A

acute pulmonary oedema, percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvoplasty, in children 576

acute rheumatic fever

advanced atrioventricular conduction block 506

in Pakistan, clinical profile 28

amiodarone-induced 2 to 1 atrioventricular block, QT interval, prolongation 305

Amplatzer device, predictors of residual defects, echocardiography recapitulates morphometry 352

Amplatzer Duct Occluder, comparisons with the Rashkind, buttoned devices 413

anomalous left coronary artery

arising from the pulmonary trunk, cardiac features, presymptomatic period in a neonate 579

non-adjacent sinus of the pulmonary trunk 95

anomalous systemic venous return, unusual variant of 563

aortic coarctation, intravascular ultrasonic assessment, repaired by use of a subclavian flap 53

aortic dissection, in children and young adults 341

aortic root in adults, bicuspid aortic valve, progressive dilation 526

aortic stenosis, uncomplicated surgical repair, tetralogy of Fallot 300

aortopulmonary window, critical pulmonary stenosis 484

assessing pulmonary vascular resistance, in patients with a bidirectional Glenn anastomosis 137

Association for European Paediatric Cardiology, recommendations, paediatric cardiac catheterisation 582

atrial natriuretic peptides, palliative operation, bidirectional Glenn anastomosis, functionally univentricular hearts 268

atrial appendages, a model for left juxtaposition, chick 152

atrial septal defects

echocardiographic considerations, deployment of the Helex Septal Occluder 290

midaxillary lateral thoracotomy, pre-pubescent female children, reappraisal of an “old technique” 565

multiperforated, transcatheter closure 200

three-dimensional echocardiography, transthoracic 58

atrioventricular block

amiodarone-induced 2 to 1, QT interval, prolongation 305

conduction, in acute rheumatic fever 506

fetal hydrops, successful management of, congenitally complete 380

atrioventricular conduction block, advanced, in acute rheumatic fever 506

arterial switch operation, replacement, aortic valve 191

arteriovenous fistula, internal thoracic artery 299

B

balloon occlusion, prognostic value of, cavo-pulmonary anastomosis 323

balloon pulmonary valvoplasty, in children, acute pulmonary oedema 576

balloon valvoplasty, percutaneous, pulmonary regurgitation, isolated pulmonary valvar stenosis 444

bicuspid aortic valve, progressive dilation, aortic root in adults 526

bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, ratio of flow, superior and inferior caval veins after construction 123

bidirectional Glenn anastomosis

atrial natriuretic peptides, after the first palliative operation, functionally univentricular hearts 268

measured versus assumed uptake of oxygen, assessing pulmonary vascular resistance 137

Blalock-Taussig shunts, modified, method of treating seromas 479

blood volumes, circulating, in pulmonary hypertension, associated with erythrocytosis 544

brachiocephalic trunk, congenital cardiovascular defects, management 537

bundle branch block, exercise-induced, young female athlete 367

C

cardiac catheterisation

in children as outpatients 275

in infants, weighing less than 2500 grams 117

potential, eligibility, safety and costs 275

cardiac features, presymptomatic period in a neonate, anomalous left coronary artery, arising from the pulmonary trunk 579

cardiac-gated, computerised tomographic angiography, preoperative evaluation 466

cardiac operations in children, systemic inflammatory reaction related to, clinical implications 228

cardiac remodelling, in congenital cardiac disease, effects of therapeutic beta blockade 36

cardiac rhabdomyoma

rapid disappearance, infant 173

tuberous sclerosis, electrocardiographic changes 258

cardiac transplantation in children, current state of, future prospects for 64

cardiac troponin-I, serum of infants, of diabetic mothers 248

cardiomyopathy

congenital disorders, of glycosylation 345

restrictive, idiopathic, fatal case of 469

cardiopulmonary-bypass in children, kinetics of procalcitonin, interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein 161

cardiovascular defects, congenital, management 537

cardiovascular findings, and clinical course, patients with Williams syndrome 532

