2024
Association Between High-Sensitivity Troponin (hs-cTnT) and Diagnosis of Myocarditis in Previously Healthy Pediatric Patients
Degen M, Leviter J, Bradley A, Karnik R, Ferdman D, McCollum S, Faherty E. Association Between High-Sensitivity Troponin (hs-cTnT) and Diagnosis of Myocarditis in Previously Healthy Pediatric Patients. Pediatric Cardiology 2024, 1-7. PMID: 39126513, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03621-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDiagnosis of myocarditisPediatric patientsHs-cTnTTroponin levelsCardiac diagnosisHigh-sensitivity troponin THealthy pediatric patientsHigh-sensitivity troponinHs-cTnT groupMedian peak levelSensitivity troponin levelsElevated hs-cTnTCut-off valueInitial troponin levelMyocarditis diagnosisAcute myocarditisTroponin valuesCardiac troponinPediatric populationTroponin TMyocarditisPatientsPeak levelsDiagnosisMyocardial tissue
2018
Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
Rajagopal H, Uppu SC, Weigand J, Lee S, Karnik R, Ko H, Bhatla P, Nielsen J, Doucette J, Parness I, Srivastava S. Validation of Right Atrial Area as a Measure of Right Atrial Size and Normal Values of in Healthy Pediatric Population by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography. Pediatric Cardiology 2018, 39: 892-901. PMID: 29523923, DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1838-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRight atrial sizeTransthoracic echocardiographyTwo-dimensional echocardiographyRA areaRA sizeZ-scoreAtrial sizeEntire cohortRight atrial areaHealthy pediatric populationNormal reference valuesCardiovascular deathHeart failureAtrial areaPediatric populationPrognostic indicatorHealthy childrenRA volumeNormal valuesEchocardiographyInverse correlationRegression analysisReference standardCohortScores