Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Right Pulmonary Artery Absence or Discontinuity in Ethiopian Toddler

Henok Tadele, Etsegenet GedluCollege of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University.Ethiopia Ethiopian Journal of Health ScienceEthiop J Health Sci 2020; 30: 1043-1046DOI: 10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.24 AbstractBackground: Unilateral pulmonary artery absence or discontinuity is a rare congenital abnormality. Its reported prevalence is 1 in 150,000 adults.Case presentation: A 22-month-toddler girl was referred from a general hospital for cardiac follow-up to our hospital […]

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Repeat percutaneous recanalizations of a discontinuous pulmonary artery: A very “lucky” vessel

Giovanbattista Calabri, Alberto Clemente, Giuseppe Santoro“Meyer” Pediatric Hospital and University of Florence.”Ospedale del Cuore”. Heart Hospital “G. Pasquinucci”.Italy Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2020; 13: 163-166DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_142_19 AbstractPulmonary artery (PA) discontinuity with ductal origin of a major pulmonary branch is a rare congenital anomaly that can be diagnosed as an isolated lesion or in association

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Bilateral Ductal Stenting for Discontinuity of the Pulmonary Artery via the Femoral and Carotid Arteries in an Infant

Osman Baspinar, Derya Aydin SahinGaziantep UniversityTurkey Case Reports in CardiologyCase Rep Cardiol 2015; DOI: 10.1155/2015/619653 AbstractBilateral ductal stenting should be performed in cases of discontinuity of the pulmonary branches and pulmonary atresia. Performing this procedure via the carotid artery in small infants can be very difficult and challenging. We present a case of bilateral ductal stenting

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Surgical repair of discontinuous right pulmonary artery utilising an autologous main pulmonary artery flap: a case report and literature review

Nibras El Sherif, Frank Cetta, Elizabeth H. StephensMayo Clinic.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 2038-2040DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121002018 AbstractThis is a case of an infant with unilateral discontinuous right pulmonary artery. Cardiac catheterisation with pulmonary wedge injection diagnosed the anomaly and aided in surgical planning. The patient underwent semi-autologous surgical repair utilising an autologous main

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Double-Outlet Right Ventricle, Pulmonary Atresia, and Discontinuous Branch Pulmonary Arteries Supplied by Bilateral Ducti

Kamel Shibbani, Bijoy Thattaliyath, Michael Bunker, Shafkat Anwar, Ravi AshwathUniversity of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. University of California-San Francisco, School of Medicine.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2021; 3: 1236-1240DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.04.020 AbstractWe present a rare case of double-outlet right ventricle with pulmonary atresia and discontinuous branch pulmonary arteries

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Fate of Duct-Dependent, Discontinuous Pulmonary Arteries After Arterial Duct Stenting

Giuseppe Santoro, Giovanbattista Capozzi, Mario Giordano, Gianpiero Gaio, Maria Teresa Palladino, Carola Iacono, Heba Talat Mahmoud, Maria Giovanna RussoOspedale del Cuore “G. Pasquinucci”. “Ospedali dei Colli” and 2nd University of Naples.Italy Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2017; 38: 1370-1376DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1672-z AbstractSignificant and balanced PA growth following arterial duct (AD) stenting has already been consistently reported in literature. However,

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Discontinuous Pulmonary Artery

Osama Eltayeb, Michael C. Monge, Andrada R. Popescu, Anne E. Sawark, Tyler Harris, Carl L. BackerAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University. United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2017; 8: 106-110DOI: 10.1177/2150135115618871 AbstractWe describe the diagnosis and surgical

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Arterial Embolization and Methylene Blue Injection into the Aberrant Artery in Two Infants with Intralobar Sequestration

Anna Ayako Accarain, Marc Laureys, Luc Joyeux, Nasroola Damry, Henri Steyaert, Helena ReusensUniversité Libre de Bruxelles. Brugmann University Hospital. Hopital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola.Belgium European Journal of Pediatric Surgery ReportsEur J Pediatr Surg Rep 2022; 10: e141-e144DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757570 AbstractBronchopulmonary sequestration is a rare congenital lung dysplasia. An intralobar sequestration (ILS) is a nonfunctional mass within

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Successful occlusion of a feeding artery with Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder in a patient diagnosed with Scimitar syndrome

Hazim Alper Gursu, Bilal Ozelce, Ibrahim Ilker CetinAnkara City Hospital. Yıldırım Beyazıt University.Turkey Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951122001172 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a congenital anomaly in which some or all of right pulmonary veins drain into inferior caval vein. It is associated with anomalous systemic arteries arising from descending aorta supplying to right lung.

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Isolated partial anomalous origin of a branch pulmonary artery from the descending aorta

Wei-Li Liu, Ming-Chih Lin, Sheng-Ling JanDalin Tzu Chi Hospital. Children’s Medical Center and Taichung Veterans General Hospital. National Yang-Ming University. Kaohsiung Medical University.Taiwan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 648-651DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003346 AbstractThe condition of partial anomalous origin of a branch pulmonary artery from the descending aorta could be found in several diseases and should be

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