Young Min Eun

The purpose of this study was to evaluate and assess the compatibility of current risk scoring systems from Japan that were developed to predict intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD). The authors previously investigated another prediction model for patients with refractory KD in Korea. A retrospective study involving 350 patients with KD who were admitted between January 2014 and December 2015 was performed. Patients younger than 2 years were exclude

Purpose: As cardiomyopathy is more prevalent and currently the leading cause of death in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD),early detection of myocardial involvement is important. The purpose of this study was to analyze myocardial strain in DMD children,for the possibility of early detection of myocardial dysfunction. Materials and Methods: We reviewed medical records of DMD patients who were >10 years of age (15.6±1.6 years, 12.5–18 years),from March 2013 to June 2014. Data of 24 DMD children w

Background: In adults, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) is a recommended component of routine echocardiography. However,TDI velocities are less accepted in pediatrics, due to their strong variability and age dependence in children. This study examines thedistribution of myocardial tissue Doppler velocities in healthy children to assess the effect of age with cardiac growth on the variousechocardiographic measurements. Methods: Total 144 healthy children were enrolled in this study. They were recruit

Coronary artery involvement remains the most important complication with Kawasaki disease (KD). Additional myocardial injury can be caused by inflammatory response and ischemic event. However, the long-term outcome of myocardial function has not been fully known in KD. The purpose of this study is to evaluate myocardial function in school-aged children who had the past history of KD. Sixty-seven children in the second grade of elementary schools, who had the past history of KD, were included. Ec

A 29-year-old woman was referred to our institute for symptomatic hypoxemia. Her dyspnea was aggravated while sitting or standingand relieved while in supine position. She did not have any pulmonary disease. Transthoracic echocardiography and heart computed tomographyrevealed an underestimated small atrial septal defect (ASD) with a left-to-right shunt. A cardiac catheterization was performedto evaluate pulmonary hypertension. It revealed a normal pulmonary artery pressure and a large ASD with b

Purpose : We investigated the causative organism and its antibiotic susceptibility of community acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) in children at a secondary hospital to test the adequacy of the current guidelines. Methods : Children diagnosed with UTI at the Department of Pediatrics, Kwandong University MyMyongji Hospital by pyuria and bacterial growth of greater than on clean catch midstream urine from January 2005 to December 2008 were studied retrospectively. The epidemiologic data, caus

Purpose: Children with mitochondrial disease (MD) have clinical phenotypes that are more severe than those found in adults. In this study, we assessed cardiac function in children with MD using conventional and advanced echocardiographic measurements, explored any unique patterns present, and investigated the development of early cardiomyopathy (CMP). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 33 children with MD. All patients underwent transthoracicechocardiograph

Purpose: Idiopathic scoliosis is a structural lateral curvature of the spine of unknown etiology. The relationship between degree of spine curvature and cardiopulmonary function has not yet been investigated. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between scoliosis and cardiopulmonary characteristics. Methods: Ninety children who underwent preoperative pulmonary or cardiac evaluation at a single spine institution over 41 months were included. They were divided into the thorac

Background: The speckle tracking echocardiography can benefit to assess the regional myocardial deformations. Although,previous reports suggested no significant change in left ventricular (LV) torsion with aging, there are certain differences in LV rotationat the base and apex. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the change and relationship of LV rotation for torsion withaging in children. Methods: Forty healthy children were recruited and divided into two groups of twenty based on whether

Background:Echocardiographic examination is universally considered as an established method for the diagnosis of congenital heart disease, and as a result of many technological advancements in information processing, its utility is being emphasized much more. Cardiac catheterization, by comparison, is usually performed in the past for the purpose of diagnosis and preoperative assessment of infants with isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD), and the risks and complications of cardiac catheteri

Purpose: Cardiomyopathy is becoming the leading cause of death in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy because mechanically assisted lung ventilation and assisted coughing have helped resolve respiratory complications. To clarify cardiopulmonary function, we compared cardiac function between the home ventilator-assisted and non–ventilator-assisted groups. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy from January 2010 to March 2016 at Gangnam Severance Hospi

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Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an immune-related multisystemic vasculitis that occurs in children, especially ensuing from a coronary artery abnormality. Sodium level is known to be related to vascular injury, which could affect the progress of KD. The purpose of this study was to determine the serum sodium levels that could predict the occurrence of cardiac and coronary artery events in KD. Methods: We conducted a retrospective review of medical records for 104 patients with KD from January

Purpose: Mitochondrial disease (MD) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are often associatedwith cardiomyopathy, but the myocardial variability has not been isolated to a specific characteristic. We evaluated the left ventricular (LV) mass by echocardiography to identify the general distribution andfunctional changes of the myocardium in patients with MD or DMD. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the echocardiographic data of 90 children with MD and 42with DMD. Using two-dimensional echocar