Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Effect of face mask on pulmonary artery pressure during echocardiography in children and adolescents

Alireza Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Sabri, Zohreh Sadat NavabiIsfahan University of Medical Sciences.Iran Clinical and Experimental PediatricsClin Exp Pediatr 2024;DOI: 10.3345/cep.2023.01172 AbstractBackground: Face masks have become an important tool for preventing the spread of respiratory diseases. However, we hypothesized that face masks with reduced nasal airflow may alter pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP).Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the […]

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Pulsed Doppler assessment of pulmonary vein obstruction.

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Helder Pauperio, Lee Benson, Robert M. Freedom, Richard D. RoweHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1985; 110: 483-486DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(85)90174-7 AbstractStenosis of the individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition, often presenting as recurrent pneumonia. Apart from radiologic features suggestive of pulmonary venous congestion, cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography have

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CT findings in diseases associated with pulmonary hypertension: a current review

Claudia Grosse, Alexandra GrosseMedical University of ViennaAustria RadiographicsRadiographics 2010; 30: 1753-1777DOI: 10.1148/rg.307105710 AbstractPulmonary hypertension may primarily affect either the arterial (precapillary) or the venous (postcapillary) pulmonary circulation. Pulmonary arterial hypertension may be idiopathic or arise in association with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism; pulmonary embolism caused by tumor cells, parasitic material, or foreign material; parenchymal lung disease; liver

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Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Abdulmajeed Al-Otay, Hyun Woo Goo, Christopher K. Macgowan, John G. Coles, Leland N. Benson, Andrew N. Redington, Shi-Joon YooHospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto.Canada Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 993-1002DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.052 AbstractPulmonary vein pathologies often present a diagnostic challenge. Among the different imaging modalities

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Two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative evaluation of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Patricia Burroughs, G. Wilson, John Coles, David L. Gilday, Robert M. FreedomHospital for Sick Children.Canada CirculationCirculation 1987; 76: 298-305DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.76.2.298 AbstractThe role of combined two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative assessment of patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection was evaluated. Twenty-two cases with a median age of 9.5 weeks at

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Fetal MRI-Based Mediastinal Shift Angle (MSA) and Percentage Area of Left Ventricle (pALV) as Prognostic Parameters for Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Greta Thater, Lara Angermann, Silviu-Viorel Virlan, Christel Weiss, Neysan Rafat, Michael Boettcher, Julia Elrod, Tom Bayer, Oliver Nowak, Stefan O. Schönberg, Meike WeisUniversity Medical Center Mannheim. Hospital Stuttgart. Germany Journal of Clinical MedicineJ Clin Med 2024; 13:DOI: 10.3390/jcm13010268 AbstractObjective: Fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is broadly used as a method for assessing prognosis in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

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Prognostic and diagnostic utility of interleukin-6 in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension – a case-control study

Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Mohammed Ahmed Abouelhassan, Eman Saad Abd El Salam HadwaCairo University.Egypt European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05413-2 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in pediatrics is a progressive disease with significant vascular remodeling, right sided heart failure, and death if left untreated. Elevated interleukin-6 (IL-6) level in PAH patients is taken as

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Computed tomographic findings in TBX4 mutation: a common cause of severe pulmonary artery hypertension in children

Helio V. Neves da Silva, Jason P. Weinman, Erin K. Englund, Robin R. Deterding, D. Dunbar Ivy, Lorna P. BrowneChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus. Highland Hospital. United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05848-7 AbstractBackground: Mutations in the T-Box 4 (TBX4) gene are a lesser-known cause of heritable pulmonary arterial

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Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia

Vineeta Gupta, Vishnu Vijayakumar, Priyanka Aggarwal Ishan Kumar, Vikas AgrawalBanaras Hindu University. India Indian PediatricsIndian Pediatr 2024; 61: 49-52DOI: Not Available AbstractObjective: Patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) are at risk of developing pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) due to chronic hemolysis, iron overload, hypercoagulability and splenectomy. The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and

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Early Echocardiographic Findings of Pulmonary Hypertension-specific Therapy in Children

Akif Kavgaci, Fatma Sedef Tunaoglu, Serdar Kula, Ayse Deniz Oguz, Semiha Terlemez, Fatma IncedereGazi University Faculty of Medicine.Turkey Medeniyet Medical JournalMedeni Med J 2023; 38: 268-275DOI: 10.4274/MMJ.galenos.2023.06706 AbstractObjective: Echocardiography is a very useful tool for the diagnosis and evaluation of pulmonary hypertension (PH). This study was planned to investigate whether echocardiographic (ECHO) data of patients with PH

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