A full and comprehensive textbook on pediatric echocardiography.. This combined European and North American effort tries to standardize echocardiographic measurements.. Unfortunately, th
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A full and comprehensive textbook on pediatric echocardiography.
Lang R, Bierig M, Devereux R, et al
Recommendations for chamber quantification
Eur J Echocardiogr 2006;7:79–108.
This combined European and North American
effort tries to standardize echocardiographic measurements Unfortunately, the authors failed
to include many measurements relevant for
pediatric echocardiography.
Pettersen MD, Du W, Skeens ME, Humes RA Regression equations for calculation of z scores
of cardiac structures in a large cohort of healthy infants, children, and adolescents: an
echocardiographic study J Am Soc
Echocardiogr 2008;21:922–934.
This recent publication provides normal pediatric
data with the formulas for calculation of z-scores It is very useful for laboratories that do not have their own normal datasets.
Sluysmans T, Colan SD Theoretical and empirical derivation of cardiovascular allometric
relationships in children J Appl Physiol.
2005;99:445–457
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growth The authors show that the use of z-scores normalized for body surface area is the best method for the majority of measurements in children.
Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, et al
Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American heart association: a guideline from the American heart association rheumatic fever, Endocarditis, and kawasaki disease
committee, Council on cardiovascular disease in the young, and the council on clinical
cardiology, Council on cardiovascular surgery and anesthesia, and the quality of care and
outcomes research interdisciplinary working
group Circulation 2007;116:1736–1754.
The new guidelines for endocarditis prophylaxis provided by the American Heart Association This recent update is less strict compared to
previous versions Transesophageal
echocardiography is not a strict indication for
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Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital
Heart Disease: From Fetus to Adult Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken, NJ; 2009
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Digital imaging, archiving, and structured reporting in pediatric echocardiography: impact
on laboratory efficiency and physician
communication J Am Soc Echocardiogr.
2008;21:935–940
3 Evangelista A, Flachskampf F, Lancellotti P, et
al European association of echocardiography recommendations for standardization of
performance, digital storage and reporting of
echocardiographic studies Eur J Echocardiogr.
2008;9:438–448
4 Cook AC, Anderson RH Editorial Attitudinally
correct nomenclature Heart 2002;87:503–506.
5 Lai WW, Geva T, Shirali GS, et al Guidelines and standards for performance of a pediatric echocardiogram: a report from the task force of the pediatric council of the American society of
echocardiography J Am Soc Echocardiogr.