Segmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary vein stenosis: expression of receptor tyrosine kinases by lesional cells

Wolfram F. J. Riedlinger, Amy L. Juraszek, Kathy J. Jenkins, Alan W. Nugent, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Monica L. Calicchio, Mark W. Kieran, Tucker CollinsChildren’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2006; 15: 91-99DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.11.006 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disorder of infants. Although catheter based intervention and chemotherapy are used […]

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Pulmonary vein and atrial wall pathology in human total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Yvonne L. Douglas, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Wietske C. E. den Hartog, Margot M. Bartelings, Ad J. J. Bogers, Tjark Ebels, Marco C. DeRuiter, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de GrootUniversity Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen.Netherlands International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 2009; 134: 302-312DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.098 AbstractBackground: Normally, the inside of the left atrial (LA) body and pulmonary

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Absorbable polydioxanone suture and results in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Jane E. Sturtevant, Edwin C. McGoughUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 55-59DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Despite theoretical advantages of absorbable suture in the growing vascular anastomosis, there has not been a documented advantage over

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Technical modifications for improved results in total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

W. R. Wilson, M. N. Ilbawi, S. Y. DeLeon, J. A. Quinones, R. A. Arcillas, R. F. Sulayman, F. S. IdrissChrist Hospital and Medical CenterUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103: 861-870DOI: Not Available AbstractTo delineate factors that contribute to improved surgical outcome in patients with total anomalous pulmonary

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Modified “sutureless” anastomosis for primary repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Maria R. Suarez, Anthony L. Panos, Tomas A. Salerno, Marco RicciHoltz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2009; 24: 564-566DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00886.x AbstractRepair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is associated with a risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. In this article

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Primary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using a modified sutureless technique

Efren Buitrago, Anthony L. Panos, Marco RicciHoltz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2008; 86: 320-322DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.093 AbstractPrimary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with a significant risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. Herein we describe a technique

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Outcomes after stent implantation for the treatment of congenital and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in children

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Audrey C. Marshall, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Lynn F. Peng, Alan W. Nugent, James E. Lock, Doff B. McElhinneyChildren’s Hospital Boston.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 5: 109-117DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964189 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition that can lead to worsening pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure in children, and it is frequently lethal. Surgical and transcatheter approaches are acutely successful but restenosis is common and

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Pulmonary vein stenosis in heart transplant patients

Connie Choi, Brian H. Morray, Humera Ahmed, Mariska KemnaSeattle Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2023; DOI: 10.1111/petr.14636 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare pediatric condition associated with significant mortality and morbidity. PVS in patients following heart transplant (HT) has not yet been described.Methods: Patients who had clinically significant PVS following a heart transplant during the

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Progression of vascular remodeling in pulmonary vein obstruction

Naoki Masaki, Osamu Adachi, Shintaro Katahira, Yuriko Saiki, Akira Horii, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Yoshikatsu SaikiTohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 160: 777-790.e5DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.098 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) frequently occurs after repair of total anomalous pulmonary vein connection with progression of intimal hyperplasia from the anastomotic site

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Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis

Joshua M. Rosenblum, Husnu Firat Altin, Scott E. Gillespie, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Kirk A. Kanter, Raina Sinha, Melinda Cory, Bahaaldin AlsoufiEmory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 159: 1029-1036.e1DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.105 AbstractObjectives: Primary pulmonary vein

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