T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease
Davey B, Elder R, Cloutier M, Bennett N, Lee J, Wang Z, Manning A, Doan T, Griffiths M, Perez M, Ahluwalia N, Toro-Salazar O. T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles in Newborns with Congenital Heart Disease. The Journal Of Pediatrics 2019, 213: 96-102.e2. PMID: 31277900, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCongenital heart diseaseLower TREC levelsTREC levelsGeneral populationT-cell receptor excision circlesCongenital heart disease severityAssociated with clinical complicationsHeart diseaseCombination of prematurityRetrospective chart reviewNewborn screening programsPreterm childrenAssociated with hospitalizationExcision circlesT cellsChart reviewClinical complicationsNewbornsScreening programHigh riskChildren's hospitalInfectionOutcome measuresHospitalDiseaseModern Day Care of Patients With Single Ventricle Heart Disease: Late Complications of Fontan Palliation
Simmons M, Elder R. Modern Day Care of Patients With Single Ventricle Heart Disease: Late Complications of Fontan Palliation. Current Pediatrics Reports 2019, 7: 53-61. DOI: 10.1007/s40124-019-00192-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFontan palliationSingle ventricle heart diseaseLate hepatic complicationsHepatic complicationsPulmonary vasodilatorsReviewThe majorityFontan failureVascular complicationsFontan operationLate complicationsHeart failureHeart diseaseLymphatic complicationsNovel therapiesLiver cancerHigh riskComplicationsRecent FindingsRecentScoring systemPatientsDay carePalliationTherapyStructural complicationsSeparate entities