Medical Therapy. Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects

Efficacy and Tolerability of Selexipag in Pediatric Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Vasiliki Patsiou, Triantaphyllia Grantza, Thomas Chrysochoidis-Trantas, Maria Kavga, Nikolaos Fragakis, Antonio Ziakas, Alexandra Arvanitaki, George GiannakoulasAHEPA University General Hospital, Hippokrateion General Hospital and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine and Northwell Health. Royal Brompton Hospital. Greece, United States and United Kingdom Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-04094-y […]

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Early Oxygenation and Mortality in Infants Treated with Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN)

Marina S. Oren, Kikelomo Babata, June Hu, Venkatakrishna Kakkilaya, Patti J. Burchfield, Michelle Hagans, L. Steven Brown, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Vishal KapadiaUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas. Parkland Health & Hospital System. University of California Davis Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Pediatrics: Clinical PracticeJ Pediatr Clin Pract 2025; 18: DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedcp.2025.200189

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Phenoxybenzamine: Old Wine in a Bright New Bottle-Taming the wild side of Phenoxybenzamine

R. Benedict Raj, Srinath Reddy Narahari, Vasudev Vemala, Jyotiprakash ReddyAster Ramesh Hospitals.India Journal of Pharmacy and BioAllied SciencesJ Pharm Bioall Sci 2025; 17 (Suppl 3): S2135-S2137DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_868_25 AbstractBackground: Phenoxybenzamine (PBZ), a long-acting α-blocker, was once widely used in pediatric cardiac surgeries but fell out of favor due to concerns about systemic hypotension. In the context of developing

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Systemic Sirolimus Monitoring in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Heather Meluskey, Bridget Blowey, Anna B. O’Brien, Michael L. O’Byrne, Jonathan J. Rome, David B. Frank, Catherine M. Avitabile, Mudit Gupta, Jessica Tang, Kimberly L. Butler, Constantine D. Mavroudis, Stephanie Fuller, Ryan CallahanChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dell School of Medicine at the University of Texas.

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Efficacy and safety of treprostinil in pediatric pulmonary hypertension following fontan surgery: a real-world analysis

Mingjie Zhang, Xi Chen, Yahe Xu, Yijun Chen, Zhiyue Zhang, Jingru Zhou, Zhuoming XuShanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China BioMedical Central PediatricsBMC Pediatr 2025; 25: DOI: 10.1186/s12887-025-06097-3 AbstractIntroduction: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treprostinil in managing pulmonary hypertension (PH) following Fontan surgery in children. The

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Use of Dupilumab to Treat Cutaneous Complications of Continuous Prostacyclin Infusion in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Nidhy P. Varghese, Erin Ely, Rozmeen Fombin, Claire Champion, Elise WhalenBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2025; 15: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.70158 AbstractAdhesive reactions are common complications of continuous treprostinil infusions, limiting their recommended use as a treatment for severe pulmonary hypertension. We present the case of a 10-year-old male with recurrent

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Nebulized Treprostinil in Mechanically Ventilated Children

Sarah P. Cohen, Diane Paulus, Ashley Hattie, Beth Malehorn, Mary Irmen, Robert GajarskiOhio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2025; 60: DOI: 10.1002/ppul.71278 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryMedical Therapy. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy. Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse EffectsMedical Therapy. Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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Nebulized nitroglycerin as an adjuvant drug in management of persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborns: a randomized controlled trial

Marwa Mohammed Farag, Hesham Abd El‑Rahim Ghazal, Aly Mohamed Abdel‑Mohsen, Moataz Ahmed RezkAlexandria University Hospital, Alexandria. Egypt European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2025; 184: DOI: 10.1007/s00431-025-06381-5 AbstractThe objective was to evaluate the effect of nebulized nitroglycerin (NNG) in neonates with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN). The study focused on assessing changes in echocardiographic and clinical parameters

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Case Report: Non-reactive vasoreactivity testing in a patient with patent ductus arteriosus with pulmonary hypertension: is there still a way to turn things around?

Sisca Natalia Siagian, Elsa Hedia Panjaitan, Pandu Prasetyo NugrohoUniversitas Indonesia.Indonesia Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2025; 12: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2025.1569963 AbstractBackground: Recent guidelines recommend patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure in adults based on hemodynamic criteria, such as pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and flow ratio (Qp:Qs). However, additional parameters like acute vasoreactivity testing (AVT) and closure testing, though

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Enhancing Drug Development for Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension-An Integrative Perspective

Steven H. Abman, Sylvia M. Nikkho, Rolf M. F. Berger, Maria Jesus del Cerro, Eric D. Austin, Maurice Beghetti, Dunbar Ivy, Megan Griffiths, Anne Hilgendorff, Steven H. Kawut, Usha S. Krishnan, Mary P. Mullen, Shahin Moledina, Bernard Thébaud, Norman StockbridgeUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Bayer AG. Beatrix Children’s Hospital, University

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