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Death or resolution: the “natural history” of pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Gabriel Altit, Shazia Bhombal, Rachel K. Hopper, Theresa A. Tacy, Jeffrey FeinsteinMcGill University and Montreal Children’s Hospital – McGill University Health Centre. Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Canada and United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2019; 39: 415-425DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0303-8 AbstractObjectives: The primary objective was to describe the early “natural history” of pulmonary […]

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Assessing the recently noted surgical outcome of isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair: A single-secondary center experience

Eun-Young Choi, Chang-Ha Lee, Su-Jin Park, So-Ick Jang, Eun Sun KimSejong General Hospital. Kangwon National University.Republic of Korea Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2019; 34: 1526-1532DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14284 AbstractBackground and aim of the study: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of isolated TAPVC

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Mortality in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Data from cardiac catheterization

Martina A. Steurer, Hythem Nawaytou, Elyssa Guslits, Elizabeth Colglazier, David Teitel, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Roberta L. KellerUniversity of California, San Francisco.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54: 804-813DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24297 AbstractRationale: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is relatively common in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), however, hemodynamic data and factors associated with mortality in this patient group are sparsely

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Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children

Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Patrick Vittner, Amy Danehy, Sonali Sen, Robert Whitehill, Jessica H. Chao, Miya E. Bernson-Leung, Michael J. RivkinBoston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric NeurologyPediatr Neurol 2019; 100: 42-48DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.07.005 AbstractBackground: Children with cardiac disease are at high risk for stroke. Approximately one-quarter of strokes in children with cardiac disease occur in the peri-procedural

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Computed Tomography Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Congenital Anomalies of Pulmonary Veins

Ahmed Abdel Razek Abdel Khalek, Hala Al-Marsafawy, Maha Elmansy, Mahmoud Abd El-Latif, Donia SobhPediatric Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine.Egypt Journal of Computer Assisted TomographyJ Comput Assist Tomogr 2019; 43: 399-405DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000857 AbstractWe aimed to review computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography of congenital anomalies of pulmonary veins. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return shows all pulmonary veins

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Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Review

Nidhy Varghese, Danielle RiosBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric Allergy Immunology and PulmonologyPediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol 2019; 32: 140-148DOI: 10.1089/ped.2018.0984 AbstractEarly pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) and established pulmonary hypertension (PH) are common associations of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Diagnosis of PH is often made by echocardiography because of technical and logistic difficulties with

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Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood

Asra Khan, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri JustinoTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 94: 233-242DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28328 AbstractObjective: Comparison of outcomes using bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) stents in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Background: PVS is a serious condition with frequent restenosis after surgical and percutaneous interventions. After experiencing encouraging

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Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease

Yoshihiko Kurita, Kenji Baba, Maiko Kondo, Takahiro Eitoku, Shingo Kasahara, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Hirokazu TsukaharaOkayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 1057-1065DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119001495 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a condition with challenging treatment and leads to severe cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Despite aggressive

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Intervening with the Nitric Oxide Pathway to Alleviate Pulmonary Hypertension in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Richard W. B. van Duin, Kelly Stam, André Uitterdijk, Beatrijs Bartelds, A. H. Jan Danser, Irwin K. M. Reiss, Dirk J. Duncker, Daphne MerkusErasmus MC Rotterdam. Sophia Children’s Hospital. University Hospital, LMU Munich.Netherlands and Germany Journal of Clinical MedicineJ Clin Med 2019; 8: DOI: 10.3390/jcm8081204 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) as a result of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, William G. Thilly, Pip Hidestrand, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Mats Hidestrand, Elena V. GostjevaChildren’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eastern Maine Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2019; 39: 51-53DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.12.005 AbstractNo Abstract AvailableMethods:Pulmonary vein tissue from five patients with PVS was collected at the

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