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Use of PH Directed Therapies in Patients with Single Ventricles
Brian D Hanna, MDCM, PhD
Director, Section of Pulmonary Hypertension Division of Cardiology The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical Professor of Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania
Disclosures
- Any insight that I have into the single ventricle
pulmonary bed comes from the effort of the surgeons and cardiologists who look after our single ventricle patients.
- My institution receives grant support from
Actelion, United Therapeutics, GSK, and Lily who market PH specific therapies.
- In this presentation I discuss off-label, non-
approved use of pharmaceuticals in children.
Objectives
- Pulmonary vascular biology with the physiology
- f single ventricle palliation
- Monitoring pulmonary vascular adequacy in
single ventricle physiology
- Results of therapeutic trials of pulmonary
vasodilators for PH in single ventricle
Pulmonary vascular biology with the physiology of single ventricle palliation
- In the 2 ventricle patient, morbidity and mortality
caused by PH is from right ventricular failure: high RV afterload, low LV pre-load, reduced inotropy from ventriculo-ventricular interaction and inadequate coronary flow.
- In the SV patient, morbidity and mortality caused