Cardiac Imaging Techniques

Non un semplice stridor

Rossi D, Sadou Y, Gilardi C

2026/2 — pag. 45-46 — DOI

A 4-year-old neonate presented with inspiratory stridor and respiratory distress due to tracheal compression. Echocardiography and CT scans documented a double aortic arch with a dominant right arch and hypoplastic left arch. Cardiac surgical correct...

"Un cuore in fiamme". Un caso di sindrome di Kawasaki complicata da dilatazioni coronariche severe e necessitante di terapia con anakinra

Gerosa GM, Fantasia M, Ramponi G, Balduzzi AC

2026/1 — pag. 5-9 — DOI

A 4-month-old infant residing in a foreign country, presented with high fever associated with poor general condition, bilateral conjunctivitis and livedo reticularis. Tests showed elevated inflammation markers with negative blood cultures, chest X-ra...

Cardite subclinica e corea di Syndenham

De Pra S

2025/4 — pag. 96-96 — DOI

An 11-year-old boy presented with orofacial pain and involuntary movements. Elevated ASO titer and echocardiography showing mitral insufficiency led to the diagnosis of rheumatic fever with Sydenham’s chorea and subclinical carditis. Treatment with s...

Un torace che suona

Sutera M.

2024/8 — pag. 532-534 — DOI

A 5-year-old girl was evaluated for an intermittent thoracic sound present for two years, often associated with viral infections. The clinical examination was normal, except for mild mitral prolapse with minimal regurgitation noted in a prior echocar...

Un torace che suona

Sutera M

2024/8 — pag. 167-167 — DOI

A 5-year-old girl was evaluated for an intermittent thoracic sound present for two years, often associated with viral infections. The clinical examination was normal, except for mild mitral prolapse with minimal regurgitation noted in a prior echocar...

Un "classico" caso di corea reumatica

Orsi SM, Burrone M, Carrato V, Consolaro A

2024/5 — pag. 91-91 — DOI

The diagnosis of rheumatic chorea was ultimately made in a 10-year-old boy who had begun to experience difficulty in grasping objects and tying shoelaces. Subsequently, the performed echocardiography documented mild mitral insufficiency....

Un cuore grande così... dalla nascita

Troisi A, Bruno I, Ragni L, Nuzzo A, Marchetti F

2024/2 — pag. 30-31 — DOI

The diagnosis of dilatative cardiomyopathy due to a new mutation of MYH7 gene was eventually made in a 1-month-old infant presenting with dyspnoea and difficult feeding. ...

Artrite che si sposta, nell'ecocardio la risposta

Ballarò G.

2024/1 — pag. 50-53 — DOI

The case of a Swiss boy presenting with migrant arthritis and finally diagnosed with rheumatic fever is described....

Se il polso non ti colpisce, controlla l’arco

Zago A, D’Agata Mottolese B

2022/6 — pag. 133-133 — DOI

The case of a boy affected by aortic coarctation who remained undiagnosed up to the age of 12 is described. The authors remark the clinical heterogeneity of the aortic coartaction and stress some diagnostic recommendations....

Sincope ricorrente: attenti alla coronaria

Tessitore A, Chicco D, Trevisiol C, Caiffa T, Bobbo M, D’Agata Mottolese B, Barbi E.

2022/5 — pag. 307-311 — DOI

Anomalous aortic origin of coronary artery (AAOCA) is a rare condition and the second cause of sudden cardiac death among young athletic patients. Suspicion should arise in the presence of exertional syncope without prodrome, chest pain and/or dyspne...

Distrofia muscolare: anche il cuore vuole la sua parte

Tonin G

2022/1 — pag. 24-24 — DOI

The authors evaluated heart involvement in a series of 17 cases of muscular dystrophy (MD). In all cases specific ECG anomalies were present, while the echocardiography detected cardiomyopathy only in the older ones. The Authors recommend a close car...

