Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Secondary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Due to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair in Children: Extravascular MDCT Findings

Edward Y. Lee, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Ryan Callahan, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. WinantBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8090726 AbstractPurpose: To evaluate extravascular findings on thoracic MDCT angiography in secondary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) due to total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair in children.Materials […]

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Extravascular MDCT Findings of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children with Cardiac Septal Defect

Edward Y. Lee, Ryan Callahan, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. WinantBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8080667 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively investigate the extravascular thoracic MDCT angiography findings of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children with a cardiac septal defect. Materials and Methods: Pediatric patients

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Pleuropulmonary MDCT Findings: Comparison between Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Prematurity-Related Lung Disease

Abbey J. Winant, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Ryan Callahan, Vanessa Rameh, Katie A. Krone, Patrick R. Johnston, Mirjam L. Keochakian,Edward Y. LeeBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3390/children9030355 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively compare the pleuropulmonary MDCT findings in children with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and prematurity-related lung disease (PLD).

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Lung and Pleural Findings of Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with and without Aspiration: MDCT Evaluation

Abbey J. Winant, Ryan Callahan, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Vanessa Rameh, Patrick R. Johnston, Maria Niccum, Mirjam L. Keochakian, Edward Y. LeeBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. United States ChildrenChildren 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3390/children9040543 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively compare the lung and pleural findings in children with pulmonary vein stenosis

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The many faces and outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis in early childhood

Tilman Humpl, Jeffrey Fineman, Athar M. QureshiUniversity Children’s Hospital Berne. University of California, San Francisco. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Switzerland and United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56: 649-655DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24848 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare and poorly understood condition causing obstruction of the large pulmonary veins and of blood flow from the

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Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Characteristics and the Presence of Pulmonary Hypertension in Patent Ductus Arteriosus Patients who Underwent Transcatheter Closure

Po-Wei Wu, Shu-Jen Yeh, Pi-Cheng Lee, Ke-Ting Pan, Chih-Wei Tien, Yen-Chun Chao, Shan-Miao Lin, Ming-Ren Chen, Wei-Li HungMackay Children’s Hospital. Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center. Taichung Veterans General Hospital. University College of London.Taiwan and United Kingdom Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03157-2 AbstractWe investigated the hemodynamic parameters of pediatric PDA patients and focused

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Failure to Normalize Biventricular Function is Associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use in Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Lisa S. Le, John P. Kinsella, Jason Gien, Benjamin FrankChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado. United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113490 AbstractWe examined post-natal echocardiograms for 62 congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) infants born from 2014 through 2020. Left and right ventricular dysfunction on D0 were sensitive while persistent dysfunction on D2 was specific

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Multimodality Imaging of Right Heart Function: JACC Scientific Statement

Rebecca T. Hahn, Stamatios Lerakis, Victoria Delgado, Karima Addetia, Daniel Burkhoff, Denisa Muraru, Sean Pinney, Mark K. FriedbergColumbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. Hospital University Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital. University of Chicago. University of Milano-Bicocca. Hospital for Sick Children.United States, Spain, Italy and Canada Journal of the

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Unusual presentation of alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of the pulmonary veins in a child with respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia: A case report

Kantisa Sirianansopa, Pharsai Prasertsan, Kanokpan Ruangnapa, Kantara Saelim, Phawin Kor-anantakulFaculty of Medicine Prince of Songkla University. Thailand Respirology Case ReportsRespirol Case Rep 2023; 11: DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1089 AbstractAlveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of the pulmonary veins (ACDMPV) is a rare congenital diffuse lung disorder, with a fatal course during the neonatal period. We describe an 18-month-old boy

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Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) correlates with mean pulmonary artery pressure especially 10 years after pediatric heart transplantation

Morgana Michalski, Nikolaus Haas, Robert Dalla Pozza, Sebastian Michel, Marcus Fischer, Anja Lehner, Laura Rosenthal, Andre Jakob, Madaleine Orban, Sarah UlrichLudwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.Germany Clinical TransplantationClinic Transplant 2023; 37: DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14710 AbstractTricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is important in the noninvasive echocardiographic assessment of right heart function. This retrospective observational study shows correlations of TAPSE with

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