[HTML][HTML] Validity of echocardiographic tricuspid regurgitation gradient to screen for new definition of pulmonary hypertension

H Gall, A Yogeswaran, J Fuge, N Sommer… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Currently an echocardiographic threshold for the tricuspid regurgitation
gradient (TRG) of> 31 mmHg is recommended for screening for pulmonary hypertension …

[HTML][HTML] The controversy persists: is there a qualification criterion to utilize inhaled nitric oxide in pre-term newborns?

F Vieira, M Makoni, E Szyld, K Sekar - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) use in premature newborns remains controversial among
clinicians. In 2014, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Fetus and Newborn …

[HTML][HTML] A guide to echocardiographic assessment in children and adolescents with pulmonary hypertension

AE Lammers, C Apitz, I Michel-Behnke… - Cardiovascular …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While the current definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is still based on haemodynamic
variables, transthoracic echocardiography is the most important diagnostic clinical tool for …

[HTML][HTML] Safety, feasibility, and impact of enalapril on cardiorespiratory physiology and health in preterm infants with systemic hypertension and left ventricular diastolic …

AH Stanford, M Reyes, DR Rios, RE Giesinger… - Journal of clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neonatal hypertension has been increasingly recognized in premature infants with
bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD); of note, a sub-population of these infants may have …

Physiology of low blood pressure during the first day after birth among extremely preterm neonates

JC Aldana-Aguirre, P Deshpande, A Jain… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the circulatory physiology of hypotension during the first day after
birth among stable extremely preterm neonates. Study design Case-control study of …

Pulmonary hypertension in a neonatologist-performed echocardiographic follow-up of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

M Savoia, FR Morassutti, L Castriotta, D Pavoni… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Neonatologist-performed echocardiography (NPE) is an established tool for bedside
hemodynamic evaluation, including pulmonary hypertension (PH). PH may complicate …

Pulmonary hypertension is an important co‐morbidity in developmental lung diseases of infancy: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and congenital diaphragmatic hernia

NP Varghese, RH Tillman, RL Keller - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) following preterm birth and congenital diaphragmatic
hernia (CDH) are both forms of developmental lung disease that may result in persistent …

Effect of gestational diabetes mellitus on Neonatal myocardial function

A Smith, O Franklin, N McCallion, F Breatnach… - Neonatology, 2021 - karger.com
Abstract Background and Aims: Infants born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus
(GDM) have impaired myocardial performance and are at risk of pulmonary hypertension …

Multicentre prospective observational study exploring the predictive value of functional echocardiographic indices for early identification of preterm neonates at risk of …

L Thomas, M Baczynski, P Deshpande, A Kharrat… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Although chronic pulmonary hypertension (cPH) secondary to chronic neonatal
lung disease is associated with increased mortality and respiratory and neurodevelopmental …

Influence of extreme prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia on cardiac function

JC Aldana‐Aguirre, L Eckersley, A Hyderi… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: Prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are associated with poorly
understood abnormalities of ventricular function. We therefore comprehensively compared …