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Pregnancy and delivery after percutaneous embolization with a combination of microvascular plugs and hydrogel-coated coils for unilateral diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations: a case report

Kayo Ogino, Tomohiro Hayashi, Kenji Waki, Masanobu OhyaKurashiki Central Hospital.Japan European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2023; 7:DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad468 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal communications between the pulmonary arteries and veins; right-to-left shunts can cause hypoxaemia, emboli to systemic circulation, and brain abscesses. Cyanosis during pregnancy may increase the probability of premature […]

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Prevalence and Predictors of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Capillary-Malformation Arteriovenous Malformation Syndrome Among Children with Neurovascular Malformations

Elissa R. Engel, Katie Wusik, Philip Bright, Sudhakar Vadivelu, J. Michael Taylor, Adrienne HammelUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. University of Kentucky College of Medicine.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113761 AbstractObjective: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and capillary-malformation arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM) syndrome

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Longitudinal Assessment of Curaçao Criteria in Children with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Mordechai Pollak, Dvir Gatt, Michelle Shaw, Sheryl Hewko, Anthony Lamanna, Sara Santos, Felix RatjenHospital for Sick Children and Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital.Canada Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113665 AbstractObjective: To assess the utility of the Curaçao criteria by age over time in children with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT).Study design: This was a single-center, retrospective analysis of patients

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Effective long-term sirolimus treatment in hypoxemia mainly due to intrapulmonary right-to-left shunt in a patient with multiple vascular anomalies

Jinrong Liu, Xiaomin Duan, Jie Yin, Haiming Yang, Ruxuan He, Shunying ZhaoBeijing Children’s Hospital, National Center for Children’s Health and Capital Medical University.China Orphanet Journal of Rare DiseasesOrphanet J Rare Dis 2023; 18:DOI: 10.1186/s13023-023-02732-3 AbstractPulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs), particularly where feeding artery/arteries to PAVMs ≥ 3 mm can be treated with embolization. The treatment for hypoxemia

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A hypothesis: Potential contributions of metals to the pathogenesis of pulmonary artery hypertension

C. Danielle Hopkins, Caitlin Wessel, Oscar Chen, Karim El-Hersh, Dakotah Cathey, Matthew C. Cave, Lu Cai, Jiapeng HuangUniversity of Louisville School of Medicine. University of Nebraska Medical Center. United States Life SciencesLife Sci 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2023.122289 AbstractPulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) as the group I of give pulmonary hypertension is characterized by vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling resulting

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A Review of Serotonin in the Developing Lung and Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension

Jamie L. Archambault, Cassidy A. DelaneyUniversity of Colorado.United States BiomedicinesBiomedicines 2023; 11: DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11113049 AbstractSerotonin (5-HT) is a bioamine that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The lung serves as an important site of 5-HT synthesis, uptake, and metabolism with signaling primarily regulated by tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), the 5-HT transporter (SERT), and

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Reassessing the role of milrinone in the treatment of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension in neonates and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Felipe Yu Matsushita, Vera Lúcia Jornada Krebs, Carolina Vieira de Campos, Paula Vieira de Vincenzi Gaiolla, Werther Brunow de CarvalhoUniversity of São Paulo. Hospital Samaritano. Brazil European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05342-0 AbstractTo evaluate milrinone’s impact on pediatric cardiac function, focusing on its specific role as an inotrope and lusitrope, while considering its

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Unilateral Absent Pulmonary Artery in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Systematic Literature Review

Lauren Marie Kucirka, Shivani Desai, Barbara LeVarge, Jamie L. Conklin, M. Elisabeth Leong, Johanna Quist-Nelsonniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.United States American Journal of PerinatologyAm J Perinatol 2023; DOI: 10.1055/a-2217-0241 AbstractObjective: Unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare congenital malformation associated with hemoptysis, pulmonary hypertension, and infection. Little is known about the impact on pregnancy

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Thrombotic Microangiopathy After Hematopoietic Stem Cell and Solid Organ Transplantation: A Review for Intensive Care Physicians

Sanober Nusrat, Hugh Davis, Kira MacDougall, James N. George, Ryotaro Nakamura, Azra BorogovacUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. City of Hope. United States Journal of Intensive Care MedicineJ Intensive Care Med 2023; DOI: 10.1177/08850666231200193 AbstractIntensive care physicians may assume the primary care of patients with transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA), an uncommon but potentially critical complication of

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Reduced FOXF1 links unrepaired DNA damage to pulmonary arterial hypertension

Sarasa Isobe, Ramesh V. Nair, Helen Y. Kang, Lingli Wang, Jan-Renier Moonen, Tsutomu Shinohara, Aiqin Cao1, Shalina Taylor, Shoichiro Otsuki, David P. Marciano, Rebecca L. Harper, Mir S. Adil, Chongyang Zhang, Mauro Lago-Docampo, Jakob Körbelin, Jesse M. Engreitz, Michael P. Snyder, Marlene RabinovitchLucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. University Medical Center

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