Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Muscle strength is reduced in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Shari Pepplinkhuizen, Graziella Eshuis, Willemijn M. H. Zijlstra, Carola Y. Timmer, Mark Jan Ploegstra, Otto T. H. M. Lelieveld, Ann Marjolein Hepping, Ernesto A. C. Beenakker, Rolf M. F. BergerBeatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen. Roessingh Center for Rehabilitation Enschede. Medical Center Leeuwarden.Netherlands Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; 13DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12246 AbstractMuscle strength […]

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Associated radiation exposure from medical imaging and excess lifetime risk of developing cancer in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension

Malini Mahendra, Philip Chu, Elena K. Amin, Hythem Nawaytou, James R. Duncan, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Rebecca Smith-BindmanCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California at San Francisco. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Washington University School of Medicine. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; 13DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12282 AbstractPediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) receive imaging studies that use ionizing

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Evaluation of paediatric pulmonary vein stenosis by cardiac CT angiography: a comparative study with transthoracic echocardiography and catheter angiogram

R. Salman, S. R. More, M. P. Ferreira Botelho, P. M. Ketwaroo, P. M. Masand, S. P. JadhavTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Virtual Radiologic Corporation. United States Clinical RadiologyClin Radiol 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.06.002 AbstractAim: To compare prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac catheter angiography (CCA) for

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An electrocardiographic score to predict pulmonary hypertension in children with atrial septal defect

Indah K Murni, Taichi Kato, Muhammad Taufik Wirawan, Nadya Arafuri, Kristia Hermawan, Anggoro Budi Hartopo, Dyah Wulan Anggrahini, Sasmito Nugroho, Noormanto Noormanto, Noriaki Emoto, Lucia Kris DinartiUniversitas Gadjah Mada and Dr. Sardjito Hospital. Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine. Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine. Kobe Pharmaceutical University.Indonesia and Japan BioMed Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2023;

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Quantitative Measures of Right Ventricular Size and Function by Echocardiogram Correlate with Cardiac Catheterization Hemodynamics in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Catherine M. Avitabile, Sabrina Flohr, Leny Mathew, Yan Wang, Devon Ash, David B. Frank, Jennifer E. Tingo, Natalie E. Rintoul, Holly L. HedrickUniversity of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; 261DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113564 AbstractObjective: To evaluate associations between cardiac catheterization (cath) hemodynamics, quantitative measures of right ventricular

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Dynamics of pulmonary hypertension severity in the first 48 h in neonates with prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Judith Leyens, Lukas Schroeder, Annegret Geipel, Christoph Berg, Bartolomeo Bo, Lotte Lemloh, Neil Patel, Andreas Mueller, Florian KipfmuellerChildren’s Hospital, University of Bonn.  Royal Hospital for Children.Germany and United Kingdom Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1164473 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the major contributing factors to the high morbidity and mortality in neonates with congenital

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The cascade screening in heritable forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Nidhy P. Varghese, Akhilesh A. Padhye, Pilar L. Magoulas, George B. Mallory, Fadel E. Ruiz, Sandeep SahayBaylor College of Medicine Texas Children’s Hospital Houston. Houston Methodist Hospital. Weill Cornell Medical College.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023;DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12259 AbstractHeritable pulmonary artery hypertension (HPAH) is an increasingly recognized type of pulmonary arterial hypertension, in both pediatric and adult

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Ventricular global function index is associated with clinical outcomes in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Hieu T. Ta, Paul J. Critser, Michal Schäfer, Nicholas J. Ollberding, Michael D. Taylor, Michael V. Di Maria, Russel Hirsch, D. Dunbar Ivy, Benjamin S. FrankCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati. University of Colorado. United States Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magnet Reson 2023; 25DOI: 10.1186/s12968-023-00947-8 AbstractBackground: Multiple right ventricular (RV) metrics have

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Low incidence of pulmonary hypertension in children with suspected obstructive sleep apnea: A prospective observational study

Khadar A. Omer, Raphael Mlauzi, Wisdom Basera, Jessica McGuire, Heidi Meyer, John Lawrenson, Shazia Peer, Yanita Singh, Marco ZampoliUniversity of Cape Town and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital.South Africa International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyInt J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111648 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an uncommon but serious perioperative

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Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Following Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Infants with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Maria V. Fraga, Kevin C. Dysart, Jason Z. Stroller, Matthew Huber, Anysia Fedec, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Haresh KirpalaniThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Nemours Children’s Health and duPont Hospital for Children. McMaster University.United States and Canada NeonatologyNeonatology 2023; DOI: 10.1159/000531586 AbstractObjectives: Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is an effective pulmonary vasodilator. However,

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