Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Development of late pulmonary hypertension after antenatal inflammation in experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Paula Dias Maia, Gregory Seedorf, Tania Gonzalez, Elisa Bye, Benjamin S. Frank, Erica W. Mandell, Steven H. AbmanUniversity of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Unoted States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04223-6 AbstractBackground: Antenatal inflammation due to chorioamnionitis is strongly associated with the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and BPD-associated pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH) […]

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Procedural Variation May Contribute to 6-Minute Walk Distance Variability in Real-World Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Study

Cynthia Kleppinger, Dunbar Ivy, Norman Stockbridge, Angela Bates, Stephanie Handler, Usha S. Krishnan, Mary P. Mullen, Delphine Yung, Rachel K. Hopper, Nidhy P. Varghese, Jef Fineman, Eric D. Austin, Catherine M. Avitabile, Grace Freire, Jennifer Clark, Haihao SunUnited States Food and Drug Administration. University of Colorado. Stollery Children’s Hospital. Medical College of Wisconsin. Columbia University

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Echo-Derived Right Ventricular Strain Identifies Pulmonary Hypertension in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Patients

Ryan S. Bishop, Tam T. Doan, Claudia Lara, Lindsay F. Eilers, Hari P. Tunuguntla, Joseph A. Spinner, Ricardo H. Pignatelli, Anitha Parthiban, James C. WilkinsonTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States American Society for Artificial Internal OrgansASAIO 2025; DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002489 AbstractIdentifying pulmonary hypertension in pediatric patients with continuous-flow ventricular assist device (cf-VAD) remains challenging,

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Echocardiographic Prediction of Hemodynamics During Acute Vasoreactivity Testing in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Charles T. Simpkin, Benjamin S. Frank, Yuanqing Liu, Zhaozing Pan, D. Dunbar Ivy, Dale A. BurkettChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado-Anschutz Medical Campus.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2025; DOI: 10.1111/echo.70232 AbstractPurpose: In pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), echocardiography is frequently used to assess response to acute vasodilator therapy. We sought to evaluate whether echocardiography is sensitive enough to

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Usefulness of exercise stress echocardiography in a patient with unilateral pulmonary branch stenosis

Ryohei Yokoyama, Yoshihiko Kodama, Kazunari Takamura, Masako Takahashi, Miyo Tanaka, Nozomi Watanabe, Hiroshi MoritakeUniversity of Miyazaki.Japan Journal of Cardiology CasesJ Cardiol Cases 2025; 31: 155-157DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2025.02.003 AbstractExercise stress echocardiography (ESE) is a feasible and valuable tool for evaluating subclinical pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, its utility in patients with unilateral pulmonary branch stenosis remains unclear. We present

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Predicting pulmonary hemodynamics in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and machine learning: an exploratory pilot study

Hung Chu, Rosaria J. Ferreira, Chantal Lokhorst, Johannes M. Douwes, Meindina G. Haarman, Tineke P. Willems, Rolf M.F. Berger, Mark-Jan PloegstraBeatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen. Frisius Medical Center Leeuwarden.Netherlands International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2025; DOI: 10.1007/s10554-025-03434-6 AbstractPurpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) significantly affects the pulmonary vasculature, requiring

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How to Do Echo for Noninvasive Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit: A Consensus Statement of the Italian Society of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Imaging

Maurizio Cusmà Piccione, Luigi Colarusso, Eustachio Agricola, Matteo Cameli, Antonio De Luca, Roberta Manganaro, Agata Barchitta, Antonello D’Andrea, Vito Maurizio Parato, Paolo Trambaiolo, Concetta Zito, Pio Caso, Giovanni Di Salvo, This Document was promoted by Members of the 2024-2025 SIECVI Scientific Documents Committee and Reviewed by Ilaria Caso and Giovanni Di SalvoUniversity of Messina. IRCCS

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Efficacy of bubble contrast echocardiography in detecting pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in children with univentricular heart after total cavopulmonary connection

Dai Asada, Yuma Morishita, Yoko Kawai, Yo Kajiyama, Kazuyuki IkedaKyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 227-230DOI: 10.1017/S104795111900324X AbstractBackground: Development of pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in patients with cavopulmonary anastomosis may result in a significant morbidity. Although the use of bubble contrast echocardiography with selective injection into both the branch pulmonary arteries in

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[Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas in a pediatric patient: a case report]

Yuli T. Samboni, Liliana P. Tordecilla, Gilberto Acuña, Ana L. MuñozUniversidad Antonio Nariño.Columbia Archivos Argentinos de PediatriaArch Argent Pediatr 2020; 118: e170-e173DOI: 10.5546/aap.2020.e170 AbstractPulmonary arteriovenous fistulas are congenital malformations due to anomalous direct communication between arteries and veins; the incidence is 2-3:100,000 inhabitants. This condition is usually asymptomatic and incidentally appearing in adult imaging findings. Transcutaneous

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CT Angiography Findings of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in Children and Young Adults With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Su-Mi Shin, Hee Kyung Kim, Eric J. Crotty, Adrienne M. Hammill, Katherine Wusik, Dong-Hoon KimSMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Korea University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea and United States American Journal of RoengenologyAJR Am J Roentgenol 2020; 214: 1369-1376DOI: 10.2214/AJR.19.22012 AbstractObjective. The purpose of this study

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