Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Risk Stratification

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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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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Embracing the challenges of neonatal and paediatric pulmonary hypertension

Dunbar Ivy, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Steven H. Abman, Maurice Beghetti, Damien Bonnet, Johannes Menno Douwes, Alessandra Manes, RolfM.F.BergerUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at WMC Health and New York Medical College of Touro University. Geneva University Hospital and University of Geneva. Necker Hospital for Sick Children. Beatrix

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment of Pulmonary Vascularity in Preterm Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Shanmukha Muthapuram, Addison Donaher, Nara S. Higano, James A. Rowe, Jean A. Tkach, Jason C. Woods, Paul S. KingmaCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. United States NeonatologyNeonatology 2024; DOI: 10.1159/000539545 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary hypertension often complicates bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and infants with BPD plus pulmonary hypertension experience higher mortality rates. Current methods

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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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