Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Echocardiography evaluation of neonatal vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation

Pezad Doctor, Claudio Ramaciotti, Dimitrios Angelis, Melinda CoryThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123003402 AbstractBackground: In neonatal vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation, vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation echocardiography remains the mainstay for early detection and explains various haemodynamic changes occurring due to a large systemic arterio-venous shunt. However, […]

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Exercise-Induced Electrocardiography Changes in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Maya Kailas, Aimee M. Layton, Meredith Pesce, Leonardo Liberman, Thomas J. Starc, Michael A. Fremed, Robert Garafano, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Usha S. KrishnanMount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Yale New Haven Hospital.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2023; 208: 60-64DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.09.014 AbstractCardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is an important tool in

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Pulsed wave and color Doppler findings in congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Steven A. Webber, Eustace de Souza, Michael W. H. PattersonBritish Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1992; 13: 112-115DOI: 10.1007/BF00798218 AbstractA premature infant presented at 8 weeks of age with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. Two-dimensional echocardiography was not diagnostic but color flow imaging and pulsed Doppler examination revealed turbulent and

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Essential role of cardiac computed tomography for surgical decision making in children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and single ventricle

Ana L. Vasquez Choy, Dilachew A. Adebo, Sheba John, Christopher E. Greenleaf, Jorge D. Salazar, Antonio F. KornoChildren’s Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital and University of Texas Medical School at Houston. United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 1544-1549DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16427 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a major risk factor in infants

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Echocardiographic Mid-systolic Pulmonary Valve Notching in Extremely Low Gestational Age Neonates (ELGANs) with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Hannes Sallmon, Berndt Urlesberger, Martin KoestenbergerMedical University of Graz.Austria Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03317-4 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryClass III. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Lung DiseaseDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication Article Access Free PDF File

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Diagnosis of secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia in congenital heart disease: a novel role for chest ultrasound and prognostic implications

Christopher Z. Lam, Tamnay Anant Bhamare, Tamadhir Gazzaz, David Manson, Tilman Humpl, Mike SeedThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2017; 47: 1441-1451DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-3892-z AbstractBackground: Secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia is a complication of congenital heart disease that results from chronic pulmonary venous obstruction.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the performance of chest ultrasound (US) in

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Evaluation of right ventricular longitudinal strain in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography

Qianjun Liu, Yuan Hu, Wenjuan Chen, Taoyue Yao, Wenfeng Li, Zhenghui Xiao, Jinqiao Liu, Yunbin XiaoHunan Children’s Hospital.China Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1189373 AbstractObjectives: We aimed to investigate the association between right ventricular longitudinal strain measured by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) and right heart catheterization data in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH).Methods: Two groups were

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Incidence and types of congenital heart disease at a referral hospital in Jordan: retrospective study from a tertiary center

Abeer A. Hasan, Naser Aldain A. Abu Lehyah, Moath K. Al Tarawneh, Mahmoud Y. Abbad, Areen G. Fraijat, Razan A. Al-Jammal, Dania M. Moamar, Qasem A. Shersheer, Scott O. Guthrie, Joseph R. StarnesMaternity and Children’s Hospital at Al Bashir Hospital. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville.Jordan and United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2023; 11DOI: 10.3389/fped.2023.1261130 AbstractBackground: Congenital

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End tidal CO(2) tension: pulmonary arterial hypertension vs pulmonary venous hypertension and response to treatment

Anna R. Hemnes, Meredith E. Pugh, Alexander L. Newman, Ivan M. Robbins, James Tolle, Eric D. Austin, John H. NewmanVanderbilt University Medical Center. United States ChestChest 2011; 140: 1267-1273DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0155 AbstractBackground: CO(2) excretion is impaired in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) due to underlying vascular obstruction and increased dead space. Our aim was to determine whether resting end

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Impact of Asthma Phenotypes on Myocardial Performance and Pulmonary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents With Moderate to Severe Persistent Asthma

Rajkumar Kundavaram, Praveen Kumar, Shikha Malik, Girish Bhatt, Priya Gogia, Amber KumarAll India Institute of Medical Sciences.India CureusCureus 2023; 15DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44252 AbstractBackground: Asthma is characterized by chronic inflammation and remodeling of pulmonary vessels and airway wall resulting in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Increased afterload on right ventricle (RV) myocardium leads to RV diastolic dysfunction (RVDD). Echocardiography is an

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