Diagnosis & management of pulmonary hypertension in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. 2022

Shazia Bhombal, and Neil Patel
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Electronic address: sbhombal@stanford.edu.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) contributes to neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a key component of CDH pathophysiology and critical consideration for management and therapeutic options. PH associated with CDH has traditionally been attributed to pulmonary vascular maldevelopment and associated lung parenchymal hypoplasia, leading to pre-capillary increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). However, there is increasing recognition that left ventricular hypoplasia, dysfunction and elevated end diastolic pressure may contribute to post-capillary pulmonary hypertension in CDH patients. The interplay of these mechanisms and associated dysfunction in the right and left ventricles results in variable hemodynamic phenotypes in CDH. Clinical assessment of individual phenotype may help guide personalized management strategies, including effective use of pulmonary vasodilators and extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. Ongoing investigation of the underlying mechanisms of PH in CDH, and efficacy of physiology-based treatment approaches may support improvement in outcomes in this challenging condition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006976 Hypertension, Pulmonary Increased VASCULAR RESISTANCE in the PULMONARY CIRCULATION, usually secondary to HEART DISEASES or LUNG DISEASES. Pulmonary Hypertension
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D006352 Heart Ventricles The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation. Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D065630 Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital Protrusion of abdominal structures into the THORAX as a result of embryologic defects in the DIAPHRAGM often present in the neonatal period. It can be isolated, syndromic, non-syndromic or be a part of chromosome abnormality. Associated pulmonary hypoplasia and PULMONARY HYPERTENSION can further complicate stabilization and surgical intervention. Bochdalek Hernia,Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia,Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias,Morgagni Hernia,Morgagni's Hernia,Agenesis of Hemidiaphragm,Bochdalek Hernias,Congenital Diaphragmatic Defect,Morgagni Hernias,Morgagni's Hernias,Unilateral Agenesis of Diaphragm,Congenital Diaphragmatic Defects,Defect, Congenital Diaphragmatic,Defects, Congenital Diaphragmatic,Diaphragm Unilateral Ageneses,Diaphragm Unilateral Agenesis,Diaphragmatic Defect, Congenital,Diaphragmatic Defects, Congenital,Diaphragmatic Hernia, Congenital,Diaphragmatic Hernias, Congenital,Hemidiaphragm Ageneses,Hemidiaphragm Agenesis,Hernia, Bochdalek,Hernia, Congenital Diaphragmatic,Hernia, Morgagni,Hernia, Morgagni's,Hernias, Bochdalek,Hernias, Congenital Diaphragmatic,Hernias, Morgagni,Hernias, Morgagni's,Morgagnis Hernia,Morgagnis Hernias

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