Heart Dysfunction Associated with Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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 […]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Correlation between urinary and serum NT-proBNP in acute bronchiolitis: A pilot study

Moises Rodriquez-Gonzalez, Ana Castellano-Martinez, Ana Estalella-Mendoza, Patricia Rodriguez-Campoy, Lorena Estepa-Pedregosa, Maria Mercedes Calero-Ruiz, Ana Saez-Benito Godino, Jose Carlos Flores-GonzalezPuerta del Mar University Hospital and University of Cádiz. Spain Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2023; 58: 492-499DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26215 AbstractBackground and aims: We aimed to analyze the correlation of urinary with serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations and its association

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Echocardiographic Markers of Mild Pulmonary Hypertension are not Correlated with Worse Respiratory Outcomes in Infants with Bronchiolitis

Maria Lucia Rossi, Maria Clara Escobar-Diaz, Stephanie Marie Hadley, Paula Cecilia Randanne, Joan Sanchez-de-Toledo, Iolanda JordanSant Joan de Deu Hospital. Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute. Boston Children’s Hospital. University of Pittsburgh. University of Barcelona. Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP)Spain and United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; 44:

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Evaluation of levosimendan as treatment option in a large case-series of preterm infants with cardiac dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension

Lukas Schroeder, Stanley Holcher, Judith Leyens, Annegret Geipel, Brigitte Strizek, Till Dresbach, Andreas Mueller, Florian KipfmuellerUniversity Children’s Hospital Bonn. University Hospital Bonn.Germany European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-04971-9 AbstractLevosimendan as a calcium-sensitizer is a promising innovative therapeutical option for the treatment of severe cardiac dysfunction (CD) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) in preterm infants,

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Functional and molecular determinants of right ventricular response to severe pulmonary hypertension in a large animal model

R. Dale Brown, Kendall S. Hunter, Min Li, Maria G. Frid, Julie Harral, Greta M. Krafsur, Timothy N. Holt, Jason Williams, Hui Zhang, Suzette R. Riddle, Michael G. Edwards, Sushil Kumar, Cheng-Jun Hu, Brian B. Graham, Lori A. Walker, Franklyn B. Garry, Peter M. Buttrick, Tim Lahm, Vitaly O. Kheyfets, Kirk C. Hansen, Kurt R.

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