Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Targeted Therapies for Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Beyond Nitric Oxide

Jeanne Carroll, Rohit Rao, Robin H. SteinhornUniversity of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital. United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 113-126DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.008 AbstractPulmonary hypertension in the neonatal population can be acute or chronic and carries significant risk for morbidity and mortality. It can be idiopathic but more often is associated with comorbid pulmonary […]

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Pulmonary Vascular Regulation in the Fetal and Transitional Lung

Hannah Holmes, Brahmdeep S. Saini, Olivia J. Moir, Jack R. T. Darby, Janna L. Morrison, Liqun Sun, Mike SeedHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. University of South Australia. Canada and Australia Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 1-19DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.11.003 AbstractFetal lungs have fewer and smaller arteries with higher pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) than a

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Surgical results for functional univentricular heart with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection over a 25-year experience

Yuki Nakayama, Takeshi Hiramatsu, Yusuke Iwata, Toru Okamura, Takeshi Konuma, Goki Matsumura, Kenji Suzuki, Kyoko Hobo, Toshio Nakanishi, Hiromi Kurosawa, Kenji YamazakiTokyo Women’s Medical University.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2012; 93: 606-613DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.038 AbstractBackground: Surgical results for functional univentricular heart with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) have been unsatisfactory to date.Methods: During a 25-year period

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Recurrent Syncope Unveiling Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Pulmonary Artery Thrombi in a Pediatric Patient

Dina AlkhateebAltamimi, Karim Khalidi, Rima Khasawneh, Abdulhadi Alzaben, Khaled SalaymehAl Khalidi Hospital. Yarmouk University. Jordan CureusCureus 2024; 16DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51812 AbstractWe present a case of a nine-year-old female patient who presented with recurrent syncope and was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to pulmonary artery thrombi in the context of anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS). Extensive investigations including

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Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes

Xiaobing Liu, Rong Liufu, Tao Liu, Jianzheng Cen, Juemin Yu, Shusheng Wen, Yanqiu Ou, Jimei Chen, Jian ZhuangGuangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. Brown University School of Public Health. China and United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 166: 193-200DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.10.008 AbstractBackground: Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

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Computed tomography-based surgical strategy for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hironori Matsuhisa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Tomonori Higuma, Shunsuke Matsushima, Shota Hasegawa, Yuson Wada, Michio Matsuoka, Toshikatsu TanakaKobe Children’s Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 237-245DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa028 AbstractObjectives: We used computed tomographic angiography (CTA)-based surgical planning to clarify the anatomical indications of sutureless repair technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The mid-term impact

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Quantitative analysis of pulmonary vascular disease in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in sixty infants

Shigeo Yamaki, Minoru Tsunemoto, Munehiro Shimada, Ryou Ishizawa, Masato Endo, Shingo Nakayama, Masaki Hata, Hitoshi MohriTohoku University School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104: 728-735DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)34743-9 AbstractA quantitative analysis of small pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, and lymphatic vessels was conducted in autopsy cases of total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Review of surgical experience in 61 patients with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Chen Wen, Guocheng Shi, Qian Zhang, Fang Zhu, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen ChenShanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022; 61: 1299-1305DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac020 AbstractObjectives: Prior studies have reported a high mortality and incidence of post-repair pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) in mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

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Superior Approach for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rong Liufu, Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Yongmei Guan, Zhaohui Lu, Weimin Chen, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen ChenShanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1429-1435DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.039 AbstractBackground: Studies on the outcomes of surgical repair for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection through the superior approach are uncommon.Methods: From

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Primary sutureless repair for “simple” total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: midterm results in a single institution

Bobby Yanagawa, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Andreea Dragulescu, Nicola Viola, Osman O. Al-Radi, Luc L. Mertens, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. VanArsdellHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 141: 1346-1354DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056 AbstractObjective: We have previously reported the use of an atriopericardial or “sutureless”

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