Risalina Myrtha^1,2,*, Hasanah Mumpuni^3,4, Real Kusumanjaya Marsam^3,4, Dyah Wulan Anggrahini^3,4, Anggoro Budi Hartopo^3,4, Lucia Kris Dinarti^3,4

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.3, pp. 315-324, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.051587

Abstract Background and Objective: The most feared complication of uncorrected secundum Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is crucial in detecting precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) to guide the need for PAH-specific therapy. There is a change in the cut-off value of PVR according to the recently updated PH guideline. How echocardiographic PVR (PVR) correlates to PVR by right heart catheterization (RHC) (PVR) according to the new guidelines has not been known. The aim of this study is to determine the reliability of PVR in detecting PAH in Uncorrected Ostium… More > Graphic Abstract

Ranjit Philip¹, Jason Nathaniel Johnson^1,2, Ronak Naik¹, Dai Kimura^1,3, Umar Boston¹, Sandeep Chilakala¹, Benjamin Hendrickson¹, Benjamin Rush Waller¹, Shyam Sathanandam¹

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.1, pp. 37-41, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12702

Abstract The hemodynamic effects of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) are well known including systemic hypoperfusion and volume overload on the left ventricle. This article aims to provide a review of the long-standing effect of a hemodynamically significant PDA on the pulmonary vasculature and the role of cardiac catheterization in preterm infants with a PDA and pulmonary hypertension. More >