Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease or Adult Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Clinical differences between children and adults with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension

Shinichi Takatsuki, Hiroto Shimokawahara, Yukira Shimizu, Reiko Kawai, Hiroyuki Matsuura, Hiromi MatsubaraToho University Omori Medical Center. National Hospital Organization Okayama Medical Center.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951122003432 AbstractBackground: Although previous studies have demonstrated that paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension remains distinct from that in adults, there are limited studies evaluating a direct comparison between children […]

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Postembolization Persistence of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations: A Retrospective Comparison of Coils and Amplatzer and Micro Vascular Plugs Using Propensity Score Weighting

Muhammad A. Latif, Christopher R. Bailey, Mina Motaghi, Moustafa Abou Areda, Panagis Galiasatos, Sally E. Mitchell, Clifford R. WeissJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAm J Roentgenol 2023; 220: 95-103DOI: 10.2214/AJR.21.27218 AbstractBackground. Endovascular embolization of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) was historically performed with embolic coils. The Amplatzer Vascular Plug device (AVP) was introduced

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Transpulmonary generation of cell-free hemoglobin contributes to vascular dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension via dysregulated clearance mechanisms

Jamie E. Meegan, Vern Eric Kerchberger, Niki L. Fortune, Joel Brennan McNeil, Julie A. Bastarache, Eric D. Austin, Lorraine B. Ware, Anna R. Hemnes, Evan L. BrittainVanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; 13: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12185 AbstractCirculating cell-free hemoglobin (CFH) is elevated in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and associated with poor outcomes but the

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Hemodynamic and Clinical Response to Liver Transplantation in Children and Young Adults POPH Patients

Shiro Baba, Eri Ogawa, Kentaro Akagi, Koichi Matsuda, Takuya Hirata, Tatsuya Okamoto, Hideaki Okajima, Junko TakitaKyoto UniversityJapan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03121-0 AbstractPortopulmonary hypertension is an intractable form of pulmonary hypertension. Although liver transplantation is recommended for patients who respond poorly to treatments, the mechanisms by which liver transplantation improves pulmonary hypertension remain unclear. The

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Metallomics in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients

Karim El-Kersh, C. Danielle Hopkins, Xiaoyong Wu, Shesh N. Raj, Matthew C. Cave, M. Ryan Smith, Young-Mi Go, Dean P. Jones, Lu Cai, Jiapeng HuangUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center. University of Louisville School of Medicine. University of Cincinnati.  Emory University.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12202 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) prevalence is increasing worldwide, and

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Genetic counselling and testing in pulmonary arterial hypertension: a consensus statement on behalf of the International Consortium for Genetic Studies in PAH

Christina A. Eichstaedt, Catharina Belge, Wendy K. Chung, Stefan Gräf, Ekkehard Grünig, David Montani, Rozenn Quarck, Jair A. Tenorio-Castano, Florent Soubrier, Richard C. Trembath, Nicholas W. MorrellHeidelberg University Hospital. University of Leuven. Columbia University. University of Cambridge. Université Paris-Saclay. Hôpital Marie Lannelongue. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras.

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Comparison of living-donor lobar lung transplantation and cadaveric lung transplantation for pulmonary hypertension

Hidenao Kayawake, Satona Tanaka, Yoshito Yamada, Shiro Baba, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Tadashi Ikeda, Kenji Minatoya, Yojiro Yutaka, Masatsugu Hamaji, Akihiro Ohsumi, Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroshi DateKyoto University. Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2023; DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad024 AbstractObjectives: Living-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) is a life-saving procedure for critically ill

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Pulmonary hypertension due to high cardiac output

Kanza N. Qaiser, Sandeep Sahay, Arriano R. TonelliCleveland Clinic. Houston Methodist Hospital.United States Respiratory MedicineRespir Med 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2022.107034 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is usually associated with a normal or decreased cardiac output (CO). Less commonly, PH can occur in the context of a hyperdynamic circulation, characterized by high CO (>8 L/min) and/or cardiac index ≥4 L/min/m2 in

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Pulmonary Vascular Sequelae of Palliated Single Ventricle Circulation: Arteriovenous Malformations and Aortopulmonary Collaterals

Andrew D. Spearman, Salil GindeMedical College of WisconsinUnited States Journal of Cardiovascular Development and DiseaseJ Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 9: 309DOI: 10.3390/jcdd9090309 AbstractChildren and adults with single ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) develop many sequelae during staged surgical palliation. Universal pulmonary vascular sequelae in this patient population include two inter-related but distinct complications: pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

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An emerging phenotype of pulmonary arterial hypertension patients carrying SOX17 variants

David Montani, Benoit Lechartier, Barbara Girerd, Mélanie Eyries, Maria-Rosa Ghigna, Laurent Savale, Xavier Jaïs, Andrei Seferian, Mitja Jevnikar, Athénais Boucly, Marianne Riou, Julie Traclet, Ari Chaouat, Maryline Levy, Jerome LePavec, Elie Fadel, Frédéric Perros, Florent Soubrier, Martine Remy-Jardin, Olivier Sitbon, Damien Bonnet, Marc HumbertHôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Saclay, Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Nouvel Hôpital

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