Angiojet System Used in the Treatment of Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report of Two Patients by Jinbo Liu, Tianrun Li, Wei Huang, Na Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Hongyu Wang

“…Pulmonary artery computed tomography angiography showed bilateral pulmonary embolism. …”
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Nitric oxide synthase inhibition decreases tolerance to hyperoxia in newborn rats by M. R. Pierce, C. A. Voelker, I. R. S. Sosenko, S. Bustamante, S. M. Olister, X.-J. Zhang, D. A. Clark, M. J. S. Miller

“…We conclude that perinatal NOS inhibition results in pulmonary artery vasoconstriction and a decreased tolerance to hyperoxia induced lung injury in newborn rats.…”
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Large-bore aspiration thrombectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism in octogenarians by Reid Masterson, Travis Pebror, Andrew Gauger, Adam William Schmitz, Sabah David Butty

“…There were 2 procedural complications, 1 pulmonary vascular injury involving a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm and 1 decompensation involving hypotension requiring vasopressor support. …”
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The Association of Autoantibodies in Hyperthyroid Heart Disease Combined with Pulmonary Hypertension by Xiujuan Zhang, Lin Chen, Jianping Sheng, Chaoying Li, Yong He, WenXia Han

“…According to the Independent samples T-test, variance analysis, chi-square test, Pearson linear correlation analysis, and logistic regression, there was a good correlation between pulmonary artery systolic pressure and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and receptor antibodies (TRAb) (r = 0.264, P=0.025) (OR = 1.037, P=0.029), but there was no significant correlation between the pulmonary artery systolic pressure and other thyroid-related parameters (FT3, FT4, TSH, anti-TPO, and anti-TG). …”
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Correlation of Computed Tomography Angiography and Fractional Flow Reserve Features with Symptoms in Patients with Right Coronary Artery Originating from the Left Coronary Sinus by Liang MAO, Xiaoqiang WANG, Xiaolong LIU, Ning ZHAI, Yueqin CHEN

“…Results: There were significant statistical differences between both groups regarding the RCA ostial morphology, origin angle, proximal lumen stenosis rate, length of the stenotic segment, and its relation to the pulmonary artery. The angle at the RCA ostium showed moderate correlation with clinical symptoms (r=0.566), whereas the ostial shape, proximal lumen stenosis rate, length of the stenotic segment, and relation to the pulmonary artery showed low correlation with symptoms. …”
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Effect of Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio on Post-TAVR Mortality and Periprocedural Pulmonary Hypertension by Xin Gao, Xiaoxiao Jiang, Zonglei Wu, Na Chen, Minghui Gong, Xu Zhao, Yan Liu, Ran Guo

“…Methods and Results. 124 patients undergoing TAVR were categorized into three groups according to systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP): Group I (no PH, n = 61) consisted of patients with no pre- and post-TAVR PH; Group II (improved PH, n = 35) consisted of patients with post-TAVR systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) decreased by more than 10 mmHg compared to pre-TAVR levels; and Group III (persistent PH, n = 28) consisted of patients with post-TAVR sPAP no decrease or less than 10 mmHg, or new-onset PH after the TAVR procedure. …”
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Biventricular Impella (Bi-Pella) in Refractory Cardiogenic Shock: The First Case from the Middle East by Abdulaziz Almejren, Abdullah Alenezi

“…We describe here the successful use of percutaneous biventricular Impella (Bi-Pella) for cardiogenic shock secondary to acute biventricular myocardial infarctions (AMI-CS), as guided by parameters such as mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2), pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi), central venous pressure (CVP), and cardiac power output (CPO). …”
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Cervical heterotopic heart transplantation in mice using a novel suture technique by Hao Dun, MD MSc, Maura Sticco-Ivins, Yuriko Terada, MD PhD, Amber Berning, MD, Kory J. Lavine, MD PhD, Daniel Kreisel, MD PhD, Benjamin J. Kopecky, MD PhD

“…Methods: The donor pulmonary artery is end-to-side anastomosed to the recipient right external jugular vein, using a continuous 10–0 nylon suture. …”
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A novel dual fixation method for improving the reliable assessment of pulmonary vascular morphology in pulmonary hypertension rats by Yan Xu, Pu Liao, Xinyu Song, Wenchuan Guo, Bingxun Liu, Tong Ye, Ting Zhang, Rui Xiao, Liping Zhu, Yujun Shen, Yanjiang Xing, Jing Wang, Qinghua Hu

“…The modified method involved a dual fixation process, combining individualized ventilation support and vascular perfusion to simulate the respiratory motion, pulmonary artery pressure and right ventricular output of the rat under in vivo conditions. …”
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Coarctation of the Aorta as a Complication of Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a Premature Infant by Amna Qasim, Soham Dasgupta, Sunil K. Jain, Amyn K. Jiwani, Ashraf M. Aly

“…Complications are infrequent and most commonly include recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and rarely ligation of left pulmonary artery. We report a case of accidental ligation of the descending thoracic aorta leading to a clinically significant coarctation.…”
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Pulmonary Hypertension Related to Left-Sided Cardiac Pathology by Todd L. Kiefer, Thomas M. Bashore

“…The chronic elevation in pulmonary artery pressure often leads to right ventricular pressure overload and subsequent right ventricular failure. …”
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Pulmonary Nodules as an Initial Manifestation of Behçet’s Disease by M. Malekmohammad, A. Emamifar

“…Although vascular involvement, including venous and arteries of any size, is a usual manifestation, cases with pulmonary thrombosis as the initial symptom are not common in the absence of pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA). This report describes a 36-year-old man with recurrent fever, nonmassive hemoptysis, and persistent cough with lung nodules in CT scan who had undergone open lung biopsy. …”
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Microscopic Pulmonary Tumour Embolism: An Unusual Presentation of Thymic Carcinoma by Brita L Sperling, Donald W Cockcroft, Rajni Chibbar

“…The cause of death was determined to be hypoxia secondary to extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery and extensive tumour emboli in the small arteries, arterioles and venules of the pulmonary parenchyma. …”
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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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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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