New Insights into Pediatric Cardiology

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, diagnostic modalities and therapeutic options in pediatric cardiology have shown revolutionary developments, resulting in the development of newer medical, interventional, and surgical techniques with increasing survival rates. A continuous improvement in the quality of life of these patients has been achieved. Modern treatment of congenital heart malformations has led to normal or near-normal adult life, even in many complicated malformations that were previously fatal.

Pediatric cardiology problems will persist but change their course due to prenatal interventions and early postnatal treatment.

Early interventions have created a new population of adult heart patients. Even though most patients have excellent postoperative outcomes, they can develop new secondary cardiovascular problems. These will require regular medical follow-up and possibly more secondary cardiovascular interventions.

Over the years, genetics, embryology, and morphology have increased our knowledge of cardiovascular development and the inheritance of certain diseases.

The pediatric cardiac population that will reach adulthood is progressively increasing; thus, the medical community faces new challenges—some of these will involve pediatric cardiologists, but predominantly adult cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.

The pediatric cardiology patient population is smaller than that of adult cardiology but has equal needs. Human and material resources are mandatory to achieve and maintain a continuously high standard of care.

This Special Issue aims to provide a rich mix of original papers, reviews, and case reports on many aspects of understanding, managing, and preventing cardiovascular disease in childhood. Primary care in pediatric cardiology must be concerned with preventing heart disease and detecting existing conditions early. In addition, pediatricians must maintain the vigilance of 'healthy' children to control cardiovascular risk in adulthood. With these goals in mind, the potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• pediatric cardiology;
• congenital heart disease;
• echocardiography;
• congestive heart failure;
• ventricular septal defect;
• pulmonary stenosis;
• coarctation of the aorta;
• atrial septal defect;
• pulmonary hypertension;
• arterial hypertension;
• syncope;
• arrhythmias;
• cardiac transplantation;
• cardiomyopathy;
• pediatric interventional cardiology;
• children;
• newborn;
• cardiac surgery, and family practice for congenital heart disease.

Dr. Corina Maria Maria Vasile
Dr. Eliza Elena Cintezǎ
Guest Editors

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• pediatric cardiology
• patentus ductus arteriosus
• interventional cardiology
• cardiac catheterization
• echocardiography
• congenital heart disease
• cardiac enzymes