Russel Hirsch, MD
- Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Service
- Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
- Board Certified
About
MBChB: University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Residency: St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Fellowship: St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Certification: Pediatrics, 1994, 2002 (renew); Pediatric Cardiology, 1998, 2005.
Interests
Percutaneous interventions for the palliation or treatment of congenital heart disease; treatment of all forms of pediatric pulmonary hypertension; interventional catheterization; pulmonary hypertension; General Cardiology Outpatient Clinic
Services and Specialties
- Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) Center
- Cardiology
- Cardiac Catheterization and Intervention
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program
- End-stage Lung Failure Program
- Heart Institute
- HHT (Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia)
- Neonatology
- Perinatal
- Rare Lung Disease Program
Interests
Device closure of congenital heart defects; feasibility of covered stent use in coarctation of the aorta; pulmonary vascular complications associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia and chronic lung disease; cardiac manifestations of post bone-marrow transplant thrombotic microangiopathy; non-invasive evaluation of pulmonary hypertension in pediatric age patients; validation of new methods for assessing oxygen consumption in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
Publications
Right Atrial Function is Impaired in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Multi-center Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2025; 27:101962.
Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery in Three Patients with MYRF-Associated Cardiac-Urogenital Syndrome. Pediatric Cardiology. 2025; 46:2567-2571.
Complex stenting of an obstructed outflow graft of a heartmate 3 in an adult after a mustard procedure. Cardiology in the Young. 2025; 35:1493-1496.
Pressure-Wire Guided Hybrid Branch Pulmonary Artery Band Placement for Palliation of Single Ventricle and Critical Congenital Cardiac Lesions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2025; 106:663-673.
B-20 | Impact of Thermodilution on PVRi Calculations in Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2025; 4:102893.
Hank the Heart and Animation-Based Education for Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation. 2025; 15:e70072.
SOX17-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension in Children: A Distinct Developmental and Clinical Syndrome. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2025; 278:114422.
Mortality Patterns in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Insights Into Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Associations. Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease. 2025; 14:e037908.
A rare case of pediatric myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries associated with catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2025; 27:101680.
Implementing Patient Protection Radiation Dose Alerts for Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Examinations. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2024; 3:102292.
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