cardiovascular risk factors, patients and their families, do paediatric cardiologists discuss? 551

caval, hepatic and pulmonary veins, normal patterns of flow, Doppler echocardiography during childhood 143

caval vein draining, coronary sinus, Turner's syndrome 364

cavo-pulmonary anastomosis, types of, prognostic value of balloon occlusion 323

central aorto-pulmonary shunt, histopathological follow-up, bailout stenting, postoperative stenosis 197

cerebral infarction, Kawasaki disease 103

chick, atrial appendages, model for left juxtaposition 152

chronic aortic incompetence, management of, optimal timing of the Ross procedure 253

clinical implications, cardiac operations in children, systemic inflammatory reaction 228

clinical profile, acute rheumatic fever, in Pakistan 28

clinical pathway, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, fast track recovery 44

clonal translocation, cardiac fibroma, presenting with incessant ventricular tachycardia in childhood 101

closure of defects, in the oval fossa, Amplatzer device, predictors of residual defects 352

combined surgical and interventional approach, haemoptysis, patient with tetralogy of Fallot 571

computerised tomographic angiography, preoperative evaluation, tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia 466

congenital cardiac anomalies, magnetic resonance imaging, three-dimensional 461

congenital cardiac disease

acute recoil of stents, relief of stenotic great vessels 519

complex, manipulating parallel circuits, perioperative management 316

palivizumab as prophylaxis, respiratory syncytial virus in infants 420

partial trisomy, chromosomes 11 and 22, long arms 481

right ventricular function, noninvasive quantitative parameters, clinical follow-up 397

views of parents, concerning the planning of services, rehabilitation of families 20

views of young people, designing the services 11

congenital cardiac defects, surgical management of, in neonates and young infants, low weight 328

congenital cardiovascular defects, management, common brachiocephalic trunk 537

congenital heart disease

oral health and dental prevention of children, experiences with 439

parental preference, one-stage versus two-stage surgical repair, for children 7

thoracic sequels, after thoracotomies in children 264

congenitally malformed hearts, visualization of morphological details in, magnetic resonance imaging 451

congenital mitral regurgitation, rare cause of, mitral perforation 472

coronary arterial bypass grafting, in Kawasaki disease, coronary angioplasty for anastomotic stenosis 284

coronary arterial compression, treated by stenting, replacement of the mitral valve 475

coronary stenting, muscular bridge, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy 377

D

deficiency, atrial septal component, derived from the vestibular spine 184

deployment of the Helex Septal Occluder, closure of atrial septal defects, echocardiographic considerations 290

diabetic mothers, serum of infants of, cardiac troponin-I 248

diagnosis, aortic dissection in children and young adults 341

diaphragmatic hernia, right-sided, ventricular septal defect 109

diffuse varices, right pulmonary veins 312

Doppler echocardiography during childhood, normal patterns of flow 143

Down's syndrome, setting of, Ebstein's malformation 370

duplication, tension apparatus, tricuspid valve 106

E

Ebstein's malformation, Down's syndrome, setting of 370

effects of therapeutic beta blockade, myocardial function 36

effects of therapeutic hemodilution, associated with erythrocytosis 544

echocardiographic presentations of endocarditis, risk factors, sinus of Valsalva in childhood 168

echocardiographic considerations, deployment of the Helex Septal Occluder, closure of atrial septal defects 290

echocardiographic study, of tetralogy of Fallot, fetus and infant 240

echocardiography recapitulates morphometry, predictors of residual defects, Amplatzer device 352

electrocardiographic changes, patients with cardiac rhabdomyomas, tuberous sclerosis 258

