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Diagnostic Strategy for Suspected Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery

Van Luong Hoang, Viet Anh Lam, Thanh Nguyen PhamHanoi National Lung Hospital. Vin University. Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy.Vietnam Current Medical ImagingCurr Med Imag 2024; DOI: 10.2174/0115734056266404231207071244 AbstractBackground: Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a very rare congenital anomaly.Objective: To analyze the diagnostic strategy applied to seven patients with UAPA who were examined […]

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Transcatheter closure of Abernethy malformation associated with interrupted inferior caval vein and other systemic venous anomalies

Samir Shakya, Anita Saxena, Sivasubramanian RamakrishnanAll India Institute of Medical Sciences.India Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 337-339DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121002900 AbstractAbernethy malformation is a rare entity. We report a 5-year-old boy presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension in whom Abernethy malformation and inferior caval vein interruption were diagnosed by CT angiography. In addition, the iliac veins were

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Common pulmonary vein atresia

Thomas Glenn, Jose Honold, Beth F. Printz, Dana MuellerUniversity of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 668-670DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003565 AbstractA 4-hour-old infant with profound cyanosis on an alprostadil infusion was urgently transferred to Rady Children’s Hospital with suspected CHD. Upon arrival, urgent echocardiography was performed but

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. VanderlaanHospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSeminThorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and scientific publication

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Off-label use of muscular VSD device for closure of a rare congenital portosystemic shunt

Hala Mounir Agha, Shady Mashoor, Mohamed Ghobashy, Antoine AbdelMassih, Hanya Gaber, Hanaa El‑KaraksyCairo University.Egypt Egyptian Heart JournalEgypt Heart J 2024; 76:DOI: 10.1186/s43044-024-00467-5 AbstractBackground: Congenital portosystemic shunt (CPSS) is a vascular malformation in which portal blood drains toward the systemic circulation, leading to pulmonary hypertension.Case presentation: A 10-year-old patient was brought for evaluation because of dyspnea on exertion. Echocardiography

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Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor plasma levels and TAFI Thr325Ile genetic polymorphism in a cohort of Egyptian sickle cell disease patients and impact on disease severity

Mona Hamdy, Iman A. Shaheen, Mohamed Khallaf, Yasmeen M. M. SelimCairo University.Egypt Pediatric Blood and CancerPediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30959 AbstractBackground: Thrombin is a critical protease modulating thrombosis as well as inflammation, which are one of the main pathophysiological mechanisms in sickle vasculopathy, and its levels were reported to be high in sickle cell disease (SCD).

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Congenital Extrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Complicated by the Development of Hepatoblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Mira AlMheiri, Hala B. Mrayyan, Balaji Krishnamurthy, Ajay P. DsouzaAl Jalila Children’s Specialty Hospital. Dubai Medical College. United Arab Emirates CureusCureus 2024; 16:DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54508 AbstractCongenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) or congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (CEPS) is a rare malformation. This congenital anomaly presents with a diverse array of clinical manifestations, ranging from asymptomatic to severe complications such

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Predicting Peri-Operative Cardiorespiratory Adverse Events in Children with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization Using Echocardiography: A Cohort Study

Timothy J. W. Dawes, Valentine Woodham, Emma Sharkey, Angus McEwan, Graham Derrick, Vivek Muthurangu, Shahin Moledina, Lucy HepburnGreat Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. University College London. , Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. United Kingdom Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03447-3 AbstractGeneral anesthesia in children with idiopathic pulmonary

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Susceptibility to high-altitude pulmonary edema is associated with increased pulmonary arterial stiffness during exercise

Ashley Mulchrone, H. Moulton, Marlow W. Eldridge, Naomi C. CheslerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Applied PhysiologyJ Appl Physiol 2020; 128: 514-522DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00153.2019 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a reversible form of capillary leak, is a common consequence of rapid ascension to high altitude and a major cause of death related to high-altitude exposure. Individuals with a

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Atrial Septal Defect, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, and Diastolic Left Heart Failure: When 3 Players Come into the Game

Tobias Rutz, John-David Aubert, Maurice Beghetti, Eric Eeckhout, Olivier Muller, Judith Bouchardy, Patrick YerlyLausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne. Universitaire Romand de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique. Switzerland Circulation Heart FailureCirc Heart Fail 2024;DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.010545 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryClass I. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Cardiovascular DiseaseClass II. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Ventricular Systolic

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