Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Scimitar syndrome presenting in infancy

Charles B. Huddleston, Vernat Exil, Charles E. Canter, Eric N. MendeloffWashington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 67: 154-159DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01227-2 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome has a variable presentation based on the age at which the diagnosis is made. In general, infants presenting in heart failure have a […]

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Update on paediatric lung transplantation: an overview of a challenging therapeutic

Charlotte RoyUniversity Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP and Université Paris Cité.France Pediatric Respiratory ReviewsPediatr Respir Rev 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2026.01.002 AbstractPaediatric lung transplantation is a rare but increasingly successful therapeutic option for children with end-stage respiratory failure. Over the past decade, its epidemiology has shifted, with cystic fibrosis becoming an uncommon indication and a growing proportion of candidates

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Lung Transplantation and Reverse Potts Shunt for Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Population

Timothy Klouda, Wai Wong, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Jesse Esch, Maureen B. Josephson, Usha S. Krishnan, Levent Midyat, Mary P. MullenBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian. Children’s Hospital

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Pediatric Lung Transplantation in Israel: 29 Cases from a Single Center’s Experience

Eyal Jacobi, Moshe Heching, Osnat Shtraichman, Dror Rosengarten, Barak Pertzov, Ophir Bar-On, Hagit Levine, Ofer Schiller, Yury Peysakhovich, Dario Prais, Yaron Barac, Mordechai Reuven KramerSchneider Children’s Medical Center, Rabin Medical Center, Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and Tel Aviv University. Israel Israel Medical Association JournalIsrael Med Assoc J 2025; 27: 778-782DOI: Not Available

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Atrial Flow Regulator: Bridging Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension to Lung Transplantation

Julia Moosmann, Anastasia Schleiger, Felix Berger, Peter KramerDeutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC), Berlin, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Germany Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2025; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.106118 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in pediatric patients remains challenging, particularly in symptomatic patients with right heart failure despite optimal

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Pectus excavatum repair during lung transplantation in a 5-year-old: A case report

Marisa E. Schwab, Elisabeth Martin, Xin Si, Stephanie D. ChaoLucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInterdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2025; DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivaf263 AbstractChest wall deformities are considered a risk factor for lung transplantation. A 5-year-old girl with protein surfactant C deficiency, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pectus excavatum

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Four decades of heart-lung transplantation: Milestones and outcomes in advanced cardiorespiratory failure

L. Lily Rosenthal, Anna Maria Mühlbauer, Carola Grinninger, Nikolaus A. Haas, Heinrich Netz, Robert Dalla Pozza, Jürgen Hörer, Sebastian Michel, R. Schramm, D. Graetz, Christian HaglLMU University Hospital Munich. Clinic Bogen. Heart and Diabetes Centre North Rhine-Westphalia. Clinic Gauting.Germany European Society of Cardiology Heart FailureESC Heart Fail 2025; DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.15411 AbstractAims: Heart-lung transplantation (HLTx) remains a life-saving intervention

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Indications for pediatric lung transplantation in 2025: A new era

Nicholas Avdimiretz, Don Hayes, Melinda Solomon, Nicolaus Schwerk, Christian BendenBritish Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Hannover Medical School. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. University of Zurich.Canada, United States, Germany and

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Pediatric lung transplantation in China, 2019-2023

Xiao‑Shan Li, Zi‑Tao Wang, Bo Wu, Shu‑Gao Ye, Feng Liu, Chun‑Xiao Hu, Yi Lu, Wen‑Jie Hua, Wei‑Wei Xu, Man Huang, Jing‑Yu ChenAffiliated Wuxi People’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi People’s Hospital, Wuxi Medical Center and Nanjing Medical University. Chinese Lung Transplantation Quality Management and Control Center. Wuxi School of Medicine and Jiangnan University. Second

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Infant lung transplantation: First German experience including two cases of ABO blood group incompatible transplantations

Anna Katharina Zürn, Nicolaus Schwerk, Carsten Müller, Gregor Warnecke, Jawad Salman, Michael Sasse, Harald Köditz, Thomas Jack, Bettina Bohnhorst, Gesine Hansen, Oliver Keil, Katja Nickel, Dmitry Bobylev, Fabio Ius, Julia CarlensHannover Medical School. University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein. Germany Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation OpenJHLT Open 2025; 9: DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100251 AbstractBackground: Infant lung transplantation (LuTx) has been

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