Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Intentional longitudinal and side-cell stent fractures: Intermediate term follow up

Hitesh Agrawal, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri JustinoTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 91: 1110-1118DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27469 AbstractBackground: Use of small diameter stents in young children and jailing of side branches pose significant challenges to future re-interventions. We sought to assess the capacity to induce longitudinal fractures in undersized […]

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-WortmannHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid direct

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Novel use of the double kissing crush technique to stent complex pulmonary artery stenosis in a child with Alagille syndrome

Danielle D. Strah, Riley D. Hellinger, Kwan S. Lee, Michael D. SeckelerUniversity of Arizona. Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2023; 6: 290-292DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_60_23 AbstractCoronary bifurcation lesions and treatment with two-stent techniques have been developed, including the double kissing (DK) crush technique. The use of this technique in children or noncoronary vessels,

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Successful hybrid management of hypertensive patent ductus arteriosus with unilateral absence of the right pulmonary artery – A case report

Jayitri Mazumder, Debasree Gangopadhyay, Mahua Roy, Anoop Singh, Somrita Laha, Joyeeta DuttaRabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences.India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2023; 16: 293-296DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_54_23 AbstractUnilateral absence of pulmonary artery (UAPA) can be either isolated or associated with other congenital cardiac defects. It is a rare congenital lesion with a diverse clinical presentation.

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes

Eric N. Feins, Christina Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mariana Chávez, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Christopher W. BairdBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 2198-2207DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.10.022 AbstractObjective: The study objective was to evaluate outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis repair in a large single-center cohort.Methods: Clinical data from

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Stent Implantation Across the Atrial Flow Regulator Device

Enrico Piccinelli, Fausto Frazzetto, Mara Pilati, Gianfranco ButeraBambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute. Politecnico di Torino. Università del Piemonte Orientale. Italy Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03405-z AbstractThe Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) is a self-expandable double-disc device with a central fenestration, intended to maintain a calibrated communication across the interatrial septum. We reported for the first time

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Survival of Infants With Severe Congenital Kidney Disease After ECMO and Kidney Support Therapy

Kara Short, Martha McBride, ScottAnderson, Rachel Miller, Daryl Ingram, Carl Coghill, Brian Sims, David AskenaziChildren’s of Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2024; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2023-062717 AbstractCongenital kidney failure not only affects the homeostatic functions of the kidney, but also affects neonatal respiratory integrity. Until recently, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support was not used

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Implantation of atrial flow regulator devices in patients with congenital heart disease and children with severe pulmonary hypertension or cardiomyopathy-an international multicenter case series

Gianfranco Butera, Enrico Piccinelli, Adam Kolesnik, Kostantin Averin, Cameron Seaman, Biagio Castaldi, Elena Cuppini, Alain Fraisse, Carles Bautista-Rodriguez, Sebastien Hascoet, Carmen D’Amore, Alban-Elouen Baruteau, Pedro Betrián Blasco,Lisa Bianco, Andreas Eicken, Matthew Jones, James A. Kuo, Grazyna Brzezinska RajszysBambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute. Politecnico di Torino. Children’s Memorial Health Institute. Stollery Children’s Hospital. Padova University.

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Simultaneous arterial switch and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in a 5-hour-old child, complicated by pulmonary venous stenosis

Yaroslav Mykychaka, Oleh Fedevycha, Andrii Maksymenkob, Illya YemetsUkrainian Children’s Cardiac Center.Ukraine Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2017; 24: 809-810DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw452 AbstractA 5-hour-old boy underwent arterial switch operation and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair. Subsequently developed severe pulmonary venous stenosis was successfully treated with hybrid balloon angioplasty. CatergorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a

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Dilation angioplasty of congenital or operative narrowings of venous channels

James E. Lock, John L. Bass, Wilfrido Castaneda-Zuniga, Bradley P. Fuhrman, William J. Rashkind, Russell V. Lucas, JrUniversity of MinnesotaUnited States CirculationCirculation 1984; 70: 457-464DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.70.3.457 AbstractBalloon dilation angioplasty was attempted in 10 infants and children with severe congenital or operative “venous” obstructions. In five children the obstructions were “vena caval” and followed repair for transposition

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