Review Articles Concerning Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Surgical Approaches to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. CaldaroneUniversity 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 2018; 21: 83-91DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2017.11.010 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) constitutes a spectrum of congenital lesions whereby the pulmonary veins remain connected to systemic venous vessels […]

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Characterization of pulmonary arterial stiffness using cardiac MRI

Michael T. Cain, Michal Schäfer, Sarah Park, Alex J. Barker, Daniel Vargas, Kurt R. Stenmark, Yen-Rei A. Yu, Todd M. Bull, D. Dunbar Ivy, Jordan R. H. HoffmanChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado.United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02989-6 AbstractPulmonary arterial stiffness (PAS) is a pathologic hallmark of all

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Advances in the research of sulfur dioxide and pulmonary hypertension

Xin Liu, He Zhou, Hongsheng Zhang, Hongfang Jin, Yan HeBeijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University. Tulane University School of Medicine. Peking University First Hospital and Peking University.China and United States Frontiers in PharmacologyFront Pharmacol 2023; 14:DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1282403 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a fatal disease caused by progressive pulmonary vascular remodeling (PVR). Currently, the mechanisms underlying

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Diagnosis and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a 2023 update from the Canadian Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Collaborative

Pramod Puligandla, Erik Skarsgard, Robert Baird, Elena Guadagno, Alexandra Dimmer, Olivia Ganescu, Nimrah Abbasi, Gabriel Altit, Mary Brindle, Sairvan Fernandes, Shyamala Dakshinamurti, Helene Flageole, Audrey Hebert, Richard Keijzer, Martin Offringa, Dylan Patel, Greg Ryan, Michael Traynor, Augusto Zani, Priscilla Chiu. The Canadian Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia CollaborativeMontreal Children’s Hospital and McGill University Health Centre. BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia. Mount Sinai Hospital, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Alberta

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Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriosclerosis Unusual Fibrous Connective Tissue Growth Associated; Review of Literature and Discussion of Possible Physiological Mechanisms Involved in These Changes

Scott R. Inkley, George R. AbbottWestern Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.United States Journal of the American Medical Association Internal MedicineJAMA Int Med 1961; 108: 903-915 https://doi:10.1001/archinte.1961.03620120087012 AbstractAn extensive fibrous connective tissue proliferation suggestive of retroperitoneal fibrosis or chronic mediastinitis is reported here. Aside from being the most extensive involvement that we can find

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Preoperative Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging, and Interventional Management of Postoperative Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

Matthew D. Files, Brian MorraySeattle Children’s Hospital.United States Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaSemin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2017; 21: 123-131DOI: 10.1177/1089253216672442 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection refers to a spectrum of cardiac anomalies where the pulmonary veins fail to return to the left atrium and the pulmonary venous blood returns through a systemic vein or directly

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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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