Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

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: Fresh (PHresh). Less

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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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Multimodal Assessment and Intramodal Comparison of Imaging Techniques for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with Pulmonary Hypertension

Victor Kieu, Stephanie S. Handler, Michael Mitchell, Amy Y. Pan, Liyun Zhang, Edward KirkpatrickMedical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin. Nemours Children’s Health. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03531-8 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, serious, and progressive disease in the pediatric population. Evaluation is complex and involves multimodality imaging. Diagnosis is important

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Objective Quantification of Bilateral Bubble Contrast Echocardiography Correlates with Systemic Oxygenation in Patients with Single Ventricle Circulation

Ashley Phimister, Chana Bushee, Monica Merbach, Sai Alekha Challa, Amy Y. Pan, Andrew D. SpearmanMedical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin.United States Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseJ Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2024; 11: DOI: 10.3390/jcdd11030084 AbstractBubble contrast echocardiography is commonly used to diagnose pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) in single ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD), yet previous

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Angiographic tool to detect pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in single ventricle physiology

Stephen B. Spurgin, Yousef M. Arar, Thomas M. Zellers, Jijia Wang, Nicolas L. Madsen, Surendranath R. Veeram Reddy, Ondine Cleaver, Abhay A. DivekarUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children’s Medical Center.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124000933 AbstractObjective: Individuals with single ventricle physiology who are palliated with superior cavopulmonary anastomosis (Glenn surgery) may

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Management of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associated with Congenital Left to Right Shunts: A Single Center Experience

Hythem Nawaytou, Ramya Lakkaraju, Leah Stevens, Vadiyala Mohan Reddy, Naveen Swami, Roberta L. Keller, David F. Teitel, Jeffrey R. FinemanUniversity of California,San Francisco.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.05.007 AbstractObjective: To describe the course and outcomes of children under 18 with left-to-right (LR) shunts and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) undergoing

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The Estimated Fick Method Systematically Over-Estimates Cardiac Index Compared to Thermodilution in Children

Andrew A. Lawson, Paul Tannous, Christina Laternser, Karl MigallyAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03491-z AbstractCardiac index (CI) may be derived from the Fick method, using measured or estimated oxygen consumption (VO2), or from thermodilution. In children, LaFarge VO2 estimates

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