Acute heart failure in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in the context of global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

…, M Oualha, M Beghetti, J Wacker, C Ovaert… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Cardiac injury and myocarditis have been described in adults with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19). Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …

Association of intravenous immunoglobulins plus methylprednisolone vs immunoglobulins alone with course of fever in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in …

…, C Claude, A Wiedemann, N Lachaume, C Ovaert… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is the most severe
pediatric disease associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2-related paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome, an epidemiological study, France, 1 March to 17 May 2020

…, F Angoulvant, C Delacourt, X Iriart, C Ovaert… - …, 2020 - eurosurveillance.org
End of April 2020, French clinicians observed an increase in cases presenting with paediatric
inflammatory multisystem syndrome (PIMS). Nationwide surveillance was set up and …

Outcome of acute fulminant myocarditis in children

…, A Fraisse, J Bouvenot, P Chetaille, C Ovaert - Heart, 2006 - heart.bmj.com
Objectives: To highlight clinical features and outcome of acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM)
in children. Methods: Diagnostic criteria were (1) the presence of severe and acute heart …

[HTML][HTML] Hyper inflammatory syndrome following COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in children: a national post-authorization pharmacovigilance study

…, E Javouhey, B Bader-Meunier, C Ovaert… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is the most severe
clinical entity associated with pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection with a putative role of the spike …

Quality of life of children with congenital heart diseases: a multicenter controlled cross-sectional study

…, B Kreitmann, B Borm, H Bertet, C Barréa, C Ovaert… - Pediatric …, 2015 - Springer
To assess the health-related quality of life (QoL) in children with congenital heart diseases (CHD)
with a validated questionnaire in comparison with control children. We prospectively …

Tetralogy of Fallot: transannular and right ventricular patching equally affect late functional status

Y d'Udekem, C Ovaert, F Grandjean, V Gerin… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—In tetralogy of Fallot, transannular patching is suspected to be responsible for
late right ventricular dilatation. Methods and Results—In our institution, 191 patients …

The effect of bosentan in patients with a failing Fontan circulation

C Ovaert, D Thijs, D Dewolf, J Ottenkamp… - Cardiology in the …, 2009 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesTo investigate the effect of bosentan in patients with a failing Fontan circulation.DesignA
multicentric open label, non-controlled study.Setting5 tertiary care centres for …

Cardiopulmonary fitness in children with congenital heart diseases versus healthy children

…, G De La Villeon, C Bredy, P Acar, C Ovaert… - Heart, 2018 - heart.bmj.com
Objective We aimed to compare the cardiopulmonary fitness of children with congenital heart
diseases (CHD) with that of age-adjusted and gender-adjusted controls. We also intended …

Early balloon dilatation of the pulmonary valve in infants with tetralogy of Fallot: Risks and benefits

…, B Neven, J Rubay, J Lintermans, C Ovaert… - Circulation, 1995 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Balloon dilatation, an established treatment for pulmonary valve stenosis, remains
a controversial procedure in tetralogy of Fallot. Methods and Results Balloon dilatation of …