Kelly Chilson

Oct 6, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kelly Chilson |Anshuman Sharma |Perioperative Care |Reese Michael Murray-Torres

1 INTRODUCTION Pediatric pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, highly morbid disease characterized by progressive obstruction and obliteration of the distal muscular arteries resulting in sustained increase in right ventricular (RV) afterload.1 Subsequent RV remodeling allows a compensated physiologic state, but many children ultimately develop medically refractory symptoms and right ventricular failure.2 Targeted medical therapies have improved survival rates in this population,3 but...