European Paediatric Cardiology, forty years 387

erythrocytosis, circulating blood volumes, in pulmonary hypertension 544

exercise-induced left bundle branch block, young female athlete 367

experiences with, children with congenital heart disease, oral health and dental prevention 439

exteriorisation, the heart in two siblings 98

F

fast track recovery, school activities in children, minimally invasive cardiac surgery 44

fatal case of, idiopathic, restrictive cardiomyopathy 469

female athlete, young, exercise-induced left bundle branch block 367

fetal hydrops, successful management of, congenitally complete atrioventricular block 380

fetus and infant, echocardiographic study, tetralogy of Fallot 240

fistula, left coronary artery, left atrium, prenatal diagnosis 194

Fontan operation, systemic venous to pulmonary venous collaterals, characterization and treatment 424

future prospects for, current state of, cardiac transplantation in children 64

G

Glenn anastomosis, bidirectional

assessing pulmonary vascular resistance 137

atrial natriuretic peptides, palliative operation, functionally univentricular hearts 268

H

haemoptysis, patient with tetralogy of Fallot, combined surgical and interventional approach 571

Hall of Fame, paediatric cardiology, Yasunaru Kawashima 84

heart failure with carvedilol, modulation of neurohormonal activity, children 333

Helex Septal Occluder, closure of atrial septal defects, echocardiographic considerations 290

hemodilution, the effects of therapeutic, associated with erythrocytosis 544

histopathological follow-up, bailout stenting, postoperative stenosis, central aorto-pulmonary shunt 197

hoarseness, after pulmonary arterial stenting, occlusion of the arterial duct 302

human immunodeficiency virus, reversible cardiomyopathy, subsequent to perinatal infection 373

hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, coronary stenting, muscular bridge 377

hypertrophy in neonates, isolated right ventricular 384

I

idiopathic, restrictive cardiomyopathy, fatal case of 469

iloprost, persistent pulmonary hypertension, newborn 361

intravascular ultrasonic assessment, post-operative remodelling 53

infancy and childhood, pulmonary hypertension 219

infants, weighing less than 2500 grams, cardiac catheterisation 117

interatrial communication, vestibular defect, atrial septal component, derived from the vestibular spine 184

ischemia, due to peripartum cardiomyopathy, threatening loss of a leg 209

isolated pulmonary valvar stenosis, in childhood, percutaneous balloon valvoplasty 444

K

Kawasaki disease

cerebral infarction 103

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, for anastomotic stenosis, after coronary arterial bypass grafting 284

kinetics of procalcitonin, interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein, after cardiopulmonary-bypass, in children 161

L

left ventricular preparation, arterial switch, late referral 49

long-term follow-up, subclinical rheumatic valvitis 431

M

magnetic resonance imaging, three-dimensional

congenital cardiac anomalies 461

reconstruction from, congenitally malformed hearts 451

making of the heart, the quintessence 175

manipulating parallel circuits, perioperative management, patients with complex congenital cardiac disease 316

methotrexate, recurrent postpericardiotomy syndrome 206

minimally invasive cardiac surgery, clinical pathway, fast track recovery of school activities 44

mitral perforation, rare cause, congenital mitral regurgitation 472

mitral valvar disease in childhood, surgery for, choose reconstruction or repair? 337

mitral valve, replacement in a child, coronary arterial compression, treated by stenting 475

multiperforated atrial septal defect, transcatheter closure 200

murmur, persistently patent arterial duct, “The colonel is going to a dance” 559

myocardial function, effects of therapeutic beta blockade 36

muscular bridge, patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, coronary stenting 377

N

neonates and young infants, born with extremely low weight, surgical management of congenital cardiac defects 328

neurohormonal activity, modulation of, treatment of children, heart failure with carvedilol 333

newborn, iloprost in, persistent pulmonary hypertension of 361

non-adjacent sinus of the pulmonary trunk, anomalous left coronary artery 95

noninvasive quantitative parameters, clinical follow-up, right ventricular function in congenital cardiac disease 397

normal patterns of flow, superior caval, hepatic and pulmonary veins, measured using Doppler echocardiography during childhood 143

