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Custom-Fenestrated Atrial Septal Occluder Devices in Borderline Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension or Restrictive Left Ventricular Physiology

Pramod Sagar, Puthiyedath Thesajwi, Muthusangaiah Karthikeyan, Kothandam SivakumarMadras Medical Mission.India Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2026; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.70455 AbstractBackground: Operability of patients with atrial septal defects (ASD) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is guided by various hemodynamic parameters obtained after acute vasodilator testing (AVT). Fenestrated closure is suggested in gray-zone of operability as well as restrictive […]

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Genetic Predisposition to High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema

Christina A. Eichstaedt, Heimo Mairbäurl, Jie Song, Nicola Benjamin, Christine Fischer, Christoph Dehnert, Kai Schommer, Marc M. Berger, Peter Bärtsch, Ekkehard Grünig, Katrin HinderhoferUniversity Hospital Heidelberg and Heidelberg University. Second Xiangya Hospital and Central South University. Medbase Checkup Center. University Hospital Salzburg and Paracelsus Medical University.Germany, China, Switzerland and Austria High Altitude Medicine and BiologyHigh Alt Med Biol 2020; 21: 28-36DOI: 10.1089/ham.2019.0083 AbstractBackground: Exaggerated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a hallmark of high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE).

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Mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC): a new biomarker for high-altitude pulmonary edema in the Ecuadorian Andes

Karen Sánchez, Lenin Ramírez‑Cando, Wilfre Machado, AnitaVillafuerte, Santiago BallazYachay University for Experimental Technology and Research. Hospital Claudio Benati. Universidad Espíritu Santo.Ecuador Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25040-5 AbstractAscent to high altitude (> 3000 m height above sea level or m.a.s.l) exposes people to hypobaric atmospheric pressure and hypoxemia, which provokes mountain sickness and whose symptoms

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Elevated Perspectives: Unraveling Cardiovascular Dynamics in High-Altitude Realms

Kanishk Aggarwal, Mayur Srinivas Pathan, Mayank Dhalani, Inder P. Kaur, Fnu Anamika, Vasu Gupta, Dilip Kumar Jayaraman, Rohit JainDayanand Medical College. Avalon University School of Medicine. GMERS Medical College & Hospital. University of Mississippi Medical Center. University College of Medical Sciences. Main Line Health. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.India, Curacao and United States

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High-altitude pulmonary edema in children

Ralph C. Frates Jr, Gunyon M. Harrison, George A. EdwardsBaylor Collegeof Medicine and the Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research.United States American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAm J Dis Child 1977; 131: 687-689DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1977.02120190081018 AbstractA 15-year-old boy with recurrent high-altitude pulmonary edema had previously been mistakenly treated for asthma and pneumonia. Clinical manifestations of this disorder,

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High-altitude pulmonary edema in the children and young adults of Leadville, Colorado

Charles H. Scoggin, Thomas M. Hyers, John T. Reeves, Robert F. GroverUniversity of Colorado Medical Center. United States New England Journal of MedicineN Engl J Med 1977; 297: 1269-1272DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197712082972309 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryHigh Altitude Pulmonary Edema Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication Article

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Pulmonary hypertension in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis during acute pulmonary exacerbations: prevalence and associated factors

Zahra Roshanzamir, Fatemeh Mohammadi, Rohola ShirzadiNamazi Hospital and Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Children’s Medical Center and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Iran BioMedical Central Pulmonary MedicineBMC Pulm Med 2026; DOI: 10.1186/s12890-025-04095-w AbstractBackground: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a multi-organ disorder in which respiratory complications account for the majority of its cause of mortality. This study aimed to investigate

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High altitude pulmonary edema. Epidemiologic observations in Peru

Herbert N. Hultgren, Emilio A. MarticorenaStanford University School of Medicine and Veterans Administration Hospital. San Marcos University and Chulec General Hospital.United States and Peru ChestChest 1978; 74: 372-376DOI: 10.1016/S0012-3692(15)37380-3 AbstractThe incidence of high altitude pulmonary edema was examined by a survey (via questionnaire) of residents living at 3,750 meters (12,303 feet) in the mining community of

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High-altitude pulmonary edema with absent right pulmonary artery

Billy Rios, David J. Driscoll, Dan G. McNamaraTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor Cllege of Medicine.United States PediatricsPediatrics 1985; 75: 314-317DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.75.2.314 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema potentially is fatal. Adults with unilateral absence of a right pulmonary artery are particularly susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema. The occurrence of high-altitude pulmonary edema was documented in a child with

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Physical adaptation of children to life at high altitude

K. De Meer, H. S. A. Heymans, W. G. ZijlstraUniversity Children’s Hospital Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis. Beatrix Children’s Clinic and University Hospital Groningen.Netherlands European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 1995; 154: 263–272DOI: Not Availanble AbstractChildren permanently exposed to hypoxia at altitudes of > 3000 m above sea level show a phenotypical form of adaptation. Under these

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