Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-06-17eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12401
Jose M Martinez Manzano, Alexander Prendergast, Tara John, Raul Leguizamon, Ian McLaren, Rasha Khan, Andrew Geller, Phuuwadith Wattanachayakul, John Malin, Simone A Jarrett, Kevin Bryan Lo, Sadia Benzaquen, Christian Witzke
{"title":"Association of mildly elevated pulmonary vascular resistance with major cardiovascular events in pulmonary hypertension and chronic kidney disease: A retrospective cohort analysis.","authors":"Jose M Martinez Manzano, Alexander Prendergast, Tara John, Raul Leguizamon, Ian McLaren, Rasha Khan, Andrew Geller, Phuuwadith Wattanachayakul, John Malin, Simone A Jarrett, Kevin Bryan Lo, Sadia Benzaquen, Christian Witzke","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12401","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12401","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with adverse outcomes in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Our study suggests mildly elevated pulmonary vascular resistance ( > 2 to ≤ 3) is independently associated with major adverse cardiovascular events at 1-year follow-up. Early diagnosis of precapillary PH in CKD patients can potentially improve clinical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12401"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11181768/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141420649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-06-14eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12381
Chermaine T Kwant, Frances S de Man, Harm J Bogaard, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf
{"title":"Evaluating the technical use of a Fitbit during an intervention for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension with quality of life as primary endpoint: Lessons learned from the UPHILL study.","authors":"Chermaine T Kwant, Frances S de Man, Harm J Bogaard, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12381","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12381","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines technical use of Fitbit during an intervention for pulmonary hypertension (PAH)-patients. Technical issues with the device led to data being unavailable(37.5%). During intervention objective daily physical activity (DPA) decreased and subjective DPA increased. This emphasizes that an assessment of DPA in PAH requires incorporating both objective and subjective measurements.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12381"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11177024/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141331564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-06-12eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12386
Allan Lawrie, Kelly Chin, Yiu-Lian Fong, Cynthia Gargano, Xavier Gitton, Cheng He, David G Kiely, Li Zhou, Lihan Zhou, Bradley A Maron, Debbie Quinn, Stephan Rosenkranz, Dimitri Stamatiadis, Mark Toshner, Martin R Wilkins, Luke Howard, Ioana R Preston
{"title":"Two prospective, multicenter studies for the identification of biomarker signatures for early detection of pulmonary hypertension (PH): The CIPHER and CIPHER-MRI studies.","authors":"Allan Lawrie, Kelly Chin, Yiu-Lian Fong, Cynthia Gargano, Xavier Gitton, Cheng He, David G Kiely, Li Zhou, Lihan Zhou, Bradley A Maron, Debbie Quinn, Stephan Rosenkranz, Dimitri Stamatiadis, Mark Toshner, Martin R Wilkins, Luke Howard, Ioana R Preston","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12386","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A blood test identifying patients at increased risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH) could streamline the investigative pathway. The prospective, multicenter CIPHER study aimed to develop a microRNA-based signature for detecting PH in breathless patients and enrolled adults with a high suspicion of PH who had undergone right heart catheterization (RHC). The CIPHER-MRI study was added to assess the performance of this CIPHER signature in a population with low probability of having PH who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) instead of RHC. The microRNA signature was developed using a penalized linear regression (LASSO) model. Data were modeled both with and without N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). Signature performance was assessed against predefined thresholds (lower 98.7% CI bound of ≥0.73 for sensitivity and ≥0.53 for specificity, based on a meta-analysis of echocardiographic data), using RHC as the true diagnosis. Overall, 926 CIPHER participants were screened and 888 were included in the analysis. Of 688 RHC-confirmed PH cases, approximately 40% were already receiving PH treatment. Fifty microRNA (from 311 investigated) were algorithmically selected to be included in the signature. Sensitivity [97.5% CI] of the signature was 0.85 [0.80-0.89] for microRNA-alone and 0.90 [0.86-0.93] for microRNA+NT-proBNP, and the corresponding specificities were 0.33 [0.24-0.44] and 0.28 [0.20-0.39]. Of 80 CIPHER-MRI participants with evaluable data, 7 were considered PH-positive by cMRI whereas 52 were considered PH-positive by the microRNA signature. Due to low specificity, the CIPHER miRNA-based signature for PH (either with or without NT-proBNP in model) did not meet the prespecified diagnostic threshold for the primary analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12386"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167234/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141311513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-06-07eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12396
