Laurie E. Panesar

• Stony Brook University Hospital

Adults with arterial hypertension (HTN) have stroke, myocardial infarction, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or die at higher rates than those without. In children, HTN leads to target organ damage, which includes kidney, brain, eye, blood vessels, and heart, which precedes “hard outcomes” observed in adults. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) or an...

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in adults is considered the gold standard for assessment of left ventricular mass (LVM) and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). The authors aimed to evaluate agreement of LVM measurements and LVH determination between echocardiography (ECHO) and CMR imaging in children with hypertension (HTN) confirme...

Anomalies of the mitral valve may involve one or more of its components: the mitral annulus, valve leaflets, chordae tendinae, or papillary muscles. Mitral valve anomalies are commonly associated with additional cardiovascular anomalies. This chapter focuses on isolated congenital mitral valve anomalies - mitral valve prolapse, cleft mitral valve,...

Isolated congenital coronary artery fistula (CAF) is rare and varies with respect to size and hemodynamic significance. The prevalence of coronary artery ectasia in association with isolated congenital CAF, regardless of size, and after closure of large fistulae has not been systematically evaluated in the literature. This study aimed to characteri...

Purpose: Currently the diagnosis of vascular rings relies on multiple imaging studies. Neither clear guidelines nor strong supporting evidence exist to the safest, most cost effective approach for accurate diagnosis. This is a retrospective review of the diagnostic testing performed prior to the definitive diagnosis of vascular rings. Specifically,...

Left-ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) is characterized by prominent myocardial trabeculae with deep intratrabecular recesses. Associated with ventricular dysfunction, LVNC can present in isolation or in conjunction with structural heart defects (i.e., "nonisolated" LVNC). Although it was once considered to be difficult and unreliable, successful de...