Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Congenital myopathy presenting as recurrent pneumonia with lung collapse and pulmonary artery hypertension

Anand Vardhan, Devina Singh, Shalini Tripathi, Mala Kumar, Atin SinghaiKing George Medical College.India British Medical Journal Case ReportsBMJ Case Rep 2023; 16DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2023-255502 AbstractA boy presented with cough, breathlessness for 1 month, fever for 1 week with similar previous episodes without hospitalisation. He had generalised muscle wasting, acute chronic malnutrition and required immediate ventilation. Provisional diagnosis of recurrent

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Acute pulmonary edema caused by epoprostenol infusion in a child with scimitar syndrome and pulmonary hypertension

Christian von Schnakenburg, Matthias Peuster, Kambiz Norozi, Markus Roebl, Michael Maibohm, Armin Wessel, Armin Christoph FinkGeorg-August-Universitaet Goettingen.Germany Pediatric Critical Care MedicinePediatr Crit Care Med 2003; 4: 111-114DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200301000-00023 AbstractIntroduction: Intravenous epoprostenol is frequently administered in adults and children for treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Although generally safe, pulmonary edema has been described in a few case reports of

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In situ pericardium repair of pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hiroyuki Nishi, Kyoichi Nishigaki, Youichi Kume, Kastuhiko MiyamotoOsaka City General Hospital.Japan Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJap J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002; 50: 338-340DOI: 10.1007/BF03032627 AbstractA 13-month-old boy with recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC, Darling IIa + Ia) was treated successfully with in situ pericardium repair

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Normally connected anomalously draining obstructed pulmonary veins in an infant with mitral atresia: clinical presentation and catheter management

M.R. Ebeid, M. A. Kosek, D. S. Braden, J. A. JoransenChildren’s Hospital and University of Mississippi Medical Center.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2003; 24: 403-405DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0342-x AbstractA patient with hypoplastic left ventricle and double outlet right ventricle underwent pulmonary artery band as a newborn. At age 3 months, cardiac catheterization demonstrated complete closure of his atrial

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Use of the index of pulmonary vascular disease for predicting long-term outcome of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

Ayako Chida-Nagai, Naoki Masaki, Kay Maeda, Konosuke Sasaki, Hiroki Sato, Jun Muneuchi, Yoshie Ochiai, Hiroomi Murayama, Masahiro Tahara, Atsuko Shiono, Atsushi Shinozuka, Fumihiko Kono, Daisuke Machida, Shinichi Toyooka, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Kazufumi Nakamura, Satoshi Akagi, Maiko Kondo, Shingo Kasahara, Yasuhiro Kotani, Junichi Koizumi, Katsuhiko Oda, Masako Harada, Daisuke Nakajima, Akira Murata, Hazumu Nagata, Koichi Yatsunami, Tomio

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Safety and tolerability of continuous inhaled iloprost in critically ill pediatric pulmonary hypertension patients: A retrospective case series

Elizabeth Colglazier, Angelica J. Ng, Clair Parker, David Woolsey, Raymond Holmes, Allison Dsouza, Jasmine Becerra, Leah Stevens, Hythem Nawaytou, Roberta L. Keller, Jeffrey R. FinemanUniversity of California, San Francisco. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. Benioff Children’s Hospital. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2023; 13DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12289 AbstractInhaled iloprost (iILO) has shown efficacy in treating patients with hypoxic

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Pulmonary varix secondary to pulmonary vein obstruction

I. Balfour, S. C. Chen, A. LuisiriSt. Louis University Health Sciences Center.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2002; 23: 661-662DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-9001-5 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionAcquired Patient Factors Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years

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Contrast-enhanced MR angiography of pulmonary venous abnormalities in children

Emanuela R. Valsangiacomo, Stéphanie Levasseur, Brian W. McCrindle, Cathy MacDonald, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Shi-Joon YooThe Hospital for Sick Children. Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2003; 33(: 92-98DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0789-1 AbstractBackground: Echocardiography and X-ray angiography have been considered as gold standards for evaluation of pulmonary venous abnormalities. However, each technique has its own limitations, such as limitation in visualization of

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Helical computed tomographic angiography in obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Isao Shiraishi, Masaaki Yamagishi, Naoya Iwasaki, Kentaro Toiyama, Kenji HamaokaChildren’s Research Hospital and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2001; 71: 1690-1692DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02314-6 AbstractHelical computed tomographic angiography with differential color imaging technique clearly demonstrated pulmonary venous obstruction in an infant with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage before and after operation. This

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Identification of protein biomarkers associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in human amniotic fluid

Sumit Bhutada, Karin Tran-Lundmark, Benjamin Kramer, Peter Conner, Ashley M. Lowry, Eugene Blackstone, Bjorn Frenckner, Carmen Mesas-Burgos, Suneel S. ApteCleveland Clinic. Wallenberg Center for Molecular Medicine and Lund University. Skane University Hospital. Karolinska Institute. United States and Sweden Scientific ResearchSci Res 2023; 13DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42576-2 AbstractCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a severe birth defect frequently associated with

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