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Primary sutureless repair for infants with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Osami Honjo, Cori R. Atlin, Barbara C. S. Hamilton, Osman Al-Radi, Nicola Viola, John G. Coles, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2010; 90: 862-868DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.007 AbstractBackground: Mixed type total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) poses technical challenges and high mortality owing to diminutive size and remote […]

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis: the impact of sutureless repair on survival

Nicola Viola, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Donald G. Perrin, Gregory J. Wilson, John G. Coles, Christopher A. CaldaroneSouthampton University Hospital.United Kingdom and Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 142: 344-350DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.004 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often associated with relentless restenosis and early death. During the last 2 decades, we have developed

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Pulmonary vasodilators and exercise in Fontan circulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Diamantis Kosmidis, Alexandra Arvanitaki, Ioannis T Farmakis, Aris Liakos, Andreas Giannopoulos, Antonios Ziakas, George GiannakoulasAristotle University of Thessaloniki. Royal Brompton Hospital. University Medical Center Mainz. Greece, United Kingdom and Germany HeartHeart 2023; DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2023-323166 AbstractObjective: In Fontan circulation, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)-targeted therapies could improve the patients’ exercise capacity. This study aimed to investigate the effects of PAH

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CAR Selectively Enhances the Pulmonary Vasodilatory Effect of Fasudil in a Microsphere Model of Pulmonary Hypertension

Abraham Rothman, Humberto Restrepo, William N. Evans, Valeri Sarukhanov, David MannUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas. Vascular BioSciences.United States Open Respiratory Medicine JournalOpen Respir Med J 2023; DOI: 10.2174/18743064-v17-e230404-2022-19 AbstractBackground: Despite the approval of several medications for pulmonary hypertension, morbidity and mortality are unacceptably high. Systemic hypotension may limit the use of pulmonary hypertension medications.Objectives: This study aimed to

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Perinatal Outcome in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH): A Single-Center Experience

Anubhuti Rana, K. Aparna Sharma, Vivek Kumar, Priyanka Chaudhary, Anu Thukral, Sandeep Agarwala, Vatsla DadhwalAll India Institute of Medical Sciences.India Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of IndiaJ Obstet Gynaecol India 2023; 73(Suppl 1): 37-42DOI: 10.1007/s13224-023-01796-2 AbstractObjective: To study the perinatal outcome in fetuses diagnosed with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH).Methods: Thirty-two pregnant women with antenatal diagnosis of CDH in

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Surgical management of post-repair pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward J. Hickey, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2011; 14: 101-108DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2011.01.007 AbstractObstructed pulmonary venous drainage – either in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, congenital stenosis, or post-repair stenosis – is associated

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Primary sutureless repair for “simple” total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: midterm results in a single institution

Bobby Yanagawa, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Andreea Dragulescu, Nicola Viola, Osman O. Al-Radi, Luc L. Mertens, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van ArsdellHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 141: 1346-1354DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056 AbstractObjective: We have previously reported the use of an atriopericardial or “sutureless”

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic ResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13: DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order

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The natural and surgically modified history of anomalous pulmonary veins from the left lung

Yasuhiro Kotani, Devin Chetan, Jiaquan Zhu, Vijay Anand, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, John G. Coles, Osami HonjoHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2013; 96: 1711-1718DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.05.101 AbstractBackground: Reconstruction of anomalous left pulmonary veins (ALPV) requires an anastomosis at a nonanatomic position, posing the potential risk of

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Is restrictive atrial septal defect a risk in partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair?

Jiaquan Zhu, Yasuhiro Kotani, Devin Chetan, Lisa Zhao, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami HonjoThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 97: 1664-1670DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.051 AbstractBackground: The creation or enlargement of an atrial septal defect (ASD) in partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) repair

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