Diagnostic Testing for Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Non-invasive Testing

Anatomical risk factors, surgical treatment, and clinical outcomes of left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction in single-ventricle patients

Yasuhiro Kotani, Jiaquan Zhu, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Osami Honjo, John G. Coles, Glen S. VanArsdell, Christopher A. CaldaroneThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 149: 1332-1338DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.089 AbstractBackground: Patients with single-ventricle physiology frequently develop left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), in which the pulmonary veins traverse the […]

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Pulmonary vein atresia with severe contralateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a child

Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. HoyerUniversity of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often be

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Proximal pulmonary vein stenosis detection in pediatric patients: value of multiplanar and 3-D VR imaging evaluation

Edward Y. Lee, Kathy J. Jenkins, Muhammad Muneeb, Audrey C. Marshall, Donald A. Tracy, David Zurakowski, Phillip M. BoiselleBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2013; 43: 929-936DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2647-8 AbstractBackground: One of the important benefits of using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is its capability to generate high-quality two-dimensional (2-D) multiplanar (MPR) and three-dimensional

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Chest radiographic findings in pediatric patients with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Caitlin E. Mayhew, Edward Y. Lee, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Muhammad Muneeb, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Donald A. Tracy, Kathy J. JenkinsBoston Children’s Hospital.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: 151-157DOI: 10.1111/chd.12105 AbstractEarly recognition of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is crucial for optimizing clinical outcomes. Our goal was to characterize radiographic patterns specific to pediatric patients with PVS

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Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography

Laura A. Drubach, Kathy J. Jenkins, Catherine Stamoulis, Edwin L. Palmer III, Edward Y. LeeBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAm J Roentgeol 2015; 205: 873-877DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13581 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of radionuclide perfusion lung scanning in the evaluation of primary pulmonary

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Emergency Covered Stent Implantation For Rupture Of A Pulmonary Vein After Balloon Angioplasty For Postinterventional Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sebastian Hilbert, Silke John, Frank-Thomas Riede, Arash Arya, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas BollmannUniversity Leipzig.Germany Journal of Atrial FibrillationJ Atr Fibrillation 2016; DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1418 AbstractPulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a known complication of PV isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation. We describe in this report a case of emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of

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Real-time three dimensional CT and MRI to guide interventions for congenital heart disease and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Patcharapong Suntharos, Randolph M. Setser, Sharon Bradley-Skelton, Lourdes R. PrietoCleveland Clinic Children’s. Siemens Medical Solutions USA. United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 33: 1619-1626DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1151-x AbstractTo validate the feasibility and spatial accuracy of pre-procedural 3D images to 3D rotational fluoroscopy registration to guide interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

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MR lymphangiography of lymphatic abnormalities in children and adults with Noonan syndrome

C. C. Pieper, J. Wagenpfeil, A. Henkel, S. Geiger, T. Köster, K. Hoss, J. A. Luetkens, C. Hart, U. I. Attenberger, A. MüllerUniversity of Bonn and Children’s Hospital.Germany Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13806-w AbstractNoonan syndrome is associated with complex lymphatic abnormalities. We report dynamic-contrast enhanced MR lymphangiography (DCMRL) findings in children and adults with

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Milky pleural effusion in a neonate and approach to investigating chylothorax

Udara Dilrukshi Senarathne, Ranmali Rodrigo, Bolonghoge Krishantha Trixy Priyankara DayanathUniversity of Sri Jayewardenepura. Colombo North Teaching Hospital. University of Kelaniya.Sri Lanka British Medical Journals Case ReportsBMJ Case Rep 2021; 14: DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245576 AbstractNeonatal chylothorax is a rare presentation leading to significant respiratory distress, thus requiring timely diagnosis. A preterm neonate was resuscitated and ventilated, following which

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Accelerated Estimation of Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Pressure Gradients with Distributed Lumped Parameter Modeling vs. 3D CFD with Instantaneous Adaptive Mesh Refinement: Experimental Validation in Swine

Ryan Pewowaruk, Luke Lamers, Alejandro Roldán-AlzateUniversity of Wisconsin.United States Annals of Biomedical EngineeringAnn Biomed Eng 2021; 49: 2365-2376DOI: 10.1007/s10439-021-02780-5 AbstractBranch pulmonary artery stenosis (PAS) commonly occurs in congenital heart disease and the pressure gradient over a stenotic PA lesion is an important marker for re-intervention. Image based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has shown promise for non-invasively

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