Surgical treatment of the concomitant pathology in corrected transposition of great arteries by O.Ye. Repin, L.S. Maniuc, V.I. Corcea, E.K. Cheptanaru, O.Ye. Maliga, E.I. Virlan, I.V. Cucu

“…Totally 24 surgeries were performed: correction of systemic valve insufficiency – in 6 patients (plastics – in 4 of them and prosthesis in 2 patients), VSD plastics – 9, pacemaker implantation – 4, mitral valve plastics – 2, pulmonary artery banding – 2, bidirectional Glenn – 1. …”
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The Effect of Kidney Transplantation on Pulmonary Hypertension in End-stage Kidney Disease Patients on Hemodialysis by Christine Mary Jane, K. Vinod Kumar, R. Anil Kumar, V. Narayanan Unni, Bipi K. Prasannan, Jojo K. Pullockara, U. R. S. Vishnu Dev

“…Methods: A prospective cohort study was done in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) patients on hemodialysis with PH (defined as pulmonary artery systolic pressure [PASP] of 35 mmHg or above) who subsequently underwent KT. …”
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Functional capacity testing in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) using the one-minute sit-to-stand test (1-min STST). by Christina Kronberger, Roya Anahita Mousavi, Begüm Öztürk, Robin Willixhofer, Theresa-Marie Dachs, René Rettl, Luciana Camuz-Ligios, Nima Rassoulpour, Christoph Krall, Brigitte Litschauer, Roza Badr Eslam

“…N-terminal pro brain-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), WHO functional class (WHO-FC) and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) were defined as markers of PH severity.…”
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Transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip® enabling single lung transplantation: A case report by François M. Carlier, Michel Dumonceaux, Thomas Planté-Bordeneuve, Patrick Evrard, Eric Marchand, Asmae Belhaj, Benoît Rondelet, Fabian Demeure

“…As an alternative, transcatheter mitral valve replacement was successfully performed, resulting in the normalization of pulmonary artery pressures. Consequently, the patient became eligible for single lung transplantation, which was conducted successfully in the subsequent months. …”
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MiR-25-3p regulates pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after Glenn procedure in patients with univentricular heart via the PHLPP2-HIF-1α axis by Junpei Kawamura, Munekazu Yamakuchi, Kentaro Ueno, Teruto Hashiguchi, Yasuhiro Okamoto

“…MiR-25-3p in the pulmonary arteries may contribute to G-PAVM development.…”
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Mesothelioma in Two Nondomestic Felids: North American Cougar (Felis concolor) and Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) by Amanda Whiton, Juergen Schumacher, Erika E. Evans, Janelle M. Novak, Amanda Crews, Edward Ramsay, Robert Donnell

“…The final microscopic diagnosis was mesothelioma of the pericardium, tunica adventitia of the main pulmonary artery, left auricle epicardium, and left ventricular epicardium. …”
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Selected Abstracts of the 8th World Summit on Pediatrics; Madrid (Spain); October 3-6, 2024 by --- Various Authors

“…Simonyan (Yerevan, Armenia) ABS 6. RIGHT PULMONARY ARTERY ORIGINATING FROM ASCENDING AORTA (HEMITRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS) WITH VACTERL ASSOCIATION IN A NEONATE: A CASE REPORT • T. …”
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Sepsis-induced cardiogenic shock: controversies and evidence gaps in diagnosis and management by Ryota Sato, Daisuke Hasegawa, Stephanie Guo, Abdulelah E. Nuqali, Jesus E. Pino Moreno

“…Therefore, SICS might benefit from early invasive hemodynamic monitoring with a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), unlike those with septic shock alone. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Elderly: From Symptoms to Speckle Tracking Echocardiography by Christos Ballas, Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Ioanna Samara, Lampros Lakkas, Olga Kardakari, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Katerina K. Naka, Lampros K. Michalis, Christos S. Katsouras

“…Echocardiographic differences were noted and the elderly had lower values of pulmonary vascular acceleration time, RV E/A ratio and lower tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion/pulmonary artery systolic pressure ratio. The RV-FWLS index did not show a statistically significant difference in distribution between age groups ≥ 65 and <65 years old. …”
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Massive Pulmonary Embolism Complicating Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Case Report by Shruti Hegde, Gemini Yesodharan, John Tedrow, Alena Goldman

“…On bedside TTE, there was evidence of right heart strain and elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure of 45 mmHg. All data was indicative of a massive APE as the etiology for his hemodynamic collapse. …”
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Structural and functional changes of the heart in patients with coronary heart disease who have had coronavirus disease COVID-19 by S. M. Manuilov, N. S. Mykhailovska

“…CHD patients with a history of COVID-19 had greater changes in linear and volumetric parameters of the heart, an increase in the degree of hypertrophy of the LV myocardium, frequency of registration of LV diastolic dysfunction against the background of an increase in the mean pressure in the pulmonary artery, end-systolic pressure, decrease in global LV contractile function (LVF) compared to patients without COVID-19 history (p < 0.05). …”
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Unusual presentation of a patient with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections without a septal defect: a case report and literature review by Pouya Ebrahimi, Mohammad Hossein Mandegar, Mehrdad Jafari Fesharaki, Negar Ghasemloo, Pedram Ramezani, Tooba Akbari, Fatemeh Naderi