O

occlusion of the arterial duct, pulmonary arterial stenting, hoarseness 302

one-stage versus two-stage surgical repair, children with congenital heart disease, parental preference 7

optimal timing of, Ross procedure, chronic aortic incompetence in the young 253

outcomes, aortic dissection in children and young adults 341

oval fossa, closure of defects, using the Amplatzer device, echocardiography recapitulates morphometry 352

oral health and dental prevention, children with congenital heart disease 439

P

paediatric cardiac catheterisation, Association for European Paediatric Cardiology, recommendations 582

palivizumab, as prophylaxis, against respiratory syncytial virus 420

palliative operation, brain and atrial natriuretic peptides, functionally univentricular hearts 268

parachute-like mitral valve, secondary to, Turner's syndrome 364

parental preference for one-stage versus two-stage surgical repair for children, congenital heart disease 7

partial trisomy, long arms of chromosomes 11 and 22, complex congenital cardiac disease 481

patients at risk, aortic dissection in children and young adults 341

patient-centred services 3

percutaneous balloon valvoplasty, pulmonary regurgitation, isolated pulmonary valvar stenosis, in childhood 444

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, anastomotic stenosis, coronary arterial bypass grafting 284

pericardial effusions, large, inflammatory origin in childhood 131

perinatal infection, human immunodeficiency virus, reversible cardiomyopathy 373

perioperative management, complex congenital cardiac disease, patients with, manipulating parallel circuits 316

peripartum cardiomyopathy, ischemia, threatening loss of a leg 209

persistently patent arterial duct, murmur, “The colonel is going to a dance” 559

peritoneal drainage, home, terminal right heart failure, complex congenital cardiac 568

pharmacological treatment, of young children, permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia 408

post-operative remodelling, aortic coarctation, intravascular ultrasonic assessment 53

postoperative stenosis, central aorto-pulmonary shunt, histopathological follow-up, bailout stenting 197

postpericardiotomy syndrome, recurrent, methotrexate 206

prenatal diagnosis, tetralogy of Fallot, left coronary artery, left atrium 194

pre-pubescent female children, midaxillary lateral thoracotomy, closure of atrial septal defects 565

presymptomatic period, cardiac features, neonate with anomalous left coronary artery 579

prophylaxis against respiratory syncytial virus, palivizumab, in infants with congenital cardiac disease 420

prolongation, QT interval, amiodarone-induced 2 to 1 atrioventricular block 305

pulmonary arterial stenting, occlusion of the arterial duct 302

pulmonary atresia, computerised tomographic angiography, preoperative evaluation of an infant, tetralogy of Fallot 466

pulmonary hypertension

circulating blood volumes, associated with erythrocytosis, effects of therapeutic hemodilution 544

iloprost, persistent 361

infancy and childhood 219

parachute-like mitral valve, Turner's syndrome 364

pulmonary regurgitation, after percutaneous balloon valvoplasty, isolated pulmonary valvar stenosis, in childhood 444

pulmonary stenosis, critical, aortopulmonary window 484

pulmonary trunk, anomalous left coronary artery, in a neonate with, cardiac features in the presymptomatic period 579

pulmonary veins, right, diffuse varices 312

pulmonary vascular resistance, assessing, bidirectional Glenn anastomosis 137

Q

QT interval, prolongation of, amiodarone-induced 2 to 1 atrioventricular block 305

