Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Increased lung vasoreactivity in children from Leadville, Colorado, after recovery from high-altitude pulmonary edema

James W. Fasules, James W. Wiggins, Robert R. WolfeUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.United States CirculationCirculation 1985; 72: 957-962DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.72.5.957 AbstractCardiac catheterization was performed on seven children after recovery from high-altitude pulmonary edema. All were life-long residents at elevations above 10,000 feet. Three of the seven had developed pulmonary edema without antecedent travel to low altitude […]

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Unilateral agenesis of the pulmonary artery and high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) at moderate altitude

M. Sebbane, B. Wuyam, I. Pin, S. Pendlebury, M. Plasse, C. Durand, P. LévyGrenoble Alpes University Hospital.France Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 1997; 24: 111-114DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199708)24:2<111::aid-ppul6>3.0.co;2-r AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryHigh Altitude Pulmonary EdemaSegmental Pulmonary Arterial Disease Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication Article Access Free PDF

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Lung Transplantation and Reverse Potts Shunt for Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Population

Timothy Klouda, Wai Wong, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Jesse Esch, Maureen B. Josephson, Usha S. Krishnan, Levent Midyat, Mary P. MullenBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian. Children’s Hospital

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Pulmonary edema in infants and children

Hugh O’BrodovichHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Current Opinion in PediatricsCurr Opin Pediatr 2005; 7: 381-384DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000159780.42572.6c AbstractPurpose of review: To provide an overview of the pathogenesis of pulmonary edema and describe recent discoveries related to the clearance of airspace fluid and potential new therapies for this life-threatening disorder.Recent findings: It is clinically important to determine

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The Use of Treprostinil for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

Stephanie M. Tsoi, Claire Parker, Elizabeth Colglazier, Shannon Cheung, Mariam Taleb, Hythem Nawaytou, Elena Amin, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Roberta L. KellerUniversity of California San Francisco.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2026; DOI: 10.1002/ppul.71448 AbstractBackground: Treprostinil for the treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia-associated pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH) has previously been described in small cohort studies, often used later in the course

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Pulmonary artery pressure and cardiac function in children and adolescents after rapid ascent to 3,450 m

Yves Allemann, Thomas Stuber, Stefano F. de Marchi, Emrush Rexhaj, Claudio Sartori, Urs Scherrer, Stefano F. RimoldiInselspital, University Hospital.Switzerland American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulation PhysiologyAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 302: H2646-H2653DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00053.2012 AbstractHigh-altitude destinations are visited by increasing numbers of children and adolescents. High-altitude hypoxia triggers pulmonary hypertension that in turn may

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High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema in Mountain Community Residents

Christine Ebert-SantosEbert Family Santos.Columbia High Altitude Medicine and BiologyHigh Alt Med Biol 2017; 18: 278-284DOI: 10.1089/ham.2016.0100 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) affects lowlanders ascending quickly to elevations above 2440 m. Mountain resident children with no travel can sometimes develop HAPE as was observed over 30 years ago (Fasules et al., 1985). This is not well known and

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Reentry High Altitude Pulmonary Edema in the Himalayas

Satosh Baniya, Christopher Holden, Buddha BasnyatMountain Medicine Society of Nepal. Nepal International Clinic and Himalayan Rescue Association. Oxford University Clinical Research Unit. University of Oxford. Nepal and United Kingdom High Altitude Medicine and BiologyHigh Alt Med Biol 2017; 18: 425-427DOI: 10.1089/ham.2017.0088 AbstractReentry high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a subset of HAPE, is a well recognized, life-threatening

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Safety of a novel portable inhaled nitric oxide generator for therapy of persistent pulmonary hypertension in neonates: a case series study

Yao Zhu, Jiongzhi He, Miner Cai, Lijun Wen, Minxu LiDongguan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital. First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University.China Translational PediatricsTransl Pediatr 2025; 14: 3305-3317DOI: 10.21037/tp-2025-535 AbstractBackground: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a life-threatening emergency in neonatal intensive care. Traditional treatments such as cylinder-based nitric oxide (NO) delivery systems rely on

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Fibrotic liver injury in biliary atresia: long-term implications

Maria Hukkinen, Mikko P PakarinenNew Children’s Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital.Finland World Journal of Pediatric SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Surg 2025; 8: DOI: 10.1136/wjps-2025-001098 AbstractNormalization of serum bilirubin after Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) is a prerequisite for long-term native liver (NL) survival. Following a successful KPE, fibrotic liver injury progresses variably, although a significant proportion

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