Animal Models of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Therapy

Losartan ameliorates “upstream” pulmonary vein vasculopathy in a piglet model of pulmonary vein stenosis

Jiaquan Zhu, HarukiIde, Yaqin Yana Fu, Anouk-Martine Teichert, Hideyuki Kato, Richard D. Weisel, Jason T. Maynes, John G. Coles, Christopher A. CaldaroneThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Toronto General Hospital. Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 148: 2550-2557DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.050 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a relentless disease with […]

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Pulmonary vein stenosis and the pathophysiology of “upstream” pulmonary veins

Hideyuki Kato, Yaqin Yana Fu, Jiaquan Zhu, Shabana Aafaqi, Otto Rahkonen, Cameron Slorach, Alexandra Traister, Chung Ho Leung, David Chiasson, Luc Mertens, Lee Benson, Richard D. Weisel, Boris Hinz, Jason T. Maynes, John G. Coles, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Toronto General Hospital. Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ

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Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease causes intrapulmonary venous arterialization in rats

Yoshitaka Fujimoto, Takashi Urashima, Fumie Kawachi, Toru Akaike, Yoichiro Kusakari, Hiroyuki Ida, Susumu MinamisawaJikei University School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovas Surg 2017; 154: 1742-1753DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.053 AbstractObjective: A rat model of left atrial stenosis-associated pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases was prepared to elucidate its mechanism.Methods: Five-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided

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Knockdown of miR-203a-3p alleviates the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia partly via the up-regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor A

Hanrong Cheng, Li Chen, Yongli Wei, Tianyong Hu, Dongcai Li, Benqing WuShenzhen People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College of Jinan University and First Affiliated Hospital of Southern University of Science and Technology. Longgang ENT Hospital.University of Chinese Academy of Science-Shenzhen Hospital.China Journal of Bioenergetics and BiomembranesJ Bioenerg Biomembr 2021; 53: 13-23DOI: 10.1007/s10863-020-09863-3 AbstractBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)

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Preliminary testing and evaluation of the renata minima stent, an infant stent capable of achieving adult dimensions

Evan M. Zahn, Eason Abbott, Neil Tailor, Shyam Sathanandam, Dustin ArmerCedars Sinai Medical Center. Renata Medical Company. Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. LeBonheur Children’s Hospital.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 98: 117-127DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29706 AbstractObjectives: This study sought to obtain in vivo data on a new stent and delivery system specifically designed for implantation in infants

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Accelerated Estimation of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Pressure Gradients with Distributed Lumped Parameter Modeling vs. 3D CFD with Instantaneous Adaptive Mesh Refinement: Experimental Validation in Swine

Ryan Pewowaruk, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán-AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin.United States Annals of Biomedical EngineeringAnn Biomed Eng 2021; 49: 2365-2376DOI: 10.1007/s10439-021-02780-5 AbstractBranch pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) commonly occurs in congenital heart disease and the pressure gradient over a stenotic PA lesion is an important marker for re-intervention. Image based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has shown promise for non-invasively

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Stent interventions for pulmonary artery stenosis improve bi-ventricular flow efficiency in a swine model

Ryan J. Pewowaruk, Gregory P. Barton, Cody Johnson, J. Carter Ralphe, Christopher J. Francois, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán‑AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2021; 13: DOI: 10.1186/s12968-021-00709-4 AbstractBackground: Branch pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis (PAS) commonly occurs in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Prior studies have documented technical success and clinical

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Longitudinal Evolution of Pulmonary Artery Wall Shear Stress in a Swine Model of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis and Stent Interventions

Ryan Pewowaruk, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán-AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin. United States Annals of Biomedical EngineeringAnn Biomed Eng 2021; 49: 1477-1492DOI: 10.1007/s10439-020-02696-6 AbstractBranch pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) commonly occurs in congenital heart disease and it has previously been hypothesized that in branch PAS the pulmonary arteries (PAs) remodel their lumen diameter to maintain constant wall shear stress (WSS).

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Non-invasive MRI Derived Hemodynamic Simulation to Predict Successful vs. Unsuccessful Catheter Interventions for Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis: Proof-of-Concept and Experimental Validation in Swine

Ryan Pewowaruk, J. Carter Ralphe, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán-AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin. William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital. United States Cardiovascular Engineering and TechnologyCardiovasc Eng Technol 2021; 12: 494-504DOI: 10.1007/s13239-021-00543-w AbstractObjective: This study assessed the ability of hemodynamic simulations to predict the success of catheter interventions in a swine model of branch pulmonary artery stenosis (bPAS).Background: bPAS commonly occurs

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SOX17 Enhancer Variants Disrupt Transcription Factor Binding And Enhancer Inactivity Drives Pulmonary Hypertension

Rachel Walters, Eleni Vasilaki, Jurjan Aman, Chien-Nien Chen, Yukyee Wu, Olin D. Liang, Ali Ashek, Olivier Dubois, Lin Zhao, Farah Sabrin, Inês Cebola, Jorge Ferrer, Nicholas W. Morrell, James R. Klinger, Martin R. Wilkins, Lan Zhao, Christopher J. RhodesHammersmith Hospital and Imperial College. Amsterdam University Medical Center. Rhode Island Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School

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