Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease or Adult Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Viewing Pulmonary Hypertension Through a Pediatric Lens

Stuti Agarwal, Jeffrey Fineman, David N. Cornfield, Cristina M. Alvira, Roham T. Zamanian, Kara Goss, Ke Yuan, Sebastien Bonnet, Olivier Boucherat, Soni Pullamsetti, Miguel A. Alcázar, Elena Goncharova, Tatiana V. Kudryashova, Mark R. Nicolls, Vinicio de Jesús PérezStanford University. University of California, San Francisco. University of Texas Southwestern. Boston Children’s Hospital. University of Laval. Max-Planck-Institute […]

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Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Veins: A 10-Year Experience at a Single Center

Can Jin, Yongtao Wu, Zhiyi Wang, Xiaoran Liu, Qiang WangBeijing An Zhen Hospital Affiliated with Capital University of Medical Sciences. China Journal of Surgical ResearchJ Surg Res 2024; 298: 63-70DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.12.022 AbstractIntroduction: Isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is difficult to diagnose, and surgical indications remain controversial. We reviewed 10 y of isolated PAPVC cases.Methods: The data

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Systemic-to-Pulmonary Collateral Flow Correlates with Clinical Condition Late After the Fontan Procedure

Yoshihiko Kodama, Yuichi Ishikawa, Ayako Kuraoka, Makoto Nakamura, Shinichiro Oda, Toshihide Nakano, Hideaki Kado, Ichiro Sakamoto, Kisho Ohtani, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Koichi SagawaFukuoka Children’s Hospital. Kyushu University Hospital.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 1800-1806DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02450-8 AbstractIn the Fontan circulation, there is a substantial degree of systemic-to-pulmonary collateral flow (SPCF), which can be measured by cardiac

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Digital Spatial Profiling Identifies Distinct Molecular Signatures of Vascular Lesions in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Rubin M. Tuder, Aneta Gandjeva, Sarah Williams, Sushil Kumar, Vitaly O. Kheyfets, Kyle Matthew Hatton-Jones, Jacqueline R. Starr, Jeong Yun, Jason Hong, Nicholas R. West, Kurt R. StenmarkUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine. University of Colorado. Griffith University. Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. University of California, Los Angeles.United States

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Reduced scan time and superior image quality with 3D flow MRI compared to 4D flow MRI for hemodynamic evaluation of the Fontan pathway

Friso M. Rijnberg, Hans C. van Assen, Joe F. Juffermans, Lucia J. M. Kroft, Pieter J. van den Boogaard, Patrick J. H. de Koning, Mark G. Hazekamp, Séline F. S. van der Woude, Evangeline G. Warmerdam, Tim Leiner, Heynric B. Grotenhuis, Jelle J. Goeman, Hildo J. Lamb, Arno A. W. Roest, Jos J. M. WestenbergLeiden

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Diagnostic Strategy for Suspected Unilateral Absence of the Pulmonary Artery

Van Luong Hoang, Viet Anh Lam, Thanh Nguyen PhamHanoi National Lung Hospital. Vin University. Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy.Vietnam Current Medical ImagingCurr Med Imag 2024; DOI: 10.2174/0115734056266404231207071244 AbstractBackground: Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a very rare congenital anomaly.Objective: To analyze the diagnostic strategy applied to seven patients with UAPA who were examined

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Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor plasma levels and TAFI Thr325Ile genetic polymorphism in a cohort of Egyptian sickle cell disease patients and impact on disease severity

Mona Hamdy, Iman A. Shaheen, Mohamed Khallaf, Yasmeen M. M. SelimCairo University.Egypt Pediatric Blood and CancerPediatr Blood Cancer 2024; 71:DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30959 AbstractBackground: Thrombin is a critical protease modulating thrombosis as well as inflammation, which are one of the main pathophysiological mechanisms in sickle vasculopathy, and its levels were reported to be high in sickle cell disease (SCD).

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Susceptibility to high-altitude pulmonary edema is associated with increased pulmonary arterial stiffness during exercise

Ashley Mulchrone, H. Moulton, Marlow W. Eldridge, Naomi C. CheslerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Applied PhysiologyJ Appl Physiol 2020; 128: 514-522DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00153.2019 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a reversible form of capillary leak, is a common consequence of rapid ascension to high altitude and a major cause of death related to high-altitude exposure. Individuals with a

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Atrial Septal Defect, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, and Diastolic Left Heart Failure: When 3 Players Come into the Game

Tobias Rutz, John-David Aubert, Maurice Beghetti, Eric Eeckhout, Olivier Muller, Judith Bouchardy, Patrick YerlyLausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne. Universitaire Romand de Cardiologie et Chirurgie Cardiaque Pédiatrique. Switzerland Circulation Heart FailureCirc Heart Fail 2024;DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.123.010545 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryClass I. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Congenital Cardiovascular DiseaseClass II. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Left Ventricular Systolic

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Post-exercise accumulation of interstitial lung water is greater in hypobaric than normobaric hypoxia in adults born prematurely

Tadej Debevec, Mathias Poussel, Damjam Osredkar, Sarah J. Willis, Claudio Sartori, Grégoire P. MilletUniversity of Ljubljana and University Children’s Hospital Ljubljana,. CHRU de Nancy. University of Lausanne, Lausanne. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois.Slovenia and Switzerland Respiratory Physiology and NeurobiologyRespir Physiol Neurobiol 2022; 297:DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2021.103828 AbstractWe aimed to gauge the interstitial lung water accumulation following moderate-intensity exercise under

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