Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Transesophageal echocardiography-guided percutaneous closure of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects with pulmonary hypertension using single device: A case report

Sisca Natalia Siagian, Radityo Prakoso, Brian Mendel, Zakky Hazami, Valerinna Yogibuana Swastika Putri, Zulfahmi, Damba Dwisepto Aulia Sakti, Ario Soeryo KuncoroNational Cardiovascular Centre Harapan Kita and Universitas Indonesia. Sultan Sulaiman Government Hospital. Indonesia Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1093563 AbstractBackground: Surgery is typically used to correct challenging ventricular septal defects (VSDs), such as […]

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A deeper look into the functions of right ventricle using three-dimensional echocardiography: the forgotten ventricle in children with systemic lupus erythematosus

Shaimaa Rakha, Ayman Hammad, Hala Elmarsafawy, Mai S. Korkor, Riham EidMansoura University Children’s Hospital. Egypt European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-04936-y AbstractStudies on the right ventricular dysfunction (RV) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are limited, particularly in the pediatric age group. The study aimed to identify subclinical RV alterations in childhood-onset SLE

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Prognostic value of echocardiographic parameters in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mohan Pammi, Yashaswini Kelagere, Sara Koh, Amy Sisson, Joseph Hagan, Joshua Kailin, Caraciolo J. FernandesBaylor College of Medicine. Saint Peters Hospital. Rice University. Houston Academy of Medicine. United States Archives of Disease in Children Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2023; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2022-325257 AbstractBackground: Prognostication of mortality and decision to offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment in infants

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Ductus arteriosus flow predicts outcome in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Bartolomeo Bo, Flaminia Pugnaloni, Amelia Licari, Neil Patel, Brigitte Strizek, Lotte Lemloh, Judith Leyens, Andreas Mueller, Florian KipfmuellerChildren’s Hospital, University Hospital Bonn, and University of Bonn. “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital. University of Pavia. Royal Hospital for Children. Germany, Italy and United Kingdom Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58: 1711-1718DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26385 AbstractObjective: To investigate whether the pattern of flow

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Characteristics of exercise intolerance in different subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

Hong-Da Zhang, Yi Yan, Yang-Yang He, Qian-Qian Liu, Fu-Hua Peng, Xin-Xin Yan, Zhi-Yan HanFuwai Hospital and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College. Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, National Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. Henan University. China International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 2023; 375: 29-35DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.12.033 AbstractBackground: Exercise intolerance

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Differential biventricular adaption to pulmonary vascular disease in patients with idiopathic/heritable and congenital heart disease: a prospective cardiac magnetic resonance and invasive study

Zhuoyuan Xu, Ruiyu Dou, Zhen Zhou, Hongsheng Zhang, Chen Zhang, Qiangqiang Li, Lei Xu, Hong GuBeijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University. China European Heart Journal Cardiovascular ImagingEur Heart J Cardiovasc Imag 2023; DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jead106 AbstractAims: Despite shared pathophysiological mechanisms, patients with idiopathic/heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH/HPAH) have a poorer prognosis than those with PAH after congenital

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Descriptive images and features of pulmonary vascular disease in a child with a FOXF1 variant

Ronald W. Day, Khanh V. Lai, Hailey N. Baisch, Isabel C. LauUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital. St. Luke’s Children’s Treasure Valley Pediatrics. Mountainstar Ogden Pediatrics.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26480 AbstractNo abstract CategoryClass III. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Developmental Diseases of the LungGenetic Factors Associated with Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary

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Computed tomographic parenchymal lung findings in premature infants with pulmonary vein stenosis

Barry O’Callaghan, Jenny E. Zablah, Jason P. Weinman, Erin K. Englund, Gareth J. Morgan, D. Dunbar Ivy, Benjamin S. Frank, David Andrew Mong, LaDonna J. Malone, Lorna P. BrowneChildren’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora and University of Colorado Medical SchoolUnited States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05673-y AbstractBackground: Developmental pulmonary vein pulmonary vein stenosis in the setting of prematurity

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Echocardiographic Markers of Mild Pulmonary Hypertension are not Correlated with Worse Respiratory Outcomes in Infants with Bronchiolitis

Maria Lucia Rossi, Maria Clara Escobar-Diaz, Stephanie Marie Hadley, Paula Cecilia Randanne, Joan Sanchez-de-Toledo, Iolanda JordanSant Joan de Deu Hospital. Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute. Boston Children’s Hospital. University of Pittsburgh. University of Barcelona. Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)Spain and United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; 44:

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Treprostinil in Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia-Related Pulmonary Hypertension

Felix R. De Bie, Catherine M. Avitabile, Sabrina Flohr, Sierra Land, Leny Mathew, Yan Wang, Devon Ash, Natalie E. Rintoul, Holly L. HedrickChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Cluster Woman and Child. United States and Belgium Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113420 AbstractObjective: To describe our experience with treprostinil, evaluate

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