(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy Fig. 17.1 Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Many etiologies—from dystocia to sepsis—can lead to this condition also known as transient myocardial…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy Fig. 9.1 (a) Neonate referred for bradycardia . (b) The cause of the bradycardia was ectopic atrial beats (asterisks). These beats are…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy Regular exercise activity, especially the aerobic type, is responsible for structural and functional cardiac remodeling with a variety of associated ECG patterns,…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy Fig. 15.1 (a) One-month -old baby boy with mild pulmonary hypertension. Note the right axis deviation (dominant R wave in aVR) and…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy Fig. 14.1 (a) Twelve-year-old female with chest pain suggestive of pericarditis . (b, c) There is widespread concave ST elevation and PR…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy 4.1 Heart Rate Calculation 4.1.1 In the Case of Regular Rhythm 1. Identify a QRS complex that falls on a vertical line…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy More than a century after its birth, and in the era of demanding tests,—fast and silent like computed tomography or slow and…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy 5.1 The Newborn Infant There is one thing that neonatologists and one of the greatest Italian poets, Giacomo Leopardi, agree on: the…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy We did not start from the action potential, and we have deliberately not got bogged down in vectorcardiographic analysis. So we can…
(1) Pediatric Cardiology, Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyesMarcel Proust 1.1 A Literary Premise to…
