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Successful treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a 2-month-old female infant with incontinentia pigmenti: A case report

Marta Marcia, Paola Coppo, Giuseppe Alberto Annoni, Gaetana Ferraro, Gabriella Agnoletti, Giuseppe Antonio MazzaCity of Health and Science Hospital.Italy Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2023; 16: 297-300DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_75_23 AbstractIncontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare X-linked dominant neuroectodermal dysplasia affecting almost exclusively females. It is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide […]

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Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

Michael W. Cookson, John P. KinsellaUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 95-111DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.001 AbstractPivotal trials investigating the use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) in the 1990s led to approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999. Inhaled nitric oxide is the only approved

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Oxygen Targets in Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Individualized, “Precision-Medicine” Approach

Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Steven H. AbmanUniversity of California, Davis Children’s Hospital. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 77-94DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.12.003 AbstractOxygen is a specific pulmonary vasodilator. Hypoxemia causes pulmonary vasoconstriction, and normoxia leads to pulmonary vasodilation. However, hyperoxia does not enhance pulmonary vasodilation but causes oxidative stress. There are no clinical

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Randomized Controlled Trials of Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy Adjunctive to Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: A Systematic Review

Kristen Coletti, K. Taylor Wild, Elizabeth E. Foglia, Suzan Cochius-den Otter, Haresh KirpalaniChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania. Erasmus MC University Medical Center.United States and Netherlands Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 253-269DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.009 AbstractInhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a pulmonary vasodilator considered standard of care to treat persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

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Targeted Therapies for Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Beyond Nitric Oxide

Jeanne Carroll, Rohit Rao, Robin H. SteinhornUniversity of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital. United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 113-126DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.008 AbstractPulmonary hypertension in the neonatal population can be acute or chronic and carries significant risk for morbidity and mortality. It can be idiopathic but more often is associated with comorbid pulmonary

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Recurrent Syncope Unveiling Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Thrombi in a Pediatric Patient

Dina AlkhateebAltamimi, Karim Khalidi, Rima Khasawneh, Abdulhadi Alzaben, Khaled SalaymehAl Khalidi Hospital. Yarmouk University. Jordan CureusCureus 2024; 16DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51812 AbstractWe present a case of a nine-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent syncope and was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to pulmonary artery thrombi in the context of anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS). Extensive investigations including

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes

Eric N. Feins, Christina Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mariana Chávez, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Christopher W. BairdBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 2198-2207DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.10.022 AbstractObjective: The study objective was to evaluate outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis repair in a large single-center cohort.Methods: Clinical data from

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Sildenafil in Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Friend or Foe?

Irina Branescu, Simona Vladareanu, Sandeep Shetty, Dragos Ovidiu Alexandru, Anay, KulkarniCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. St. George’s University Hospital. University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova. Royal Brompton Hospital.Romania and United Kingdom Current Health Sciences JournalCurr Health Sci J 2023; 49: 319-324DOI: 10.12865/CHSJ.49.03.03 AbstractIntroduction: Sildenafil is a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor used to treat pulmonary hypertension, although

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Rescuing lung development through embryonic inhibition of histone acetylation

Giangela Stokes, Zhuowei Li, Nicole Talaba, William Genthe, Maria B. Brix, Betty Pham, Mark D. Weihold, Gracia Sandok, Rebecca Hernan, Julia Wynn, Haiyang Tang, Diana M. Tabima, Allison Rodgers, Timothy A. Hacker, Naomi C. Chesler, Pan Zhang, Rabi Murad, Jason X.-J. Yuan, Yufeng Shen, Wendy K. Chung, David J. McCulleyUniversity of California, San Diego. University

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Short term effect of intravenous treprostinil in term and preterm infants with pulmonary hypertension

Yoo-Jin Kim, Seung Han Shin, Ee-Kyung Kim, Han-Suk KimChung-buk National University Hospital. Seoul National University College of Medicine. Seoul National University Children’s Hospital. Republic of Korea BioMed Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2024; 23:DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04501-4 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening condition in newborns. We aimed to assess the clinical and echocardiographic responses of term and preterm infants

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