Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Cardiac Comorbidity and Exercise Intolerance in Bilateral Lung Transplant Recipients Followed at a Pediatric Center

Christina M. Mangano, Levent Midyat, Dawn Freiberger, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Debra Boyer, Gary Visner, Ming Hui ChenBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University College of Medicine. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03674-8 AbstractReduced exercise capacity is common […]

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Longitudinal echocardiographic parameters for evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with very low birth weight

Kwannapas Saengsin, Varangthip Khuwuthayakorn, Yupada Prongprot, Rekwan Sittiwangkul, Phichayut Phinyo, Krittai Tanasombatkul, Munranee LangChiang Mai University. Thailand Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124026040 AbstractBackground: Echocardiography is essential for the evaluation of pulmonary hypertension. We determined the feasible quantitative parameter for screening and monitoring pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants.Methods: This secondary analysis of a prospective cohort single-centre

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Correlation of Transthoracic Echocardiographic Estimates of Right Ventricular Pressure with Right Ventricular Pressure Measurements on Cardiac Catheterization in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension

Mary Lyn Stein, Amy O’Brien O’Brien Charles, Steven J. Staffa, Kan Zhang, Viviane G. Nasr, Morgan L. Brown, Mary P. MullenBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Brigham and Women’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024; DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.09.016 AbstractObjectives: Evaluate the correlation of non-invasive echocardiographic estimates of right ventricular systolic pressure

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Association between early pulmonary arterial pressure measurements and bronchopulmonary dysplasia or mortality in very preterm infants: a prospective cohort study

Mustafa Senol Akin, Gökce Kas, Emre Aydin, Aslihan Kose Cetinkaya, Ibrahim Ece, Fatma Nur Sari, Evrim Alymac DizdarAnkara City Hospital Children’s Hospital and University of Health Sciences.Turkey Archives of Disease in Children Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2024; DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327169 AbstractBackground: Prematurity is a significant risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia related pulmonary artery pressure.Objective: To

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Utility of the oxygenation index in management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a report from a Thai University Surgical Centre

Issariyaporn Kulngamnetr, Pharuhad Pongmee, Paul D. Losty, Suraida Aeesoa, Ampaipan BoonthaiRamathibodi Hospital and Mahidol University. University of Liverpool. Thailand and United Kingdom Pediatric Surgery InternationalPediatr Surg Int 2024; 40: DOI: 10.1007/s00383-024-05848-0 AbstractBackground: Oxygenation index (OI) is associated with severity of newborn pulmonary hypertension (PH) in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Higher OI may indicate worst degree(s) of PH.Objectives: This

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Impact of general anesthesia on the echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function in pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Charles T. Simpkin, Billy J. McElroy, Gareth J. Morgan, David Dunbar Ivy, Dale A. Burkett, Mark D. Twite, Benjamin S. FrankUniversity of Colorado Denver. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2024; DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12435 AbstractOne of the great diagnostic challenges for children with pulmonary arterial hypertension is the need for general anesthesia (GA) to enable successful right heart

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Echocardiographic Predictors of Hospital Outcomes in Preterm Neonates with Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Clinical Suspicion of Pulmonary Hypertension

Kristen Graff, Julie R. Ross, Kristen Morella, Shahryar M. ChowdhuryMedical University of South Carolina.United States Journal of NeonatologyJ Neonatol 2023; 37: 384-389DOI: 10.1177/09732179231178127 AbstractBackground: Preterm neonates often have an echocardiogram performed in the first few days of life for suspicion of pulmonary hypertension and patent ductus arteriosus. The usefulness of this echocardiogram in predicting outcomes in this

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Echocardiographic markers at diagnosis of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Sujith S. Pereira, Xander Jacquemyn, Shelby KuttyHomerton University Hospital and Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Barts and the London School of Medicine. Johns Hopkins Hospital. KU Leuven.United Kingdom, United States and Belgium Journal of Perinatal MedicineJ Perinat Med 2024; DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2023-0346 AbstractObjectives: Clinical parameters along with echocardiographic markers are used to interrogate the haemodynamics in persistent pulmonary

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Biomarker screening for pulmonary hypertension in VLBW infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Fernando A. Munoz, Amanda Kim, Brendan Kelly, Emma Olson Jackson, Patrick D. Evers, Daniel Morrow, Amy McCammond, Brian K. Jordan, Brian Scottoine Oregon Health & Science University. Seattle Children’s Hospital. PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend. University of California San Francisco.United States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-024-03517-5 AbstractBackground: Very low birth weight (VLBW) infants demonstrate altered

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Impact of Right Ventricular Pressure Overload on Myocardial Stiffness Assessed by Natural Wave Imaging

Maelys Venet, Aimen Malik, Samantha Gold, Naiyuan Zhang, Josh Gopaul, John Dauz, Kana Yazaki, Matteo Ponzoni, John C. Coles, Jason T. Maynes, Mai Sun, Alison Howell, Rajiv Chaturvedi, Luc Mertens, Dariusz, Mroczek, Kiyoshi Uike, Jerome Baranger, Mark K. Friedberg, Olivier VillemainHospital for Sick Children. Bordeaux University Hospital.Canada and France Journal of the American College of

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