title: [Update on pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease: imaging techniques, pulmonary arterial hypertension, hybrid treatment, and surgical treatment].
abstract: This article contains a review of the most significant contributions to pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease reported in publications between September 2009 and August 2010. The review focuses on imaging techniques, new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension in pediatric patients, and therapy in general (e.g. hybrid treatment and surgical treatment). With regard to imaging techniques, the review highlights the increasing application of congenital heart disease diagnosis during fetal life, the introduction of new echocardiographic techniques (e.g. tissue Doppler imaging, two-dimensional speckle-tracking imaging and three-dimensional echocardiography) into routine clinical practice, and the growing use of cardiac CT and magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis and the assessment of cardiac function, respectively. The role played by cardiac interventions continues to increase and cardiac surgery is becoming more advanced and has, in some cases, been combined with hybrid techniques. However, there are still a number of controversial issues in cardiac surgery that have not yet been resolved, such as whether or not fenestration should be used with Fontan surgery, the optimum type of correction for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, and the best conduit for pulmonary artery replacement.
authors.affiliation: Àrea del Cor, Hospital Materno-Infantil Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Dimpna C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: del Cerro
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ignacio Carrasco
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portela
mesh_terms: D057791:Cardiac Imaging Techniques / Q000639:trends*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000639:trends*; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000639:trends*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed