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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

Heart, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Catheterization and Intervention, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia BPD, Rare Lung Diseases

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

Location

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Publications

Cost-Utility of Sildenafil for Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn. Evers, PD; Critser, PJ; Cash, M; Magness, M; Hoelle, S; Hirsch, R. American Journal of Perinatology. 2021; 38:1505-1512.

The Fontan Pathway: Change in Dimension and Catheter-Based Intervention over Time. McGovern, E; Alsaied, T; Szugye, N; Pradhan, S; Batlivala, SP; Lubert, A; Hirsch, R. Pediatric Cardiology. 2021; 42:1740-1748.

ST2 Is a Biomarker of Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Severity and Clinical Worsening. Griffiths, M; Yang, J; Nies, M; Damico, RL; Ivy, DD; Martin, W; Nichols, B; Pauciulo, M; Everett, AD. (2021) 160:297-306.

Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges. Vanderlaan, RD; Rome, J; Hirsch, R; Ivy, D; Caldarone, CA. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021; 161:2169-2176.

Impact of mechanical circulatory support on pediatric heart transplant candidates with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance. Thangappan, K; Morales, DL S; Vu, Q; Lehenbauer, D; Villa, C; Wittekind, S; Hirsch, R; Lorts, A; Zafar, F. Artificial Organs. 2021; 45:29-37.

Prognostic Value of Change in Cardiac Index After Prostacyclin Initiation in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. Evers, PD; Critser, PJ; Cash, M; Magness, M; Hirsch, R. Pediatric Cardiology. 2021; 42:116-122.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging derived septal curvature in neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia associated pulmonary hypertension. Critser, PJ; Higano, NS; Lang, SM; Kingma, PS; Fleck, RJ; Hirsch, R; Taylor, MD; Woods, JC. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2020; 22.

Pediatric pulmonary hypertension: insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 2 is a novel marker associated with disease severity and survival. Griffiths, M; Yang, J; Nies, M; Vaidya, D; Brandal, S; Williams, M; Matsui, EC; Grant, T; Damico, R; Ivy, D; et al. Pediatric Research. 2020; 88:850-856.

Residence at moderately high altitude and its relationship with WHO Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension symptom severity and clinical characteristics: the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry. Fakhri, S; Hannon, K; Moulden, K; Peterson, R; Hountras, P; Bull, T; Maloney, J; De Marco, T; Ivy, D; Thenappan, T; et al. Pulmonary Circulation. 2020; 10.

Balloon atrial septostomy as initial therapy in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Critser, PJ; Evers, PD; McGovern, E; Cash, M; Hirsch, R. Pulmonary Circulation. 2020; 10.

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