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Left ventricular non-compaction in children and adolescents: Clinical features, treatment and follow-up
Background: Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a specific cardiomyopathy that occurs
following a disruption of endomyocardial morphogenesis. This study presents clinical findings,
diagnostic features, treatment and follow-up of pediatric patients diagnosed with LVNC.
Methods: Patients with LVNC who were followed from January 2006 to March 2010 were
included in this study. Diagnosis was made with the use of characteristic findings of magnetic
resonance imaging and echocardiography. Holter electrocardiography and metabolic screening
tests were also performed in all patients.
Results: A total of 24 patients were studied (18 male, six female). Patient age at diagnosis
was 50 ± 60 months (eight days to 15 years). Average follow-up period was 22 ± 12 months
(four months to four years). Findings at diagnosis were as follows: eight (33%) patients had
heart failure, five (20%) had rhythm abnormalities, five (20%) had cardiomegaly, two had
murmurs, two had cyanosis, and two presented with fatigue. Ten (41%) patients had been
followed previously with other diagnoses. In 21 (87.5%) patients, electrocardiographic abnormalities
were noted, especially left ventricular hypertrophy and ST-T changes. Patients had an
average ejection fraction of 46% (18-73%) and three of them had additional congenital heart
disease (patent ductus arteriosus, aortopulmonary window and complex cyanotic heart disease).
Scanning for metabolic diseases revealed fatty acid oxidation disorder in one patient, and
mitochondrial disease in another. During follow-up, a permanent pacemaker was implanted in
a patient with severe bradycardia and ventricular dysfunction, and three patients died.
Conclusion: LVNC can be diagnosed at any age from newborn to adolescent and has
a variable clinical course. Closer study of patients with cardiomegaly and heart failure can
reduce delays in diagnosis of LVNC. (Cardiol J 2011; 18, 2: 176-184
Reconciling the stratigraphy and depositional history of the Lycian orogen-top basins, SW Anatolia
Terrestrial fossil records from the SWAnatolian basins are crucial both for regional correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.
By reassessing biostratigraphic constraints and incorporating new fossil data, we calibrated and reconstructed the late Neogene
andQuaternary palaeoenvironments within a regional palaeogeographical framework. The culmination of the Taurides inSWAnatolia
was followed by a regional crustal extension from the late Tortonian onwards that created a broad array of NE-trending orogen-top
basins with synchronic associations of alluvial fan, fluvial and lacustrine deposits. The terrestrial basins are superimposed on the upper
Burdigalian marine units with a c. 7 myr of hiatus that corresponds to a shift from regional shortening to extension. The initial infill of
these basins is documented by a transition from marginal alluvial fans and axial fluvial systems into central shallow-perennial lakes
coinciding with a climatic shift from warm/humid to arid conditions. The basal alluvial fan deposits abound in fossil macro-mammals
of an early Turolian (MN11–12; late Tortonian) age. The Pliocene epoch in the region was punctuated by subhumid/humid conditions
resulting in a rise of local base levels and expansion of lakes as evidenced by marsh-swamp deposits containing diverse fossilmammal
assemblages indicating late Ruscinian (lateMN15; late Zanclean) ageWe are grateful for the support of the international
bilateral project between The Scientific and Technological Research
Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and The Russian Scientific Foundation
(RFBR) with grant a number of 111Y192. M.C.A. is grateful to the
Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA) for a GEBIP (Young Scientist
Award) grant. T.K. and S.M. are grateful to the Ege University
Scientific Research Center for the TTM/002/2016 and TTM/001/2016
projects. M.C.A., H.A., S.M. and M.B. have obtained Martin and
Temmick Fellowships at Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden). F.A.D.
is supported by a Mehmet Akif Ersoy University Scientific Research
Grant. T.A.N. is supported by an Alexander-von-Humboldt
Scholarship. L.H.O. received support from TUBITAK under the 2221
program for visiting scientists
The effects of valproate on serum leptin, insulin, and lipid levels in epileptic children
Background Weight gain is an important adverse effect of valproate (VPA) therapy. A number of mechanisms have been proposed for its pathophysiology. The aim of the present study is the evaluation of insulin, leptin and lipid levels in epileptic children on treatment with VPA. Methods Thirty epileptic children treated with VPA, and 20 age-sex-matched healthy children, were enrolled in this study. Blood samples were taken and the body mass index was calculated for all of the subjects. Serum insulin, leptin, and lipid levels were compared between the two groups. Results Leptin levels were significantly higher in the patient group (P = 0.009) whereas body mass index values were comparable. There was a positive correlation between leptin and body mass index among both patient (r = 0.464, P = 0.01) and control groups (r = 0.734, P = 0.0001). Total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were lower in VPA-treated epileptic children than the control group (P = 0.008; P = 0.003, respectively). No significant difference was determined in insulin levels between the two groups. A negative correlation was observed between plasma VPA level and total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels in the patient group (r = -0.380, P = 0.03, r = -0.474, P = 0.008, respectively). Conclusion This study demonstrated higher leptin levels in the patient group despite similar BMI values. Hence, it seems likely that VPA causes leptin resistance. Unlike other anti-epileptics, VPA does not produce an increase in serum cholesterol levels. On the contrary, lower levels of total and LDL cholesterol levels in VPA-receiving patients have been observed in our study
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