Acute Liver Failure in a Pediatric Patient with Tetralogy of Fallot following Cardiac Catheterization by Irim Salik, Jasmeet Easwar, Michael Jacoby

“…Cardiac history included TOF, heterotaxy syndrome, ipsilateral pulmonary veins, interrupted inferior vena cava (IVC) with azygos continuation, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and pulmonary atresia that was repaired with a right ventricle (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) conduit. This is the first case described of its kind to our knowledge. …”
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Severe Pulmonary Hypertension as Initial Presentation of SLE: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rabia Kiani, Muhammad Danial Siddiqui, Hamza Tantoush

“…Severe pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is a rare initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). …”
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Sildenafil Treatment of Primary Pulmonary Hypertension by Kevin B Laupland, Doug Helmersen, David A Zygun, Sidney M Viner

“…A 37-year-old woman with primary pulmonary hypertension and worsening symptomatology underwent pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization and vasodilator trials. …”
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ANA Negative Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Leading to CTEPH, TTP-Like Thrombocytopenia, and Skin Ulcers by Khalid Hamid Changal, Fayaz Sofi, Sheikh Shoaib Altaf, Adnan Raina, Ab. Hameed Raina

“…We describe a case of ANA negative SLE with severe thrombocytopenia, cutaneous vasculitis, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, and pulmonary artery hypertension. As there is no definitive cure for SLE the treatment lies in caring for the individual organ systems involved and simultaneously taking care of the patient as a whole.…”
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Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Unmasked by Pregnancy: A Review of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Changes in Pregnancy by Anita Lukic, Larisa Cmelak, Dominik Draženović, Hrvoje Kojundzic, Ivan Kresimir Lukic, Vicko Gluncic

“…Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are abnormal, direct communications between the branches of the pulmonary artery and pulmonary veins, but without pulmonary capillaries between them. …”
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Sarcoidosis with Major Airway, Vascular and Nerve Compromise by Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Jun Suzuki, James P Utz

“…Despite balloon angioplasty of the left lower lobe and pulmonary artery, and medical therapy with oral corticosteroids, her symptoms did not significantly improve. …”
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Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Perforation and Stenting for a Premature Neonate with Pulmonary Valve Atresia and Double Outlet Right Ventricle by Mohammed Rasool Hussein, Maysam Yousif Abed, Nabeeha Najatee Akram

“…Prematurely born neonates are considered high-risk group for early pulmonary artery shunt surgery as the staged repair is found to be associated with higher interstage mortality, while the primary repair may lead to frequent postrepair reinterventions due to the presence of associated developmental anomalies. …”
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An Unusual Cardiac Cause of Unilateral Neonatal Wheezing by James Brock, Eliezer Nussbaum, Jared Shows, Son Nguyen, Shaun P. Setty

“…She was found to have a large ductus arteriosus aneurysm that caused compression of her left mainstem bronchus and left pulmonary artery. This lesion was not identified prior to birth on routine prenatal screening, which included fetal ultrasonography. …”
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Mechanism for the Increased Permeability in Endothelial Monolayers Induced by Elastase by N. Suzuki, Y. Ishii, S. Kitamura

“…Pretreatment of bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAEC) with HNE(0-30 μg/ml) for 1 h produced a concentration dependent increase in 125I-albumin clearance. …”
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High Risk Features of an Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery by Dre Eleonore Campiche, Jean-Paul Vallée, David Carballo

“…The coronary computed tomography revealed an anomalous coronary artery from the left sinus of Valsalva with a hypoplasic origin and a high-risk path between the aorta and the pulmonary artery with a short intramural path. He was surgically managed with a coronary artery bypass with an uneventful follow-up.…”
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Cardiac Output Assessed by Invasive and Minimally Invasive Techniques by Allison J. Lee, Jennifer Hochman Cohn, J. Sudharma Ranasinghe

“…Despite controversies, complications and inherent errors in measurement, pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) continuous and intermittent bolus techniques of CO measurement continue to be the gold standard. …”
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Dyspnea due to Pulmonary Vessel Arteritis by Suzana M Gilmour, Giulio S Dominelli, Jonathon A Leipsic, Robert D Levy

“…The authors present a case involving a 48-year-old First Nations man presenting with a six-month history of exertional dyspnea and severe stenosis of the left pulmonary artery, who was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary arteritis related to large vessel vasculitis.…”
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Small extracellular vesicles derived from miRNA-486 overexpressed dental pulp stem cells mitigate high altitude pulmonary edema through PTEN/PI3K/AKT/eNOS pathway by Changyao Wang, Zhuang Mao, Drolma Gomchok, Xue Li, Huifang Liu, Jingyuan Shao, Hu Cao, Guanzhen Xue, Lin Lv, Junzhao Duan, Tana Wuren, Hua Wang

“…The sEVNull mitigated pathological changes in the lungs, reduced pulmonary artery pressure and lung water content, and alleviated oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in cases of HAPE. …”
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Pulmonary embolism. A case report by Pedro J. Barrios Fuentes, Felix Silvino Molina Díaz, Indira Martínez Chavarría

“…Thrombus occlusion was evident at the trunk of the left pulmonary artery and its branches. The patient was admitted for anticoagulation treatment. …”
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An Adult Patient with Fontan Physiology: A TEE Perspective by Edward Gologorsky, Angela Gologorsky, Eliot Rosenkranz

“…The evolution of the Fontan procedure, most notably the substitution of right atrial-to-pulmonary artery anastomosis with cavopulmonary connections, resulted in significantly improved late outcomes. …”
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An Unusual Case of an Acquired Aortopulmonary Fistula after Surgical Replacement of a Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Y. Khalid, N. Dasu, M. Daneshvar, P. Jang, A. Patel, K. Dasu, A. Shah

“…They are most frequently due to the erosion of a false aneurysm of the ascending or descending thoracic aorta into the pulmonary artery. Patients generally present with symptoms of acute decompensated heart failure due to a sudden formation of a left-to-right shunt. …”
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Case Report: Recurrent cardiogenic shock caused by inter-arterial left coronary artery originating from the right coronary sinus, successfully rescued by mechanical circulatory sup... by Tietuo Jin, Rui Wang, Liang Dong, Yvhang Lv

“…Coronary artery computed tomography angiography (CTA) revealed a left main artery (LM) originating from the right coronary sinus and traveling between the aorta and pulmonary artery. We successfully resuscitated the patient with mechanical circulatory support using veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) and an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). …”
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Primary Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma: A Case with Unique and Impressive Computed Tomography Findings by Jaspreet S Kambo, Bonnie Richardson, Diana N Ionescu, Tracy Tucker, Greg Kraushaar

“…Over the subsequent two months, she developed three pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms, ultimately requiring endovascular coiling. …”
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Recurrent “transient ischemic attacks” caused by pulmonary arteriovenous malformation by Jorrit B.A. Welling, Mascha Schuurmans, T. David Koster

“…Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are abnormal, direct connections between a pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein that can lead to severe neurologic complications including ischemic stroke. …”
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Iatrogenic Transient Complete Heart Block in a Preexisting LBBB by Adil S. Wani, Adebayo Fasanya, Prachi Kalamkar, Christopher A. Bonnet, Omer A. Bajwa

“…Catheter induced cardiac arrhythmia is a well-known complication encountered during pulmonary artery or cardiac catheterization. Injury to the cardiac conducting system often involves the right bundle branch which in a patient with preexisting left bundle branch block can lead to fatal arrhythmia including asystole. …”
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