Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor Implantation in a Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

T Miller Sisson; Juli Sublett-Smith; Elizabeth Dupont; Russel Hirsch; Angela Lorts; Chet Villa

doi:10.1007/s00246-024-03459-z

Wireless Pulmonary Artery Pressure Monitor Implantation in a Patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Jun;45(5):1151-1153. doi: 10.1007/s00246-024-03459-z. Epub 2024 Mar 19.

Authors

T Miller Sisson¹, Juli Sublett-Smith², Elizabeth Dupont², Russel Hirsch^{1

2}, Angela Lorts^{1

2}, Chet Villa^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
² The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. chet.villa@cchmc.org.
⁴ The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. chet.villa@cchmc.org.
⁵ Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, MLC 2003, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA. chet.villa@cchmc.org.

Abstract

Assessing heart failure progression in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is challenging given the multi-system nature of disease. Herein we describe the first case use of an implantable pulmonary artery pressure monitor and describe the potential clinical utility of this approach in patients with DMD.

Keywords: Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Remote patient monitoring.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / complications
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne* / physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery* / physiopathology