Acute Myocardial Infarction due to External Compression of the Left Main Coronary Artery by a Large Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm by H. Sharma, S. N. Doshi, M. A. Nadir

“…Although rare, external compression of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) by a pulmonary arterial aneurysm (PAA) as a consequence of pulmonary arterial hypertension causing stable angina pectoris is well described. …”
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Exploring the therapeutic potential of 18β-Glycyrrhetinic acid in pulmonary arterial hypertension by integrating network pharmacology and experimental validation by Wenli Yang, Long Ma, Meidong Si, Fang Zhao, Ru Zhou

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Transcatheter Proximal Coil Blocking with n-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Injection via the Pulmonary Artery Alone for Rasmussen’s Aneurysm by Atsushi Ugajin, Hiroyuki Fujii, Hiroyasu Nakamura, Akifumi Fujita, Takahiro Sasaki, Naoko Mato, Hideharu Sugimoto

“…Rasmussen’s aneurysm is a peripheral pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm (PAP) within a tuberculosis cavity. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients with Implantable Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitors: A Single Centre Irish Experience by Niall Leahy, Cillian O’Brien, Sara Essa Alsubai, Eileen Coen, Darragh Murphy, Faisal Sharif

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Interaction between the Haptoglobin 2 Phenotype and Diabetes Mellitus on Systolic Pulmonary Arterial Pressure and Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Hemodialysis Patients by Inbal Dahan, Evgeny Farber, Nadia Thauho, Nakhoul Nakhoul, Adi Francis, Mohamad Awawde, Andrew P. Levy, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro, Swati Basu, Farid Nakhoul

“…Elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (s-PAP, ≥35 mmHg) serves as an independent predictor of mortality in hemodialysis (HD) and diabetic (DM) patients. …”
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Dysfunction in mitochondrial electron transport chain drives the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: insights from a multi-omics investigation by Xin Zhang, Jieling Li, Minyi Fu, Xijie Geng, Junjie Hu, Ke-Jing Tang, Pan Chen, Jianyong Zou, Xiaoman Liu, Bo Zeng

Subjects: “…Pulmonary arterial hypertension…”
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Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) Accuracy and Efficacy Compared with Flow Probe and Transcutaneous Doppler (USCOM): An Ovine Cardiac Output Validation by Robert A. Phillips, Sally G. Hood, Beverley M. Jacobson, Malcolm J. West, Li Wan, Clive N. May

“…Background. The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is an accepted clinical method of measuring cardiac output (CO) despite no prior validation. …”
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Health-related quality of life, mental and sleep disordes of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension participating in the Polish PH treatment program by Kathie Sarzyńska, Beata Jankowska-Polańska

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The role of the TAPSE/sPAP ratio as a predictor of mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Its value for patient risk stratification by Paul Palacios-Moguel, MD, Guillermo Cueto-Robledo, MD, Héctor González-Pacheco, MD, Jorge Ortega-Hernández, MD, María Berenice Torres-Rojas, MD, Dulce Iliana Navarro-Vergara, MD, Marisol García-Cesar, MD, Cinthia Alejandra González-Nájera, MD, Carlos Alfredo Narváez-Oríani, MD, Julio Sandoval, MD

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Dicrotic notch index in pulmonary hypertension: correlation with hemodynamic, echocardiographic and clinical parameters by Mustafa Oguz, İrem Yılmaz, Almina Erdem, Gürkan Imre, Nilufer D. Eksi, Mehmet Uzun

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A Behcet’s Disease Patient with Right Ventricular Thrombus, Pulmonary Artery Aneurysms, and Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Recurrent Pulmonary Thromboembolism by Selvi Aşker, Müntecep Aşker, Özgür Gürsu, Rıdvan Mercan, Özgür Bülent Timuçin

“…Intracardiac thrombus, pulmonary artery aneurysms, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary thromboembolism are rarely seen symptoms of Behcet’s disease. …”
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Rheumatic mitral stenosis with congenital bicuspid pulmonary valve and pulmonary artery aneurysm: Finding needle in a haystack using multimodality imaging! by Digvijay Nalawade, Vijay Sharma, Prakhyat Shetty, Archita Shrivastava

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How to Reliably Measure Stroke Volume Index in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Comparison of Thermodilution, Direct and Indirect Fick, and Cardiac MRI by Andrea Baccelli, Deepa Gopalan, Rachel J. Davies, Gulammehdi Haji, Wendy Gin-Sing, Luke S. Howard, Francesco Lo Giudice

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Noninvasive Demonstration of Dual Coronary Artery Fistulas to Main Pulmonary Artery with 64-Slice Multidetector-Computed Tomography: A Case Report by Yoshiki Noda, Ryo Matsutera, Yoshinori Yasuoka, Haruhiko Abe, Hidenori Adachi, Susumu Hattori, Ryo Araki, Takahiro Imanaka, Motohiro Kosugi, Tatsuya Sasaki

“…We report here a 58-year-old woman with dual fistulas originating from the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary sinus to the main pulmonary artery, demonstrating noninvasively with multidetector-computed tomography (MDCT) and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).…”
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Transition from Intravenous Epoprostenol to Oral or Subcutaneous Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Retrospective Case Series and Systematic Literature Review by Kirily Park, David Ostrow, Robert D Levy, John Swiston

“…BACKGROUND: Intravenous epoprostenol, a prostaglandin analogue, has been a mainstay of therapy for patients with advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) since the early 1990s. …”
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Serum-Free Thyroxine Levels Were Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in Euthyroid Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Bingjie Wu, Jingjing Jiang, Minghui Gui, Lin Liu, Qiqige Aleteng, Shanshan Wang, Xiaojing Liu, Yan Ling, Xin Gao

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between thyroid hormone levels, pulmonary hypertension (PH), and pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) in euthyroid patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). …”
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Adult Presentation of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery with Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation from Flail Posterior Leaflet by Digvijay D Nalawade, Prakyath Shetty, Anirudha Sadgir, Sanket Bari

Subjects: “…anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery…”
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STAT6 deficiency mitigates the severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by chronic intermittent hypoxia by suppressing Th2-inducing cytokines by Pan Jiang, Huai Huang, Zilong Liu, Guiling Xiang, Xiaodan Wu, Shengyu Hao, Shanqun Li

“…The immune response contributes to pulmonary artery remodeling and OSA-related diseases. The immunologic factors linked to OSA-induced PH are not well understood. …”
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Comparison of core temperature using tracheal thermometer and pulmonary artery catheter in adult patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery by Seyeon Park, Hee Young Kim, Hye-Jin Kim, Jieun Jung, Seo-Ho Hong, Yeon-Soo Jung, Dong-Hyeon Ha, Da-Eun Park, Ji-Uk Yoon

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A study on blocking store-operated Ca2+ entry in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells with xyloketals from marine fungi by Zhou Jie-Bin, Sun Ying-Ying, Zheng Ying-Lin, Yu Chu-Qin, Lin Hua-Qing, Pang Ji-Yan

“…In this study, the effect of four xyloketals 1-4 on store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) was investigated in primary distal pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) isolated from mice. …”
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