Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today

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Pediheart Podcast # 7: The Adult Fontan Patient - State of the Art Mar 09, 2018

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This week's podcast explores the adult Fontan patient and the substantial challenges these patients face. We review 2 very recent articles on adult Fontan patients and explore the topic further with Dr. Ali Zaidi, Director of The Adult Congenital Heart Program at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Zaidi has a number of insights into these papers based upon his extensive clinical experience. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Professor Francis Fontan who passed last month. His impact on the lives of our congenital heart patients is inestimable.

Podcast #6: Contrast nephropathy and pulmonary valve replacement and risk for endocarditis. Mar 02, 2018

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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....

Pediheart Podcast # 5 - Antiseizure and AntiDepressants in LQTS Feb 23, 2018

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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.

Pediheart Podcast # 4 - Intraoperative Echo For Norwood's and Kawasaki Disease Feb 16, 2018

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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
I hope you enjoy the podcast. Please leave comments and rate us on iTunes!

Pediheart Podcast 3 - Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease Feb 10, 2018

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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!

Episode # 2 - EP and Global Health with guest George Ofori-Amanfo, MD Feb 02, 2018

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