Kawasaki disease: a possible cause of heart attacks in children
Kawasaki's disease is a condition with unclear causes, which can even result in a child having a heart attack. Therefore, as the complications of the disease can even be fatal, it is extremely...
The persistent ductus arteriosus Botallus (GCFA) - causes, course and treatment
The persistent ductus arteriosus is a remnant from fetal life. It is the vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta and is one of the most common heart defects.
Tetralogy of Fallot - diagnosis and treatment
Falott's syndrome is classified as a congenital heart defect involving anatomical abnormalities of the heart. Falott's tetralogy is one of the most common cyanotic malformations in children.
Heart failure in children - pathomechanism, diagnosis, treatment
Heart failure in children is one of the big diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for paediatric cardiologists, neonatologists and paediatricians. In adults, the diagnosis and clinical picture can...
Left heart hypoplasia syndrome
Left heart hypoplasia syndrome is a critical congenital heart defect. It is characterised by underdevelopment of the left side of the heart, mainly the left ventricle. Symptoms develop dynamically...
Hypertension in children
A person suffering from hypertension in our imaginations is usually an elderly man with a big belly and a cigarette in his mouth. However, the truth is different, because most people over 60 suffer...
Congenital heart defects - are they all dangerous?
Some congenital heart defects are diagnosed intrauterine, while others you may not know about for the rest of your life. Although the news of a child's heart defect most often falls on parents like a...
Takayasu disease and its causes
Takayasu disease is very difficult to diagnose due to the variety of its symptoms.
Heart defects in children
Among the most common congenital defects occurring in newborns and children are defects of the heart and circulatory system. A congenital heart defect is one that develops during foetal life. If a...
Heart in a foetus
The fetal heart and the entire vascular system are built differently than at birth and function differently.
Are children implanted with pacemakers?
A child's heart functions properly, contracts and contracts at the right rate and, importantly, does not cause pain. It has its own natural pacemaker (stimulus-conduction system). If there are...
Fetal heart echocardiography
Fetal heart echocardiography, is performed when arrhythmias and heart defects are suspected in the baby.
How does a baby's heart grow?
The embryogenesis of the heart is extremely complex but knowing it allows us to understand the mechanisms of many birth defects.
Fast food - does it promote heart disease in children?
Scientific studies, have shown that children who eat fast food tend to become obese, which in turn leads to various diseases (type II diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke and...
Metabolic syndrome in children - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, cardiovascular consequences
The metabolic syndrome is a set of complications of obesity that lead to premature type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular complications. It can affect 40-70% of obese adolescents.
Heart murmur in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Tones and acoustic phenomena called murmurs can be heard over the heart. Murmurs can be systolic, diastolic, mixed and organic, innocent and functional. Organic ones are indicative of anatomical...
Heart diseases requiring prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Bacterial endocarditis is an infection involving the heart valves, the endocardium of the ventricles and atria, the large blood vessels, and the artificial material used for repair procedures. It is...
Chest pain of cardiac origin - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Chest pain in a child caused by a serious heart disease accounts for approximately 4% of all reported cases and may result from congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathy, congenital or acquired...
Myocardial infarction in infants - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Myocardial infarction, or necrosis associated with ischaemia, also occurs in the paediatric population. The aetiology of myocardial infarction in children is multifactorial and, unlike in adults, is...
Coarctation of the aorta in a child - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
The aorta is the main artery that exits the left ventricle of the heart and distributes oxygenated blood throughout the body. Coarctation of the aorta is a defect involving narrowing of the aortic...
Heart defects requiring urgent intervention in the neonatal period - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Congenital heart defects occur in 7-8 per 1000 live-born infants and account for approximately 20% of all deaths in this group of children. In most cases, the cause of the heart defect remains...
