Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Impact of Asthma Phenotypes on Myocardial Performance and Pulmonary Hypertension in Children and Adolescents With Moderate to Severe Persistent Asthma

Rajkumar Kundavaram, Praveen Kumar, Shikha Malik, Girish Bhatt, Priya Gogia, Amber KumarAll India Institute of Medical Sciences.India CureusCureus 2023; 15DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44252 AbstractBackground: Asthma is characterized by chronic inflammation and remodeling of pulmonary vessels and airway wall resulting in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Increased afterload on right ventricle (RV) myocardium leads to RV diastolic dysfunction (RVDD). Echocardiography is an […]

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Perioperative and Long-Term Outcomes in Infants Undergoing a Tracheostomy from a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Elton M. Lambert, Uma Ramaswamy, Sharada H. Gowda, David R. Spielberg, Joseph L. Hagan, Emily Xiao, Sean Liu, Natalie Villafranco, Tiffany Raynor, Rahul G. BaijalBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Stanford University School of Medicine. United States The LaryngoscopeLaryngoscope 2023; DOI: 10.1002/lary.31058 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was

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Inferior vena cava division to access post-repair pulmonary venous obstruction

Mark W. Robertson, David Liu, Camille L. Hancock FriesenIWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2010; 89: 1310-1311DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.076 AbstractPost-repair pulmonary venous obstruction is a complication that may occur after surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary veins. Obstruction may occur at the site of surgical anastomosis or it may be intrinsic

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Transpleural pulmonary-to-systemic venous collaterals in a case with obstructed scimitar vein

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

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Pulmonary hypertension secondary to partial pulmonary venous obstruction in a child with Cantu syndrome

Daisuke Kobayashi, Amanda L. Cook, Derek A. WilliamsWake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2010; 5: 727-729DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21215 AbstractWe report on an African-American male with Cantu syndrome who required a pericardial window for a significant pericardial effusion in infancy and was subsequently found to have partial pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) leading to pulmonary

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Left pulmonary vein atresia: the contribution of multislice computed tomography

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

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: A 40 years’ Experience Analysis

Anaïs Lemaire, Sylvie DiFilippo, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Olivier Metton, Julia Mitchell, Roland Hénaine, Jean NinetHopital Europeen Georges Pompidou. Hopital Cardio-vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen.France Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65: 9-17DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588007 AbstractBackground Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare cardiac malformation associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. We report a large surgical series study

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Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect

Kevin Hill, Karla Christian, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, Thomas DoyleMonroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 855-857DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9445-y AbstractRight-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device developed following closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. The obstruction was not apparent on postprocedure transesophageal echocardiogram but developed

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Use of Bosentan in neonatal post cardiac surgery pulmonary hypertension

Ravindra Pawar, Pankaj Kasar, Swati Garekar, Snehal KulkarniWockhardt Hospital.India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2009; 2: 173-174DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.58325 AbstractWe report the use of Bosentan in the post-operative period of a neonate with obstructed infradiaphragmatic total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. To our knowledge, this is the first report of use of

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Mid-term results of modified L-shaped incision technique for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Zicong Feng, Yang Yang, Fengpu He, Kunjing Pang, Kai Ma, Sen Zhang, Lei Qi, Guanxi Wang, Fengqun Mao, Jianhui Yuan, Shoujun LiFuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. The First Affiliated Hospital and Zhejiang University College of Medicine.China European Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryEur J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020;

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