R

rapid disappearance, cardiac rhabdomyoma, infant 173

Rashkind, buttoned devices, transcatheter occlusion, moderate to large patent arterial ducts 413

replacement of the aortic valve, arterial switch operation 191

reciprocating tachycardia, pharmacological treatment, of young children 408

reconstruction or repair? mitral valvar disease, surgery 337

reconstruction for hypoplasia, staged, of the left heart, experience of 12 years 509

recurrent, postpericardiotomy syndrome, methotrexate 206

residual defects, predictors of, Amplatzer device, echocardiography recapitulates morphometry 352

respiratory syncytial virus, infants with congenital cardiac disease, palivizumab as prophylaxis against 420

restrictive cardiomyopathy, idiopathic, fatal case of 469

reversible cardiomyopathy, subsequent to perinatal infection, human immunodeficiency virus 373

rheumatic fever

in the 21st century 491

subclinical valvar disease, evaluation of 495

right heart, transcatheter reconstruction 308

right ventricular

function, in congenital cardiac disease, clinical follow-up 397

hypertrophy, in neonates, transient severe isolated 384

Ross procedure, optimal timing of, chronic aortic incompetence, in the young 253

S

school activities in children, minimally invasive cardiac surgery, clinical pathway, fast track recovery of 44

serum, of infants of, diabetic mothers, cardiac troponin-I 248

sinus of Valsalva in childhood, risk factors, echocardiographic presentations of endocarditis 168

subclinical rheumatic valvitis

judging the improvement, criteria for 500

long-term follow-up 431

subclinical valvar disease, evaluation of, patients with rheumatic fever 495

superior and inferior caval veins after construction, ratio of flow, bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis 123

surgical ligation, residually patent arterial duct, using transcatheter coils 574

surgical management, congenital cardiac defects, in neonates and young infants, low weight 328

surgical repair, tetralogy of Fallot, aortic stenosis 300

systemic inflammatory reaction, clinical implications, cardiac operations in children 228

systemic venous to pulmonary venous collaterals, characterization and treatment of, Fontan operation 424

T

tachycardia, permanent junctional reciprocating, pharmacological treatment 408

tension apparatus, duplication, tricuspid valve 106

terminal right heart failure, complex congenital cardiac disease, managed by home peritoneal drainage 568

tetralogy of Fallot

aortic stenosis, uncomplicated surgical repair 300

echocardiographic study, fetus and infant 240

haemoptysis, combined surgical and interventional approach 571

prenatal diagnosis, left coronary artery, left atrium 194

pulmonary atresia, preoperative evaluation 466

unusual interventional management 203

therapeutic hemodilution, the effects of, circulating blood volumes, in pulmonary hypertension 544

thoracic artery, internal, arteriovenous fistula 299

thoracic sequels after thoracotomies, children with congenital cardiac disease 264

threatening loss of a leg, peripartum cardiomyopathy, ischemia 209

three-dimensional, magnetic resonance imaging congenital cardiac anomalies 461

three-dimensional reconstruction, from magnetic resonance imaging, visualization of morphological details, congenitally malformed hearts 451

transcatheter closure, multiperforated atrial septal defect 200

transcatheter coils, surgical ligation, residually patent arterial duct 574

transcatheter occlusion, moderate to large patent arterial ducts, Amplatzer Duct Occluder 413

transcatheter reconstruction, right heart 308

transluminal coronary angioplasty, for anastomotic stenosis, after coronary arterial bypass grafting 284

transthoracic, three-dimensional echocardiography, prior to closure of atrial septal defects, children 58

treating seromas, simple method, modified Blalock-Taussig shunts 479

tuberous sclerosis, associated with, electrocardiographic changes, cardiac rhabdomyomas 258

Turner's syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, parachute-like mitral valve 364

U

unusual interventional management, tetralogy of Fallot 203

unusual variant, of anomalous systemic venous return 563

V

ventricular septal defect, right-sided diaphragmatic hernia 109

ventricular tachycardia in childhood, clonal translocation, cardiac fibroma 101

vestibular defect, interatrial communication, deficiency in atrial septal component, vestibular spine 184

views of parents concerning the planning of services, rehabilitation of families, children with congenital cardiac disease 20

views of young people with congenital cardiac disease, designing the services 11

W

Williams syndrome, cardiovascular findings, and clinical course 532

Y

Yasunaru Kawashima, Hall of Fame, paediatric cardiology 84

young female athlete, exercise-induced left bundle branch block 367M