Background: Tubercular myocarditis is an exceedingly rare manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, with pediatric cases being exceptionally uncommon. Children typically present with pulmonary or lymph node tuberculosis (TB), while myocardial involvement is reported only in is...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4519
Background: Pyopneumopericardium due to gastropericardial fistula with candida pericarditis is very uncommon in pediatric age group and with extremely high mortality. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case report of this kind in the pediatric literature. Case Present...
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Research Article10.9734/ca/2025/v14i4518
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries (CCTGA) is a rare form of congenital heart disease (CHD) that presents with both atrioventricular (AV) and ventriculoarterial (VA) discordance. This condition accounts for a small proportion of CHD, and its presentation i...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcd/2025/v7i1118
Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is one of the most common congenital cardiac anomalies seen in children. Prolapse of aortic cusp and secondary aortic regurgitation(AR) is considered to be a risk factor and warrants early surgery even in small VSD. The Association of congenital ve...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcd/2025/v7i1111
Introduction: Epileptic seizures can be difficult to distinguish from other etiologies causing cerebral hypoxia, especially cardiac diseases. Long QT syndrome (LQTS) frequently masquerades as seizures due to transient cerebral hypoxia caused by decreased cardiac output secondary...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcd/2025/v7i1110
Dilated cardiomyopathy is the most common type of cardiomyopathy in children and adolescents. Most of the cases are idiopathic, with very poor outcome. Identifying a correctable etiology is very crucial as appropriate management could reverse the disease process with complete rec...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2024/v18i12818
Chylopericardium is a rare entity which is characterised by accumulation of chyle in pericardial sac. The absence of an underlying etiology is defined as idiopathic chylopericardium. In pediatric age group chylopericardium can resemble pyopericardium. If suspected the diagnosis...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcr/2024/v7i1235