“…However, patients with symptoms such as chest pain, dyspnea, increased pulmonary artery pressure, and right ventricle dilation should undergo surgical treatment to avoid more serious complications, such as heart failure. …”
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Outcomes of Emergency Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hans Huang, Christopher P. Kovach, Sean Bell, Mark Reisman, Gabriel Aldea, James M. McCabe, Danny Dvir, Creighton Don

“…Univariate predictors of in-hospital mortality were preprocedural pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi) ≤1.8 (66.7% vs. 20.0%, p=0.01), intraprocedural cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (83.3% vs 4.0%, p≤0.001), acute kidney injury post-TAVR (80.0% vs. 4.2%, p≤0.001), initiation of dialysis post-TAVR (60.0% vs. 4.2%, p≤0.001), and MCS initiation post-TAVR (50.0% vs. 12.0%, p=0.03). …”
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Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: short- and long-term results from a cohort in Brazil by Fabio Solano de Freitas Souza, Marcelo Gottschald Ferreira, Iury Andrade Melo, Marta Ferreira Leite de Sá, Camila Melo Coelho Loureiro, Rosalvo Abreu, Paulo Henrique Alves de Carvalho, Mateus dos Santos Viana, Valdemar Oliveira Jr, Luiz Eduardo Fonteles Ritt

“…Results: After a mean of 5.6 ± 1.3 sessions and 11 ± 2.8 treated segments/patient (at a mean of 6.7 ± 2.9 months post-BPA), there was a 26% decrease in mean pulmonary artery pressure (51 ± 11 vs. 38 ± 11 mmHg; p < 0.0001), a 43% decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance (10 ± 3.7 vs. 5.7 ± 3.3 WU; p < 0.0001), and a 22.5% increase in the cardiac index (2.38 ± 0.6 vs. 2.95 ± 0.6 L/min/m2; p < 0.0001). …”
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Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Six-Minute Walk Test Outcomes in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease by Osamu Nishiyama, Ryo Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Sano, Takashi Iwanaga, Yuji Higashimoto, Hiroaki Kume, Yuji Tohda

“…Several physiological variables, including mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), were correlated with each 6MWT outcome. …”
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Halofuginone prevents inflammation and proliferation of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension by inhibiting the TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway by Jiangtao Wang, Lina Guan, Jian Yu, Bohua Ma, Huihua Shen, Guozhu Xing, Yawei Xu, Qiufang Li, Juan Liu, Qin Xu, Wenhui Shi, Jia He, Yixuan Huang, Dongfeng Yin, Wu Li, Rui Wang

“…Abstract The inflammatory response of lung tissue and abnormal proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells are involved in the pathogenesis of high-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH). …”
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Perioperative estimations of oxygen consumption from LiDCO™plus-derived cardiac output and Ca-cvO2 difference: Relationship with measurements by indirect calorimetry in elderly pat... by Julia Jakobsson, Carl Norén, Eva Hagel, Magnus Backheden, Sigridur Kalman, Erzsébet Bartha

“…Current methods, either by reverse Fick calculations using pulmonary artery catheterisation or metabolic by breathing gas analysis, are often deemed too invasive or technically requiring. …”
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Intracardiac Echocardiography as a Guide for Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Hironaga Yoshimoto, Maeda Yasuto, Tadashi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Kagiyama, Yozo Teramachi, Ryuta Takase, Yusuke Koteda, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Motofumi Iemura, Kenji Suda

“…In phase 1, we compared the measurements of PDA size: pulmonary artery side diameter (PA-D), length, and aortic side diameter (Ao-D) of PDA, as measured by ICE with those measured by aortography or cardiac computed tomography (AoG/CCT) in 23 patients who underwent TC-PDA. …”
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Clinical application of third-generation dual-source CT-based dynamic imaging reconstruction for pulmonary embolism imaging by Kai Liao, Biao Ye, Xi Li, Wei Liu, Tongtong Jia, Zongbao Han, Ziyi Liang, Yongli Duan, Xiaoli Sun, Jianmei Zhang, Rengui Wang, Jiao Gong

“…Conclusion 4D noise reduction TMIP-CTA based on DCTA reconstruction significantly improves the quality of pulmonary artery CTPA images and increases the clinical diagnostic rate, with potential for clinical dissemination.…”
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Surgical techniques and prognostic nomogram for patients with supravalvular aortic stenosis by Yuekun Sun, Lizhi Lv, Xinyue Lang, Aihua Zhi, Simeng Zhang, Cheng Wang, Qiang Wang

“…Age, gender, SVAS type, pulmonary artery stenosis, aortic valve stenosis, sinotubular junction z-score and gradient were considered independent risk factors by Lasso regression and were included in the nomogram. …”
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