Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

“How to do it”: hybrid stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis

Kathryn J. Shell, Makram R. Ebeid, Jorge D. Salazar, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Sarosh P. BatlivalaUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center and Batson Children’s Hospital.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2015; 6: 284-287DOI: 10.1177/2150135114559405 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is often progressive and severe. Surgical and percutaneous angioplasty are acutely successful; […]

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Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Beatrice Bonello, Kalyani R. Trivedi, Alain FraisseLa Timone, University Children Hospital. University of Chicago. France and United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 86: E190-E193DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25920 AbstractPrimary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date.

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Catheter-based intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis due to fibrosing mediastinitis: The Mayo Clinic experience

Shiva P. Ponamgia, Christopher V. DeSimone, Charles J. Lenz, Megan Coylewright, Samuel J. Asirvathamb, David R. Holmes, Douglas L. PackerMayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. United States International Journal of Cardiology Heart and VascularInt J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2015; 8: 103-107DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.06.005 AbstractIntroduction: Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare but fatal disease characterized

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The Valeo stent: a pre-mounted, open-cell, large stent for use in small children with CHD

Frances C. Travelli, Patrick M. Sullivan, Cheryl Takao, Frank F. IngChildren’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2016; 26: 1187-1193DOI: 10.1017/S104795111500219X AbstractObjectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the outcomes of using the Valeo stent (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America) in small

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Individual Pulmonary Veins Outgrow Somatic Growth After Primary Sutureless Repair for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hyun-Jin Jung, Ji Hyun Bang, Chun-Soo Park, Jeong-Jun Park, Yu-Mi Im, Tae-Jin YunAsan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Seoul Women’s College of Nursing. Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 290-294DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1276-4 AbstractIndications of sutureless repair (SR) for pulmonary vein anomalies have evolved from re-operational SR for pulmonary vein stenosis after

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Emergency Covered Stent Implantation For Rupture Of A Pulmonary Vein After Balloon Angioplasty For Postinterventional Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sebastian Hilbert, Silke John, Frank-Thomas Riede, Arash Arya, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas BollmannUniversity Leipzig.Germany Journal of Atrial FibrillationJ Atr Fibrillation 2016; DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1418 AbstractPulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a known complication of PV isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation. We describe in this report a case of emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of

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Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Encouraging Mid-term Outcome

Pradeepkumar Charlagorla, David Becerra, Parth M. Patel, Mark Hoyer, Robert K. DarraghRiley Hospital for Children and Indiana University.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 125-130DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1249-7 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity with limited outcome literature. Multiple interventional approaches have evolved including surgical and catheterization techniques. Our objective is to report our center

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Selective pulmonary artery occlusion to treat hemoptysis associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Melissa S. W. Yamauchi, Mary Hunt Martin, Harlan R. Muntz, Ronald W. DayUniversity of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2017; 22: 280-282DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.005 AbstractHemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options for

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Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Melinda J. Cory, Yinn K. Ooi, Michael S. Kelleman, Robert N. Vincent, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. PetitChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsJACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10: 1788-1798DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.052 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate survival following catheter intervention

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Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Severity Score in a Multicentric Study

David Kalfa, Emre Belli, Emile Bacha, Duccio di Carlo, Martin Kostolny, Jukka Salminen, Matej Nosal, Alain Poncelet, Jurgen Horer, Hakan Berggren, Illya Yemets, Mark Hazekamp, Bohdan Maruszewski, George Sarris, Marco Pozzi, Tjark Ebels, Francois Lacour-Gayet for the European Congenital Heart Surgeons AssociationMorgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center. Marie Lannelongue

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