CardioMEMS in a Busy Cardiology Practice: Less than Optimal Implementation of a Valuable Tool to Reduce Heart Failure Readmissions by Robby Singh, Leon Varjabedian, Georgy Kaspar, Marcel Zughaib

“…Though various strategies have been employed to reduce hospital readmissions, one valuable tool that remains greatly underutilized is the CardioMEMS (Abbott), a remote pulmonary artery pressure-monitoring system, which has been shown to help reduce heart failure rehospitalizations in the CHAMPION (CardioMEMS Heart Sensor Allows Monitoring of Pressure to Improve Outcomes in NYHA Class III Heart Failure Patients) trial. …”
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Type II Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation in an Esophageal Lung by Blanca Estela Martínez-Martínez, María Elena Yuriko Furuya, Irma Martínez-Muñiz, Mario H Vargas, Rosalinda Flores-Salgado

“…Echocardiography and angiotomography revealed agenesis of the pulmonary artery right branch. The surgical finding was an esophageal right lung, which was removed; the histopathological diagnosis was type II congenital pulmonary airway malformation in an esophageal lung.…”
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Prognostic Risk Factors of 30-Day Death in Traumatic Lower Limb Fracture Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Huanhuan Li, Yijun Yu, Yuting Wang, Qian Zhang, Ye Gu

“…Methods. 295 consecutive TLLF patients diagnosed as APE according to pulmonary artery CT angiography, hospitalized in our hospital from January 2017 to December 2021, were included in this study. …”
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Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin in a Young Patient with Marfan Syndrome by S. B. C. P. Duarte, D. O. Beraldo, L. A. M. Cesar, A. P. Mansur, J. Y. Takada

“…Coronary artery anomalies affect between 0.3% and 1.6% of the general population and are the second leading cause of sudden death in young adults, especially if the anomalous coronary passes through aorta and pulmonary artery. The anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery in the right Valsalva sinus has a prevalence of 0.02%–0.05% and is commonly related to other congenital cardiac anomalies, such as transposition of great vessels, coronary fistulas, bicuspid aortic valve, and tetralogy of Fallot. …”
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Accuracy of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiographic Doppler Parameters in Assessing the Right Ventricular Diastolic Function After Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Pediatr... by Nagarjuna Panidapu, Saravana Babu, Baiju S. Dharan, Barsha Sen, Thomas Koshy

“…The ASE-described parameters (late diastolic forward flow in the main pulmonary artery, right atrial dilatation, inferior vena cava dilatation, and hepatic venous flow reversal) were acquired to diagnose the RVDD. …”
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Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiac Lupus: A Retrospective Study by K Maria Koshy, Tarun George, Sohini Das, J V Punitha, Sudha Jasmine Rajan, Bijesh Yadav, Thambu David Sudarsanam, Vijay Prakash Turaka

“…Myocardial disease (66.1%), pericardial disease (30.5%), and pulmonary artery hypertension (23.7%) were the most common cardiac manifestations. …”
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A Cyanotic Newborn with a Pink Right Upper Extremity by Matthias Beichl, Andreas Hanslik, Daniel Zimpfer, Judith Rittenschober-Boehm, Katrin Nagl, Ina Michel-Behnke

“…However, detailed echocardiography revealed an aberrant origin of the RSCA from the right pulmonary artery, which led to the differential cyanosis. …”
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ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Septic Shock by Leah Ishmael, Joseph Zalocha

“…When distinguishing between septic shock and cardiogenic shock, insertion of a pulmonary artery catheter may help with diagnosis and treatment of cardiogenic shock. …”
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Evaluation of Atrioventricular Valve Regurgitation in Detection of Atrioventricular Septal Defects at First Trimester Ultrasound by Zhen Guo, Yang Yan, Yang Zhili, Xiao Juhua, Xiao Xiaojuan, Chen Jia, Luo Haiyan, Zhou Xin

“…Ratios such as LAVV/RAVV and main pulmonary artery-to-aorta (PA/AO) diameter were also calculated. …”
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Impact of Right Ventricular Function on Mortality and Reoperation Rates in Cardiovascular Surgery by Erol Sener, Mete Hıdıroğlu, Murat Yücel, Hüseyin Ünsal Erçelik, Kemal Erdoğan, Emrah Uğuz, Muhammet Fethi Sağlam

