Segmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension

Hypoplastic right lung associated with right pulmonary vein stenosis and systemic collateral

Anant Khositseth, Suvipaporn Siriporpitak, Preecha LaohakunakornRamathibodi Hospital Mahidol University.Thailand Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 76-80DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00324.x AbstractWe present a case of a 6-month-old girl diagnosed as unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis (right inferior pulmonary vein) with dextroposition of the heart, hypoplastic right lung, hypoplastic right pulmonary artery, collateral from the descending aorta supplied right lower […]

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Cardiopulmonary magnetic resonance imaging in children after lung transplantation: preliminary observations

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Shi-Joon Yoo, Melinda Solomon, Christopher K. Macgowan, Shaf Keshavjee, Hartmut GrasemannThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30: 1294-1298DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.008 AbstractBackground: Lung transplantation carries a guarded prognosis and is burdened by short-term and long-term complications that affect the airway, lungs, and vasculature. In

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Percutaneous vascular stent implantation as treatment for central vascular obstruction due to fibrosing mediastinitis

Erin L. Albers, Meredith E. Pugh, Kevin D. Hill, Li Wang, James E. Loyd, Thomas P. DoyleVanderbilt University Medical Center.United States CirculationCirculation 2011; 123: 1391-1399DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.949180 AbstractBackground: Fibrosing Mediastinitis (FM) is a rare complication of infection with Histoplasma capsulatum that can lead to obstruction of pulmonary and systemic vasculature and large airways, often resulting in significant morbidity

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Serum Levels After Everolimus-Stent Implantation and Paclitaxel-Balloon Angioplasty in an Infant with Recurrent Pulmonary Vein Obstruction After Repaired Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Matthias J. Muller, Ulrich Krause, Thomas Paul, Heike E. SchneiderGeorg-August-University Göttingen.Germany Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 1036-1039DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0054-1 AbstractEverolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-coated balloons are used in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease in adults to reduce the restenosis rate and in small-vessel disease. Both substances are released into the circulation. We report systemic drug exposure

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Losartan ameliorates “upstream” pulmonary vein vasculopathy in a piglet model of pulmonary vein stenosis

Jiaquan Zhu, HarukiIde, Yaqin Yana Fu, Anouk-Martine Teichert, Hideyuki Kato, Richard D. Weisel, Jason T. Maynes, John G. Coles, Christopher A. CaldaroneThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Toronto General Hospital. Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 148: 2550-2557DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.050 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a relentless disease with

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Anatomical risk factors, surgical treatment, and clinical outcomes of left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction in single-ventricle patients

Yasuhiro Kotani, Jiaquan Zhu, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Osami Honjo, John G. Coles, Glen S. VanArsdell, Christopher A. CaldaroneThe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 149: 1332-1338DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.089 AbstractBackground: Patients with single-ventricle physiology frequently develop left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), in which the pulmonary veins traverse the

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Contemporary Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Patients With Heterotaxy Syndrome

Muhammad S. Khan, Roosevelt Bryant III, Sung H. Kim, Kevin D. Hill, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sara K. Pasquali, David L. S. MoralesCincinnati Children’s Hospital. Duke University School of Medicine. All Children’s Hospital. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. University of Michigan. United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2015; 99: 2134-2139DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.035 AbstractBackground: Total

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: 15 years’ experience of a tertiary care center in Taiwan

Chun-Min Fu, Jou-Kou Wang, Chun-Wei Lu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Chun-An Chen, Chung-I. Chang, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ing-ShChiu, Mei-Hwan WuHsichu General Hospital.Taiwan Pediatric NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2012; 53: 164-170DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.002 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the connection between the pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrium needs to be surgically

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Pulmonary vein atresia with severe contralateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a child

Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. HoyerUniversity of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often be

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Cryo-balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients

Michael A. Bingler, Jeffrey R. Darst, Thomas E. FaganChildren’s Mercy Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 109-114DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0099-1 AbstractThis study sought to determine the safety and effectiveness of cryo-balloon angioplasty (CbA) for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in pediatric patients. Current therapy options for PVS are less than satisfactory due to recurrent progressive restenosis and neointimal

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