Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Scimitar syndrome presenting as respiratory distress in a term neonate: A rare case report

Iqra Javed, Musawer Khan, Haya, Sana Imtiaz, Muhammad Shoaib, MBBS, Yusra Iqbal, Khwaja Waleed Maqbool, Kamil Ahmad KamilCombined Military Hospital Quetta. SMBZAN Institute of Cardiology. Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences. Mirwais Regional Hospital.Pakistan and Afghanistan Radiology Case ReportsRadiol Case Rep 2026; 21: 2982-2987DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2026.03.021 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary anomaly characterized by partial anomalous […]

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The relationship between pulmonary hypertension and graft vascular resistance and rejection in liver transplant patients

Burak Yagdiran, Batuhan Kirisci, Nedim Cekmen, Ahmed Uslu, Mehmet HaberalBaskent University Medical Center. Turkey BioMedical Central Pulmonary MedicineBMC Pulm Med 2026; DOI: 10.1186/s12890-026-04351-7 AbstractPurpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with systemic hemodynamic changes that may influence graft perfusion following liver transplantation (LT). In this study, we aimed to evaluate whether pre-transplant PH risk, as estimated by transthoracic

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Diagnosis of a Right Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in a Neonate with POCUS

Alyssa DaVolio, Brandon S. Hays, Matthew O. Thompson, Michael J. Walsh, Parvesh M. Garg, Ricardo J. RodriguezAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Point of Care Ultrasound JournalPOCUS J 2026; 11: 121-125DOI: 10.24908/pocusj.v11i01.19486 AbstractPoint of care ultrasound (POCUS) can be used to diagnose neonatal lung diseases, especially

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Hemodynamic effects of high frequency oscillatory ventilation versus conventional mechanical ventilation in term neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension: a single-center randomized trial

Doaa El Amrousy, Hassan Koura, Noura Abdou, Mostafa Awny, Abdelrahman ElmashadTanta University.Egypt Italian Journal of MedicineItal J Med 2026; 52: DOI: 10.1186/s13052-026-02272-z AbstractBackground: We aimed to evaluate the hemodynamics in full-term neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH) on high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) versus conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV).Methods: This trial was conducted on 64 full-term neonates with PPH

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Gap between guidelines and practice: echocardiography reporting in neonatal pulmonary hypertension

Sophia Gremont, Eveliina Ronkainen, Merja KallioUniversity of Oulu. Oulu University Hospital. Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki.Finland Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2026; DOI: 10.1017/S104795112611292X AbstractObjectives: Targeted neonatal echocardiography is increasingly integrated into neonatal care and plays a crucial role in the evaluation and management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The objective of this study

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H2S Donor Therapy Reverses Established Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Structural Remodeling in Rats

Jie Zheng, Yanan Zhang, Boyang Lv, Yuanyuan Ma, Xuecong Zhong, Junbao Du, Hongfang Jin, Yaqian HuangPeking University First Hospital and Peking University.China BiomedicinesBiomedicines 2026;DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines14040760 AbstractObjectives: Downregulation of the endogenous gasotransmitter hydrogen sulfide (H2S) contributes to the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). While prophylactic H2S supplementation prevents PAH initiation in different rat models, its ability

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Plasma Asymmetric Dimethylarginine as a Biomarker of Disease Severity and Therapeutic Response in Neonatal Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension: An Observational Prospective Case-Control Study

Rania M Abdou, Maged A. El Wakeel, Ghada M. El-Kassas, Walaa H. Ali, Hend M. Ahmed, Mohamed Agha, Mohamed Abdel Atti Abdel Fatah, Ramy Saleh Abdelghany, Kareem Salah Eldin Fekry Madbouly, Haidy Badei Mohamad, Iman Shawky Hassan, Mohamed Abdelsalam Mohamed Ahmed, Heba T. Okda, Hatem Attia Mostafa Ismail Ain Shams University. Child Health Department, National

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Adapting the REVEAL Lite 2 score to the pediatric population through machine learning: insights from the REHIPED registry for pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Julia Playán-Escribano, Carlos Labrandero de Lera, Leticia Albert de la Torre,  Alejandro Rodríguez-Ogando, Antonio Moreno-Galdó, Inmaculada Guillén Rodríguez, Anna Sabaté-Rotés, Amparo Moya-Bonora, Lina María Caicedo Cuenca, María Jesús del Cerro, on behalf of the REHIPED investigatorsHospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Hospital Universitario del Sureste, Arganda del Rey. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus,

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Mid-term prognosis and risk stratification in patients with post-operative pulmonary hypertension: Insights from the Japanese Association of Congenital Heart Disease Registry (JACPHR)

Naofumi F. Sumitomo, Taku Ishii, Keiko Uchida, Susumu Hosokawa, Reina Ishizaki, Yoshiyuki Furutani, Hidekazu Ishida, Shinichi Takatsuki, Kei Inai, Shigetoyo Kogaki, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Yuichi Tamura, Hiroyuki Yamagishi, Shozaburo Doi, on behalf of The Japanese Association of Congenital Heart Disease Registry (JACPHR) membersKeio University School of Medicine. Institute of Science Tokyo. Tokyo Medical University. Japanese Red

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Prognostic value of haemodynamic and neurophysiological assessments in newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy undergoing whole-body therapeutic hypothermia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of short-term outcomes

Mona Noureldein, Vincent So, Lamia Hayawi, Ayman Saker, Laurent Renesme, Anne Tsampalieros, Nadya Ben FadelBirmingham Heartlands Hospital and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. University of Ottawa.United Kingdom and Canada Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2026; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2025-329322 AbstractObjective: To evaluate the prognostic

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