Review Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia – Associated pulmonary hypertension: An updated review

Ahmed El-Saie, Nidhy P. Varghese, Melissa K. Webb, Natalie Villafranco, Bheru Gandhi, Milenka Cuevas Guaman, Binoy ShivannaChildren’s Mercy Hospital. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. United States Seminars in PerinatologySemin Perinatol 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.semperi.2023.151817 AbstractBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the leading cause of chronic lung disease in infants and the commonest complication of prematurity. Advances […]

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Eisenmenger Syndrome: A Revisit of a Hidden but Catastrophic Disease

J. M. Chinawa, I. Arodiwe, J. T. Onyia, A. T. ChinawaUniversity of Nigeria/University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. Enugu State University College of Medicine. Nigeria West African Journal of MedicineWest Afr J Med 2023; 40: 973-981DOI Not Available AbstractBackground: Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is a rare condition seen in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). It is characterized

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Current and emerging pharmacotherapies for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in infants

Matthew F. Pizzuto, Matthew M. Laughon, Wesley M. JacksonUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.United States Expert Opinion on PharmacotherapyExpert Opin Pharmacother 2023; DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2023.2257598 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex condition that encompasses an array of underlying disease processes and affects a diverse population of infants, including those with congenital heart disease, congenital diaphragmatic hernia,

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Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary venous anomalies

J. René Herlong, James J. Jaggers, Ross M. UngerleiderDuke University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2000; 69 (4 Suppl): S56-S69DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01237-0 AbstractThe extant nomenclature for pulmonary venous anomalies is reviewed for the purpose of establishing a unified reporting system. The subject was debated and reviewed by members of the STS-Congenital Heart Surgery

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Congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Larry A. Latson, Lourdes R. PrietoCleveland Clinic FoundationUnited States CirculationCirculation 2007; 115: 103-108DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.646166 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionSurgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive TestingDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive TestingReview Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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The emerging roles of SUMOylation in pulmonary diseases

Xuyang Zheng, Lingqiao Wang, Zhen Zhang, Huifang TangThe Affiliated Hangzhou First People’s Hospital, Zhejiang Respiratory Drugs Research Laboratory and Zhejiang University School of Medicine. China Molecular MedicineMol Med 2023; 29: DOI: 10.1186/s10020-023-00719-1 AbstractSmall ubiquitin-like modifier mediated modification (SUMOylation) is a critical post-translational modification that has a broad spectrum of biological functions, including genome replication and repair,

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Imaging of pulmonary venous developmental anomalies

Jonathan R. Dillman, Sai G. Yarram, Ramiro J. HernandezUniversity of Michigan Health System and C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAJR Am J Roentgenol 2009; 192: 1272-1285DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1526 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this article is to review pulmonary venous embryology and to present the imaging findings of a variety of pulmonary venous developmental anomalies,

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Pathogenesis, clinical features, and phenotypes of pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease: A consensus statement from the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute’s Innovative Drug Development Initiative – Group 3 Pulmonary Hypertension

Lucilla Piccari, Brian Allwood, Katerina Antoniou, Jonathan H. Chung, Paul M. Hassoun, Sylvia M. Nikkho, Rajan Saggar, Oksana A. Shlobin, Patrizio Vitulo, Steven D. Nathan, Stephen John WortHospital del Mar. Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital. University of Crete School of Medicine. The University of Chicago. Johns Hopkins University. Bayer AG. University of California Los Angeles

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Inhaled nitric oxide use in newborns

Souvik Mitra, Gabriel AltitCanadian Paediatric Society.Canada Paediatrics and Child HealthPaediatr Child Health 2023; 28: 119-127DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxac107 AbstractInhaled nitric oxide (iNO), a selective pulmonary vasodilator, is used as a therapeutic modality in infants with hypoxemic respiratory failure (HRF) associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). iNO should ideally be initiated following echocardiographic confirmation of PPHN.

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Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension during pregnancy

Kaushiga Krishnathasan, Andrew Constantine, Isma Rafiq, Ana Barradas Pires, Hannah Douglas, Laura C. Price, Konstantinos DimopoulosRoyal Brompton Hospital and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals. Imperial College. St Thomas’ Hospital. King’s College.United Kingdom Expert Review of Respiratory MedicineExpert Rev Respir Med 2023; 17: 413-423DOI: 10.1080/17476348.2023.2210838 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure

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