Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today

On this podcast we explore two very recent papers on the topic of cardiac catheterization. The first is a large study reviewing the impact of NaHC03 + /- acetylcysteine on prevention of contrast nephropathy and the second is a comparison of endocarditis rates in surgical versus transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. Dr. Gentian Lluri, the first author of the PVR paper joins us to discuss this work from UCLA and the "take away" points. As last week, we end with a wonderful piece from an operatic legend. Please leave a review or comment in iTunes! See you next week and I hope you enjoy....

This episode is in memory to Dr. Arthur Moss. We have today Dr. David Auerbach who was a key recent collaborator to review his 2 new recent works with Dr. Moss on the effects of antiseizure and antidepressant medications on LQTS patients. The discussion is very interesting and Dr. Auerbach shares his warm feelings for Dr. Moss with the audience. Finally, we end the podcast with a brief piece of opera.

Today we have 2 wonderful guests - Dr. Kenan Stern of Mt. Sinai Medical Center in NY, NY and Dr. Nadine Choueiter speaking on 2 different papers/topics. The papers reviewed are:
Utility of a standardized postcardiopulmonary bypass epicardial echocardiography protocol for stage I Norwood palliation and
Environmental epidemiology of Kawasaki disease: Linking disease etiology, pathogenesis and global distribution
Dr. Choueiter also references: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Long-Term Management of Kawasaki Disease: A Scientific Statement for Health Professionals From the American Heart Association and the link for this important statement is:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2017/03/29/CIR.0000000000000484

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We review 2 articles today:
Prevalence and risk factors associated with non-attendance in neurodevelopment follow-up clinic among infants with CHD - Cardiology in the Young 2018
Psychiatric Disorders and Function in Adolescents with Tetralogy of Fallot - J Peds 2017

Both wonderful works that analyze under appreciated areas of care for our patients with CHD. Please review our podcast on iTunes - your listening and reviews are very much appreciated!