Affinché non MIS-Cappi il caso: l’esperienza di Palermo sulla sindrome infiammatoria multisistemica SARS-CoV-2-correlata

Giordano S, Pirrone I, Restivo GA, Collura F, Saia GF, Maggio MC, Finazzo F, Failla MC, Colomba C, Siracusa L.

2021/10 — pag. 660-663 — DOI

Background - Covid-19 is less frequent and milder in children than in adults. However, cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (MIS-C) have been reported in children, whose phenotype resembles atypical Kawasak...

Funzione cardiopolmonare in bambini con pregressa infezione da Covid-19 lieve o asintomatica e ritorno all’attività sportiva

Colussi L, Sutera M, Rispoli F, Barbi E, Bobbo M, Caiffa T, D’Agata Mottolese B, Maschio M, De Nardi L, Romano S, Mazzolai M, Chicco D.

2021/8 — pag. 529-532 — DOI

Aim - To evaluate the cardiopulmonary function in children returning to play sports after mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods - This is a consecutive case series conducted at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Ital...

Quando lo squat fa la differenza

Piqué M, Brasili L, Putoto G, Iughetti L

2021/8 — pag. 527-528 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 1-year-old girl with severe respiratory distress, perioral cyanosis and severe desaturation (SpO2 35% with oxygen in nasal prongs). An echocardiogram was readily performed showing the distinctive features of Fallot’s ...

Funzione cardiopolmonare in bambini con pregressa infezione da Covid-19 lieve o asintomatica e ritorno all’attività sportiva

Colussi L, Sutera M, Rispoli F, Barbi E, Bobbo M, Caiffa T, D’Agata Mottolese B, Maschio M, De Nardi L, Romano S, Mazzolai M, Chicco D

2021/8 — pag. 226-232 — DOI

Aim - To evaluate the cardiopulmonary function in children returning to play sports after mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Methods - This is a consecutive case series conducted at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Ital...

Quello strano dolore toracico...

Palella JM, Lamberti R, Salvatici E, Banderali G

2021/7 — pag. 433-436 — DOI

Myocarditis is a rare pathologic condition in paediatric age. It occurs above all in childhood and adolescence. Generally, it is brought about by a typical association with viral infections that cause a massive activation of the inflammatory cascade ...

Due polsi scomparsi in un soffio

Occhipinti AA

2021/5 — pag. 158-158 — DOI

Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a narrowing of the proximal thoracic aorta typically located at the junction of the aorta with the ductus arteriosus. Clinical presentation varies from heart failure in neonatal period to asymptomatic cases diagnosed...

Certificazione di idoneità sportiva al tempo del Covid Gianni Mastella

2021/2 — pag. 80-82 — DOI

Una febbre che… soffia

Borraccetti N, Iacono A, Falcioni A, Nuzzo AC, Currò F, Troisi A, Mambelli L, Prandstraller D, Marchetti F

2021/1 — pag. 31-36 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old child with a ventricular septal defect and a story of 10 weeks of non-periodic recurrent fever repeatedly treated with short course of antimicrobial therapy. All the echocardiographies were negative for va...

Malattia di Kawasaki nei bambini sotto un anno di età: una coorte italiana

G. Mastrangelo, S. Trapani, D. Lasagni, G. Calabri, R. Cimaz, M. Resti, M. de Martino

2020/6 — pag. 142-142 — DOI

Un minestrone preparato con il cuore

A. Iacono

2019/7 — pag. 449-451

Frumento, allergia, celiachia Valvulopatia reumatica; ecocardiografia

2019/2 — pag. 129

Uno strano ballo… da corea reumatica

V. Di Ruscio

2017/10

La malattia reumatica nel 2016

S. Pastore, F. Marchetti, A. Taddio, M.S. Conte, M. Tubaro, A. Ventura

2016/7 — pag. 429-436

Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF) continues to be a major health hazard in most developing countries as well as sporadically in developed economies. Despite reservations about the utility, Doppler echocardiographic studies have identified a massive burde...

