Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Hybrid treat-and-repair strategy for large patent ductus arteriosus: a proof-of-concept case report

Naoki Tsuboya, Yoshihide Mitani, Hiroyuki Ohashi, Hirofumi Sawada, Masahiro HirayamaMie University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2024; DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae354 AbstractBackground: In cases of atrial septal defect with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a treat-and-repair strategy that adopts pulmonary vasodilator therapy and subsequent defect closure is postulated to be effective. However, […]

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Fetal Hydrops Associated With 47,XXX: A Case Report and Literature Review

Shunya Sugai, Kazufumi Haino, Masako Hayashi, Jun Nirei, Kosuke Yoshihara, Koji NishijimaNiigata University Medical and Dental Hospital.Japan CureusCureus 2024; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62552 AbstractThis report aims to investigate the association between 47,XXX and fetal hydrops by examining a clinical case and performing a comprehensive review of the relevant literature. A 34-year-old Japanese woman, gravida 2, para 1, was

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Outcomes of Patients Undergoing the Kawashima Procedure at an Early Age: A Single Center Experience

Brian P. Bateson, Matthew Files, Lyubomyr BohutaMedical College of Georgia and Children’s Hospital of Georgia. University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2024; DOI: 10.1177/21501351241261361 AbstractBackground: Previous reports have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of performing early Kawashima procedure (KP). Despite this, more

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Premature Closure of the Ductus Arteriosus and Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Critically Ill Neonates: A 10-Year Single-Center Retrospective Study

Julian San Geroteo, Jerome RambaudRobert-Debré Mother-Child University Hospital. Armand-Trousseau Children’s Hospital.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03608-4 AbstractTo describe critically ill neonates with premature closure of the ductus arteriosus (DA) and assess the frequency as well as predictive factors for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support in the latter. This was a monocentric retrospective observational study conducted

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De Novo and Progressive Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Arene Butto, Conor O’Halloran, James Kuo, Anna Joong, Amanda L. Hauck, Alan Nugent, William Mahle, Paul TannousChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lurie Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2024; 28: DOI: 10.1111/petr.14828 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition in which neointimal proliferation leads to venous and arterial hypertension. Little is known about PVS after heart

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Ventricular assist device support in paediatric patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy – Clinical outcomes and haemodynamics

Sofie Rohde, Oliver Miera, Eugen Sandica, Rachele Adorisio, Diana Salas-Mera, Dominik Wiedemann, Joanna Sliwka, Antonio Amodeo, Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Emanuela Angeli, Kevin Veena, Theo de Byl, Bart MeynsErasmus University Medical Center. Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité. Ruhr-University of Bochum. Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Medical University of Vienna. Silesian

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Prenatal diagnostic and intervention considerations in congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Claudia Ibarra, Eric Bergh, Kuojen Tsao, Anthony JohnsonMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center. United States Seminars in Pediatric SurgerySemin Pediatr Surg 2024; 33: DOI: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2024.151436 AbstractCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a life-threatening birth defect with significant morbidity and mortality. The prenatal management of a pregnancy with a fetus affected with CDH

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Case report: Paracorporeal lung assist device for 215 days as a bridge-to-lung transplantation in a patient with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and severe pulmonary hypertension

Sebastian G. Michel, Maja Hanuna, Joseph Pattathu, Jelena Pabst von Ohain, Christian Schneider, Theresa Kauke, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Juergen Behr, Katrin Milger, Juergen Barton, Tobias Veit, Christine Kamla, Christoph Mueller, Robert Dzieciol, Lauren Christen, Michael Irlbeck, Roland Tomasi, Jan Abicht, Patrick Scheiermann, Matthias Feuerecker, Robert Dalla-Pozza, Marcus Fischer, Andre Jakob, Matthias Hermann, Nikolaus Haas, Christian Hagl,

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Novel Staged Device Occlusion of Portosystemic Shunt With Atrial Flow Regulator in IVC Stent Platform

Seán T. Kelleher, Kevin P. Walsh, Damien Kenny, Emer Fitzpatrick, Elchanan Bruckheimer, S. Murthy Chennapragada, Pradeep Govender, Philip A. RobertsChildren’s Health Ireland at Crumlin. Schneider Children’s Medical Centre of Israel. Children’s Hospital at Westmead. Tallaght University Hospital.Ireland, Israel and Australia Journal of the American Colege of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29: DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102340 AbstractWe

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Dealing With a Nightmare: A Case Report of Successful Percutaneous Treatment of an Embolized Occluder Device Complicating a Minimal-Fluoroscopy Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure

Fransiska A. Sihotang, Valerinna PutriUniversitas Brawijaya, Saiful Anwar General Hospital.Indonesia CureusCureus 2024; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.61926 AbstractPatent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is one of the most prevalent acyanotic congenital heart diseases. Percutaneous closure of PDA has been the preferred treatment recommended by the guidelines due to relatively low complications and rapid patient recovery. However, device emboli remain the most

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