Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

Efficacy of bubble contrast echocardiography in detecting pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in children with univentricular heart after total cavopulmonary connection

Dai Asada, Yuma Morishita, Yoko Kawai, Yo Kajiyama, Kazuyuki IkedaKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 227-230DOI: 10.1017/S104795111900324X AbstractBackground: Development of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in patients with cavopulmonary anastomosis may result in a significant morbidity. Although the use of bubble contrast echocardiography with selective injection into both the branch pulmonary arteries in […]

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Use of a ductal occluder device as a test and then permanent closure of a large ductus arteriosus with increased pulmonary vascular resistance: a case report

Nelly Fabiani, Alexandra Heath-Freudenthal, Inge Von Alvensleben, Gabriel Echazú, Franz Freudenthal, Abraham RothmanCentro Médico Quirúrgico Boliviano Belga. University of Nevada Las Vegas and Children’s Heart Center. Bolivia and United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2025; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951125001726 AbstractA 3-year-old girl with a large ductus arteriosus had increased pulmonary vascular resistance at cardiac catheterisation. Test occlusion

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Determination of the Cause for Persistent Hypoxemia by Transesophageal Echocardiography After a Fontan Completion

Madan Mohan Maddali, Eapen Thomas, Pranav Subbaraya Kandachar, Nishant Ram Arora, Salim Nasser Al-MaskariRoyal Hospital. Oman Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2021; 35: 3135-3138DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.01.054 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryPulmonary Arteriovenous MalformationsDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than

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Real-Time Assessment of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Using the Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Yuval Barak-Corren, Mudit Gupta, Yoav Dori, Jessica Tang, Christopher L. Smith, Jonathan J. Rome, Matthew J. Gillespie, Matthew A. Jolley, Michael L. O’Byrne, 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 2025; 4:DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2025.102639 AbstractBackground: Restenosis

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Magnification pulmonary wedge angiography in the evaluation of children with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension

Michael R. Nihill, Dan G. McNamaraBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States CirculationCirculation 1978; 58: 1094-1106DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.58.6.1094 AbstractIn order to determine the presence and extent of obstructive pulmonary vascular disease in pa-tients with congenital heart disease, magnified cineangiograms were obtained with a catheter in the pulmonary artery wedge position in 155 infants and children

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Bronchial arteries to right pulmonary artery anastomoses in right pulmonary vein atresia

J. Fred Johnson, Andrew L Juris, Edith Valerie BarnesTripler Army Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular and Interventional RadiologyCardiovasc Interv Radiol 1982; 5: 238-240DOI: 10.1007/BF02565403 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionSymptoms and Findings Associated with Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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Congenital atresia of unilateral pulmonary veins associated with a single ventricle: a rare case report and literature review

Hsing-Yuan Lee, Betau Hwang, Pi-Chang Lee, Sheng-Ling Jan, C.C. Laura MengTaoyuan Armed Force General Hospital.Taiwan Circulation JournalCirc J 2008; 72: 1544-1546DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-07-0516 AbstractCongenital atresia or extreme hypoplasia of individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition that is usually asymptomatic if it only involves 1 or 2 segments of the lungs. It may be fatal if it

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Unilateral absence of the pulmonary veins: an unusual diagnosis with characteristic imaging findings

Terry L. Levin, Bradford W. Betz, Lisa M. Gennarini, Chana WircbergChildren’s Hospital of Montefiore Medical Center.United States Clinical ImagingClin Imaging 2019; 55:107-111DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.01.022 AbstractBackground: Congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary vein (UCAPV) is a rare entity with characteristic clinical and imaging findings. Despite its congenital nature, the radiographic findings and symptoms of UCAPV may not be recognized

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A 12-Year-Old Girl With Dyspnea and Unilateral Interlobular Septal Thickening

Yong Chen, Yao Xiao, Ying Zhang, Guangfa Zhu, Ruiyu Dou, Hong GuBeijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.China ChestChest 2019; 156: e57-e61DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.03.022 AbstractA 12-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital for exercise intolerance and radiographic abnormalities. She presented with a 5-year history of shortness of breath during intense exercise and did not undergo any medical

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Diagnosis and management of congenital right pulmonary venous atresia

I. Ricardo Argueta-morales, Ruchira Garg, William M. DeCampliMiami Children’s Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2009; 19: 648-651DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109991867 AbstractCongenital unilateral pulmonary venous atresia is a rare anatomical defect. Patients present with pulmonary symptoms, and diagnosis may be elusive. Pulmonary arterial wedge angiography is the gold standard with which

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