Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Diagnostic Strategy for Suspected Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery

Van Luong Hoang, Viet Anh Lam, Thanh Nguyen PhamHanoi National Lung Hospital. Vin University. Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy.Vietnam Current Medical ImagingCurr Med Imag 2024; DOI: 10.2174/0115734056266404231207071244 AbstractBackground: Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a very rare congenital anomaly.Objective: To analyze the diagnostic strategy applied to seven patients with UAPA who were examined […]

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Common pulmonary vein atresia

Thomas Glenn, Jose Honold, Beth F. Printz, Dana MuellerUniversity of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 668-670DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003565 AbstractA 4-hour-old infant with profound cyanosis on an alprostadil infusion was urgently transferred to Rady Children’s Hospital with suspected CHD. Upon arrival, urgent echocardiography was performed but

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Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries

Ajay Alex, Anoop Ayyappan, Jineesh Valakkada, Harshith Kramadhari, Deepa Sasikumar, Sabarinath MenonSree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology.India Radiology: Cardiothoracic ImagingRadiol Cardiothorac Imag 2022; DOI: 10.1148/ryct.21015 AbstractMajor aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) are congenital vessels that arise from the aorta or its first-order branches and are distally connected to the pulmonary arterial vasculature, thereby providing

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Role of computed tomography angiography in the evaluation of haemoptysis in children: Decoding the abnormal vessels

Tahleel Altaf Shera, Ashu Seith Bhalla, Priyanka Naranje, Pankaj Meena, Sushil K. Kabra, Arun Kumar Gupta, Devasenathipathy KandasamyAll India Institute of Medical Sciences.India Indian Journal of Medical ResearchIndian J Med Res 2022; 155: 356-363DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_3271_20 AbstractBackground & objectives: Haemoptysis in children is potentially life-threatening. In most cases, the bleeding arises from the systemic circulation, and in 5-10

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Influence of Respiration on Collateral Flow in the Fontan Population Using Real-time Phase-contrast Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Collateral Flow Does Not Protect the Ventricle From Volume Deficiency and Diastolic Dysfunction

Maja Blessing, Hermann Körperich, Peter Barth, Miriam Michel, Otto Dubowy, Sophia Forreiter, Kai Thorsten LaserRuhr University Bochum. Innsbruck Medical University. Germany and Austria Journal of Thoracic ImagingJ Thorac Imag 2023; 38:DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000684 AbstractPurpose: The clinical significance of collateral flow for the ventricular function of patients with univentricular hearts is often debated. This study evaluates the impact of

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Systemic-to-pulmonary collateral flow associations with antegrade pulmonary flow in single ventricle patients: insights from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Anna Yanovskiy, Laura Martelius, Nicolina Nyman, Teemu Vepsäläinen, Ilkka Mattila, Otto Rahkonen, Tiina OjalaChildren’s Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki.Finland Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1304087 AbstractPurpose: In the palliated single ventricle anomalies, a considerable amount of the aortic flow may be absorbed by the systemic-pulmonary collateral flow (SPCF), which can be

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Predicting Peri-Operative Cardiorespiratory Adverse Events in Children with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Using Echocardiography: A Cohort Study

Timothy J. W. Dawes, Valentine Woodham, Emma Sharkey, Angus McEwan, Graham Derrick, Vivek Muthurangu, Shahin Moledina, Lucy HepburnGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. University College London. , Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. United Kingdom Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03447-3 AbstractGeneral anesthesia in children with idiopathic pulmonary

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Post-exercise accumulation of interstitial lung water is greater in hypobaric than normobaric hypoxia in adults born prematurely

Tadej Debevec, Mathias Poussel, Damjam Osredkar, Sarah J. Willis, Claudio Sartori, Grégoire P. MilletUniversity of Ljubljana and University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana,. CHRU de Nancy. University of Lausanne, Lausanne. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois.Slovenia and Switzerland Respiratory Physiology and NeurobiologyRespir Physiol Neurobiol 2022; 297:DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103828 AbstractWe aimed to gauge the interstitial lung water accumulation following moderate-intensity exercise under

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Evolving Role of Three-Dimensional Echocardiography for Right Ventricle Volume Analysis in Pediatric Heart Disease: Literature Review and Clinical Applications

Alessandra M. Ferraro, David M. Harrild, Andrew J. Powell, Philip T. Levy, Gerald R. MarxBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Sapienza University of Rome. United States and Italy Journal of the American Society of EchocardiographyJ Am Soc Echocardiogr 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2024.03.001 AbstractAccurate knowledge of right ventricle (RV) volumes and ejection fraction is fundamental to providing optimal

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Actigraphy methodology in the Kids Mod PAH trial: Physical activity as a functional endpoint in pediatric clinical trials

Catherine M. Avitabile, Usha S. Krishnan, Delphine Yung, Stephanie S. Handler, Nidhy Varghese, Angela Bates, Jeff Fineman, Rachel Sullivan, Grace Friere, Eric Austin, Mary P. Mullen, Carol Pereira, Eric J. Christensen, Gayane Yenokyan, Joseph M. Collaco, Steven H. Abman, Lew Romer, D. Dunbar Ivy, Erika B. RosenzweigUniversity of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Morgan

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