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
Insurance Information
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Publications
Is the practice of using oversized organs for recipients with elevated pulmonary vascular resistance justified?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2023; 166:1766-1779.
Management of Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2022; 1:100391.
Mining the Plasma Proteome for Insights into the Molecular Pathology of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2022; 205:1449-1460.
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia from chest radiographs to magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography: adding value. Pediatric Radiology: roentgenology, nuclear medicine, ultrasonics, CT, MRI. 2022; 52:643-660.
Endocarditis in Bovine Vein Grafts in the Pulmonary Position Placed Surgically & Percutaneously. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Hearth Surgery. 2022; 13:155-165.
Echocardiography-derived septal curvature correlated with invasive hemodynamics in pediatric pulmonary hypertension. Journal of Echocardiography. 2022; 20:24-32.
LONG-TERM EXERCISE OUTCOMES IN A CONTEMPORARY COHORT OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGMATIC HERNIA AND PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2022; 79:1667.
Transcatheter pulmonary valve-in-valve implantation within the expandable Inspiris Resilia® bioprosthetic valve. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 2022; 99:1157-1160.
Biomarkers of Pulmonary Hypertension Are Altered in Children with Down Syndrome and Pulmonary Hypertension. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022; 241:68-76.e3.
Building a dedicated pediatric pulmonary hypertension program: A consensus statement from the pediatric pulmonary hypertension network. Pulmonary Circulation. 2022; 12:e12031.
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