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Factors affecting length of stay according to bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity: a nationwide cohort study in Korea

Hye Mi Lee, Jeongmin Shin, Sae Yun Kim, So Young KimThe Catholic University of Korea. Republic of Korea World Journal of PediatricsWorld J Pediatr 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s12519-023-00794-8 AbstractBackground: Longer hospitalizations for preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) delay developmental outcomes, increase the risk for hospital-acquired complications, and exert a substantial socioeconomic burden. This study aimed to identify factors […]

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[Risks of magistral preparations in pediatrics]

Charlotte Rosen, Caroline Jacqmart, Corinne Charlier, Maurice Beghetti, Marie-Christine SeghayeCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège. Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève.Belgium and Switzerland Revue Medicale de LiegeRev Med Liege 2024; 79: 104-109DOI: Not Available AbstractVasoreactive pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in children is a form of idiopathic PAH that responds to vasoreactive testing with nitric oxide (NO) by a

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Intentional longitudinal and side-cell stent fractures: Intermediate term follow up

Hitesh Agrawal, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri JustinoTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 91: 1110-1118DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27469 AbstractBackground: Use of small diameter stents in young children and jailing of side branches pose significant challenges to future re-interventions. We sought to assess the capacity to induce longitudinal fractures in undersized

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid direct

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Computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction for pulmony venous definition in high-risk infants with congenital heart disease

Russel Hirsch, William Gottliebson, Eric Crotty, Robert Fleck, Janet StrifeCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2006; 1: 104-110DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00016.x AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous anomalies may be difficult to define in small, critically ill infants using standard echocardiography. In many centers, invasive cardiac catheterization is used if the diagnosis remains

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Mechanism of pulmonary vein stenosis in infants with normally connected veins

Iran M. Sadr, Puay E. Tan, Mark W. Kieran, Kathy J. JenkinsChildren’s Hospital, Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2000; 86: 577-579DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01022-5 AbstractWe used microscopy, immunohistochemistry, and cell culture to identify the mechanism of restenosis in 4 infants with isolated pulmonary vein stenosis. Recurrent obstruction appears to be due to myofibroblastic proliferation in

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Intra-Amniotic Sildenafil and Rosiglitazone Late in Gestation Ameliorate the Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotype in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Shino Yoshida, Olivia Eichelberger, Michael Ulis, Alexander M. Kreger, George K. Gittes, Joseph T. ChurchUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. University of Michigan Medical School.United States Pediatric SurgeryPediatr Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.01.010 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension remains difficult to manage in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Prenatal therapy may ameliorate postnatal pulmonary hypertension. We

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First locus for primary pulmonary vein stenosis maps to chromosome 2q

Ingrid van de Laar, Marja Wessels, Ingrid Frohn-Mulder, Michiel Dalinghaus, Bianca de Graaf, Marianne van Tienhoven, Paul van der Moer, Margreet Husen-Ebbinge, Maarten Lequin, Dennis Dooijes, Ronald de Krijger, Ben A. Oostra, Aida M. Bertoli-AvellaErasmus Medical Center. Medical Center Rijnmond-Zuid. Netherlands European Heart JournalEur Heart J 2009; 30: 2485–2492DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp271 AbstractAims: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is

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Younger age at initiation of subcutaneous treprostinil is associated with better response in pediatric Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension

Justin J. Kochanski, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Michelle Ogawa, Victor Ritter, Rachel K. Hopper, Gregory T. AdamsonStanford University School of Medicine.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2024; DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12328 AbstractChildren with severe Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have an unpredictable response to subcutaneous treprostinil (TRE) therapy, which may be influenced by age, disease severity, or other unknown

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Novel use of the double kissing crush technique to stent complex pulmonary artery stenosis in a child with Alagille syndrome

Danielle D. Strah, Riley D. Hellinger, Kwan S. Lee, Michael D. SeckelerUniversity of Arizona. Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2023; 6: 290-292DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_60_23 AbstractCoronary bifurcation lesions and treatment with two-stent techniques have been developed, including the double kissing (DK) crush technique. The use of this technique in children or noncoronary vessels,

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