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Autoregulation: mediators and renin–angiotensin system in diseases and treatments
BackgroundHemodynamic regulation is a substantial part of the physiological integrity of the human body. It is based on the delivery of proper blood...
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Is pulmonary hypertension protective against cardiac tamponade? A systematic review
The presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) may affect whether cardiac tamponade physiology develops from a pericardial effusion. Specifically, the...
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Physiological fetal vascular shunts and failure to regress: what the radiologist needs to know
The fetal circulation is characterized by the presence of three physiological vascular shunts — the ductus arteriosus, the foramen ovale and the...
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Novel Drugs for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Where Are We Going?
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease that despite advances in therapy is associated with a 7-year survival of approximately...
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Noninvasive assessment of pulmonary hypertension: key insights to maximize chest computed tomography
According to the 2022 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines, a right heart catheterization-derived mean...
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Vascular syndromes in liver cirrhosis
Liver cirrhosis is associated with multiple vascular syndromes affecting almost all body systems. Many of these syndromes are directly related to...
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Ingestion poisoning related lung injury- a pictorial review
Poison ingestion is a medical emergency requiring immediate care in the emergency department. Respiratory symptoms with ingested poisons can occur...
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Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients
Obesity is a risk factor for kidney, liver, heart, and pulmonary diseases, as well as failure. Solid organ transplantation remains the definitive...
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25 years of experience with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS): changes in patient selection and procedural aspects
BackgroundTIPS is an established treatment for portal hypertension. The aim was to analyze how patient selection for TIPS implantation and procedural...
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Emerging Therapeutic Targets for Portal Hypertension
Purpose of ReviewPortal hypertension is responsible of the main complications of cirrhosis, which carries a high mortality. Recent treatments have...
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Prevalence of diabetic cardiomyopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes in a large academic medical center
BackgroundDiabetic cardiomyopathy (DbCM) is characterized by asymptomatic stage B heart failure (SBHF) caused by diabetes-related metabolic...
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Diagnostic and prognostic value of echocardiography in pulmonary hypertension: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
BackgroundThe role of echocardiography in the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been widely studied recently....
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Exercise training attenuates pulmonary inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction in a mouse model of high-fat high-carbohydrate-induced NAFLD
BackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can lead to pulmonary dysfunction that is associated with pulmonary inflammation. Moreover,...
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Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt: description of four cases and review of the literature
Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS), also known as Abernethy malformation, is a rare condition in which the splenomesenteric blood...
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Combined cardiac surgery procedures and liver transplant: a single-center experience
ObjectiveMorbidity and mortality rates associated with liver transplant are high for patients with concomitant heart disease. Traditionally, such...
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Perioperative management with phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor and prostaglandin E1 for moderate portopulmonary hypertension following adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: a case report
BackgroundPortopulmonary hypertension (PPH) is a relatively rare but well-recognized complication of end-stage liver disease. Moderate or severe PPH...
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In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension and Cirrhosis: A 6-Year Population Cohort Study of Over One Million Patients
IntroductionThere is a paucity of data on the influence of sex, race, insurance, pulmonary hypertension-related complications, and cirrhosis-related...
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Invasive Hemodynamic Evaluation of the Fontan Circulation: Current Day Practice and Limitations
Purpose of ReviewEstablishing the Fontan circulation has led to improved survival in patients born with complex congenital heart diseases. Despite...
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Impact of liver damage on blood-borne variables and pulmonary hemodynamic responses to hypoxia and hyperoxia in anesthetized rats
BackgroundLiver disorders may be associated with normal pulmonary hemodynamic, hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), or portopulmonary hypertension (POPH)....
