Interactive Learning in Pulmonary Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease
3D illustration of human heart and lungs showing pulmonary vasculature

Interactive learning modules for congenital heart disease with lesion-specific diagrams, pulmonary hypertension physiology, and clinical pearls designed for trainees.

Main Author:

Dr. Corey Chartan

Chief of Pulmonary Hypertension

Medical Director, Dell Children's Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

Pediatric Critical Care / Pulmonary Hypertension / ECMO

Dell Children's Medical Center

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas

corey.chartan@austin.utexas.edu

Contributors:

Dr. Taylor Saley

Associate Medical Director, Dell Children's Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

Pediatric Cardiology / Pulmonary Hypertension

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Sowmith Rangu

Heart Failure and Cardiac Intensivist

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Constantine Mavroudis

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon

Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Sandhya Ramlogan

Medical Director of Echocardiography

Pediatric Cardiology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Claire Champion

PH Nurse Practitioner

Dell Children's Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Lisa Musembi

PH Pharmacist

Dell Children's Center for Pulmonary Hypertension

Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Disclaimer: This website is for educational purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. All clinical decisions should be made by qualified healthcare professionals.

Please begin by completing the pre-test assessment. After reviewing the material, proceed to complete the post-test.

Table of Contents
Assessment
Lesion library

Baseline
PH
Heart lesion cardiac catheterization diagram
Teaching summary
Lesion overview

Difficulty level
Key teaching pearls
PH Teaching
PH risk overlay

How PH fits into this lesion

Why PH develops (physiologic reasoning)

Teaching frame

When to treat
PH overlay legend
Green: usually low PH risk or secondary/post-capillary concern
Yellow: flow-related or context-dependent PH risk
Orange: evolving or mixed pulmonary vascular disease risk
Red: high-risk PH physiology or urgent hemodynamic concern
Red flags to investigate
Rapid Reference by Lesion
Emergency
MCS / ECMO
Surgical Timing
Clinical Tools
WHO Classification
PH Medications
Quiz mode
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Cases