Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Hemodynamic Monitoring of Pediatric Patients With Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Using CardioMEMS

Carlos Labrandero, Lucía Deiros, Cesar Abelleira, Viviana Arreo, Enrique J. Balbacid, Federico Gutierrez-LarrayaHospital Universitario La Paz.Spain Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2024; 3: DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2024.101933 AbstractBackground: The CardioMEMS is an implantable device for hemodynamic monitoring approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for adult patients with heart failure. […]

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Echocardiographic estimation of pulmonary arterial and right atrial pressures in children with congenital heart disease: a comprehensive prospective study and introduction of novel equations

Elaheh Malakan Rad, Reza Elhamian, Keyhan Sayadpour Zanjani, Reza Shabanian, Ehsan Aghaei Moghadam, Mohamad Taghi Majnoon, Aliakbar ZeinalooChildren’s Medical Center and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.Iran Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingJ Cardiovasc Imag 2024; 32: DOI: 10.1186/s44348-024-00023-4 AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by a mean pulmonary arterial pressure exceeding 20 mmHg. There is limited research on

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Prenatal Prognosis of Omphalocele Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Measurement of Fetal Lung Volumes

Simon E. Dadoun, Matthew A. Shanahan, Christian M. Parobek, Brian A. Burnett, Alice King, Pamela Ketwaroo, Roopali V. Donepudi, April D. AdamsTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. United States American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal Fetal MedicineAm J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101457 AbstractBackground: Omphalocele is a congenital midline abdominal wall defect resulting

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Pulmonary Vascularity in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Shanmukha Muthapuram, Addison Donaher, Nara S. Higano, James A. Rowe, Jean A. Tkach, Jason C. Woods, Paul S. KingmaCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. United States NeonatologyNeonatology 2024; DOI: 10.1159/000539545 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary hypertension often complicates bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and infants with BPD plus pulmonary hypertension experience higher mortality rates. Current methods

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Biventricular responses to exercise and their relation to cardiorespiratory fitness in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Guido E. Pieles, Dan-Mihai Dorobantu, Jessica E. Caterini, Barbara Cifra, Janette Reyes, Sara Roldan Ramos, Eilis Hannon, Craig A. Williams, Tilman Humpl, Luc Mertens, Greg D. Wells, Mark K. FriedbergHospital for Sick Children. University of Exeter.Canada and United Kingdom American Joural of Physiology Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2024; DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00096.2024 AbstractDespite

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Non-invasive prediction of pulmonary vascular disease-related exercise intolerance and survival in non-group 1 pulmonary hypertension

Yogesh N. V. Reddy, Hilary Dubrock, Paul M. Hassoun, Anna Hemnes, Evelyn Horn, Jane A. Leopold, Franz Rischard, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Nicholas S. Hill, Serpil C. Erzurum, Gerald J. Beck, Stephen C. Mathai, Monica Mukherjee, W. H. Wilson Tang, Barry A. Borlaug, Robert P. Frantz and the PVDOMICS Study GroupMayo Clinic. Johns Hopkins University. Vanderbilt

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Fetal biophysical predictors of pulmonary hypertension severity, management, and treatment in infants born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

C. Chase Binion, Chris B. Agala, Ashley H. Ebanks, Amy Marzinsky, Sean E. McLean, Congenital Diaphragmatic Study GroupUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. University of Virginia School of Medicine. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. United States American Journal of SurgeryAm J

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Integrated Lung Ultrasound and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Evaluation in Infants Born Preterm

Marilena Savoia, Eva Busolini, Daniel Ibarra Rios, Brady Thomas, J. Lauren Ruoss, Patrick J. McNamaraS. Maria della Misericordia Hospital. Instituto Nacional de Perinatología Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes. University of Iowa. Winnie Palmer Hospital/Orlando Health Regional Hospital.Italy, Mexico and United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114200 IntroductionThe use of lung ultrasound (LU) and targeted

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Cardiac function in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Gabriel Altit, Anie Lapointe, Florian, Kipfmueller, Neil PatelMontreal Children’s Hospital and McGill University Health Centre. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine. Children’s Hospital University of Bonn. Royal Hospital for Children.Canada, Germany and United Kingdom Seminars in Pediatric SurgerySemin Pediatr Surg 2024; 33: DOI: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2024.151438 AbstractCardiac function is known to play critical role in the pathophysiological progression and ultimate

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A Pediatric Cardiology Outreach Clinic in a Local Hospital: An Experience Review from South A’Sharqiyah, Oman

Khalfan Salim Al Senaidi, Wael SulaimanSultan Qaboos University Hospital. Jaalan Bani Bu Ali Hospital.Oman Oman Medical JournalOman Med J 2024; 39:DOI: 10.5001/omj.2024.60 AbstractObjectives: Specialized pediatric cardiology clinics conducted in local hospitals are an important part of delivering specialized care to patients close to their homes. This study aimed to review our experience with a specialized pediatric cardiology

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