Abnormal Systemic to Pulmonary Arterial Collaterals or Connections

Intradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestrations: a surgical challenge. Case series

Chiara Oreglio, Francesca Tocchioni, Marco Ghionzoli, Annamaria Buccoliero, Antonino Morabito, Francesco MoriniUniversity of Florence. Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS. University of Pisa.Italy Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2023; 10:DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1181007 AbstractBronchopulmonary sequestrations (BPSs) are rare congenital anomalies characterized by non-functioning embryonic lung tissue receiving anomalous blood supply. They are most commonly located within the thorax (supradiaphragmatic) or into […]

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Bilateral pulmonary sequestrations: Distinct types sharing a common celiac artery origin, presented with pneumonia and associated findings in a pediatric case

Muhammed Tekinhatun, Kadir Han AlverDicle University Hospital. Denizli State Hospital.Turkey Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2024; 59: 218-220DOI: 10.1002/ppul.26735 AbstractA 14-year-old boy presented with shortness of breath, cough, and mild chest pain, with a history of intermittent milder symptoms. Physical examination and initial tests showed mild iron deficiency anemia, elevated C-reactive protein, and normal vital signs. Chest radiograph

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Differences in Pulmonary and Systemic Flow Measurements by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance vs Cardiac Catheterization and Relation to Collateral Flow in Single Ventricle Patients

Michael R. Hart, Wendy Whiteside, Sunkyung Yu, Ray Lowery, Adam L. Dorfman, Maryam Ghadimi Mahani, Prachi P. Agarwal, Jimmy C. LuMaine Medical Center. University of Michigan and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 885-891DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02327-w AbstractBoth cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac catheterization (cath) may assess patients with single ventricle physiology prior

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Cardiac phenotypic spectrum of KCNT1 mutations

Utkarsh Kohli, Chitra Ravishankar, Douglas NordliComer Children’s Hospital and Pritzker School of Medicine of the University of Chicago. he Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 1935-1939DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002735 AbstractWe report a 10-month-old girl with KCNT1 (c1420C > T; p. Arg474Cys,

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Systemic-to-Pulmonary Collateral Flow Correlates with Clinical Condition Late After the Fontan Procedure

Yoshihiko Kodama, Yuichi Ishikawa, Ayako Kuraoka, Makoto Nakamura, Shinichiro Oda, Toshihide Nakano, Hideaki Kado, Ichiro Sakamoto, Kisho Ohtani, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Koichi SagawaFukuoka Children’s Hospital. Kyushu University Hospital.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 1800-1806DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02450-8 AbstractIn the Fontan circulation, there is a substantial degree of systemic-to-pulmonary collateral flow (SPCF), which can be measured by cardiac

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Reduced scan time and superior image quality with 3D flow MRI compared to 4D flow MRI for hemodynamic evaluation of the Fontan pathway

Friso M. Rijnberg, Hans C. van Assen, Joe F. Juffermans, Lucia J. M. Kroft, Pieter J. van den Boogaard, Patrick J. H. de Koning, Mark G. Hazekamp, Séline F. S. van der Woude, Evangeline G. Warmerdam, Tim Leiner, Heynric B. Grotenhuis, Jelle J. Goeman, Hildo J. Lamb, Arno A. W. Roest, Jos J. M. WestenbergLeiden

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Isolated agenesis of the right pulmonary veins with pulmonary sequestration

Shilpa Patil, Sakshi Sachdeva, Shweta Bakhru, Bharat Dalvi, Nageswara Rao KonetiCare Hospital. Glenmark Cardiac Center. India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2019; 12: 135-137DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_55_18 AbstractWe report two cases of agenesis of the right pulmonary veins (PVs) associated with sequestration of the right lung with systemic to pulmonary collateral. Both the children were referred for

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A Scimitar Syndrome Variant Associated with Critical Aortic Coarctation in a Newborn

Mirjana Miksić, Faris Mujezinović, Maruša Selič Serdinšek, Miha Weiss, Sergej PrijićUniversity Medical Centre. University of Belgrade.Slovenia and Serbia American Journal of Case ReportsAm J Case Rep 2020; 21:DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.923162 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome (SCS) is a rare congenital cardiopulmonary malformation, characterized by anomalous pulmonary venous drainage from the right lung associated with aortopulmonary collateral arteries and pulmonary

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Aortopulmonary collaterals: An etiology for pediatric tracheostomy hemorrhage

Joshua A. Stramiello, Tzyynong L. Friesen, Aparna Rao, Kanishka Ratnayaka, John Moore, Howaida El-Said, Matthew T. BriggerUniversity of California San Diego. Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego. United States International Journal of Pediatric OtorhinolaryngologyInt J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2022; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111123 AbstractObjective: To report a single-institution’s experience of symptomatic aortopulmonary collaterals presenting as tracheostomy tube hemorrhage.Study design: Retrospective case series

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Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries

Ajay Alex, Anoop Ayyappan, Jineesh Valakkada, Harshith Kramadhari, Deepa Sasikumar, Sabarinath MenonSree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology.India Radiology: Cardiothoracic ImagingRadiol Cardiothorac Imag 2022; DOI: 10.1148/ryct.21015 AbstractMajor aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) are congenital vessels that arise from the aorta or its first-order branches and are distally connected to the pulmonary arterial vasculature, thereby providing

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