Donna Steinbacher, Brian Murray, Thomas Devlin, Shannon S Carson, H James Ford
{"title":"Severe bronchospasm and acute respiratory failure associated with inhaled prostacyclin therapy.","authors":"Donna Steinbacher, Brian Murray, Thomas Devlin, Shannon S Carson, H James Ford","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12396","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prostacyclin therapy is a mainstay of the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Inhaled prostacyclins present safe and effective options for the management of PAH that limit systemic side effects. We describe the first reported case of life-threatening bronchospasm and acute respiratory failure associated with inhaled prostacyclin administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12396"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11157496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141296673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-05-27eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12362
Kadija Hersi, Gautam V Ramani, Jennie Y Law, Ahmed S Sadek, Anjali Vaidya, Mark T Gladwin, Steven J Cassady
{"title":"Diagnosis and management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in sickle cell disease: A review.","authors":"Kadija Hersi, Gautam V Ramani, Jennie Y Law, Ahmed S Sadek, Anjali Vaidya, Mark T Gladwin, Steven J Cassady","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12362","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12362","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease (SCD) is a complex phenomenon resulting from multiple overlapping etiologies, including pulmonary vasoconstriction in the setting of chronic hemolytic anemia, diastolic dysfunction, and chronic thromboembolic disease. The presence of pulmonary hypertension of any cause in SCD confers a significant increase in mortality risk. Evidence to guide the management of patients with sickle cell disease and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is scant and largely the realm of case reports and small case series. Centered on a discussion of a complex young patient with hemoglobin hemoglobin SC who ultimately underwent treatment with pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, we review the available literature to guide management and discuss and overview of treatment of CTEPH in SCD, considering the unique considerations and challenges facing patients suffering from this multisystem disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12362"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11128985/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141159369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-05-24eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12361
Bettia E Celestin, Shadi P Bagherzadeh, Kenzo Ichimura, Everton J Santana, Pablo Amador Sanchez, Tobore Tobore, Anna R Hemnes, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Michael Salerno, Roham T Zamanian, Andrew J Sweatt, Francois Haddad
{"title":"Identifying consistent echocardiographic thresholds for risk stratification in pulmonary arterial hypertension.","authors":"Bettia E Celestin, Shadi P Bagherzadeh, Kenzo Ichimura, Everton J Santana, Pablo Amador Sanchez, Tobore Tobore, Anna R Hemnes, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Michael Salerno, Roham T Zamanian, Andrew J Sweatt, Francois Haddad","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12361","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several indices of right heart remodeling and function have been associated with survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Outcome analysis and physiological relationships between variables may help develop a consistent grading system. Patients with Group 1 PAH followed at Stanford Hospital who underwent right heart catheterization and echocardiography within 2 weeks were considered for inclusion. Echocardiographic variables included tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), right ventricular (RV) fractional area change (RVFAC), free wall strain (RVFWS), RV dimensions, and right atrial volumes. The main outcome consisted of death or lung transplantation at 5 years. Mathematical relationships between variables were determined using weighted linear regression and severity thresholds for were calibrated to a 20% 1-year mortality risk. PAH patients (<i>n</i> = 223) had mean (SD) age of 48.1 (14.1) years, most were female (78%), with a mean pulmonary arterial pressure of 51.6 (13.8) mmHg and pulmonary vascular resistance index of 22.5(6.3) WU/m<sup>2</sup>. Measures of right heart size and function were strongly related to each other particularly RVFWS and RVFAC (<i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.82, <i>p</i> < 0.001), whereas the relationship between TAPSE and RVFWS was weaker (<i>R</i> <sup>2</sup> = 0.28, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Death or lung transplantation at 5 years occurred in 78 patients (35%). Guided by outcome analysis, we ascertained a uniform set of parameter thresholds for grading the severity of right heart adaptation in PAH. Using these quantitative thresholds, we, then, validated the recently reported REVEAL-echo score (AUC 0.68, <i>p</i> < 0.001). This study proposes a consistent echocardiographic grading system for right heart adaptation in PAH guided by outcome analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12361"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11116946/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-05-22eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12391
