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Pulmonary arterial hypertension in congenital heart disease

Heart BMJ

LEARNING OBJECTIVES Review the diagnostic pathway for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in congenital heart disease (CHD). Understand and interpret right heart catheterisation data in pulmonary hypertension related to CHD. Recognise the typical presentation of PAH in patients with CHD.

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A massive pulmonary arteriovenous fistula complicated with coronary atherosclerotic heart disease treated by interventional therapy: a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a rare disease, and its symptoms lack specificity. For patients with coronary heart disease(CHD), hypertension and other common cardiovascular diseases, PAVF is easy t.

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What are the Cyanotic Congenital Heart Diseases With Decreased Pulmonary Blood Flow?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Tetralogy of Fallot TOF with pulmonary atresia Pulmonary atresia with intact interventricular septum Tricuspid atresia Double outlet right ventricle Transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis Ebstein’s anomaly of tricuspid valve In DORV and tricuspid atresia, there are also variants with increased pulmonary (..)

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PO-01-044 ARRHYTHMIA OCCURENCE AFTER TRANSCATHETER PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT IN CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE PATIENTS

HeartRhythm

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) has become a safe and effective alternative to surgical PVR in tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), isolated pulmonary stenosis (PS), and other congenital heart disease (CHD) variants.

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Raising the bar: triple therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease

Heart BMJ

Pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease as a paradigm of complexity Pulmonary arterial hypertension related to congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD) really represents a paradigm of complexity.

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Dietary changes may treat pulmonary hypertension

Science Daily - Heart Disease

This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading to chronic lung disease, heart failure and death.

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New insights and potential treatments for pulmonary hypertension

Science Daily - Heart Disease

A new study has found that asporin, a protein encoded by the ASPN gene, plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

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