Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Actigraphy Study Endpoints to Reduce Sample Size and Facilitate Drug Development for Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Haihao Sun, Norman Stockbridge, D. Dunbar Ivy, Jennifer Clark, Angela Bates, Stephanie S. Handler, Usha S. Krishnan, MAry P. Mullen, Delphine Yung, Rachel K. Hopper, Nidhy P. Varghese, Catherine M. Avitabile, Jeff Fineman, Eric D. Austin, Grace FreireU.S. Food and Drug Administration. University of Colorado School of Medicine. Stollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta. […]

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The Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index Provides No Additional Prognostic Information in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Faye E. Smits, Chantal Lokhorst, Marlies G. Haarman , Mark-Jan Ploegstra , Rolf M. F. Berger, Johannes M. DouwesBeatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen.Netherlands ChildrenChildren 2024; 11: DOI: 10.3390/children11101152 AbstractBackground/objectives: The pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi, calculated as (SPAP – DPAP)/mRAP) has been suggested as a measure of right ventricular-vascular coupling (RVVC)

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Clinical Implications of Pretest Probability of HFpEF on Outcomes in Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension

Yogesh N. V. Reddy, Robert P. Frantz, Paul M. Hassoun, Anna R. Hemnes, Evelyn Horn, Jane A. Leopold, Franz Rischard, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Nicholas S. Hill, Serpil C. Erzurum, Gerald J. Beck, J. Emmanuel Finet, Christine L. Jellis, StephenC. Mathai, W. H. Wilson Tang, Barry A BorlaugMayo Clinic. Johns Hopkins University. Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Weill

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Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Who Die After Repair

Catherine M. Avitabile, Yang Wang, Devon Ash, Sabrina J. Flohr, Leny Mathew, Natalie Rintoul, Holly L. HedrickPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. United States Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJ Pediatr Surg 2024; 60: DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2024.162002 AbstractBackground: Quantitative echocardiographic (echo) measures of ventricular function predict mortality in pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH),

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Association of Prenatal Congenital Lung Malformation Volume Ratio to Postnatal Computed Tomography Characteristics

Ashley Elisabeth Montgomery, Sarah Elizabeth Peiffer, John Randall Santa Cruz, Pamela Ketwaroo, Timothey Chen-An Lee, Sundeep Govind Keswani, Alice KingBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Surgical ResearchJ Surg Res 2024; 302: 755-764DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.07.118 AbstractIntroduction: Congenital lung malformations (CLMs) are diverse and readily diagnosed on prenatal ultrasound. Postnatal computed tomography (CT) characteristics, including

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The ten-year evaluation of clinical characteristics in congenital lung anomaly in pediatrics; a retrospective study in North of Iran

Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani, Ali Ahani Azari, Somayeh Ghorbani, Lobat ShahkaTaleghani Pediatric Hospital and Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Iran BioMedical Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2024; 24: DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04911-y AbstractIntroduction: Congenital lung anomalies (CLA) are a group of anomalies, including congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM), bronchopulmonary sequestrations (BPS), congenital lobar emphysema (CLE), and bronchogenic cysts (BC). The prevalence

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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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