Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease or Adult Pulmonary Vascular Disease Archives

The clinical assessment of lung involvement in patients with Still’s disease, results from the multicentre international AIDA Network Still’s Disease Registry

Piero Ruscitti 1, Antonio Vitale 2 3, Ilenia Di Cola 1, Valeria Caggiano 2 3, Pierpaolo Palumbo 4, Ernesto Di Cesare 1, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola 5, Jiram Torres-Ruiz 5, Guillermo Arturo Guaracha-Basañez 5, Eduardo Martín-Nares 5, Giuseppe Lopalco 6, Maria Morrone 6, Florenzo Iannone 6, Henrique A Mayrink Giardini 7, Rafael Alves Cordeiro 7, Isabele Parente de Brito Antonelli 7, Onorina Berardicurti 8 9, Luca Navarini 8 9, Francesco Ciccia 10, Maria Chiara Visconti 10, Daniela Iacono 10, Haner Direskeneli 11, Sukran Erten 12, Haihong Yao 13, Maissa Thabet 14, Samar Tharwat 15 16, Gaafar Ragab 17 18, Verónica Gómez-Caverzaschi 19, Petros P Sfikakis 20, Lampros Fotis 21, Francesco La Torre 22, Armin Maier 23, Anastasios Karamanakos 24, Ibrahim A Almaghlouth 25 26, Micol Frassi 27, Abdurrahman Tufan 28, Marcello Govoni 29, Jurgen Sota 2 3, Gabriele Simonini 30, Giacomo Emmi 31 32, Francesca Li […]

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Novel Therapies for Right Ventricular Failure

Bibhuti B. DasUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center.United States Current Cardiology ReportsCurr Cardiol Rep 2025; 27:DOI: 10.1007/s11886-024-02157-9 AbstractPurpose of review: Traditionally viewed as a passive player in circulation, the right ventricle (RV) has become a pivotal force in hemodynamics. RV failure (RVF) is a recognized complication of primary cardiac and pulmonary vascular disorders and is associated with a

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Reversed valved Potts shunt for refractory primary pulmonary arterial hypertension

Sebastian Michel, Joseph Pattathu, Jürgen Hörer, Fabian A. KariLMU University Hospital. Gernany Multimedia Manual of Cardio-thoracic SurgeryMultimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2025; DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2024.120 AbstractThis procedure is carried out via a full sternotomy using standard aortic and bicaval cannulations. For the aortic and pulmonary anastomoses, selective antegrade unilateral cerebral perfusion is used after cooling the body temperature

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Precision Medicine for Pulmonary Vascular Disease: The Future Is Now (2023 Grover Conference Series)

Lindsay M. Forbes, Natalie Bauer, AritraBhadra, Stefan Gräf, GustavoA.Heresi, Rachel K. Hopper, Harm J. Bogaard, Gaurav Choudhary, Kara N. Goss, Arun Jose, Yunhye Kim, Timothy Klouda, Tim Lahm, Allan Lawrie, Peter J. Leary, Jane A. Leopold, Suellen D. Oliveira, Christopher J. Rhodes, Duncan J. Stewart, Rebecca R. Vanderpool, Sasha Z. Prisco, Ruslan Rafikov, Ke Yuan,

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Diagnostic enigma of pulmonary hypertension: Tale from a series of three patients

Anil Kumar Singhi, Anup Banerji, Nandini Biswas, Soumen DasMedica Super Specialty Hospital. India Medical Journal Armed Forces IndiaMed J Armed Forces Ind 2024; 80 (Suppl 1): S320-S324DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2023.08.003 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex condition with multiple etiological factors. The ability to identify a potential underlying cause is crucial for accurate diagnosis, patient management, and prognostication.

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Update on Eisenmenger syndrome – Review of pathophysiology and recent progress in risk assessment and management

Ranjan Banerjee, Alexander R. OpotowskyCincinnati Children’s Hospital and University of Cincinnati College of MedicineUnited States International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart DiseaseInt J Cardiol Congenit Heart Dis 2024; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcchd.2024.100520 AbstractLongstanding left-to-right shunting associated with congenital heart disease (CHD) can ultimately lead to pulmonary vascular remodeling, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and shunt reversal, the hallmark feature of

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Pulmonary venous infarction

Warren A. Williamson, Bruce S. Tronic, Nathan Levitan, David G. Webb-Johnson, David M. Shahian, F. Henry Ellis, Jr.Lahey Clinic Medical Center.United States ChestChest 1992; 102: 937-940DOI: 10.1378/chest.102.3.937 AbstractPulmonary venous infarction, although rare, can develop in patients with the various pathologic conditions outlined. The triad of cough, dyspnea, and hemoptysis should raise clinical suspicion. The venous phase

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[Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: imaging findings]

I. Artero Muñoz, F. Serrano Puche, M. I. Padín Marín, F. Serrano RamosHospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya.Spain RagiologíaRadiología 2008; 50: 82-85DOI: 10.1016/s0033-8338(08)71934-9 AbstractCongenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare anomaly that generally presents during childhood or adolescence as recurrent episodes of pulmonary infections or hemoptysis. Its presentation in adults is highly exceptional. We describe

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CT angiography of mildly symptomatic, isolated, unilateral right pulmonary vein atresia

Mindaugas Mataciunas, Lina Gumbiene, Sigitas Cibiras, Virgilijus Tarutis, Algirdas E. TamosiunasVilnius University.Lithuania Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2009; 39: 1087-1090DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1291-9 AbstractWe report a mildly symptomatic 12-year-old boy with a very rare congenital anomaly-isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia. Diagnosis was made using CT angiography and its role in diagnosis is discussed. CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as bridge to transplant in severe pulmonary hypertension

Sophie Kruszona, Khalil Aburahma, Philipp Wand, Nunzio D. de Manna, Murat Avsar, Dmitry Bobylev, Carsten Müller, Julia Carlens, Alexander Weymann, Nicolas Schwerk, Tobias Welte, Bin Liu, Arjang Ruhparwar, Christian Kuehn, Jawad Salman, Mark Greer, Fabio IusHannover Medical School.Germany European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2024; DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezae420 AbstractObjectives: Severe pulmonary hypertension is the leading lung

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