Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Evaluation of Pre and Post-operative Pulmonary Artery Pressures in Children with Adenotonsillar Hypertrophy and Correlation with Chronicity: A Prospective Study on 50 Children

Khushboo Goel, Sanjeev Bhagat, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Vishav Yadav, Peeyush Verma, Saivi RajdevGovernment Medical College. Employees State Insurance Model Hospital. India Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck SurgeryIndian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024; 76: 639-644DOI: 10.1007/s12070-023-04235-w AbstractChildren with grade III or IV of adenotonsillar hypertrophy especially of a longer duration, may show cardiovascular […]

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Serum pentraxin 3 levels in term neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension

A. E. A. Asal, Z. F. Oshaiba, E. N. A. Mansour, O. H. Abd Elazir, A. A. A. NasrAl-Azhar University (for girls).Egypt Journal of Neonatal and Perinatal MedicineJ Neonatal Perinatal Med 2024;DOI: 10.3233/NPM-230211 AbstractBackground: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the neonate (PPHN) is a serious disorder. The long pentraxin 3 (PTX3) plays an important role in angiogenesis, cell

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Two-dimensional echocardiography in the pre- and postoperative management of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mary E. van der Velde, Ira A. Parness, Steven D. Colan, Philip J. Spevak, James E. Lock, John E. Meyer Jr., Stephen P. SandersChildren’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18: 1746-1751DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90515-b AbstractThe records of 23 infants who underwent surgical repair of isolated totally anomalous pulmonary venous

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The Role of Elevated Wall Shear Stress in Progression of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Evidence from Two Case Studies

Peter E. Hammer, Kerry McEnaney, Ryan Callahan, Christopher W. Baird, David M. Hoganson, Kathy J. JenkinsBoston Children’s Hospital.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8:DOI: 10.3390/children8090729 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a serious condition characterized by restriction or blockage due to fibrotic tissue ingrowth that develops in the pulmonary veins of infants or children. It is often progressive and can

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid direct

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Computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction for pulmony venous definition in high-risk infants with congenital heart disease

Russel Hirsch, William Gottliebson, Eric Crotty, Robert Fleck, Janet StrifeCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2006; 1: 104-110DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00016.x AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous anomalies may be difficult to define in small, critically ill infants using standard echocardiography. In many centers, invasive cardiac catheterization is used if the diagnosis remains

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Computed tomography-based surgical strategy for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hironori Matsuhisa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Tomonori Higuma, Shunsuke Matsushima, Shota Hasegawa, Yuson Wada, Michio Matsuoka, Toshikatsu TanakaKobe Children’s Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 237-245DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa028 AbstractObjectives: We used computed tomographic angiography (CTA)-based surgical planning to clarify the anatomical indications of sutureless repair technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The mid-term impact

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Guidelines and Recommendations for Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography and Cardiac Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography

Patrick J. McNamara, Amish Jain, Afif El-Khuffash, Regan Giesinger, Dany Weisz, Lindsey Freud, Philip T. Levy, Shazia Bhombal, Willemde Boode, Tina Leone, Bernadette Richards, Yogen Singh, Jennifer M. Acevedo, John Simpson, Shahab Noori, Wyman W. LaiUniversity of Iowa. University of Toronto. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Emory

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Challenges in clinical identification of right ventricular dysfunction in preterm infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Faith Zhua, Caio Barbosa de Oliveira, Nada Mohsen, Ashraf Kharrat, Poorva Deshpande, Luc Mertens, Amish JainMount Sinai Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Early Human DevelopmentEarly Hum Dev 2024; 190DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.105942 AbstractBackground: Right ventricular dysfunction, typically qualitatively diagnosed (Q-RVd) in preterm infants, requires echocardiography which is not always acutely available. We aimed to identify

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Short term effect of intravenous treprostinil in term and preterm infants with pulmonary hypertension

Yoo-Jin Kim, Seung Han Shin, Ee-Kyung Kim, Han-Suk KimChung-buk National University Hospital. Seoul National University College of Medicine. Seoul National University Children’s Hospital. Republic of Korea BioMed Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2024; 23:DOI: 10.1186/s12887-023-04501-4 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening condition in newborns. We aimed to assess the clinical and echocardiographic responses of term and preterm infants

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