Significant improvements have been achieved in cardiac arrest resuscitation and postarrest
resuscitation care, but mortality remains high. Most of the poor outcomes and deaths of …

Objectives: The objectives of this review are to discuss the scope of neurologic injuries in
newborns with congenital heart disease, the mechanisms of injury, including prenatal, pre-, …

Prevention of brain injury during congenital heart surgery has focused on intraoperative and
perioperative neuroprotection and neuromonitoring. Many strategies have been adopted as …

OBJECTIVE: Small head circumferences and white matter injury in the form of periventricular
leukomalacia have been observed in populations of infants with severe forms of congenital …

… This work was completed while Dr Licht was a Pfizer Scholar who was also supported by a
grant from the WW Smith Charitable Trust. Dr. Wang was supported by the Thrasher Fund for …

To the Editor: A reference range for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) opening pressure in children
undergoing diagnostic lumbar puncture has not been established. The influence of age, body-…

Background— Preoperative brain injury is an increasingly recognized phenomenon in
neonates with complex congenital heart disease. Recently, reports have been published that …

Purpose To test the feasibility of pediatric perfusion imaging using a pulsed arterial spin labeling
(ASL) technique at 1.5 T. Materials and Methods ASL perfusion imaging was carried out …

Neonatal congenital heart disease (CHD) is associated with altered cerebral hemodynamics
and increased risk of brain injury. Two novel noninvasive techniques, magnetic resonance …

BACKGROUND. Little is known about the clinical features and spectrum of diagnoses in
children with “stroke mimics,” those with acute neurologic deficits but without cerebrovascular …