The start of spring sports at elementary, middle and high schools this year will be like none other. Because of rampant COVID-19 infections, pediatricians say they'll need to take a much closer look ...
Approximately 1% of babies are born with some form of significant congenital heart disease. And as they age and get bigger, their follow-up imaging with echocardiography becomes increasingly ...
In school children, cardiac auscultation by machine (Phonocardioscan) has shown promise as a screening procedure. To determine its effectiveness as a screening procedure in adults, results obtained by ...
4 UPMC Université Paris 6, AP-HP, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Centre de Référence Maladies Cardiaques Héréditaires, France 5 AP-HP, Functional Unit of Cardiogenetics and Myogenetics, Centre de ...
Heart disease in kids can be present at birth or develop later from illness. Congenital heart disease affects about 1 in 100 babies born each year. Atherosclerosis may start in childhood, even without ...
Background The usefulness and modalities of cardiovascular screening in young athletes remain controversial, particularly concerning the role of 12-lead ECG. One of the reasons refers to the presumed ...