thrombus.","authors":"Eynaud S Micallef, Montalto S Attard, V Grech","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile, systemic vasculitic syndrome of unknown etiology, occurring primarily in children younger than 5 years of age. Administration of IVIG within the first 10 days after onset of fever in combination with high dose aspirin reduces the risk of coronary artery damage in KD. Though rare, giant aneurysms of the coronary arteries may develop in untreated cases and prove extremely challenging to manage.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>A 9-month-old Caucasian boy presented to our paediatric emergency department with a 4-week history of intermittent pyrexia and irritability. Typical mucocutaneous signs of Kawasaki Disease were absent upon presentation. A trans-thoracic echocardiogram identified a giant aneurysm of the left anterior descending artery with thrombus formation in-situ and the child was managed with intravenous immunoglobulin, steroids, high dose aspirin therapy and later warfarinisation.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Cardiovascular sequelae of Kawasaki disease include giant coronary artery aneurysms with thrombosis. Enlargement of a coronary aneurysm after the acute phase of Kawasaki disease is uncommon and the outcome of interventional approaches poorly studied.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"18 3","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34909082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Association of unicuspid unicommissural aortic valve and complex congenital heart disease depicted by cardiac magnetic resonance.","authors":"D Muratori, P Meani, G Quattrocchi, P Pedrotti","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"18 3","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270203/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34909080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B Sharma, A K Reddy, M Ganigara, A Baidwan, Y S Vyas, N K Rao
{"title":"Aortic arch tortuosity with PHACE syndrome - a rare case scenario.","authors":"B Sharma, A K Reddy, M Ganigara, A Baidwan, Y S Vyas, N K Rao","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>PHACE syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterised by an association of infantile haemangiomas with structural anomalies of brain, cerebral vasculature, eye, aorta and chest wall.<sup>1</sup> Coarctation of aorta (COA) is most the common cardiac anomaly reported in PHACE syndrome. COA or interrupted aortic arch in PHACE is unique and complex both in location and character compared to the typical coarctation anatomy. Arterial tortuosity of the cerebral vasculature has been well described in literature in PHACE syndrome. We present a rare case of tortuous aortic arch continuing as descending aorta in an infant with PHACE syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":89564,"journal":{"name":"Images in paediatric cardiology","volume":"18 2","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5270034/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34909077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}