“…RV function was assessed using echocardiographic parameters, including tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAB), and valve size. Postoperative outcomes, including mortality and reoperation rates, were analyzed. …”
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A Rare Case of Neonatal Desmoid Tumor Leading to Severe Aortic Coarctation: Review of Literature and Case Report by Irina Maria Margarint, Tammam Youssef, Cristina Filip, Ana-Mihaela Bizubac, Alexandru Popescu, Iulian Rotaru, Olguta Untaru, Stefan Manolache, Vlad Anton Iliescu, Radu Vladareanu

“…The tumor also compressed the left pulmonary artery and obstructed the left main bronchus. …”
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Chest Pain: The Need to Consider Less Frequent Diagnosis by Pedro Magalhães, Anabela Morais, Sofia Carvalho, Joana Cunha, Ana R. Lima, J. Ilídio Moreira, Trigo Faria

“…Chest pain is experienced by >40% of the patients and results from the inflammation of the aorta, pulmonary artery, or coronaries.…”
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Massive Hemoptysis in Children by Juan Yang, Fengqin Liu, Yan Liang, Chunyan Guo, Jinrong Wang, Xing Chen

“…We present an unusual case of massive hemoptysis caused by malformation of the bronchial artery, which includes bronchial artery hypertrophy, bronchial-pulmonary artery fistula, and ectopic bronchial artery. …”
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Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: Critical Care Management by Adel M. Bassily-Marcus, Carol Yuan, John Oropello, Anthony Manasia, Roopa Kohli-Seth, Ernest Benjamin

“…Imaging workup may have undesirable radiation exposure. Pulmonary artery catheter remains the gold standard for diagnosing pulmonary hypertension, although its use in the intensive care unit for other conditions has slowly fallen out of favor. …”
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A Homemade Snare: An Alternative Method for Mechanical Removal of Dirofilaria immitis in Dogs by Ana Margarida Alho, António Fiarresga, Miguel Landum, Clara Lima, Óscar Gamboa, José Meireles, José Sales Luís, Luís Madeira de Carvalho

“…Fifteen adult specimens of Dirofilaria immitis were successfully extracted from the pulmonary artery and right ventricle without complications. …”
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Percutaneous vacuum-assisted tumor thrombectomy using angiovac and penumbra lightning 12 aspiration systems by Murtaza Jafri, BSc, Brittany Stojak, MD, Owen Mooney, MD, Andrew Macdiarmid, MD, Ian W. Gibson, MD, Surinder Dhaliwal, MD

“…A repeat computer tomography scan revealed extensive thrombus burden with tumor thrombus involving the inferior vena cava, a large right atrial intracardiac thrombus, multiple segmental right pulmonary emboli, and a large embolus causing total occlusion of the left main pulmonary artery with findings suggestive of associated lung infarction. …”
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Mosaic Trisomy 18 in a Five-Month-Old Infant by Ana Laura Fitas, Mafalda Paiva, Ana Isabel Cordeiro, Luís Nunes, Gonçalo Cordeiro-Ferreira

“…A complex heart defect with atrial and ventricular septal defects, pulmonary artery stenosis, and bicuspid aortic valve was identified. …”
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Early detection of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) in preterm infants using doppler ultrasound technology by Pin Wang, Lihong Duan, Congxin Sun, Yu Chen, Yanyan Peng, Guihong Chen, Lixia Wu, Yan Li

“…Measurements were made of parameters such right ventricular output (RVO), systolic-to-diastolic ratio (S/D ratio), pulmonary artery acceleration time (PAAT), and velocity time integral (VTI). …”
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The value of lung ultrasound score combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis and experiencing pulmonary hyper... by Ying Xia, Xin Liu

“…Abstract Aims This study explores the clinical application of lung ultrasound scoring(LUS) combined with echocardiography in assessing right heart function in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis(MHD) and those with elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure(PASP), as well as the correlation between LUS and right ventricular(RV) function. …”
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Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Jie Yang, Chuanmei Liu, Lingling Li, Xiongwen Tu, Zhiwei Lu

“…RDW shared positive relationships with brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) (p=0.001, r = 0.513), pulmonary artery (PA) systolic pressure (p=0.014, r = 0.390), and PA-to-ascending aorta (A) ratio (PA : A) (p=0.001, r = 0.502). …”
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