Introduction During the last few years, dramatic changes have taken place in the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory. Improved noninvasive diagnostic techniques have narrowed the indications for diagnostic cardiac catheterization, and the laboratory is now increasingly being used for therapeutic procedures. Concern about the appropriateness of some applications of pediatric therapeutic...

This study aimed to determine the effective doses of cardiologist, nurses, and technical staff in pediatric angiography laboratory during their diagnostic therapeutic applications. also compares radiation dose applications performed country with exposed on a world scale. A total 39 coronary (CA) + percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) methods were study. The received for each person sing...

Although the utility of diagnostic cardiac catheterization in the clinical setting has diminished over the last years, due to the emergence of noninvasive imaging modalities, such as echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, catheterization for diagnostic reasons still constitutes a valuable tool in certain parts in the workup of pediatric heart disease. As a result,...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com may involve the ribs, the sternum and the muscles of the chest cavity. They are associated with marked chest wall deformity that may cause respiratory distress in the neonate. The main challenge is the total excision of this tumor and the concomitant reconstitute of the affected tissues, since it usually occupies a large area of the thoracic wall an...

Background N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a marker to evaluate the cardiac involvement in thalassemia. We aimed to evaluate conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography findings and its relation to plasma NT-pro BNP, Ferritin and Iron levels in beta-thalassemia patients. Materials and Methods This study performed on 164 participants equal of major beta- thalassemi...

Background 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH) VitD] deficiency is a highly prevalent condition, present in approximately 30% to 50% of the general population. A growing body of data suggests that low 25(OH) VitD levels may adversely affect cardiovascular health. The present study aimed to measure the serum levels of 25(OH) Vit D in Congenital heart disease (CHD) children compared to healthy children....