Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Continuous Prostanoid Initiation in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Richard U. Garcia, Asaad Beshish, Arene Butto, Usama Kanaan, Kevin MaherEmory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03282-y AbstractObjective: Limited data exists regarding prostanoid (PGI2) use in critically ill patients with pulmonary hypertension. (PH) in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) setting.Materials and methods: Single center, retrospective study […]

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return complicated by progressive pulmonary venous stenosis after total repair: report of one case

Jeng-Sheng Chang, Yung-Chang Lai, Ping-Chun Li, Chi-Long ChenChina Medical College Hospital.Taiwan Acta Paediatrica TaiwanActa Paediatr Taiwan 2002 43: 276-280DOI: Not available AbstractTotal repair of an infracardiac type total anomalous pulmonary venous return was performed on a 3-day-old female newborn. Echocardiogram study showed a smooth connection between the pulmonary veins and the left atrium one week

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Intrastent sonotherapy in pulmonary vein restenosis: a new treatment for a recalcitrant problem

C. J. McMahon, C. E. Mullins, H. G. El SaidTexas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of MedicineUnited States HeartHeart 2003; 89: E6DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.2.e6 AbstractA 2 year old boy developed recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis after surgical repair of infradiaphragmatic pulmonary venous connection. He had required implantation of stents in the left and right sided pulmonary veins at 7

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Stent implantation and subsequent dilatation for pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients: maximizing effectiveness

Hideshi Tomita, Ken Watanabe, Satoshi Yazaki, Kohji Kimura, Yasuo Ono, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Shigeyuki EchigoNational Cardiovascular Center.Japan Circulation JournalCirc J 2003; 67: 187-190DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.187 AbstractThe outcome of stent implantation and redilatation was investigated in 4 pediatric patients with 7 stenotic lesions of the pulmonary vein (PV), paying particular attention to late neointimal proliferation. The minimal diameter of

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Information Based Similarity Analysis of Oxygen Saturation Recordings to Detect Pulmonary Hypertension in Preterm Infants

Pravitha Ramanand, Premananda Indic, Samuel J. Gentle, Namasivayam AmbalavananUniversity of Texas at Tyler. University of Alabama at Birmingham.United States Biomedical Signal Processing and ControlBiomed Signal Process Control 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2023.105358 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex cardiovascular condition associated with multiple morbidities and mortality risk in preterm infants. PH often complicates the clinical course of infants who

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Pulmonary outcomes of congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients based on defect size (CDH Study Group Stage)

Hina Emanuel, Hannah V. Breitschopf, Matthew T. Harting, Diana J. Martinez Castillo, Aravind Yadav, Katrina McBeth, S. Syed Hashmi, Ashley H. Ebanks, Tomika S. Harris, Kevin P. Lally, Cindy K. Jon, James M. Stark, Ricardo A. MosqueraMcGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.United States Translational PediatricsTransl

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Pulmonary vein stenosis mimicking chronic lung disease

S. Chakrabarti, S. Tsao, J. J. Vettukattil, J. P. GnanapragasamWessex Cardiothoracic CentreUnited Kingdom Acta PediatricaActa Pediatr 2003https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb02547.x AbstractThe presence of recurrent respiratory symptoms and right heart enlargement in an ex-premature infant is suggestive of chronic lung disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare, progressive disorder that produces similar symptoms and signs. A case is reported

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with dysmorphic pulmonary vein: a risk for postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction

Makoto Ando, Yukihiro Takahashi, Toshio KikuchiSakakibara Heart Institute.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2004; 3: 557-561DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.06.004 AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection remains potential and understanding of its mechanisms is warranted. Morphology of the pulmonary vein was qualitatively analyzed in 48 consecutive patients undergoing repair of non-isomeric

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Usefulness of helical computed tomography in diagnosing pulmonary vein stenosis in infants

Shinnichi Ohtsuki, Kenji Baba, Kohichi Kataoka, Naoki Ohno, Yoshio Okamoto, Kozo Ishino, Masaaki Kawada, Shunji Sano, Shuhei Sato, Tsuneo MorishimaOkayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry.Japan Acta Medica OkayamaActa Med Okayama 2005; 59: 93-98DOI: 10.18926/AMO/31981 AbstractWe investigated the usefulness of helical computed tomography(CT)in the morphological diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis, particularly that in infants and

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MRI pulmonary artery flow detects lung vascular pathology in preterms with lung disease

Friederike Häfner, Alida Kindt, Kathrin Strobl, Kai Förster, Motaharehsadat Heydarian, Erika Gonzalez, Benjamin Schubert, Yvonne Kraus, Robert Dalla Pozza, Andreas W. Flemmer, Birgit Ertl-Wagner, Olaf Dietrich, Sophia Stoecklein, Khodr Tello, Anne HilgendorffHelmholtz Center Munich, Haunersches Children’s Hospital. Leiden University. University Children’s Hospital, University Hospital and Ludwig-Maximilian University. Hospital for Sick Children. Justus-Liebig-University Giessen. Germany, Netherlands

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