Segmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension

Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood

Michael L. O’Byrne, Russell R. Cross, Gerard R. MartinThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia. Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Health Sciences.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2018; 28: 329-333DOI: 10.1017/S1047951117001822 AbstractAn asymptomatic 6-year-old boy with a history of right lung hypoplasia was referred for cardiology evaluation. Echocardiography demonstrated right pulmonary artery […]

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Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis

Hanjay Wang, David Kalfa, Marlon S. Rosenbaum, Jonathan N. Ginns, Matthew J. Lewis, Julie S. Glickstein, Emile A. Bacha, Paul J. ChaiColumbia University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 592-598DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome involves congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava. Optimal management remains controversial. We describe the

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Key technical steps in dual-pathway repair of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Gananjay Gopalrao Salve, Shreepal Ambalal Jain, Krishnanaik ShivaprakashSir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018; 26: 498-501DOI: 10.1177/0218492318780804 AbstractWe present the case of a 2-year-old girl with congenital stenosis of the left inferior pulmonary vein associated with a large perimembranous ventricular septal defect. The child underwent repair of the left

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Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV)

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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis in a patient with Fontan circulation

Jae-Sun Uhm, Jae Young Choi, Young Jin Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Boyoung Joung, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung LeeSeverance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Pacing and Clinical ElectrophysiologyPacing Clin Electrophiol 2019; 42: 113-116DOI: 10.1111/pace.13515 AbstractIncidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is high in patients with congenial heart disease. However, management of AF is challenging in these patients.

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with collateralization via esophageal varices: Long-term follow-up after successful treatment with drug-eluting stent

Jason F. Goldberg, Craig L. Jensen, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Nidhy P. Varghese, Henri JustinoTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2018; 13: 124-130DOI: 10.1111/chd.12537 AbstractObjective: We describe the long-term follow-up of a child with recurrent hemoptysis due to severe pulmonary vein stenosis decompressing via collaterals to esophageal varices.Design: Case report Setting: Tertiary

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Congenital multiple pulmonary vein atresia and stenosis in an infant

Yuriko Abe, Naokata Sumitomo, Mamoru Ayusawa, Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko SugitaniNihon University School of Medicine. Saitama Medical University International Medical Center.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2018; 60: 976-978DOI: 10.1111/ped.13664 AbstractNo abstract available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years

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Adjunct Targeted Biologic Inhibition Agents to Treat Aggressive Multivessel Intraluminal Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Steven D. Colan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Chistina M. Ireland, Audrey Marshall, Laureen M. Sena, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. JenkinsBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. UMass Memorial Medical Center.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2018; 198: 29-35DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.029 AbstractObjective: To evaluate

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Hybrid Pulmonary Vein Stenting in Infants with Refractory to Surgical Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Repair

Ja Kyoung Yoon, Gi Beom Kim, Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Woong Han Kim, Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul LeeSeoul National University Children’s Hospital. Sejong General Hospital. Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 1642-1649DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1944-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is still a frustrating disease with extremely high mortality, especially in children with multiple

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Outcomes and prognostic factors for postsurgical pulmonary vein stenosis in the current era

David Kalfa, Emre Belli, Emile Bacha, Virginie Lambert, Ducciodi Carlo, Martin Kostolny, Matej Nosal, Jurgen Horer, Jukka Salminen, Jean Rubay, Illya Yemets, Mark Hazekamp, Bohdan Maruszewski, George Sarris, Hakan Berggren, Tjark Ebels, Onur Baser, Francois Lacour-Gayet and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons AssociationMorgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University. Marie Lannelongue Hospital.

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