2019 Updated Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. The European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network (EPPVDN), endorsed by AEPC, ESPR and ISHLT

The European Pediatric PVD Network (EPPVDN) is a registered, non-profit organization that strives to define and develop effective, innovative diagnostic methods and treatment options in all forms of pediatric pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease, including pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), PH associated with congenital heart disease (CHD), persistent PH of the newborn (PPHN), and related cardiac dysfunction. The executive writing group (EWG) members conducted searches of the PubMed/MEDLINE bibliographic database (1990-2018), held face-to-face and web-based meetings.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - June 20, 2019 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Georg Hansmann, Martin Koestenberger, Tero-Pekka Alastalo, Christian Apitz, Eric A Austin, Damien Bonnet, Werner Budts, Michele D'Alto, Michael A Gatzoulis, Babar S Hasan, Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann, R Krishna Kumar, Astrid E Lammers, Heiner Latus, Ina Michel Source Type: research