Mohamed Saber Hafez^*, Alaa Roushdy, Dina Ezzeldin

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.3, pp. 325-333, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.019025

Abstract Background: Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital heart disease that sometimes remains clinically silent until adulthood, usually presenting with arterial hypertension. It is well known that after coarctation treatment, many patients remain hypertensive despite successful repair. In this study we approached the predictors and effects of residual hypertension after successful coarctation therapy. Methods: It was a cross sectional observational study involving 50 patients who underwent Coarctation repair/angioplasty in Ain Shams university hospitals. We divided the patients into two groups (hypertensive and normotensive) and we studied their demographic data (e.g., age, gender, age at first repair, follow up period, etc.)… More >

Anita T. Cote^1,2, Martin Hosking³, Christine Voss^1,3, Derek G. Human³, George G. S. Sandor^1,3, Kevin C. Harris^1,3

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.5, pp. 663-670, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12629

Abstract Objective: Pediatric heart transplant recipients are at risk of posttransplant coronary artery disease known as cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV), and also may develop diastolic dysfunction. As CAV begins with a process of progressive intimal thickening, these occult diffuse changes may be detected using optical coherence tomography (OCT). We hypothesized that the development of CAV, as identified via OCT, may be a mechanism of declining ventricular function. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to assess coronary artery intimal thickening and LV strain in children who have undergone heart transplantation.
Methods: In 17 children, we analyzed OCT images for coronary intima… More >