Updates and News on Congenital Cardiac Care - March 2021

March 2021

Relevant news and articles for Congenital Heart and Pediatric Cardiac Professionals

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What's Been Happening?

COVID-19

Current Key Questions on COVID-19 and CVD

American College of Cardiology

ACC Health Policy Statement on Cardiovascular Disease and COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization

ACC – JACC

SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines: Much Accomplished, Much to Learn

ACC – Annals of Internal Medicine

Racism, Not Race, Drives Inequity Across the COVID-19 Continuum

American Medical Association

Prioritizing Physician Mental Health as COVID-19 Marches On

JAMA

Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines

JAMA

Coronavirus Update With CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD

JAMA

Coronavirus Vaccine Update With Paul Offit and Robert Wachter

JAMA

The Ethics of Continuing Placebo in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trials

American Medical Association

Why the Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Will Be Different for Kids

Feedly: Smithsonian Magazine

How the Pandemic Is Impacting Children’s Health and Pediatric Hospitals

Feedly: U.S. News & World Report

Johnson & Johnson has planned trials of its vaccine that will include infants.

Feedly: The New York Times

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a neonate, temporally associated with prenatal exposure to SARS-CoV-2: a case report

Feedly: The Lancet

Clinical outcome of COVID-19 in patients with adult congenital heart disease

Feedly: DocWire News-Heart 2021

Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed

Feedly: Kaiser Health News

Allergic Reactions After First Dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine

ACC – JAMA

Pediatric Cardiology Links

Management of Neonates With Tetralogy of Fallot

ACC – JACC

Prevalence of Bicuspid Aortic Valve in Newborns

ACC – JAMA

Mysteries of the Microbiome: What You Need to Know About Its Impact on Infant Health

Medical Bag

Pediatricians get hard to find. Who will treat severely ill children?

Google Alerts: Korea Biomedical Review

Palliative Care Referrals in Cardiac Disease

Google Alerts: American Academy of Pediatrics

Understanding Mortality Risk in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Google Alerts: AJMC.com Managed Markets Network

Risk Assessment and Outcome of Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Population in an ...

Google Alerts: DocWire News

Remote Cardiological Care in Children with Drs. Seda Tierney and Scott Ceresnak

Google Alerts: MD Magazine

Unroofed coronary sinus and coronary sinus orifice atresia: Implications for management of ... - JACC

Google Alerts: JACC

Mental Health Disorders in Children With Congenital Heart Disease

Google Alerts: American Academy of Pediatrics

Six-Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes for Children With Single-Ventricle Physiology

Google Alerts: American Academy of Pediatrics

Early PDA closure may improve outcomes in preterm infants

Feedly: Eurekalert News

Kids' blood pressure measurements different between arms, potential for misdiagnosis

Feedly: Science Daily

Ambulatory cardiology telemedicine: a large academic pediatric center experience

Feedly: DocWire News - J Investig Med. 2021 Mar 12:jim-2021-001800. doi: 10.1136/jim-2021-001800

Impact of Pediatric Electronic Consultations in a Federally Qualified Health Center

DocWire News Featured Reading - Telemed J E Health. 2021 Mar 12. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0394

How Children Read Differently From Books vs. Screens - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Feedly: The New York Times

1970–2020: 50 years of research on the long QT syndrome—from almost zero knowledge to precision medicine

European Heart Journal

"Reader's Digest": Hot Topics in Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology in the Year 2020

American College of Cardiology

Optimizing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Outcomes Through Risk Stratification and Patient Adherence

National Association for Continuing Education

Cardiovascular Implications in Fabry Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment

My CME

Inhaled Treprostinil Beneficial in Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiology Advisor

Ross Procedure Done Well Holds Up Over Time

Google Alerts: TCTMD

Discontinuity of Cardiac Follow-Up in Young People With Congenital Heart Disease Transitioning ...

Google Alerts: DocWire News

Wireless, implantable catheter-type oximeter designed for cardiac oxygen saturation

Google Alerts: Medical Xpress

Children’s Hospitals Links

CHOP expands its reach deeper into Pennsylvania with Geisinger partnership

Google Alerts: Philadelphia Business Journal

11 children’s hospitals, startup drugmaker partner to fight pediatric drug shortages Feedly: Becker’s Hospital Review

Viewpoint: Hospital rankings should measure health equity progress

Feedly: Becker’s Hospital Review

Kerry Parnell: Children’s hospital cardiac services war putting babies at risk

Feedly: The Daily Telegraph Australia

Science Links

Study Shows Loss of Function of PLD1 Gene is Causal to Congenital Heart Disease

Google Alerts: Newswise

Health Academics and Politics Links

How to Choose a Med School for Pediatrics

Feedly: U.S. News & World Report

Addressing the Negative Financial Impact of Fellowship to Increase the Workforce | American Academy of Pediatrics (aappublications.org)

