Right Heart Dysfunction Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Can Speckle Tracking Of Right Ventricle Add Value For Evaluation Of Asthma Severity In Children?

Ahmed Mohammad Abbas, Hany Hussein Mousa, Reda Biomy Bastawesy, Osama ElagamyKafrelsheikh University.Egypt Journal of the Pakistan Medical AssociationJ Pak Med Assoc 2023; 73(Suppl 4): S156-S160DOI: 10.47391/JPMA.EGY-S4-32 AbstractObjectives: To investigate myocardial deformation by tracking speckles along with evaluation of cardiac function using conventional and tissue Doppler imaging.Method: The case-control study was conducted at Kafrelsheikh University Hospital, Egypt, from September […]

Can Speckle Tracking Of Right Ventricle Add Value For Evaluation Of Asthma Severity In Children? Read More »

Assessment of Myocardial Function in Infants of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus using Deformation Imaging over the First Year of Age

Aisling Smith, Orla Franklin Mrcpch, Naomi McCallion, Fionnuala Breathnach, Afif El-KhuffashThe Rotunda Hospital. Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin. The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.Ireland Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113645 AbstractObjective: To assess serial myocardial performance and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in infants of mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) over the first year of

Assessment of Myocardial Function in Infants of Mothers with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus using Deformation Imaging over the First Year of Age Read More »

Valved reverse Potts shunt in a case of pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Swati Garekar, Talha Meeran, Shyam Dhake, Dhananjay MalankarFortis Hospital. India Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryInd J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 37: 89-92DOI: 10.1007/s12055-020-00993-2 AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary hypertension has a predictably morbid natural history with an absence of a uniformly successful treatment strategy. We describe our palliative surgical strategy in a symptomatic teenager. A 16-year-old girl,

Valved reverse Potts shunt in a case of pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary veno-occlusive disease Read More »

Stent interventions for pulmonary artery stenosis improve bi-ventricular flow efficiency in a swine model

Ryan J. Pewowaruk, Gregory P. Barton, Cody Johnson, J. Carter Ralphe, Christopher J. Francois, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán‑AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2021; 13: DOI: 10.1186/s12968-021-00709-4 AbstractBackground: Branch pulmonary artery (PA) stenosis (PAS) commonly occurs in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). Prior studies have documented technical success and clinical

Stent interventions for pulmonary artery stenosis improve bi-ventricular flow efficiency in a swine model Read More »

Rare cause of cardiac failure in an infant

Claudio Henriques, Helena Andrade, Antonio PiresPaediatric Hospital.Portugal Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 711-713DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000428 AbstractCongenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare condition whose outcome is guarded despite the available treatment options. We report a case of a 6-month-old infant with significant stenosis of all four pulmonary veins. CategoryClass II. Pulmonary Hypertension Associated

Rare cause of cardiac failure in an infant Read More »

Characterizing the Spatiotemporal Transcriptomic Response of the Right Ventricle to Acute Pressure Overload

Vitaly O. Kheyfets, Sushil Kumar, Paul M. Heerdt, Kenzo Ichimura, R. Dale Brown, Melissa Lucero, Ilham Essafri, Sarah Williams, Kurt R. Stenmark, Edda SpiekerkoetterUniversity of Colorado. Yale School of Medicine. Stanford University. he University of Queensland.United States and Australia International Journal of Molecular SciencesInt J Mol Sci 2023; 24: DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119746 AbstractThis study analyzed microarray data

Characterizing the Spatiotemporal Transcriptomic Response of the Right Ventricle to Acute Pressure Overload Read More »

Failure to Normalize Biventricular Function is Associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use in Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia

Lisa S. Le, John P. Kinsella, Jason Gien, Benjamin FrankChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado. United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113490 AbstractWe examined post-natal echocardiograms for 62 congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) infants born from 2014 through 2020. Left and right ventricular dysfunction on D0 were sensitive while persistent dysfunction on D2 was specific

Failure to Normalize Biventricular Function is Associated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use in Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Read More »

Multimodality Imaging of Right Heart Function: JACC Scientific Statement

Rebecca T. Hahn, Stamatios Lerakis, Victoria Delgado, Karima Addetia, Daniel Burkhoff, Denisa Muraru, Sean Pinney, Mark K. FriedbergColumbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. Hospital University Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital. University of Chicago. University of Milano-Bicocca. Hospital for Sick Children.United States, Spain, Italy and Canada Journal of the

Multimodality Imaging of Right Heart Function: JACC Scientific Statement Read More »

Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) correlates with mean pulmonary artery pressure especially 10 years after pediatric heart transplantation

Morgana Michalski, Nikolaus Haas, Robert Dalla Pozza, Sebastian Michel, Marcus Fischer, Anja Lehner, Laura Rosenthal, Andre Jakob, Madaleine Orban, Sarah UlrichLudwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.Germany Clinical TransplantationClinic Transplant 2023; 37: DOI: 10.1111/ctr.14710 AbstractTricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) is important in the noninvasive echocardiographic assessment of right heart function. This retrospective observational study shows correlations of TAPSE with

Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion (TAPSE) correlates with mean pulmonary artery pressure especially 10 years after pediatric heart transplantation Read More »

A deeper look into the functions of right ventricle using three-dimensional echocardiography: the forgotten ventricle in children with systemic lupus erythematosus

Shaimaa Rakha, Ayman Hammad, Hala Elmarsafawy, Mai S. Korkor, Riham EidMansoura University Children’s Hospital. Egypt European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-04936-y AbstractStudies on the right ventricular dysfunction (RV) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are limited, particularly in the pediatric age group. The study aimed to identify subclinical RV alterations in childhood-onset SLE

A deeper look into the functions of right ventricle using three-dimensional echocardiography: the forgotten ventricle in children with systemic lupus erythematosus Read More »

Scroll to Top