Review Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Postrepair Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Addressing Anatomic and Patient Risk Factors to Improve Outcomes

Alessia Di Nardo, Elizabeth D. Persaud, Rachel D. VanderlaanUniversity of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2025; 28: 107-116DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.02.008 AbstractSurgical results for correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) have improved in the current era. Postrepair pulmonary […]

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Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Transplantation

Sophie Kruszona, Khalil Aburahma, Nunzio Davide de Manna, Dmitry Bobylev, Arjang Ruhparwar, Christian Kuehn, Jawad Salman, Fabio IusHannover Medical School.Germany Zentralblatt für ChirurgieZentralbl Chir 2025; DOI: 10.1055/a-2590-2620 AbstractPulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), a subtype of pulmonary hypertension, is a rare end-stage lung disease. Bilateral lung and combined heart and lung transplantation have long been considered as a gold standard therapy for PAH. This manuscript

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Is Pulmonary Embolism a Chronic Disease?

Gerard Gurumurthy, Lianna Reynolds, Kirsten de Wit, Lara N. Roberts, Jecko ThachilUniversity of Manchester. Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. Queen’s University. McMaster University. King’s College Hospital NHS. United Kingdom and Canada Clinical Medicine JournalClin Med 2025;DOI: 10.1016/j.clinme.2025.100325 AbstractPulmonary embolism (PE) is often regarded as an acute disorder, yet emerging evidence underscores its chronic trajectory. Many survivors endure

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Congenital portosystemic shunts: diagnosis and treatment

Stéphanie Franchi-Abella, Emmanuel Gonzales, Oanez Ackermann, Sophie Banchereau, Daniéle Pariente, Florent Guérin, International Registry of Congenital Poertosystemic Shunt MembersHôpital Bicêtre, Hôpitaux Universitaire Paris-Sud and Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris. National Reference Centre for Rare Pediatric Liver Diseases and Filfoie. University Paris -Sud. France Abdominal RadiologyAbd Radiol 2018; 43: 2023-2036DOI: 10.1007/s00261-018-1619-8 AbstractCongenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are rare

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Pulmonary Complications in Patients With Fontan Circulation: JACC Review Topic of the Week

Ali Abdulkarim, Shawn Shaji, Mahmud Elfituri, Megan Gunsaulus, Muhammad A. Zafar, Ali N. Zaidi, Robert H. Pass, Brian Feingold, Geoffrey Kurland, Jacqueline Kreutzer, Rod Ghassemzadeh, Bryan Goldstein, Shawn West, Tarek AlsaiedIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. University of

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Arteriovenous Malformations-Current Understanding of the Pathogenesis with Implications for Treatment

Katharina Schimmel, Khadem Ali, Serena Y. Tan, Joyce Teng, Huy M. Do, Gary K. Steinberg, David A. Stevenson, Edda SpiekerkoetterStanford University. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. United States International Journal of Molecular SciencesInt J Mol Sci 2021; 22: DOI: 10.3390/ijms22169037 AbstractArteriovenous malformations are a vascular anomaly typically present at birth, characterized by an abnormal connection between an

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Mechanism and Treatment of Right Ventricular Failure Due to Pulmonary Hypertension in Children

Bibhuti B. DasUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center.United States ChildrenChildren 2025; 12: DOI: 10.3390/children12040476 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disorder characterized by obstructive changes in the pulmonary vasculature, leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), right ventricular (RV) strain, and eventual RV failure (RVF). Despite advancements in medical therapy, PH remains associated with significant morbidity and

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: future optimism

Patcharapong Suntharos, Marin Satawiriya, Lourdes R. PrietoCleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States and Thailand Current Opinion in CardiologyCurr Opin Cardiol 2025; DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001217 AbstractPurpose of review: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prevention of restenosis remains challenging. This review will highlight recent advances in

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Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension: Screening and Management

Samuel F. Schaeffer, Bwaar Omer, Akshaya Vachhaarajani, Chaitanya PanchangamUniversity of Missouri.United States NeoreviewsNeoreviews 2025; 26: e316-e327DOI: 10.1542/neo.26-5-013 AbstractScreening for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) was recommended by the American Thoracic Society in 2015. However, the definition of BPD has since changed. This review summarizes the current definition of BPD, the recommendations and

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Pulmonary hypertension in pediatrics: from clinical suspicion to management

Julie Wacker, Maurice BeghettiGeneva University Hospitals. Switzerland European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2025; 184: DOI: 10.1007/s00431-025-06099-4 AbstractPediatric pulmonary hypertension differs from adult pulmonary hypertension in many ways, including multifactorial etiologies and comorbidities that can impact diagnosis, response to therapy, and outcome. The main etiologies of pediatric PH are idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), PAH associated

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