Feedly: American Academy of Pediatrics

Lifetime Earning Potential for Academic Subspecialists versus Community General Pediatricians: Show Me the Money (or Not)

Feedly: American Academy of Pediatrics

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

How the ACHA’s Online Directory Can Help You Find the Right Cardiologist

USA Today

1970–2020: 50 years of research on the long QT syndrome—from almost zero knowledge to precision medicine

European Heart Journal

"Reader's Digest": Hot Topics in Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology in the Year 2020

American College of Cardiology

Optimizing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Outcomes Through Risk Stratification and Patient Adherence

National Association for Continuing Education

Cardiovascular Implications in Fabry Disease: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment

My CME

Inhaled Treprostinil Beneficial in Pulmonary Hypertension

Cardiology Advisor

Ross Procedure Done Well Holds Up Over Time

Google Alerts: TCTMD

Discontinuity of Cardiac Follow-Up in Young People With Congenital Heart Disease Transitioning ...

Google Alerts: DocWire News

Wireless, implantable catheter-type oximeter designed for cardiac oxygen saturation

Google Alerts: Medical Xpress

Can PFO Closure Reduce Migraines?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Dabigatran or Aspirin After ESUS in PFO Patients

ACC – Stroke

Progression of artery aneurysm after transcatheter closure of coronary artery fistula

European Heart Journal

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease: The Task Force for the management of adult congenital heart disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ISACHD)

European Heart Journal

Frontiers in the Management of Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Webinars - Elsevier

Google Alerts: Shop and Discover over 51000 Books and Journals - Elsevier

Post-Fontan liver fibrosis goes under the radar

Feedly: EurekAlert

African American women experience higher risk of pregnancy-related stroke, death

Feedly: EurekAlert

General Interest Links

In Her Debut Book, Olivia Campbell Details How the First Women in White Coats Changed the World of Medicine

Medical Bag

AHA, Children's Heart Foundation award funds to research in congenital heart defects

Google Alerts: Healio

JCM | Special Issue : Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD): Diagnosis, Management and Future ...

Google Alerts: MDPI

Congenital Heart Disease: Vol 14, No 4

Google Alerts: DOI

Over 100000 fewer heart procedures and operations in England in 2020

Google Alerts: British Heart Foundation

What February Brings

Google Alerts: AAP News

Health innovation insider: 7 rapid-fire Qs with Boston Children's Chief Innovation Officer Dr. John Brownstein

Feedly: Becker’s Health IT

Heart surgery and other heart procedures fall by 39%

Feedly: British Heart Foundation

Reproductive Problems in Both Men and Women Are Rising at an Alarming Rate

Feedly: Scientific American

The CEO Action Pledge: What it is, and 38 healthcare leaders who have signed it

Feedly: Becker’s Hospital Review

Where Have All the Sick Children Gone?

Feedly: AAP News

Racial and socioeconomic disparities in congenital heart surgery: A research article - Docwire News

Feedly: DocWire News Featured Reading - J Card Surg. 2021 Mar 22. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15511.

International Links

Navi Mumbai: Pregnant woman and hubby travel 700 km on bike, get kid for heart operation in the ...

Google Alerts: Mumbai Mirror

Epidemiology of adult congenital heart disease among the general population in Kuwait ...

Google Alerts: Wiley Online Library

First pediatric heart transplant of 2021

Google Alerts: United News of India

Mumbai: Father struggles to get US emergency visa for 6-year-old’s surgery

Feedly: Hindustan Times

Congenital Cardiology Today - Latest Issue

March 2021 Issue North American Edition

ACHA Webinars for Patients and Families

The Pros and Cons of Warfarin Versus New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs)

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT

Presenter: David Gregg, MD

So Many Tests: Should I Worry About My Radiation Risk?

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT

Presenter: Marlon Rosenbaum, MD

Ask An ACHA Peer Mentor: Tips for Effectively Sharing Your CHD Story

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT

Presenter: ACHA Senior Peer Mentor Rick P.

Living Life Fully with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. EDT

Presenter: Richard Krasuski, MD

To view previous webinars and see full schedule click here.

CHIP Network Partner Organizations

Adult Congenital Heart Association

Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology

Asia Pacific Society for ACHD

Asia Pacific Pediatric Cardiac Society

British Congenital Cardiac Association Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Children's National Medical Center

Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society

Congenital Cardiology Today

Congenital Heart Surgeons Society

International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Iranian Society of Pediatric Cardiology

Japanese Society for ACHD

Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute

North American ACHD program

Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society

Pediatric Cardiac Society of India

Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa

Pan Arab Congenital Heart Disease Association

The Royal Brompton Hospital

Turkish Association of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery

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Gary Webb, MD

CHiP Network

Alan Magee

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