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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: an analysis of current management strategies in a single institution

Camille L. Hancock Friesen, David Zurakowski, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Joseph M. Forbess, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Richard A. JonasChildren’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 79: 596-606DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.005 AbstractBackground: Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) continues to be associated with significant mortality. We reviewed […]

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Prognostic and diagnostic utility of interleukin-6 in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension – a case-control study

Mohamed Abdallah Abd El Megied, Mohammed Ahmed Abouelhassan, Eman Saad Abd El Salam HadwaCairo University.Egypt European Journal of PediatricsEur J Pediatr 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00431-023-05413-2 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in pediatrics is a progressive disease with significant vascular remodeling, right sided heart failure, and death if left untreated. Elevated interleukin-6 (IL-6) level in PAH patients is taken as

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: factors associated with mortality and recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction

S. Adil Husain, Elaine Maldonado, Debbie Rasch, Joel Michalek, Richard Taylor, Christopher Curzon, Steve Neish, John H. CalhoonUniversity of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio. United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2012; 94: 825-831DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.04.026 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is associated with high rates of mortality and need for reintervention.

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Computed tomographic findings in TBX4 mutation: a common cause of severe pulmonary artery hypertension in children

Helio V. Neves da Silva, Jason P. Weinman, Erin K. Englund, Robin R. Deterding, D. Dunbar Ivy, Lorna P. BrowneChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus. Highland Hospital. United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05848-7 AbstractBackground: Mutations in the T-Box 4 (TBX4) gene are a lesser-known cause of heritable pulmonary arterial

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Silent unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction. Occurrence after surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries

James E. Lock, Russell V. Lucas, Kurt Amplatz, F. Blanton Bessinger Jr.University of MinnesotaUnited States ChestChest 1978; 73: 224-227DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.73.2.224 AbstractAn 11-year-old girl was found to have completely obstructed left pulmonary veins eight years following corrective surgery for transposition of the great arteries. The patient was acyanotic and asymptomatic. Retrograde flow of arterial blood from the

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Primary sutureless repair for infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Rong Liufua, Xiaobing Liub, Tao Liu, Jimei Chen, Shusheng Wen, Jianzheng Cen, Jian ZhuangGuangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. Brown University School of Public Health.China and United States European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 59: 959-966DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa470 AbstractObjectives: This study aimed to review surgical experiences in patients with infracardiac total

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The Outcomes of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Neonates-10-Year Experience at a Single Center

Erchao Ji, Hailong Qiu, Xiaobing Liu, Wen Xie, Rong Liufu, Tao Liu, Jimei Chen, Shusheng Wen, Xiaohua Li, Jianzheng Cen, Jian ZhuangGuangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. South China University of Technology. Brown University.China and United States Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2021;DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.775578 AbstractBackground: Recent developments in surgical techniques and hospital

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: outcome of surgical correction and management of recurrent venous obstruction

J. A. Hyde, O. Stümper, M. J. Barth, J. G. Wright, E. D. Silove, J. V. de Giovanni, W. J. Brawn, B. SethiaBirmingham Children’s Hospital.United States European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999; 15: 735-740DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00104-9 AbstractObjective: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) can be corrected with low mortality and good outcome. If complicated by

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Modified T-shaped left atrium incision in the bi-atrial approach for infracardiac type TAPVR repair

Chung-Dann Kan, Yu-Jen YangNational Cheng Kung University Hospital.Taiwan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 91: 2003-2005DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.070 AbstractThe bi-atrial approach “in-situ” technique of vertical confluence to the left atrial repair avoids the risks of anastomosis site kinking and twisting for infracardiac-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection reconstruction, but how to obtain the adequate left atrial

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