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Time-dependence of cardiac biomarker levels in newborns with congenital heart d...
Neves, AL; Cabral, M; Leite-Moreira, A; Monterroso, J; Ramalho, C; Guimaraes, H; Barros, H; Guimaraes, JT; Henriques-Coelho, T; Areias, JC
Myocardial Injury Biomarkers in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease
Neves, AL; Cabral, M; Leite-Moreira, A; Monterroso, J; Ramalho, C; Guimarães, H; Barros, H; Guimarães, JT; Henriques-Coelho, T; Areias, JCBACKGROUND:Troponin I, myoglobin, and creatine kinase-MB mass (CK-MB) are biomarkers of cardiomyocyte injury widely used in the management of adult patients. The role of these biomarkers in newborns is still not established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of cardiac injury biomarkers in newborns with congenital heart disease. METHODS:From August 2012 to January 2014, 34 newborns with a pren...
Acute pericarditis in childhood. The 9-year experience of a tertiary referral c...
Farinha, N J; Bartolo, A; Trindade, L; Vaz, T; Monterroso, J; Areias, J C; Santos, N TSixteen children, aged 7 months to 12 years, with acute pericarditis, admitted between 1985 and 1993 to a tertiary referral centre were analyzed retrospectively for their presentation, etiology, work-up, management and prognosis. It was found that most of the presenting signs were not specific and were often related to associated diseases such as respiratory tract infections. In 50% of the cases a cause was not...