Cardiology
News
Navigating the obstacle course of diagnosing, managing pediatric hypertension
With new guidance from the AAP expected in the second half of 2017, best-practice approaches to pediatric hypertension are in flux and need...
News
AHA: Limit children’s added sugar intake to 25 g/day
Key clinical point: The American Heart Association has recommended that children consume no more than 25 grams of added sugar per day and that...
News
Can anesthesia in infants affect IQ scores?
Key clinical point: Volatile inhaled anesthesia may affect neurodevelopment in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Major finding:...
News
Methylphenidate tied to greater risk of arrhythmia in children, adolescents
Children and adolescents with methylphenidate prescriptions are at an increased risk of arrhythmia and other cardiac conditions.
Commentary
Ambulatory blood pressure rules hypertension diagnosis and follow-up
Letters from Maine
Sports safety
Dr. William G. Wilkoff discusses the need for emergency action plans to help teen athletes in distress at school practices and games.
News
Which ECG criteria are best for screening adolescent athletes?
So-called Refined criteria outperform Seattle and ESC methods for detecting cardiac abnormalities in teen elite athletes.
Conference Coverage
Congenital heart disease screening cuts infant mortality
BALTIMORE – The mandate to screen all U.S.-born neonates for critical congenital heart disease that started in 2011 has had an apparent effect on...
Conference Coverage
Kawasaki disease and infections aren’t mutually exclusive
One-third of Kawasaki patients have a concomitant common infection that may delay timely diagnosis.
Conference Coverage
Cardiovascular consequences of extreme prematurity persist into late adolescence
At age 19 years, persons born extremely premature still show significant abnormalities in arterial hemodynamics and peripheral resistance.
Conference Coverage
Infection rates similar for in- and out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest
Key clinical point: Postresuscitation infection rates were similar for in- and out-of-hospital pediatric cardiac arrest (IHCA and OHCA). Major...