Acquired Patient Factors Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

The long-term efficacy in blood transfusions, hematologic parameter changes, and complications after splenectomy in patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia

Nichanan Osataphan, Somying Dumnil, Adisak Tantiworawit, Teerachat Punnachet, Nonthakorn Hantrakun, Pokpong Piriyakhuntorn, Thanawat Rattanathammethee, Sasinee Hantrakool, Chatree Chai-Adisaksopha, Ekarat Rattarittamrong, Lalita Norasetthada, Kanda Fanhchaksai, Pimlak CharoenkwanChiang Mai University. Thailand Transfusion and Apheresis ScienceTransfus Apher Sci 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2022.103620 AbstractBackground: A splenectomy can reduce transfusion requirements in patients with thalassemia. However, the role of a splenectomy remains controversial […]

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Metabolic Reprogramming of the Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Arteries in a Flow-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Rat Model

Dongli Liu, Suyuan Qin, Danyan Su, Kai Wang, Yanyun Huang, Yuqin Huang, Yusheng PangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.China American Chemical Society OmegaACS Omega 2021; 7: 1273-1287DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05895 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complex devastating disease relevant to remarkable metabolic dysregulation. Although various research studies

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Vitamin D Levels and Cardiopulmonary Status in Infants with Acute Bronchiolitis

Ana Estalella-Mendoza, Ana Castellano-Martinez, Jose Carlos Flores-Gonzalez, Lorena Estepapedregosa, Patricia Rodriguez-Campoy, Moises Rodriguez-GonzalezPuerta del Mar University Hospital. Spain Indian PediatricsIndian Pediatr 2022; 59: 384-387DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: To assess association of Vitamin D deficiency with cardiac and pulmonary status in infants with acute bronchiolitis.Methods: Infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis were enrolled and classified as those with serum

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Postoperative Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammatory Response in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Defects

Maria Francilene S. Souza, Juliano G. Penha, Nair Y. Maeda, Filomena R. B. G. Galas, Kelly C. O. Abud, Eloisa S. Carvalho, Ana Maria Thomaz, Claudia R. P. Castro, Juliana Pereira, Antonio Augusto LopesUniversity of São Paulo School of Medicine. Brazil Mediators of InflammationMediator Inflamm 2022; DOI: 10.1155/2022/3977585 AbstractThere is scarce information about the relationships between

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Hepatoma-derived growth factor is associated with pulmonary vascular remodeling and PAH disease severity and survival

Jun Yang, Anjira S. Ambade, Melanie Nies, Megan Griffiths, Rachel Damico, Dhananjay Vaidya, Stephanie Brandal, Michael W. Pauciulo, Katie A. Lutz, Anna W. Coleman, William C. Nichols, Eric D. Austin, Dunbar Ivy, Paul M. Hassoun, Allen D. EverettJohns Hopkins University. Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and

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COL18A1 genotypic associations with endostatin levels and clinical features in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a quantitative trait association study

Catherine E. Simpson, Megan Griffiths, Jun Yang, Melanie K. Nies, Dhananjay Vaidya, Stephanie Brandal, Lisa J. Martin, Michael W. Pauciulo, Katie A. Lutz, Anna W. Coleman, Eric D. Austin, D. Dunbar Ivy, William C. Nichols, Allen D. Everett, Paul M. Hassoun, Rachel L. DamicoJohns Hopkins University. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati

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Novel variants of seryl-tRNA synthetase resulting in HUPRA syndrome featured in pulmonary hypertension

Fan Yang, Dan Wang, Xuehua Zhang, Haoqin Fan, Yu Zheng, Zhenghui Xiao, Zhi Chen, Yunbin Xiao, Qiming LiuSecond Xiangya Hospital and Central South University. Hunan Children’s Hospital. Fujian Children’s Hospital and Fujian Medical University.China Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2023; DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1058569 AbstractHyperuricemia, pulmonary hypertension, and renal failure in infancy and alkalosis syndrome (HUPRA syndrome)

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Hidden cardiovascular morbidity in children and young adults born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A population-based study

Katarina Övermo Tydén, Felicia Nordenstam, Björn Frenckner, Carmen Mesas BurgosKarolinska University Hospital. Sweden Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJ Pediatr Surg 2022; 57: 510-515DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.03.028 AbstractIntroduction: Congenital diaphragmatic (CDH) hernia is a rare congenital malformation with considerable mortality and morbidity in the neonatal period. The majority of the children today survive but little is known about long term cardiovascular

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Acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) type 2, characterized by decreased high molecular weight multimers, is common in children with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH)

Ivonne Wieland, Franziska Diekmann, Julia Carlens, Laura Hinze, Katharina Lambeck, Thomas Jack, Georg HansmannHannover Medical School.Germany Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediat 2022; 10: DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1012738 AbstractBackground and objectives: Emerging evidence suggests that increased degradation of von Willebrand factor and decrease in high molecular weight multimers occurs in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, the link between acquired von

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A case of acquired von Willebrand disease in severe pediatric pulmonary hypertension contributing to bleeding following reverse Potts shunt

Rachel T. Sullivan, Clara Lo, Elisabeth Martin, Rebecca J. Kameny, Rachel K. HopperStanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12042 AbstractThe reverse Potts shunt is increasingly used as a palliative measure for end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as a means to offload the right ventricle and

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