Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Derek T. H. Wong, Lars Grosse-Wortemann, Shi-Joon YooThe Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31:1086-1088DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9741-6 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare cause of left-to-right shunting. Surgery is indicated for a pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio greater than 1.5:1 and not infrequently is complicated by postoperative obstruction. This report presents a […]

Marcelo Felipe Kozak, Ana Carolina Leiroz Ferreira Botelho Maisano Kozak, Antonio Soares Souza, Arthur Soares Souza JrHospital de Base and São José do Rio Preto Medical School.Brazil Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 108-110DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9822-6 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital heart disease. Its symptoms begin to manifest in childhood and may be similar to

Tadashi Iwasa, Yoshihide Mitani, Hirofumi Sawada, Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshihiro KomadaMie University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2008; 50: 397-399PMID: 18533959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02602.x AbstractNo Abstract Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionDiagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed

Emanuela R. Valsangiacomo, Stéphanie Levasseur, Brian W. McCrindle, Cathy MacDonald, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Shi-Joon YooThe Hospital for Sick Children. Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2003; 33(: 92-98DOI: 10.1007/s00247-002-0789-1 AbstractBackground: Echocardiography and X-ray angiography have been considered as gold standards for evaluation of pulmonary venous abnormalities. However, each technique has its own limitations, such as limitation in visualization of

Isao Shiraishi, Masaaki Yamagishi, Naoya Iwasaki, Kentaro Toiyama, Kenji HamaokaChildren’s Research Hospital and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2001; 71: 1690-1692DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02314-6 AbstractHelical computed tomographic angiography with differential color imaging technique clearly demonstrated pulmonary venous obstruction in an infant with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage before and after operation. This

Michael F. Swartz, Cecilia Meagher, Shuichi Yoshitake, Nader Atallah-Yunes, Ron Angona, Jill M. Cholette, George M. AlfierisPediatric Cardiac Consortium of Central New York. University of Rochester Medical Center. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; 44: 325-332DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02986-x AbstractThe percent of children who can achieve a normal and physiologic pulmonary venous gradient and flow following the repair