Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Risk Stratification

Biventricular responses to exercise and their relation to cardiorespiratory fitness in pediatric pulmonary hypertension

Guido E. Pieles, Dan-Mihai Dorobantu, Jessica E. Caterini, Barbara Cifra, Janette Reyes, Sara Roldan Ramos, Eilis Hannon, Craig A. Williams, Tilman Humpl, Luc Mertens, Greg D. Wells, Mark K. FriedbergHospital for Sick Children. University of Exeter.Canada and United Kingdom American Joural of Physiology Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2024; DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00096.2024 AbstractDespite […]

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Non-invasive prediction of pulmonary vascular disease-related exercise intolerance and survival in non-group 1 pulmonary hypertension

Yogesh N. V. Reddy, Hilary Dubrock, Paul M. Hassoun, Anna Hemnes, Evelyn Horn, Jane A. Leopold, Franz Rischard, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Nicholas S. Hill, Serpil C. Erzurum, Gerald J. Beck, Stephen C. Mathai, Monica Mukherjee, W. H. Wilson Tang, Barry A. Borlaug, Robert P. Frantz and the PVDOMICS Study GroupMayo Clinic. Johns Hopkins University. Vanderbilt

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Fetal biophysical predictors of pulmonary hypertension severity, management, and treatment in infants born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

C. Chase Binion, Chris B. Agala, Ashley H. Ebanks, Amy Marzinsky, Sean E. McLean, Congenital Diaphragmatic Study GroupUniversity of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine. University of Virginia School of Medicine. McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. United States American Journal of SurgeryAm J

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Down syndrome and postoperative hemodynamics in patients undergoing surgery for congenital cardiac communications

Eloisa Sassá Carvalho, JulianoGomes Penha, NairYukie Maeda, Kelly Cristina O. Abud, Maria Francilene S. Souza, Claudia R. P. Castro, Johnny X. dos Santos, Juliana Pereira, Antonio Augusto LopesUniversity of São Paulo School of Medicine. Brazil Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2024; 14: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-67097-4 AbstractAlthough Down syndrome (DS) is considered a risk factor for hemodynamic instabilities (mainly pulmonary

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Prenatal diagnostic and intervention considerations in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Claudia Ibarra, Eric Bergh, Kuojen Tsao, Anthony JohnsonMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center. United States Seminars in Pediatric SurgerySemin Pediatr Surg 2024; 33: DOI: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2024.151436 AbstractCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a life-threatening birth defect with significant morbidity and mortality. The prenatal management of a pregnancy with a fetus affected with CDH

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Timely PAH Identification in Adults With Repaired Congenital Heart Disease? The ACHD-QuERI Registry Insights

Michael J. Landzberg, Curt J. Daniels, Paul Forfia, Vallerie V. McLaughlin, Karimah S. Bell Lynum, Mona Selej, Alexander R. OpotowskyHarvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. Ohio State University College of Medicine and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Temple University Hospital. University of Michigan Medical Center. Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

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Development of a prediction nomogram for 1-month mortality in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Zhong Feng, Yandong Wei, Ying Wang, Chao Liu, Dong Qu, Jingna Li, Lishuang Ma, Wenquan NiuChildren’s Hospital Capital Institute of Pediatrics. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. China BioMedical Central SurgeryBMC Surg 2024; 24: DOI: 10.1186/s12893-024-02479-z AbstractObjectives: Although many prognostic factors in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have been described, no consensus thus far has been reached

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Prenatal features of ductus arteriosus-related branch pulmonary stenosis in fetal pulmonary atresia

Deliwe P. Ngwezi, Marisha McClean, Angela McBrien, Luke Eckersley, Jayani Abeysekera, Timothy Colen, Lisa K. HornbergerStollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta.Canada Ultrasound in Obstetrics and GynecologyUltrasound Obstet Gynecol 2021; 58: 411-419DOI: 10.1002/uog.23576 AbstractObjective: Ductus arteriosus (DA)-related branch pulmonary stenosis (PS), due to ductal tissue migration into the proximal pulmonary artery (PA) ipsilateral to the DA, is

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Prognostic Value of Serial Risk Stratification in Adult and Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review

Chantal Lokhorst, Sjoukje van der Werf, Rolf M. F. Berger, Johannes M. DouwesBeatrix Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen and University of GroningenNetherlands Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2024; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.123.034151 AbstractBackground: In pulmonary arterial hypertension, it is recommended to base therapeutic decisions on risk stratification. This systematic review aims to report the prognostic value of serial risk

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Echocardiographic Predictors of Ductal Tissue-Related Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in Pulmonary Atresia

Marisha McClean, Deliwe Ngwezi, Timothy Colen, Kandice Mah, Mohammed Al-Aklabi, Lisa HornbergerStollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta. Children’s Hospital LHSC and Western University. Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 878-886DOI: 10.1007/s00246-021-02799-4 AbstractBranch pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis due to ductus arteriosus (DA) tissue (DA-PS) contributes to the morbidity associated with pulmonary atresia (PAtr). We sought to

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