Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Ankit Bharat, Deidre J. Epstein, Mark Grady, Albert Faro, Peter Michelson, Stuart C. Sweet, Charles B. HuddlestonWashington University.United States Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2013; 32: 621-625DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.03.002 AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with high mortality because surgical repair is usually not feasible or is ineffective. In addition, acquired PVS […]

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Surgery for pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return

Francois Lacour-GayetDenver Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 9: 45-50DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.010 AbstractThe major complication and the main cause of reoperation following surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is the occurrence of pulmonary venous obstruction. Outcomes

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Acute recoil of stents used for the relief of stenotic great vessels in the setting of congenital cardiac disease

Hideshi Tomita, Satoshi Yazaki, Kohji Kimura, Ken Watanabe, Kinya Hatakeyama, Yasuo Ono, Shigeyuki EchigoNational Cardiovascular Center.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2003; 13: 519-525DOI: Not Available AbstractWe implanted either large or medium Palmaz stents, or a Palmaz Corinthian stent, in various stenotic vessels, such as the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, aorta, or superior caval vein.

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Never Say Never: The Use of Nitric Oxide in Patients With Obstructed Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report

Victoria Sokoliuk, James A. DiNardo, Morgan L. BrownBoston Children’s Hospital.United States A and A PracticeA A Pract 2019; 12: 205-207DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000885 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease with pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditional management of PH with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is typically avoided in PVS patients

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The impact of right ventricular pressure and function on survival in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis

Michelle C. Sykes, Christina Ireland, Julia E. McSweeney, Emily Rosenholm, Kristofer G. Andren, Thomas J. KulikBoston Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2018;DOI: 10.1177/2045894018776894 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but there is little information regarding the impact of PH on right ventricular (RV) systolic function and survival. We conducted a retrospective

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How is pulmonary arterial blood flow affected by pulmonary venous obstruction in children? A phase-contrast magnetic resonance study

Kevin S. Roman, Christian Kellenberger, Christopher K. Macgowan, John Coles, Andrew N. Reddington, Lee N. Benson, Shi-Joon YooHospital for Sick Children.Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2005; 35: 580-586DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1399-x AbstractBackground: Hemodynamic changes within a stenosed pulmonary vein might not reflect the severity of the obstruction if redistribution of pulmonary artery flow occurs.Objective: The purpose was to investigate flow changes

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Gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary and systemic venous anomalies

Gerald F. Greil, Andrew J. Powell, Hans P. Gildein, Tal GevaChildren’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 39: 335-341DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01730-2 AbstractObjective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in patients with congenital and acquired anomalies of

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Short-Term Impact of Cardiac Intervention on the Nutritional Status of Malnourished Children with Congenital Heart Disease – A Report from a Developing African Country, Ethiopia

Kidist Tesfaye, Temesgen TsegaTirunesh Beijing Hospital. Saint Paul Hospital Millennium Medical College.Ethiopia Pediatric Health, Medicine and TherapeuticsPediatr Health Med Ther 2023; 14: 465-475DOI: 10.2147/PHMT.S431164 AbstractBackground and objective: Malnutrition is a common problem in infants and children with congenital heart defect and has an impact on the disease outcome. This study aimed to assess the short-term impact of

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MR imaging and CT evaluation of congenital pulmonary vein abnormalities in neonates and infants

Himesh V. Vyas, S. Bruce Greenberg, Rajesh KrishnamurthyUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.United States RadioGraphicsRadiographics 2012; 32: 87-98DOI: 10.1148/rg.321105764 AbstractMagnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) are increasingly being used in diagnosis and follow-up of congenital pulmonary vein anomalies in neonates and infants. Such anomalies include total or partial anomalous pulmonary

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Real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography evaluation in a patient with congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Ye Jing-Jing, Xu Wei-ze, Shu Qiang, Li Jian-hua, Liu Xi-Wang, Jiang Guo-pingThe Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University.China EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2010; 27: E109-E111DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01183.x AbstractAlthough real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (RD-3DTTE) has been used in children with complex congenital heart diseases, the benefit of RD-3DTTE as a vision of the pulmonary veins still requires further evaluation. We present

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