Articles: pulmonary-artery.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · Feb 2025
Observational StudyLong-term follow-up of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia patients without significant pulmonary right-to-left shunt at screening.
To describe the incidence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM)-related complications, right-to-left shunt (RLS) progression at transthoracic contrast echocardiography (TTCE) and development of treatable PAVM during long-term follow-up in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) patients with RLS grades 0-1 at screening TTCE. ⋯ In HHT patients with grades 0-1 RLS at screening, PAVM-related complications are rare. No patient with grade 0 RLS showed an increase in RLS of more than one grade on TTCE. Among patients with grade 1 RLS, rescreening every 5 years should be recommended because treatable PAVM can develop; follow-up with TTCE could be an alternative, as it would allow a better selection of patients for chest CT.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2025
Association Between Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index and Radial Artery Pulse Pressure and Successful Separation from Peripheral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A French Single-Center Retrospective Study From 2017 to 2021.
Few reliable tools exist to predict weaning patient outcomes from venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO; VA-ECMO). Pulmonary artery pulse pressure indexed on right atrial pressure (PAPi) reflects the ventricle-pulmonary coupling and may be representative of right ventricular recovery. Radial artery pulse pressure (rPP) may be representative of left ventricular recovery. We intended to explore the usefulness of these indices in the weaning from VA-ECMO. ⋯ Higher PAPi and rPP were predictors of successful weaning from VA-ECMO in this retrospective study.