Editorial: An International Journey into the Research Progress of Pediatric Cardiology

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  Figure 1. The international journey of pediatric cardiology. (A) Gulu, Northern Uganda—after a difficult diagnosis made to his son, the father brings a live chicken as a gift to the doctors (photo obtained with permission) [1]; (B) the map represents the geographic origin of the 99 authors of the articles in this Special Issue “Research Progress in Pediatric Cardiology”. Despite the small number of articles [13], several continents are represented in this collection; (C) a Wilms’ tumor with intracardiac extension in a young patient undergoing echocardiographic screening [3]; (D) the anatomopathological specimen of the excised membrane in a difficult case of cor triatriatum dexter presenting with persistent cyanosis [5]; (E) 3D whole-heart cardiac magnetic resonance images allow a comprehensive and detailed evaluation of intracardiac and extracardiac morphology in patients with Fontan circulation [6].