Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Invasive Testing

Common pulmonary vein atresia: Importance of immediate recognition and surgical intervention

Siavosh Khonsari, Peter W. Saunders, Martin H. Lees, Albert StarrOregon Health Sciences University.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1982; 83: 443-448DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)37282-4 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital anomaly; all four pulmonary veins drain into a common dilated chamber with no direct connections to the heart or systemic […]

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Common pulmonary vein atresia. Premortem diagnosis in two infants

Richard E. Hawker, John M. Celermajer, Don C. Gengos, Timothy B. Cartmill, J. Denby BowdlerRoyal Alexandra Hospital for Children.Australia CirculationCirculation 1972; 46: 368-374DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.46.2.368 Abstract (Summary)Two cases of common pulmonary vein atresia (CPVA) are presented. In one, the diagnosis was suspected on clinical grounds, and in both it was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgical

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Common pulmonary vein atresia without anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Charles T. DeLise, Bernard Schneider, Marie S. BlackmanUpstate Medical Center, Syracuse.United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 1979; 8: 195-197DOI: 10.1007/BF00973835 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia without pulmonary venous connection is a rare form of congenital heart disease. No communication exists between the confluence of the pulmonary veins and the heart or a major systemic vessel. A case diagnosed

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: report of three cases and review of the literature

Michael Perez, T. K. Susheel Kumar, Mario Briceno-Medina, Mohammed Alsheikh-Ali, Shyam Sathanandam, Christopher J. Knott-CraigUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2016; 26: 629-635DOI: 10.1017/S1047951115002334 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare and usually fatal congenital anomaly, in which the pulmonary veins come together to form

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Pre-Glenn aorto-pulmonary collaterals in single-ventricle patients

Varun J. Sharma, Laura Carlson, Jesse Esch, Mallika Gopal, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Isaac Wamala, Angelika Muter, Diego Porras, Meena NathanBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; 33: 2589-2596DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123000665 AbstractBackground: In single-ventricle patients undergoing staged-bidirectional Glenn, 36-59% have aorto-pulmonary collateral flow, but risk factors and clinical outcomes are unknown. We hypothesise

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Susceptibility to high-altitude pulmonary edema is associated with increased pulmonary arterial stiffness during exercise

Ashley Mulchrone, H. Moulton, Marlow W. Eldridge, Naomi C. CheslerUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison.United States Journal of Applied PhysiologyJ Appl Physiol 2020; 128: 514-522DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00153.2019 AbstractHigh-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), a reversible form of capillary leak, is a common consequence of rapid ascension to high altitude and a major cause of death related to high-altitude exposure. Individuals with a

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. ZablahUniversity Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without

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Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Barry O’Callaghan, Michael Shorofsky, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. MorganChildren’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 1054-1063DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02824-0 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a morbid disease and limited progress has been made in improving outcomes for this heterogenous group of patients. Evaluation is

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Fusion imaging for guidance of pulmonary arteriovenous malformation embolisation with minimal radiation and contrast exposure

Catalina Vargas-Acevedo, Ernesto Mejia, Jenny E. Zablah, Gareth J. MorganUniversity of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124000349 AbstractHereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia is an inherited disorder characterised by vascular dysplasia that leads to the development of arteriovenous malformations. Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations occur in approximately 30% of patients with haemorrhagic telangiectasia.

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Two-dimensional echocardiography in the pre- and postoperative management of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mary E. van der Velde, Ira A. Parness, Steven D. Colan, Philip J. Spevak, James E. Lock, John E. Meyer Jr., Stephen P. SandersChildren’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18: 1746-1751DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90515-b AbstractThe records of 23 infants who underwent surgical repair of isolated totally anomalous pulmonary venous

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