From Other Journals: A Review of Recent Articles by Our Editorial Team — 2026 First Edition
In this review we provide a brief description of recently published articles addressing topics relevant to pediatric cardiologists. Our hope is to provide a summary of the latest articles published recently in other journals in our field. The articles address: 1- Long-Term outcomes comparison between Extracardiac Conduit Fontan (ECC) versus Lateral Tunnel Fontan (LT), 2- Effect of increased Body Mass Index (BMI) on ventricular size and volumes in adults with Fontan circulation, 3- Fetal detection of cyanotic congenital heart disease using maternal saliva metabolome and artificial intelligence, 4- Utility of serial fetal echocardiograms in detecting in-utero changes for single-ventricle lesions, 5- Multimodality approach to coronary ischemic testing in pediatric patients.
Authors
- Karim Diab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1690-7128)
- Kamel Shibbani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2644-5425)
- Nabil Alhayek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-3238)
- Tarek Alsaied
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Lurie Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital (US)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-026-04254-8
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00