Clinical Value of Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine Detection in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Juan Liu, Qiang Fu, Lili Jiang, Youlian Wang

“…To evaluate the clinical value of serum asymmetrical dimethylarginine (ADMA) in patients with connective tissue disease- (CTD-) associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Methods. 88 patients with CTD were recruited between December 2017 and August 2018 in Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital. …”
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Pulmonary artery denervation by noninvasive stereotactic radiotherapy: a pilot study in swine models of pulmonary hypertension by Xingxing Cai, Zhixing Wei, Yichen Shen, Li Qian, Jing Cai, Yuli Yang, Runmin Chi, Wei Wang, Shunxuan Yu, Keke Li, Yudong Fei, Cheng Li, Yaqin Han, Ming Liu, Jianguo Zhang, Dengbin Wang, Mawei Jiang, Yi-Gang Li

“…Abstract Catheter-based pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) has achieved promising outcomes to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH). …”
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Giant Saphenous Venous Graft Aneurysm with Compression of the Pulmonary Artery: A Rare Cause of Heart Failure by Jagadeesh K. Kalavakunta, Yashwant Agrawal, Alicia Williams, Jerry W. Pratt, Frank Saltiel

“…Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) of the heart and coronary vessels demonstrated a giant aneurysm arising from the saphenous venous graft (SVG) to the first obtuse marginal of the left circumflex artery compressing the pulmonary artery (PA). He underwent coronary angiography, confirming the CTA findings. …”
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Stenting as a Rescue Treatment of a Pulmonary Artery False Aneurysm Caused by Swan-Ganz Catheterization by Stefanie Keymel, Marc W. Merx, Tobias Zeus, Malte Kelm, Stephan Steiner

“…Immediate interventional therapy was performed by the implantation of two coated coronary stent grafts into the injured pulmonary artery thereby excluding the false aneurysm. …”
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Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery with Echocardiography and Digital Subtraction Angiography by Haiyan Yang, Jinqing Li, Xiaojuan Ji

“…Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a common coronary artery anomaly associated with high mortality and may lead to sudden death if left unrecognized and untreated. …”
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An Open-Label, Multicentre Pilot Study of Bosentan in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease by Reda Ibrahim, John T Granton, Sanjay Mehta

“…BACKGROUND: Bosentan has been shown to be a safe and efficacious treatment for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and PAH associated with connective tissue disease. …”
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Long-term trends in the burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension in China and worldwide: new insights based on GBD 2021 by Zhehao Xu, Jia Ding, Ruiyun Liang, Shuangfeng Xie

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Pregnancy complicated by fetal goiter following lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: A case study by Asuka Hamuro, Yoshifumi Kasuga, Saki Saito, Hiroshi Uchida, Takahiro Hiraide, Yohei Yamada, Takeshi Arimitsu, Hiroshi Date, Hiroyuki Fukushima, Mamoru Tanaka

“…Objective: We report a case of pregnancy following lung transplantation (LT) for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) in Japan. Case Report: A female developed IPAH at 14 years of age and underwent a successful bilateral living-donor lobar LT from her parents at 19 years of age (gravida 2, para 0). …”
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Mendelian randomization study of serum uric acid levels and urate-lowering drugs on pulmonary arterial hypertension outcomes by Xiaoling Yao, Xin Cai, Shaoqin Zhang, Yuzheng Yang, Xiangyan Yang, Wukai Ma, Zong Jiang

Subjects: “…Pulmonary arterial hypertension…”
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Daily Chronic Intermittent Hypobaric Hypoxia Does Not Induce Chronic Increase in Pulmonary Arterial Pressure Assessed by Echocardiography by Jeremias Götschke, Pontus Mertsch, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Diego Kauffmann-Guerrero, Jürgen Behr, Rudolf Maria Huber, Frank Reichenberger, Katrin Milger

“…Chronic hypoxia causes pulmonary vascular remodeling resulting in persistently increased pulmonary arterial pressures (PAP) even after return to normoxia. …”
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hsa_circWDR37_016 Regulates Hypoxia-Induced Proliferation of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells by Shan-Shan Li, Shuang Liang, Yao Long, Xu Chen, Xin Jin

“…Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by abnormal remodeling of pulmonary vessel walls caused by excessive pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cell (PASMC) proliferation. …”
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Prevalence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in post-tuberculosis lung fibrosis patients: A cross-sectional observational study by Rupak Chatterjee, Priyanka Ghosh, Kumkum Sarkar, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Alex George, Netai Pramanik

Subjects: “…pulmonary arterial hypertension…”
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Successful repair of the anomalous left coronary artery from the right pulmonary artery associated with aortic coarctation in the newborn by V.G. Karpenko, V.Yu. Vashkeba, V.V. Sakalov, I.V. Galamai, M.D. Glagola, K.S. Boiko, V.B. Demyanchuk

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Pulmonary Artery Intimal Sarcoma Diagnosed Preoperatively by Endovascular Biopsy and Treated via Right Pneumonectomy and Pulmonary Arterioplasty by Daiki Kato, Shohei Mori, Eriko Harada, Rintaro Shigemori, Takamasa Shibazaki, Hideki Matsudaira, Jun Hirano, Hirokazu Ashida, Hiroko Kimura, Michio Yoshitake, Takashi Kunihara, Takashi Ohtsuka

“…Intimal sarcoma is a very rare tumor arising within the intima of the pulmonary artery. Preoperative diagnosis of pulmonary artery sarcoma is difficult, and the tumor is sometimes misdiagnosed as pulmonary thromboembolism. …”
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Anatomical and physiological features of the right heart affecting the effectiveness of balloon valvuloplasty and increase the risk of repeated interventions in children with valvular pulmonary artery stenosis by Yu.L. Kuzmenko, A.A. Dovhaliuk, M.P. Radchenko, O.О. Motrechko

Subjects: “…pulmonary artery valve stenosis…”
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Pirfenidone Inhibits Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension through the NADPH/ROS/p38 Pathway in Adventitial Fibroblasts in the Pulmonary Artery by Song Zhang, ZongXiu Yin, WeiDong Qin, XiaoLi Ma, Yao Zhang, EnXiu Liu, YanBiao Chu

“…This study is aimed at determining the role and mechanism of PFD in HPH in human pulmonary artery adventitial fibroblasts (HPAAFs), which were cultured under normal or hypoxic conditions. …”
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Successful Tricuspid Valve Replacement in a Patient with Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Preserved Right Ventricular Systolic Function by Jamil A. Aboulhosn, Ronald J. Oudiz, Amish S. Dave, Abbas Ardehali, David J. Ross

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Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure by Gialafos J. Elias, Moyssakis Ioannis, Psaltopoulou Theodora, Papadopoulos P. Dimitrios, Perea Despoina, Vlasis Kostantinos, Kostopoulos Charalampos, Votteas Vassilios, Sfikakis P. Petros

“…In a cross-sectional study of 106 SSc patients, we measured serum levels of TIMP-4 which is preferentially expressed in cardiovascular structures and searched for correlations with simultaneously performed echocardiography measurements of pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP), myocardial performance, and pulmonary function tests. …”
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Anomalous origin of a right pulmonary artery identified with echocardiography combined with CT: a case in a juvenile patient by Yan-ling Li, Ping Xie, Jia Wei, Zhao-xia Guo

Subjects: “…Anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery…”
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Portomesenteric Vein Thrombosis, Bowel Gangrene, and Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Embolism Two Weeks after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy by David G. Darcy, Ali H. Charafeddine, Jenny Choi, Diego Camacho

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