Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Refractory chylothorax after severe vomiting and coughing in a 4-year-old child

Vincent De Pauw, Siel Daelemans, Leontien Depoorter, Carola Brussaard, Dirk SmetsUZ Brussel.Belgium Journal of Surgical Case ReportsJ Surg Case Rep 2023; DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjad466 AbstractChylothorax is the accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural space. It is a rare condition with potentially life-threatening disorders. In children, the etiology of chylothorax can be mainly attributed to idiopathic factors, […]

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Non-Contrast MR Lymphography and Intranodal Dynamic Contrast MR Lymphangiography in Children with Congenital Heart Disease-Imaging Findings as well as Impact on Patient Management and Outcome

Christoph Bauer, Mario Scala, Pavel Sekyra,Franz Fellner, Gerald TulzerKepler University Hospital GmbH. Johannes Kepler University Linz. Austria International Journal of Molecular SciencesInt J Mol Sci 2023; 24:DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914827 AbstractLymphatic flow disorders are rare but devastating complications in children with congenital heart disease. T2-weighted magnetic resonance lymphography and intranodal dynamic contrast magnetic resonance lymphangiography are imaging modalities

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Pediatric Heart Transplantation in the Context of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Restrictive Cardiomyopathy-Case Report

Szymon Pawlak, Joanna Sliwka, Joanna Kwiatkowska, Arkadiusz Wierzyk, Agnieszka Kuczaj, Piotr Przybylowski, Tomasz HrapkowiczMedical University of Silesia. Medical University of Gdańsk. Poland Transplantation ProceedingsTransplant Proc 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2024.03.019 AbstractThe aim of this study is to analyze the feasibility of performing an isolated heart transplant in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension as a result of restrictive cardiomyopathy. The

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Fetal aortic valvuloplasty for critical aortic stenosis: single-center retrospective study focusing on postnatal outcome

Romain Corroenne, Mathilde Meot, Isabelle Szezepanski, Hanadi Baghdadi, Bertrand Stos, Marilyne Levy, J. Le Bidois, Jérome Le Bidois, Daniela Laux, Regis Gaudin, Oliver Raisky, Damien Bonnet, Julien Stirnemann, Sophie Malekzadeh-MilaniNecker Enfants maladies Hospital. Université de Paris Cité.France Ultrasound in Obstetrics and GynecologyUltrasound Obstetr Gynecol 2024;DOI: 10.1002/uog.27658 AbstractObjective: We aimed to report our experience on fetal aortic valvuloplasty

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Case report: the ‘vanished’ left pulmonary artery

Jiahui Charmaine Chan, Monika Kantilal Kotecha, Jonathan Tze Liang Choo, Marielle V. Fortier, Sreekanthan SundararaghavanKK Women and Children’s Hospital. National University of Singapore. Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Nanyang Technological University. Singapore European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2024; 8:DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae147 AbstractBackground: We report a case

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Empowering Little Fighters: Post-Cardiotomy Pediatric ECMO and the Journey to Recovery

Alok Kumar, Sangeeth Raj, Saurabh Singh, Gurpinder Ghotra, Nikhil TiwariArmed Forces Medical College and Army Institute of Cardiothoracic Sciences. Army Hospital. India Annals of Cardiac AnaesthesiaAnn Card Anaesth 2024; 27: 128-135DOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_184_23 AbstractIntroduction: Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has long been used for cardiorespiratory support in the immediate post-paediatric cardiac surgery period with a 2-3% success as

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The Road to Heart Transplant in a Patient With Cardiomyopathy, Shone Complex, and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Arif Albulushi, Shabib Al-Asmi, Moosa Al-Abri, Hatem Al-FarhanUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center. Royal Hospital. Heart Hospital, Armed Forces Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital. Hamad Medical Corporation. United States, Oman and Qatar Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102323 AbstractOur case report details the journey of a 16-year-old male

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Mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with hemi-pulmonary vein atresia

Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Susumu Nakano, Hiroshi Kato, Shigeaki Ohtake, Seiichiro Ikawa, Takuya Miura, Tetuya Sano, Jun Arisawa, Hikaru MatsudaOsaka University Medical School.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 1399-1401DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90694-d AbstractThis reports a successfully corrected case of an 8-day-old baby who had a rare mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: a successfully corrected case

Yasuhisa Shimazaki, T. Yagihara, T. Nakada, O. Hirose, H. SugimotoOsaka University Medical School.Japan Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Cardiovasc Surg 1987; 28: 395-397DOI: Not Available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which there is no communication between the confluence of the pulmonary veins and the heart or the major systemic venous

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Carlos Mas, Andrew Cochrane, Samuel Menahem, Brodie KnightRoyal Children’s Hospital. Women’s and Children’s Hospital.Australia Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2000; 21: 490-492DOI: 10.1007/s002460010119 AbstractFollowing Doppler echocardiographic evaluation, a 16 hour-old infant underwent successful surgical repair of common pulmonary vein atresia. Investigations for prolonged postoperative ventilatory assistance, including cardiac catheterization and computerized tomography, led to a clinical diagnosis of

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