SHA 081. Medical therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension: Where and who started treatment?

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Video presentation Objectives: Coronary artery bypass graing associated with Ross Procedure performed to 9 years old boy. Dr. Imad Naja; Dr. Nani Najm. Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Abdul-Aziz cardiac Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This uncommon presentation of this disease at this age, leads u to share our experience. How to do it is the video presentation of CABG + ROSS performed to a 9 years old boy. Methods: 9 years old boy presented at emergency department with severe chest pain, subsequent Echocardiography showed thickened aortic valve with moderate stenosis. The angiogram showed moderate aortic valve stenosis and severely disease ascending aorta. Result: The surgery was uneventful; it was remarkable the atheromatosis at the level of the ascending aorta, successful outcome, the patient was discharged at the 7th post-operative day. doi:10.1016/j.jsha.2011.02.085 SHA 085. Heart defects in acyanotic pediatric patients referred with heart murmurs Dhafer O. Alqahtani, MD, Ali A. Alakhfash, MD, Omar R Tamimi, MD, Dhafer O. Alqahtani, MD, Ali A. Alakhfash, MD, Omar R Tamimi, MD KACC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia E-mail address: qahtanidh@ngha.med.sa (D.O. Alqahtani) Objectives: The aim of the study is to explore the prevalence of congenital heart disease in pediatric patients referred to our center solely based on the detection of a heart murmur on routine physical examination. Study design: A retrospective database review was performed for all patients referred to KACC from July 2007 to March 2009 for cardiovascular evaluation because of a heart murmur detected during routine physical examination. This study included all pediatric patients from the neonatal period to 12 years of age who underwent echocardiography in our center. Patients with cyanosis, those with a significant difference in blood pressure between the upper and lower limbs, preterm neonates, patients with acquired heart disease, and syndromic or critically ill patients were excluded from this study. Results: Of the patients in the database, 245 met the inclusion criteria. The median age was 7 months (1 day to 12 years old), and the median weight was 7.85 kg (1.9–54 kg). A normal Abstract for SHA22 195