Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

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

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

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

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

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

Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuaki Fukahara, Akio Yamashita, Toshio Doi, Katsunori Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Yamashita, Takahiro Homma, Shigeki Yokoyama, Masaya Aoki, Yuki IkenoUniversity of Toyama.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65: 245-251DOI: 10.1007/s11748-017-0769-x AbstractDespite recent advances in surgical technique and perioperative care, the surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) remains a challenge.

Yongfeng Zhu, Hewen Qi, Yunzhou JinZhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Cardiovascular Disease Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University. Tangshan Workers’ Hospital. Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2019; 14: DOI: 10.1186/s13019-019-0853-7 AbstractObjective: The efficacy of using a sutureless approach in order to surgically manage postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis following total anomalous pulmonary venous

Anthony Azakie, Michael J. Lavrsen, Natalie C. Johnson, Anil SapruUCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California-San Francisco.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 666-671DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.024 AbstractBackground: The “sutureless” repair technique has improved outcomes for post-repair pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the early outcomes of primary sutureless