Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Sports and Supervised Exercise Programmes for Children and Young Adults with Pulmonary Hypertension. 2026 Consensus Statement from the European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network (EPPVDN) and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)

Dan-Mihai Dorobantu, Alexander van de Bruaene, Werner Budts, Barbara Cifra, Mark K. Friedberg, Peter Fritsch, Michael Khoury, Jan Müller, Alexander Opotowsky, Shubhayan Sanatani, Craig Williams, Georg Hansmann, Guido E. PielesUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Trust and University of Exeter. University Hospitals Leuven and University of Leuven. Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.

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Inhaled Nitric Oxide and Hypoxic Brain Injury in Newborn Piglets

Shadi Malaeb, John Grothusen, Ferit Tuzer, Maria Delivoria-PapadopoulosDrexel University College of Medicine. United States Nitric OxideNitric Oxide 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2026.07.003 AbstractBackground: Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is widely used as a pulmonary vasodilator to treat infants with pulmonary hypertension (PHN). Hypoxia (Hx) and acidosis increase pulmonary vascular resistance and contribute to PHN. Perinatal asphyxia and resultant hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

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A Case of High Pressure and High Stakes: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Emergence in an Infant With Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Amal Ahmed, Anna M. Brown, Samantha J. Eagle, Evan L. Brittain, Anna R. Hemnes, Rachel T. Sullivan, Eric D. AustinMeharry Medical College School of Medicine. Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2026; 16: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.70375 AbstractHereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal‑dominant vascular disease characterized by telangiectasias

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Cardiac Remodeling Patterns in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Their Association with the Genotype and Clinical Severity of the Disease: A Systematic Review

Alam Eldin M. Mustafa, Niemat Mohammed Tahir AliKing Khalid University. University of Kordofan.Saudi Arabia and Sudan HealthcareHealthcare 2026; 14:DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14142180 AbstractBackground: Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder globally, affecting approximately 300,000 newborns annually. Cardiac remodeling, resulting from chronic anemia, vascular obstruction, and endothelial dysfunction, substantially contributes to morbidity and mortality in patients

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Misdiagnosed as Idiopathic PAH: Methylmalonic Acidemia as a Reversible Cause of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension

Yan Wu, Yuan-Rui Deng, Xiao-Pei Cui, Sheng-Song Zhu, Jiang Shan Tan, Song Hu, Lu HuaFuwai Hospital, Fuwai Shenzhen Hospital and Peking Union Medical College. Qilu Hospital of Shandong University. China Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2026.07.021 AbstractBackground: Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA)-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare but treatable cause of pediatric

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Variability in the Diagnostic Criteria for Severe Pertussis: A Systematic Review

Pauline Labe, Alexandre Meunier. Pauline Leroux, Mirko Sadi, Carla Rodrigues, Valerie Bouchez, Marion Grimaud, Sylvain Brisse, Jérémie F. Cohen, Julie ToubianaUniversité Paris Cité, Institut Pasteur and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades. France Journal of the American Medical Association Network OpenJAMA Netw Open 2026; 9:DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.22211 AbstractImportance: Pertussis, or whooping cough, can be life threatening in infants, yet the concept

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Multimodal imaging of infantile scimitar syndrome with Eisenmenger physiology: A case report of complex intracardiac and extracardiac shunts

Berihu Gebre, Yirgalem Gereziher, Catherine Alcober, Gladys Baltazar, Viachaslau MarkauNauru Medical Center. Mekelle University.Republic of Nauru and Ethiopia Radiology Case ReportsRadiol Case Rep 2026; 21: 4642-4650DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2026.06.141 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare congenital vascular malformation in which the right pulmonary veins drain abnormally into the inferior vena cava, right atrium, or portal vein instead of the

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Meta-analysis of prostacyclin therapy for persistent pulmonary hypertension with congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Shouliang Jiang, Xue Han, Yang He, Qian Gao, Juan Liang, Tingting Zhu, Li Zhang, Jun TangWest China Second University Hospital and Sichuan University. China Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJ Pediatr Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2026.163301 AbstractObjective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of prostacyclin in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.Methods: A systematic literature search was

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Targeted Flow Cardiac MRI in Neonates with Intracardiac Shunts: A Novel Multi-Modality Imaging Approach to Hemodynamic Assessment

Charles T. Simpkin, Anne C. Taylor, Jessica MacLean, Michael Cookson, Richard Friesen, Emily Downs, D. Dunbar Ivy, Cesar Gonzalez de Alba, Benjamin S. FrankUniversity of Colorado Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115261 AbstractDistinguishing the relative contributions of pulmonary vascular resistance and intracardiac shunts to elevated right-heart pressures in

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Intra- and Peri-Operative Cardiac Arrest in Pediatric Patients: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Mechanisms, and Management Strategies

Eleni Asimacopou;os, Gloria M. Al Karaki, Kirsten C. OdegardBoston Children’s Hospital.United States Paediatric AnaesthesiaPaediatr Anaesth 2026; DOI: 10.1002/pan.70265 AbstractIntraoperative (IOCA) and perioperative cardiac arrest (POCA) in pediatric patients represents a rare but catastrophic event with significant implications for morbidity and mortality. Despite advances in anesthetic techniques, monitoring technology, and resuscitation protocols, the incidence of IOCA and

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