Class 1. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Liver Disease

Pulmonary vascular complications of cirrhosis: hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension

Maïté Verstraeten, Sander Lefere, Sarah RaevensGhent University Hospital and Ghent University.Belgium Acta Clinica BelgicaActa Clin Belg 2025; DOI: 10.1080/17843286.2025.2456697 AbstractHepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and portopulmonary hypertension (POPH) are two distinct pulmonary vascular complications seen in patients with liver disease and/or portal hypertension. HPS is characterized by disturbed gas exchange and hypoxemia because of intrapulmonary vascular dilatations. POPH […]

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Novel Staged Device Occlusion of Portosystemic Shunt With Atrial Flow Regulator in IVC Stent Platform

Seán T. Kelleher, Kevin P. Walsh, Damien Kenny, Emer Fitzpatrick, Elchanan Bruckheimer, S. Murthy Chennapragada, Pradeep Govender, Philip A. RobertsChildren’s Health Ireland at Crumlin. Schneider Children’s Medical Centre of Israel. Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Tallaght University Hospital.Ireland, Israel and Australia Journal of the American Colege of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29: DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102340 AbstractWe

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Impact of Portal Flow on the Prognosis of Children With Congenital Portosystemic Shunt: A Multicentric Observation Study in Japan

Hajime Uchida, Masato Shinkai, Hiroomi Okuyama, Takehisa Ueno, Mikihiro Inoue, Toshihiro Yasui, Eiso Hiyama, Sho Kurihara, Yasunasru, Sakuma, Yukihiro Sanada, Akinobu, Taketomi, Shohei Honda, Motoshi Wada, Ryo Ando, Jun Fujishiro, Mariko Yoshida, Yohei Yamada, Hiroo Uchida, Takahisa Tainaka, Mureo Kasahara, Japanese Society of Pediatric Splenology PortalvenologyNational Center for Child Health and Development. Kanagawa Children’s Medical

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The multisystem nature of isomerism: left isomerism complicated by Abernethy malformation and portopulmonary hypertension

Megan L. Ringle, Rohit Loomba, John C. Dykes, Danyal Khan, David Schidlow, Gil WernovskyLucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. Advocate Children’s Hospital and Chicago Medical School. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Children’s National Hospital.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 532-540DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121000809 AbstractIsomerism, also referred

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Expert management of congenital portosystemic shunts and their complications

Valérie Anne McLin, Stéphanie Franchi-Abella, Timothée Brütsch, Atessa Bahadori, Valeria Casotti, Jeande Villede Goyet, Grégoire Dumery, Emmanuel Gonzales, Florent Guérin, Sebastien Hascoet, Nigel Heaton, Béatrice Kuhlmann, Frédéric Lador, Virginie Lambert, Paolo Marra, Aurélie Plessier, Alberto Quaglia, Anne-Laure Rougemont, Laurent Savale, Moinak Sen Sarma, Olivier Sitbon, Riccardo Antonio Superina, Hajime Uchida, Mirjamvan Albada, Hubert Petrus Johannes

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Trans-catheter closure of an unusual type of Abernethy malformation in a child presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension

Santosh Wadile, Ashishkumar Banpurkar, Snehal KulkarniSri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Centre for Child Heart Care and Training in Pediatric Cardiac Skills.India Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023;DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123004006 AbstractAbernethy malformation is a congenital extra-hepatic porto-systemic shunt. This malformation is characterized by an abnormal connection between the portal vein or its branches and one of the systemic veins.

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Human liver single nuclear RNA sequencing implicates BMPR2, GDF15, arginine, and estrogen in portopulmonary hypertension

Arun Jose, Jean M. Elwing, Steven M. Kawut, Michael W. Pauciulo, Kenneth E. Sherman, William C. Nichols, Michael B. Fallon, Francis X. McCormackUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Perelman School at the University of Pennsylvania. University of Arizona. United States Communications BiologyCommun Biol 2023; 6DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05193-3 AbstractPortopulmonary hypertension (PoPH) is

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Paediatric porto-sinusoidal vascular disease: Two different clinical phenotypes with subtle histological differences

Angelo Di Georgio, Lorenza Matarazzo, Aurelio Sonzogni, Emanuele Nicastro, Andrea Pietrobattista, Mara Cananzi, PAola Gaio, Marco Sciveres, Grazia Di Leo, Raffaele, Iorio, Antonio Marseglia, Greta Carioli, Giuseppe Maggiore, Maria Guido, Lorenzo D’AntigaHospital Papa Giovanni XXIII. IRCCS Bambino Gesù, Pediatric Hospital. University Hospital of Padova.  Istituto Mediterraneo per i Trapianti e Terapie. IRCCS Burlo Garofolo. University

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Abernethy Malformation: Possible Diagnosis for Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Persistent Cyanosis

Marilia Maroneze Brun, Mariana Rodero Cardoso, Bruna Cury Borim, Carlos Henrique De Marchi, Ulisses Alexandre CrotiHospital da Criança e Maternidade de São José do Rio Preto.Brazil Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryBraz J Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 38: 300-304DOI: 10.21470/1678-9741-2022-0110 AbstractClinical data: Infant, nine months of age, female, diagnosed with congenital heart disease, with signs of heart failure associated

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Congenital Portosystemic Shunts in Children: Associations, Complications, and Outcomes

Frank DiPaola, Andrew T. Trout, Ashley E. Walther, Anita Gupta, Rachel Sheridan, Kathleen M. Campbell, Greg Tiao, Jorge A. Bezerra, Kevin E. Bove, Manish Patel, Jaimie D. NathanC.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.United States Digestive Diseases and SciencesDig Dis Sci 2020; 65: 1239-1251DOI: 10.1007/s10620-019-05834-w

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