Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Early identification of SOX17 deficiency in infants to guide management of heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension using PDA stent to create reverse Potts shunt physiology

Heidi Ostler, Carolyn Fall, Howaida El‐Said, Henri Justino, Shylah Haldeman, Jeanne Carroll, Rohit RaoRady Children’s Hospital and University of California San Diego California.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2024; 14:DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12366 AbstractHeritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH) is a rare progressive condition that includes patients with an identified genetic cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). HPAH and idiopathic […]

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Refractory chylothorax after severe vomiting and coughing in a 4-year-old child

Vincent De Pauw, Siel Daelemans, Leontien Depoorter, Carola Brussaard, Dirk SmetsUZ Brussel.Belgium Journal of Surgical Case ReportsJ Surg Case Rep 2023; DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjad466 AbstractChylothorax is the accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space. It is a rare condition with potentially life-threatening disorders. In children, the etiology of chylothorax can be mainly attributed to idiopathic factors,

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Anesthetic challenges in patients with multicompartmental lymphatic failure after Fontan palliation undergoing transcatheter thoracic duct decompression

Kristen R. Groody, Susan C. Nicolson, David R. JobesChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia. University of Michigan.United States Paediatric AnaesthesiaPaediatr Anaesth 2024; DOI: 10.1111/pan.14891 AbstractLymphatic flow abnormalities are central to the development of protein losing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis, ascites and pleural effusions in patients palliated to the Fontan circulation. These complications can occur in isolation or multicompartmental (two

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Non-Contrast MR Lymphography and Intranodal Dynamic Contrast MR Lymphangiography in Children with Congenital Heart Disease-Imaging Findings as well as Impact on Patient Management and Outcome

Christoph Bauer, Mario Scala, Pavel Sekyra,Franz Fellner, Gerald TulzerKepler University Hospital GmbH. Johannes Kepler University Linz. Austria International Journal of Molecular SciencesInt J Mol Sci 2023; 24:DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914827 AbstractLymphatic flow disorders are rare but devastating complications in children with congenital heart disease. T2-weighted magnetic resonance lymphography and intranodal dynamic contrast magnetic resonance lymphangiography are imaging modalities

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Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the Context of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Restrictive Cardiomyopathy-Case Report

Szymon Pawlak, Joanna Sliwka, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Arkadiusz Wierzyk, Agnieszka Kuczaj, Piotr Przybylowski, Tomasz HrapkowiczMedical University of Silesia. Medical University of Gdańsk. Poland Transplantation ProceedingsTransplant Proc 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.03.019 AbstractThe aim of this study is to analyze the feasibility of performing an isolated heart transplant in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension as a result of restrictive cardiomyopathy. The

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Current practices for refractory chylothorax following congenital heart surgery

Gregory T. Adamson, Melissa M. Winder, Kirsti G. Catton, Aaron G. Dewitt, Benjamin W. Kozyak, Emilee T. Glenn, David K. BaillyStanford University School of Medicine. University of Utah. Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123003918 AbstractIntroduction: Chylothorax following paediatric cardiac surgery is associated with significant morbidity,

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Fetal aortic valvuloplasty for critical aortic stenosis: single-center retrospective study focusing on postnatal outcome

Romain Corroenne, Mathilde Meot, Isabelle Szezepanski, Hanadi Baghdadi, Bertrand Stos, Marilyne Levy, J. Le Bidois, Jérome Le Bidois, Daniela Laux, Regis Gaudin, Oliver Raisky, Damien Bonnet, Julien Stirnemann, Sophie Malekzadeh-MilaniNecker Enfants maladies Hospital. Université de Paris Cité.France Ultrasound in Obstetrics and GynecologyUltrasound Obstetr Gynecol 2024;DOI: 10.1002/uog.27658 AbstractObjective: We aimed to report our experience on fetal aortic valvuloplasty

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Infarction of torsed extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adolescence

Shin-Ah Son, Young Woo Do, Young Eun Kim, So Mi Lee, Deok Heon LeeKyungpook National University and Kyungpook National University Hospital. Republic of Korea General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 68: 77-80DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01105-7 AbstractTorsion of pulmonary extralobar sequestration is extremely rare in childhood and adolescence, and as it presents with a variety of

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Extralobar pulmonary sequestration with a complication of torsion: A case report and literature review

Lei Yang, Gang YangWest China Hospital and Sichuan University.China MedicineMedicine 2020; 99:DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000021104 AbstractRationale: Pulmonary sequestration is a congenital abnormality of the lower airway. It is characterized by a nonfunctioning mass of lung tissue that lacks normal communication with the tracheobronchial tree or pulmonary arteries and always receives its arterial blood supply from the systemic circulation. Most

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Isolated partial anomalous origin of a branch pulmonary artery from the descending aorta

Wei-Li Liu, Ming Chih Lin, Sheng-Ling JanDalin Tzu Chi Hospital. Children’s Medical Center and Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung. National Yang-Ming University. Kaohsiung Medical University.Taiwan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 648-651DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003346 AbstractThe condition of partial anomalous origin of a branch pulmonary artery from the descending aorta could be found in several diseases and

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