Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Digital Subtraction Pulmonary Angiography: A Useful Tool to Evaluate Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Josue Maldonado Custodio, Nathan Rodgers, Varun AggarwalUniversity of Minnesota.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04311-2 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension causes significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. Current guidelines speak about the need for new strategies to diagnose and monitor pulmonary hypertension in pediatrics. Digital subtraction pulmonary angiography is a useful tool to assess lung vasculature

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Oxygen Consumption and Oxygen Pulse Patterns in Two Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension and Different Clinical Responses: A Case Report

Allegra J. VanderWilde, Kimberley G. Miles, Kristian C. Becker, Paul J. Critser, Michelle Cash, Melissa Magness, Wayne A. Mays, Russel Hirsch, Adam W. PowellUniversity of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Nemours Children’s Health.United States Case Reports in PediatricsCase Rep Pediatr 2026; DOI: 10.1155/crpe/6697634 AbstractTwo patients with repaired congenital heart disease (CHD) and CHD-associated pulmonary

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Association between base excess levels and clinical outcomes among very low birth weight infants: a multicenter birth cohort study in South Korea

Ji Yoo Kim, Hyeon Jin Kim, Heeyoon Choi, Minji Kim, Jinseok Lee, Yong Sung Choi, Dong Keon YonKyung Hee University Medical Center and Kyung Hee University College of Medicine. South Korea Clinical and Experimental PediatricsClin Exp Pediatr 2026; DOI: 10.3345/cep.2025.02817 AbstractBackground: The impact of metabolic acidosis on short-term outcomes and mortality in very low birth weight infants

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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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