Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

Monitoring of Hemodynamics With Right Heart Catheterization in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Julien Grynblat, Sophie-Guiti Malekzadeh-Milani, Mathilde Meot, Frédéric Perros, Isabelle Szezepanski, Stéphane Morisset, Caroline Ovaert, Caroline Bonnet, Pascale Maragnes, Julien Ranchoup, Marc Humbert, I. David Montani, Marilyne Levy, Damien BonnetM3C-Necker, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades and AP-HP Université de Paris Cité. Université Paris-Saclay. Hôpital Marie Lannelongue Le Plessis. AP-HP Hôpital Bicêtre. La Timone Hospital. Caen University. CHU. France […]

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Neonatal lymphatic flow disorders: central lymphatic flow disorder and isolated chylothorax, diagnosis and treatment using novel lymphatic imaging and interventions technique

Deborah Rabinowitz, Kevin Dysart, Maxim ItkinNemours Children’s Hospital. Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. United States Current Opinion in PediatricsCurr Opin Pediatr 2022; 34: 191-196DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001109 AbstractPurpose of review: Neonatal lymphatic disorders (NLDs) are conditions that are relatively rare and difficult to treat. The recent development

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Three-dimensional rotational angiography utility in imaging and intervention in a case of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation

Neeraj Awasthy, Amol GuptaMax Hospital.India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2021; 14: 533-535DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_111_18 AbstractPulmonary arteriovenous malformation (PAVM) is an abnormal communication between the pulmonary artery and the pulmonary vein. PAVMs are usually congenital in origin; however, they may be acquired. Three-dimensional rotational angiography (3DRA) is a technique used increasingly for imaging in congenital heart

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Long-Term Study on Therapeutic Strategy for Treatment of Eisenmenger Syndrome Patients: A Case Series Study

Yi-Ching Liu, Yu-Wen Chen, I-Chen Chen, Yen-Hsien Wu, Shih-Hsing Lo, Jui-Sheng Hsu, Jong-Hau Hsu, Bin-Nan Wu, Yi-Fang Cheng, Zen-Kong DaiKaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Taiwan ChildrenChildren 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3390/children9081217 AbstractEisenmenger syndrome (ES) refers to congenital heart diseases (CHD) with reversal flow associated with increased pulmonary pressure and irreversible pulmonary vascular remodeling. Previous reports showed limited therapeutic

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TGF-β receptor mutations and clinical prognosis in Chinese pediatric patients with idiopathic/hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension

Xinyu Zhang, Chen Zhang, Qiangqiang, Li, Hong GuBeijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.China Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12076 AbstractThe relationship between clinical prognosis and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) receptor mutations in Chinese pediatric patients with idiopathic/hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH/HPAH) remains unclear. We retrospectively studied the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pediatric patients

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Doppler Echocardiographic Features of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Ex-Preterm Children

Yalin Lin, Alena K. Amin, Roberta L. Keller, David F. Teitel, Hythem M. NawaytouUniversity of California, San Francisco.United States Journal of the American Society of EchocardiographyJ Am Soc Echocardiogr 2022; 35: 435-442DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.12.015 AbstractBackground: Echocardiography is used to screen for the presence of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in ex-preterm infants and children. However, there are no standard

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Outpatient prescription of pulmonary vasodilator therapy to preterm children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Ida Jeremiasen, Karin Tran-Lundmark, Mikaela Dolk, Estelle NaumburgLund University and Skåne University Hospital. Umeå University.Sweden Acta PaediatricaActa Paediatr 2023; 112: 409-416DOI: 10.1111/apa.16615 Abstract Aim: The use of pulmonary vasodilator therapy in children born preterm is largely unknown. Our aim was to map prescription patterns in children with bronchopulmonary dysplasia in Sweden.Methods: This was a descriptive national registry-based study

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Hemodynamic Characterization of Neonates With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension by Cardiac Catheterization

Paula Dias Maia, Jason Gien, John P. Kinsella, Jenny Zablah, Gareth Morgan, D. Dunbar Ivy, Steven H. Abman, Benjamin S. FrankUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.11.028 AbstractWe examined the results of cardiac catheterization in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) from 2009 to 2020. Catheterization confirmed pulmonary arterial

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Multimodality Deep Phenotyping Methods to Assess Mechanisms of Poor Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Artery Coupling

Farhan Raza, Callyn Kozitza, Chris Lechuga, Daniel Seiter, Philip Corrado, Mohammed Merchant, Naga Dharmavaram, Claudia Korcarz, Marlowe Eldridge, Christopher Francois, Oliver Wieben, Naomi CheslerUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison. University of California, Irvine. Mayo Clinic. United States FunctionFunction 2022; 3: DOI: 10.1093/function/zqac022 AbstractDeep phenotyping of pulmonary hypertension (PH) with multimodal diagnostic exercise interventions can lead to early focused

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A novel non-invasive and echocardiography-derived method for quantification of right ventricular pressure-volume loops

Manuel J. Richter, Athiththan Yogeswaran, Faeq Husain-Sved, Istvan Vadasc, Zvomimir Rako, Emad Mojajerani, Hossein A. Ghofrani, Robert Naeije, Werner Seeger, Ulrike Herberg, Andreas Rieth, Ryan J. Tedford, Friedrich Grimminger, Henning Gall, Khodr TelloJustus-Liebig-University Giessen. Kerckhoff Heart, Rheuma and Thoracic Center. Imperial College London. Erasme University Hospital. University of Bonn. Medical University of South Carolina. Germany,

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