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Ventricular global function index is associated with clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Hieu T. Ta, Paul J. Critser, Michal Schäfer, Nicholas J. Ollberding, Michael D. Taylor, Michael V. Di Maria, Russel Hirsch, D. Dunbar Ivy, Benjamin S. FrankCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati. University of Colorado. United States Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magnet Reson 2023; 25DOI: 10.1186/s12968-023-00947-8 AbstractBackground: Multiple right ventricular (RV) metrics have […]

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Histologic features and decreased lung FOXF1 gene expression in severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia without a genetic diagnosis of alveolar capillary dysplasia

Csaba Galambos, J. Wells Logan, Pawel Stankiewicz, Przemyslaw Szafranski, Carol Zalles, Jose Gonzales, Sfurti Nath, Shalinkumar Patel, Steven H. AbmanUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine. Wolfson Children’s Hospital and the University of Florida College of Medicine. Baylor College of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26571 AbstractWe report the case of a preterm infant

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Reverse Potts for the Treatment of Severe Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension in Children

Marcelo Frederigue de Castro, Edmundo Clarindo Oliveira, Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes, Carla de Oliveira, Maria Gabriela Costa de Almeida, Jose Augusto Almeida BarbosaHospital Vila da Serra. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Hospital Felicio Rocho.Brazil Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryBraz J Cardiovasc Surg 2023; DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0320 AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare and progressive disease with

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Cost-utility of ambrisentan and bosentan for pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension

Jefferson Antonio Buendia, Diana Guerrero Patino, Erika Fernanda LindarteUniversity of Antioquia. University of Oxford. Columbia and United Kingdom Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes ResearchExpert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2023; DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2023.2233698 AbstractIntroduction: Despite the increasing evidence supporting the efficacy of ambrisentan and bosentan in improving functional classes among pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), there

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Case report: Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis and Kommerell’s diverticulum in 1-year old girl

Valdone Miseviciene, Gintare Liakaite, Jurgita Zaveckiene, Ausra SnipaitieneLithuanian University of Health Sciences.Lithuania Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1212341 AbstractBackground: Unilateral pulmonary artery agenesis (UPAA) and Kommerell’s diverticulum (KD) are two rare embryologically unrelated congenital vascular malformations rarely diagnosed in children. This is the first report of our knowledge of the unique combination for a child as

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Evaluation of the diagnostic and prognostic potential of optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the pulmonary arteries during standardised right heart catheterisation in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a cross-sectional single-centre experience

Emilie Zeiger, André Jakob, Robert Dalla Pozza, Markus Fischer, Anja Tengler, Sarah M. Ulrich, Leonie Arnold, Constance G. Weismann, Ingram Schulze-Neick, Nikolaus A. Haas, Joseph PattathuUniversity Hospital and Ludwig-Maximilians-University. Lund University and Skåne University Hospital.Germany and Sweden Cardiovascular Diagnosis and TherapyCardiovasc Diagn Ther 2023; 13: 453-464DOI: 10.21037/cdt-22-421 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is diagnosed based on an invasive

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Outcomes and characteristics of cardiac arrest in children with pulmonary hypertension: A secondary analysis of the ICU-RESUS clinical trial

Ryan W. Morgan, Ron W. Reeder, Tageldin Ahmed, Michael J. Bell, John T. Berger, Robert Bishop, Matthew Bochkoris, Candice Burns, Joseph A. Carcillo, Todd C. Carpenter, J. Michael Dean, J. Wesley Diddle. Myke Federman, Richard Fernandez, Erika L. Fink, Deborah Franzon, Aisha H. Frazier, Stuart H. Friess, Kathryn Graham, Mark Hall, David A. Hehir, Adam

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Severity of preterm birth and the risk of pulmonary hypertension in childhood: A population-based cohort study in Sweden

Hanna Carr, Anna Gunnerbeck, Peter Eisenlauer, Stefan Johansson, Sven Cnattingius, Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Anna-Karin Edstedt BonamyKarolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital. Södersjukhuset. Örebro University Hospital.Sweden Pediatric and Perinatal EpidemiologyPediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2023; DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12997 AbstractBackground: Preterm birth (<37 completed gestational weeks) has been linked to pulmonary hypertension (PH), but the relationship to severity of preterm birth has

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The eNAMPT/TLR4 inflammatory cascade drives the severity of intra-amniotic inflammation in pregnancy and predicts infant outcomes

Mohamed Ahmed, Nancy G. Casanova, Nahla Zaghloul, Akash Gupta, Marisela Rodriguez, Ian R. Robbins, Carrie L. Kempf, Xiaoguang Sun, Jin H. Song, Vivian Reyes Hernon, Saad Sammani, Sara M. Camp, Alvaro Moreira, Chaur-Dong Hsu, Joe G. N. GarciaUniversity of Arizona Health Sciences. UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine. United States Frontiers in PhysiologyFront

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Low incidence of pulmonary hypertension in children with suspected obstructive sleep apnea: A prospective observational study

Khadar A. Omer, Raphael Mlauzi, Wisdom Basera, Jessica McGuire, Heidi Meyer, John Lawrenson, Shazia Peer, Yanita Singh, Marco ZampoliUniversity of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.South Africa International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyInt J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111648 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an uncommon but serious perioperative

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