Il bambino con cardiopatia congenita nell’ambulatorio del pediatra

V. Gesuete, E. Parmeggiani, A. Ventura

2016/5 — pag. 291-296

Congenital heart disease is the most common type of congenital malformation at birth. Thanks to advances in diagnosis, therapy and the continuous development of surgical and interventional techniques, there has been a refinement in the treatment of...

A volte l'essenziale è invisibile agli occhi ma chiaro all'ecocardiogramma

C. Pierobon, C. Bibalo

2014/2 — pag. 104-105

Un raro caso di distress respiratorio...

F. Lorenzoni, G. Ferri, F. Moscuzza, C. Domenici, RT Scaramuzzo, M. Gentile, M. Ciantelli, P. Ghirri, A. Boldrini

2013/10

Miocardite: la grande simulatrice

E. Benelli, M. Starc, E. Berton, M. Anzini, A. Benettoni, A. Ventura, G. Sinagra

2013/7 — pag. 429-434

Myocarditis is a rare, but life threatening disease in childhood. It is most often due to common viral infections; less commonly, it may result from bacterial infections, immune mediated diseases or chemotherapy. Myocarditis may present with unspec...

La malattia di Kawasaki: ancora una sfida per il pediatra

M.C. Pellegrin, A. Taddio, A. Ventura, L. Lepore

2011/4 — pag. 236-241

Aims: Kawasaki disease (KD), a systemic vasculitis of the childhood, represents the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries. This study sought to assess clinical presentation, course, treatment options and prognosis of KD patie...

Un caso di polmonite con piastrinosi

F. De Maddi, C. Santoro, R. Crusco, P. Siani

2006/10 — pag. 667

The Authors describe a case of pneumonia in an 11 months old child, who presented with high inflammatory indexes. Antibiotic response was quick, with rapid improvement of symptoms, fever resolution in 72 hours and resolution of the radiological pneum...

Un bambino con Difetto Interventricolare

M. Maschio, E. Zamuner, Alessandra Benettoni

2004/9

Febbre e rash con segno della mano gialla: è scarlattina?

M. Lazzerini

2004/1

Difetto interatriale Ostium Secundum chiusura transcatetere

U. Vairo, P. Appio, G. Argento, G. Adurno, G. Quaranta, M. V. Schiavo

2004/1

Difetto interatriale ostium secundum: chiusura transcatetere

2004/1 — pag. 56

Transcatheter closure of ostium secundum atrial septal defect with the Amplatzer Septal Occluder was performed in 40 patients (from March 2000 to December 2003) ranging in age from 2 to 67 years (median 23 years). Accurate assessment by transesoph...

Il reumatismo articolare acuto oggi, tra epidemiologia, genetica e clinica

L. Lepore, S. Tambe’, S. Minisini

2003/2 — pag. 85-89

In developed countries, rheumatic fever represents nowadays a rare complication of group A streptococcal infection. In Italy, the annual incidence is 4-6 cases per 100.000 population under 18 years. Primary prophylaxis is based on treatment of stre...

Un caso di Kawasaki in un lattante

G. Bartolozzi

2003/1

Domande e risposte

G. Longo

2002/9 — pag. 609-610

Il soffio innocente esiste

F. Panizon

1999/1 — pag. 10

Il soffio di Still è un soffio organico. Studio eco-doppler di 118 casi

N. Salatino, N. Sama’

1999/1 — pag. 47-49

The authors investigated by echo-doppler 86 patients, aged 4-30 years, with systolic murmur and 31 control patients. In all patients with systolic murmur the presence of either tricuspid or mitral valve insufficiency was shown. Conversely, most but...

Un soffio cardiaco scoperto in età scolare

G. Bosi

1997/3 — pag. 177-179

A cardiac murmur is a frequent finding in the school age child: on average, 1 out of 4 children presents with a murmur in this age group and in 1out of 50 of these children a “late onset” congenital heart disease is present. Pediatricians should...