Ruxandra Badea, Roxana Enache, Lucian M Predescu, Pavel Platon, Nicu Catana, Dan Deleanu, Andrei George Iosifescu, Noela Radu, Teodora Radu, Georgiana Olaru-Lego, Ioan M Coman, Bogdan A Popescu
{"title":"Left main coronary artery compression in precapillary pulmonary hypertension.","authors":"Ruxandra Badea, Roxana Enache, Lucian M Predescu, Pavel Platon, Nicu Catana, Dan Deleanu, Andrei George Iosifescu, Noela Radu, Teodora Radu, Georgiana Olaru-Lego, Ioan M Coman, Bogdan A Popescu","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12391","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive and invalidating condition despite available therapy. Addressing complications such as left main coronary artery compression (LMCo) due to the dilated pulmonary artery (PA) may improve symptoms and survival. Nevertheless, clear recommendations are lacking. The aim of this study is to analyze the prevalence, characteristics, predictive factors and impact of LMCo in a heterogenous precapillary PH population in a single referral center. Two hundred sixty-five adults with various etiologies of precapillary PH at catheterization were reviewed. Coronary angiography (CA) was performed for LMCo suspicion. Revascularization was performed in selected cases. Outcomes were assessed at a mean follow-up of 3.9 years. LMCo was suspected in 125 patients and confirmed in 39 (31.2%), of whom 21 (16.8%) had 50%-90% stenoses. Nine revascularizations were performed, with clinical improvement. The only periprocedural complication was a stent migration. LMCo was associated with PH etiology (p 0.003), occuring more frequently in congenital heart disease-associated PH (61.5% of all LMCo cases, 66.6% of LMCo ≥ 50%). Predictors of LMCo ≥50% were PA ≥ 37.5 mm (Sn 81%, Sp 74%) and PA-to-aorta ≥1.24 (Sn 81%, Sp 69%), with increased discrimination when considering RV end-diastolic area. LMCo ≥ 50% without revascularization presented clinical deterioration and worse survival (p 0.019). This analysis of a heterogeneous pre-capillary PH population provides LMCo prevalence estimation, predictive factors (PA size, PA-to-aorta, RV end-diastolic area and PH etiology) and long-term impact. While LMCo impact on survival is inconclusive, untreated LMCo ≥ 50% has worse prognosis. LMCo revascularization may be performed safely and with good outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12391"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11112051/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141088289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pulmonary CirculationPub Date : 2024-05-15eCollection Date: 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12387
Xiaofeng Wang, Shilin Wang, Zhongyuan Lu, Wenlong Wang, Xu Wang
{"title":"Therapeutic effects of treat and repair strategy in pediatric patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and simple congenital heart defects.","authors":"Xiaofeng Wang, Shilin Wang, Zhongyuan Lu, Wenlong Wang, Xu Wang","doi":"10.1002/pul2.12387","DOIUrl":"10.1002/pul2.12387","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surgical indications for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and congenital heart defects are controversial. The treat and repair strategy has demonstrated efficacy in adult populations, but there have been no studies on pediatric patients. This study included pediatric patients with PAH and simple congenital heart defects who underwent corrective repair between 2012 and 2021. According to the preoperative treatment strategies, the patients were divided into a regular strategy group (Group 1) and a treat-and-repair strategy group (Group 2). Postoperative recovery and follow-up results were compared between the two groups. A total of 33 patients were included in this study. Group 1 consisted of 19 patients, whereas Group 2 consisted of 14 patients. The pulmonary vascular resistance index in Group 2 was higher than that in Group 1 (10.9 ± 4.1 vs. 8.2 ± 1.6 WU, <i>p</i> = 0.031). There were no differences in postoperative recovery between the two groups (<i>p</i> > 0.05). During follow-up, five patients were lost (three in Group 1 and two in Group 2). The median follow-up period was 59 months. One patient died in Group 1, and two patients died in Group 2. There was no significant difference in the survival curve (<i>p</i> = 0.39). At the last follow-up, another seven patients had experienced a non-low-risk condition, with a total of three non-low-risk patients in Group 1 and seven in Group 2, including one patient in each group who had a history of ICU admission. According to the ROC curve, a preoperative PVRi <8.2 WU×m<sup>2</sup> can predict postoperative persistent low-risk state, PVRi <5.2 WU×m<sup>2</sup> can avoid postoperative death and/or ICU administration. In pediatric patients with PAH and simple congenital heart defects, the treat and repair strategies may provide surgery opportunities, PVRi should be <8 WU×m<sup>2</sup>, and <5.2 WU×m<sup>2</sup> is the best choice.</p>","PeriodicalId":20927,"journal":{"name":"Pulmonary Circulation","volume":"14 2","pages":"e12387"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11095199/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140946823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}