Transcatheter Ductus Arteriosus Stenting for Acute Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is Associated with Improved Right Ventricular Echocardiography Strain.
Jason S KersteinEleonore ValenciaShane CollinsAlessandra M FerraroDavid M HarrildKimberlee GauvreauRyan CallahanMary P MullenPublished in: Pediatric cardiology (2023)
PDA stenting for severe, acute PAH can improve RV function as assessed by strain echocardiography. The quantitative improvement is more prominent in the first 6 months post-procedure and stabilizes thereafter.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- pulmonary hypertension
- pulmonary artery
- left ventricular
- antiplatelet therapy
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- liver failure
- computed tomography
- respiratory failure
- high resolution
- acute coronary syndrome
- minimally invasive
- drug induced
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery
- young adults
- heart failure
- hepatitis b virus
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome