In this editorial, I will present a personal perspective on what does it take to become a good interventional pediatric cardiologist. What I write is based on what I have observed in the exceptional mentors under whom I was fortunate to train and my own experience over the past two and half decades. This editorial is especially written for fellows under training and pediatric cardiologists who ...

The study by Gurvitz et al. (1) provides a measured and reasonable assessment of the workforce of cardiologists to care for adult patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), the exposure of adult and pediatric cardiology fellows to adult patients with CHD, and several excellent suggestions to augment the workforce. The recommended training for physicians who care for adult patients with CHD h...

The use of sildenafil has become a common practice in neonatal intensive care unit on clinical ground, because opinion by Pediatric Cardiologist is usually not available especially in peripheral centers. We consider it essential to share our experience that severe pulmonary arterial hypertension can be due to some unusual hemodynamics or extremely rare structural causes which do not require pul...

Advancements in Case Studies Septic Shock and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Secondary to Covid-19 Pediatric: A Report Shirin Sarejloo1*, Mohammad Reza Hatamnejad2 Arzhang Naseri2 1Medical doctor cardiologist, Cardiovascular Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2Medical doctor, Member university medical science, *Corresponding author: Sarejloo, Submission:July 11, 202...

Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar *Email: [email protected] Memories of my early years of establishing cardiology service from scratch in Qatar are still fresh and clear in my mind. Some cases are hard to forget because of the interesting social and human elements surrounding them. One such case was that of an Egyptian girl whose fate brought her to Qatar over 30 years ago ...

Chest pain is an alarming complaint in children, leading an often frightened and concerned family to a pediatrician or emergency room and commonly to a subsequent referral to a pediatric cardiologist. Because of the well-known association of chest pain with significant cardiovascular disease and sudden death in adult patients, medical personnel commonly share heightened concerns over pediatric ...

n 490 BC, the first battle for democracy was fought at the reek village of Marathon. Though overwhelmingly outumbered by an invading Persian horde, the citizen-soldiers f Athens were victorious. After running 26 miles to Athens o deliver the stunning news, the Athenian professional essenger Phidippides collapsed and died. Unfortunately, he tragedy of unexpected, sudden death in athletes has bee...

BACKGROUND Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease (RHD) has the potential to detect subclinical cases for secondary prevention, but is constrained by inadequate human resources in most settings. Training non-expert health workers to perform focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) may enable screening at a population-level. We aimed to evaluate the quality and agreement of FoCUS for ...