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Classification and Predictors of Right Ventricular Functional Recovery in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Franz P. Rischard, Roberto J. Bernardo, Rebecca R. Vanderpool, Deborah H. Kwon, Tuschar Acharya, Margaret M. Park, Austin Katrynuik, Michael Insel, Saad Kubba, Roberto Badagliacca, A. Brett Larive, Robert Naeije, Joe G. N. Garcia, Gerald J. Beck, Serpil C. Erzurum, Robert P. Frantz, Paul M. Hassoun, Anna R. Hemnes, Nicholas S. Hill, Evelyn M. Horn, […]

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Frequency of acute vasodilator response (AVR) in incident and prevalent patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the pulmonary vascular disease phenomics study

Mario Naranjo, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Anna B. Hemnes, Miriam Jacob, Ankit Desai, Nicholas S. Hill, A. Brett Larive, J. Emanuel Finet, Jane Leopold, Evelyn Horn, Robert Frantz, Frans Rischard, Serpil Erzurum, Gerald Beck, Stephen C. Mathai, Paul M. HassounJohns Hopkins University. Columbia University. Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Cleveland Clinic. University of Arizona College of Medicine.

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Associated radiation exposure from medical imaging and excess lifetime risk of developing cancer in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension

Malini Mahendra, Philip Chu, Elena K. Amin, Hythem Nawaytou, James R. Duncan, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Rebecca Smith-BindmanCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California at San Francisco. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; 13DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12282 AbstractPediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) receive imaging studies that use ionizing

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Quantitative Measures of Right Ventricular Size and Function by Echocardiogram Correlate with Cardiac Catheterization Hemodynamics in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Catherine M. Avitabile, Sabrina Flohr, Leny Mathew, Yan Wang, Devon Ash, David B. Frank, Jennifer E. Tingo, Natalie E. Rintoul, Holly L. HedrickUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; 261DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113564 AbstractObjective: To evaluate associations between cardiac catheterization (cath) hemodynamics, quantitative measures of right ventricular

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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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Role of left atrial hypertension in pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Rachel T. Sullivan, Megha D. Tandel, Shazia Bhombal, Gregory T. Adamson, Derek B. Boothroyd, Michael Tracy, Amanda Moy, Rachel K. HopperVanderbilt University Medical Center. Stanford University.United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2022; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1012136 AbstractLeft atrial hypertension (LAH) may contribute to pulmonary hypertension (PH) in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Primary causes of LAH in

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Hypoplastic right lung associated with right pulmonary vein stenosis and systemic collateral

Anant Khositseth, Suvipaporn Siriporpitak, Preecha LaohakunakornRamathibodi Hospital Mahidol University.Thailand Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 76-80DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00324.x AbstractWe present a case of a 6-month-old girl diagnosed as unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis (right inferior pulmonary vein) with dextroposition of the heart, hypoplastic right lung, hypoplastic right pulmonary artery, collateral from the descending aorta supplied right lower

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Proximal pulmonary vein stenosis detection in pediatric patients: value of multiplanar and 3-D VR imaging evaluation

Edward Y. Lee, Kathy J. Jenkins, Muhammad Muneeb, Audrey C. Marshall, Donald A. Tracy, David Zurakowski, Phillip M. BoiselleBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2013; 43: 929-936DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2647-8 AbstractBackground: One of the important benefits of using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is its capability to generate high-quality two-dimensional (2-D) multiplanar (MPR) and three-dimensional

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Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography

Laura A. Drubach, Kathy J. Jenkins, Catherine Stamoulis, Edwin L. Palmer III, Edward Y. LeeBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAm J Roentgeol 2015; 205: 873-877DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13581 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of radionuclide perfusion lung scanning in the evaluation of primary pulmonary

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Real-time three dimensional CT and MRI to guide interventions for congenital heart disease and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Patcharapong Suntharos, Randolph M. Setser, Sharon Bradley-Skelton, Lourdes R. PrietoCleveland Clinic Children’s. Siemens Medical Solutions USA. United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 33: 1619-1626DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1151-x AbstractTo validate the feasibility and spatial accuracy of pre-procedural 3D images to 3D rotational fluoroscopy registration to guide interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

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