Spring 2025: Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension – Rising to the Challenge
PCICS Leadership
Associate Editor’s Message
Whether it is a new diagnosis of severe pulmonary arteriolar hypertension in a previously “healthy” teenager, elevated PVR in a young child with univentricular circulation, or the unexpected presentation of pulmonary vein stenosis in an infant with repaired congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension complicates the care of our patients and challenges our CICU teams. In…
Executive Message
It’s hard to believe we are at the start of a new year! Time seems to fly faster as the years go by! Although our annual meeting was a little over two months ago, I am still reeling over our experience in San Diego. It was a huge privilege to be able to plan this…
Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Shift in Perspective
Pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and challenging disease characterized by wall thickening from neo-intimal proliferation leading to luminal narrowing of one or more pulmonary veins. Once considered a universally fatal disease, with the development of novel treatment strategies, current data indicates PVS is a chronic disease with improving survival rates.1 Vulnerable…
Integrating Pulmonary Hypertension Teams into the Pediatric Cardiac ICU: A Collaborative Approach to Emerging Challenges
Our field demands increasingly collaborative work across specialties in cardiology, critical care, anesthesia, and cardiac surgery. Complementing this comprehensive approach, the integration of pulmonary hypertension (PH) teams into pediatric cardiac ICUs represents an opportunity for enhanced patient care and agile shared decision-making. The harmful effects of pulmonary vascular disease in the perioperative congenital heart disease…
Managing Severe Pulmonary Hypertension In The ICU: The St. Louis Children’s Hospital Experience
While the last 30 years has seen remarkable progress in treating children with pulmonary hypertension (PH), children still die from their disease, most often from right ventricular (RV) failure in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting. Unfortunately, treating these critically ill children remains difficult with little data or consensus to guide caregivers. In this brief…
Unanswered Questions in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
“Where is the next PH crisis lurking?” – This question may flash past your awareness as you prepare to sit down for the first time during your night shift in the PCICU at “0-dark:30”. Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a recurrent and severe threat to some of our most challenging patients. We have tools that may…
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Quality Improvement Committee
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URiM Resident Award Announcement
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