Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

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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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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Review of electrical impedance tomography in the pediatric patient

S. Cabezudo Ballesteros, P. Sanabria Carretero, F. Reinoso BarberoHospital Universitario La Paz.Spain Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reaminación (English Edition)Rev Esp Anestegiol Reamin (Eng Ed) 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.redare.2024.03.007 AbstractElectrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a new method of monitoring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, at the bedside and useful in critically ill patients. It allows lung monitoring of ventilation

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. ZablahUniversity Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without

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Massive Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation as a Cause of Fetal Heart Failure

Joao Oliveira Dias, Ana Catarina Lai, Orlando Rodrigues, Paula Martins, Miguel Branco, Raquel Pina, António PiresCentro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra.Portugal CureusCureus 2024; 16:DOI: 10.7759/cureus.52549 AbstractPulmonary arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are abnormal connections between the pulmonary arteries and veins that can result in rapid-onset heart failure. We present a case of a fetus with pulmonary AVMs diagnosed

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Fusion imaging for guidance of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation embolisation with minimal radiation and contrast exposure

Catalina Vargas-Acevedo, Ernesto Mejia, Jenny E. Zablah, Gareth J. MorganUniversity of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124000349 AbstractHereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia is an inherited disorder characterised by vascular dysplasia that leads to the development of arteriovenous malformations. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations occur in approximately 30% of patients with haemorrhagic telangiectasia.

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Evaluation of handgrip strength in children with pulmonary hypertension

Akif Kavgaci, Serdar Kula, Elif Berber Marasli, Murat Zinnuroglu, Bülent Celik, Semiha Terlemez, Sedef Tunaoglu, Deniz OgluGazi University Faculty of Medicine.Turkey Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024;DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124000398 AbstractBackground: Handgrip strength is a crucial indicator of upper extremity muscular strength and is vital for monitoring disorders like cardiac diseases that restrict a patient’s physical activity and result

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