Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

Evaluation of right ventricular longitudinal strain in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

Qianjun Liu, Yuan Hu, Wenjuan Chen, Taoyue Yao, Wenfeng Li, Zhenghui Xiao, Jinqiao Liu, Yunbin XiaoHunan Children’s Hospital.China Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1189373 AbstractObjectives: We aimed to investigate the association between right ventricular longitudinal strain measured by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) and right heart catheterization data in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH).Methods: Two groups were […]

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Pulmonary hypertension secondary to partial pulmonary venous obstruction in a child with Cantu syndrome

Daisuke Kobayashi, Amanda L. Cook, Derek A. WilliamsWake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2010; 5: 727-729DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21215 AbstractWe report on an African-American male with Cantu syndrome who required a pericardial window for a significant pericardial effusion in infancy and was subsequently found to have partial pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) leading to pulmonary

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Magnetic resonance phase-shift velocity mapping in pediatric patients with pulmonary venous obstruction

Neill Videlefsky, W. James Parks, John Oshinski, Katharine L. Hopkins, Kevin M. Sullivan, Roderic I. Pettigrew, Derek FyfePediatric Cardiology Association of Atlanta.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38: 262-267DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01338-9 AbstractObjectives: This study evaluated the accuracy, advantages and clinical efficacy of magnetic resonance (MR) phase-shift velocity mapping, in delineating the

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Long-term results after surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection–hemodynamic evaluation of pulmonary venous obstruction with isoproterenol infusion

Hidetoshi Fujino, Makoto Nakazawa, Kazuo Momma, Yasuharu ImaiTokyo Women’s Medical College.Japan Japan Circulation JournalJpn Circ J 1995; 59: 198-204DOI: 10.1253/jcj.59.198 AbstractTo evaluate late pulmonary venous obstruction following surgical repair in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, which may be disclosed at high cardiac output but not at rest, a hemodynamic study was performed using isoproterenol

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Visualization of pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary artery wedge injection and documentation by pressure tracings: report of one case with persistent wheezing following correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Meng-Luen Lee, Jou-Kou Wang, Hung-Chi LueNational Taiwan University Hospital.Taiwan International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1995; 49: 167-172DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02277-4 AbstractA 21-month-old boy presented with persistent wheezing 16.5 months after cardiac surgery for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. He had presented at birth with cyanosis and at the age of 25 days, underwent initial cardiac surgery

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Congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Larry A. Latson, Lourdes R. PrietoCleveland Clinic FoundationUnited States CirculationCirculation 2007; 115: 103-108DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.646166 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionSurgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive TestingDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive TestingReview Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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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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