Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Predictors of Serious Adverse Events and High-Level Cardiorespiratory Support in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Pulmonary Vein Interventions

Jessica A. Barreto, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Diego Porras, Jesse J. Esch, Nicola Maschietto, Brian Quinn, Lisa Bergersen, Mary Stein, Ryan CallahanHarvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03129-6 AbstractPatients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) often require frequent transcatheter pulmonary […]

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Benefit of stereoscopic volume rendering for the identification of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis from CT angiography

Michelle Noga, Ross Cockburn, Jiali Luan, Deepa Krishnaswamy, Kumaradevan PunithakumarUniversity of Alberta. Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. University of Manitoba. Dalhousie University.Canada PLOS Digital HealthPLOS Digit Health 2023; 2: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pdig.0000215 AbstractThe use of three-dimensional (3D) technologies in medical practice is increasing; however, its use is largely untested. One 3D technology, stereoscopic volume-rendered 3D display, can improve

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Acute Pulmonary Vasodilator Testing and Long-Term Clinical Course in Segmental Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Liezl Domingo, H. Sonali Magdo, Ronald W. DayUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 501-508DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1780-9 AbstractResults of acute pulmonary vasodilator testing (AVT) and the outcome of medical therapy have not been described in patients with segmental pulmonary vascular disease (SPVD). We sought to compare the pulmonary vasodilatory effects of

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Congenital Surfactant C Deficiency with Pulmonary Hypertension – A Case Report

Wei Chard Chua, I-Chen Chen, Yi-Ching Liu, Yen-Hsien Wu, Shih-Hsing Lo, Jong-Hau Hsu, Peir-In Liang, Hsiu-Lin Chen, Zen-Kong DaiKaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Taiwan ChildrenChildren 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3390/children9101435 AbstractInterstitial lung diseases in children are a diverse group in terms of etiology and pathogenesis. With advances in genetic testing, mutations in surfactant protein have now been identified

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Deficiency in DDR1 Induces Pulmonary Hypertension and Impaired Alveolar Development

Quinn A. Bonafiglia, Yu-Qing Zhou, Guangpei Hou, Rhidita Saha, Ying-Han R. Hsu, Jonah Burke-Kleinman, Michelle P. BendeckUniversity of Toronto, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and University Health Network.Canada American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular BiologyAm J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2022; 67: 562-573DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0124OC AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a multifaceted condition characterized by elevated

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Long-term outcomes of transcatheter Potts shunt in children with suprasystemic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Raymond N. Haddad, Maryline Levy, Isabelle Szezepanski, Sophie Malekzadeh-Milani, Damien BonnetHôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and Université de Paris Cité.France Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1028304 AbstractBackground: Transcatheter Potts shunt (TPS) is a palliation alternative for children with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Debates on the long-term outcomes remain unsolved.Objectives: To evaluate long-term clinical and

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Extremely premature infants born at 23-25 weeks gestation are at substantial risk for pulmonary hypertension

Hannes Sallmon, Martin Koestenberger, Alexander Avian, Friedrich Reiterer, Bernhard Schwaberger, Katharina Meinel, Gerhard Cvirn, Stefan Kurath-Koller, Andreas Gamillscheg, Georg HansmannEuropean Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network. Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. Medical University Graz. Hannover Medical School. Germany and Austria Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2022; 42: 781-787DOI: 10.1038/s41372-022-01374-w AbstractObjective: Extremely low gestational age newborns (ELGANs) represent an especially

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Full recovery of right ventricular systolic function in children undergoing bilateral lung transplantation for severe PAH

Georg Hansmann, Franziska Diekmann, Philippe Chouvarine, Fabio Ius, Julia Carlens, Nicolaus Schwerk, Gregor Warnecke, Jens Vogel-Claussen, Dagmar Hohmann, Tim Alten, Thomas JackEuropean Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network. Hannover Medical School. University Hospital Heidelberg.Germany Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2022; 41: 187-198DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2021.10.014 AbstractBackground: We investigated whether RV function recovers in children with pulmonary

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicles Prevent Experimental Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Complicated By Pulmonary Hypertension

Mayank Sharma, Michael A. Bellio, Merline Benny, Shathiyah Kulandavelu, Pingping Chen, Chawisa Janjindamai, Chenxu Han, Liming Chang, Shanique Sterling, Kevin Williams, Andreas Damianos, Sunil Batlahally, Kaitlyn Kelly, Daniela Aguilar-Caballero, Ronald Zambrano, Shaoyi Chen, Jian Huang, Shu Wu, Joshua M. Hare, Augusto Schmidt, Aisha Khan, Karen YoungUniversity of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Stem Cells Translational Medicine Stem Cells Transl Med 2022; 11: 828-840DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szac041 AbstractMesenchymal stem cell (MSC) extracellular vesicles (EVs) have beneficial effects in preclinical bronchopulmonary

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Effects of Inhaled Iloprost for the Management of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn

Sourabh Verma, Rishi Lumba, Sadaf H. Kazmi, Michelle J. Vaz, Shrawani Soorneela Prakash, Sean M. Bailey, Pradeep V. Mally, Tara M. RandisNYU Grossman School of Medicine. University of South Florida. United States American Journal of PerinatologyAm J Perinatol 2022; 39: 1441-1448DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722653 AbstractObjective: The study aimed to evaluate the effects of inhaled iloprost on oxygenation indices in

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