Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Can Underestimate Direct Pulmonary Vein Pressure in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ari J. Gartenberg, Michael L. O’Byrne, MD, Ella B. Leeth, Jessica Tang, Mudit Gupta, Jonathan J. Rome, Ryan CallahanChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2024; 3: DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2024.101350 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) can […]

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Hemodynamic Monitoring of Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Using CardioMEMS

Carlos Labrandero, Lucía Deiros, Cesar Abelleira, Viviana Arreo, Enrique J. Balbacid, Federico Gutierrez-LarrayaHospital Universitario La Paz.Spain Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2024; 3: DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2024.101933 AbstractBackground: The CardioMEMS is an implantable device for hemodynamic monitoring approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with heart failure.

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Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary arterial and right atrial pressures in children with congenital heart disease: a comprehensive prospective study and introduction of novel equations

Elaheh Malakan Rad, Reza Elhamian, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Reza Shabanian, Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam, Mohamad Taghi Majnoon, Aliakbar ZeinalooChildren’s Medical Center and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Iran Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingJ Cardiovasc Imag 2024; 32: DOI: 10.1186/s44348-024-00023-4 AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure exceeding 20 mmHg. There is limited research on

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Circulating High Mobility Group Box-1 Does Not Predict Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study

Bruno Caracci, Carolyne Pehora, Lee Benson, Benjamin E. Steinberg, Neil M. Goldenberg, Katherine TaylorHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Canada Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiologyJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesthesiol 2024; DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.07.020 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating complication of pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD). A recent study has identified the protein high

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Non-invasive prediction of pulmonary vascular disease-related exercise intolerance and survival in non-group 1 pulmonary hypertension

Yogesh N. V. Reddy, Hilary Dubrock, Paul M. Hassoun, Anna Hemnes, Evelyn Horn, Jane A. Leopold, Franz Rischard, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Nicholas S. Hill, Serpil C. Erzurum, Gerald J. Beck, Stephen C. Mathai, Monica Mukherjee, W. H. Wilson Tang, Barry A. Borlaug, Robert P. Frantz and the PVDOMICS Study GroupMayo Clinic. Johns Hopkins University. Vanderbilt

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Feasibility of Treat and Repair Strategy in Congenital Heart Defects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Satoshi Akagi, Shingo Kasahara, Teiji Akagi, Kentaro Ejiri, Toshiharu Mitsuhashi, Koji Nakagawa, Kazufumi Nakamura, Hiroshi ItoOkayama University Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Okayama University Hospital.Japan and United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology AdvancesJACC Adv 2024; 3:DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2024.100887 AbstractBackground: A treatment strategy for congenital heart defects

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Timely PAH Identification in Adults With Repaired Congenital Heart Disease? The ACHD-QuERI Registry Insights

Michael J. Landzberg, Curt J. Daniels, Paul Forfia, Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Karimah S. Bell Lynum, Mona Selej, Alexander R. OpotowskyHarvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Temple University Hospital. University of Michigan Medical Center. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

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Demographic, hemodynamic characteristics, and therapeutic trends of pulmonary hypertension patients: The Pulmonary Hypertension Mexican registry (REMEHIP)

Carlos Jerjes‐Sánchez, Alicia Ramírez‐Rivera, Nayeli Zayas Hernandez, Guillermo Cueto Robledo, Humberto García‐Aguilar, Pedro Gutiérrez‐Fajardo, Mario Seoane García de León, Francisco Moreno Hoyos‐Abril, Miguel Ernesto Beltrán Gámez, Jose Elizalde, Tomás Pulido Fccp, Julio Sandoval, The REMEHIP InvestigatorsEscuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud Monterey. TecSalud San Pedro Garza Garcia. Unidad de Investigación Clínica en Medicina S.C.

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Viscosity Corrected Pulmonary Resistance Index in Paediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Zhouyuan Xu, Qiangqiang Li, Chen Zhang, Qiang Wang, Hong Gu, Yihua HeBeijing An Zhen Hospital. China American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAm J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202401-0234LE AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater

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Elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, higher blood pressure, and lower cardiac index in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Cathereine M. Avitable, Xuemei Zhang, Steve Ampah, Yan Wang, Devon Ash, Kathleen Nilan, Jennifer E. Tingo, David B. Frank, Erik A. Jensen, Krithika Lingappan, Kathleen A. GibbsThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. United States Internation Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132246 AbstractBackground: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction

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