Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Transcatheter Ductus Arteriosus Stenting for Acute Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is Associated with Improved Right Ventricular Echocardiography Strain

Jason S. Kerstein, Eleonore Valencia, Shane Collins, Alessandra M. Ferraro, David M. Harrild, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Ryan Callahan, Mary P. MullenBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03233-7 AbstractBackground: Interventional therapies for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) can provide right ventricular (RV) decompression and preserve cardiac output. Transcatheter […]

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Atrial septal defect-associated pulmonary hypertension with decompensated heart failure: outcomes after fenestrated device closure

Ahmad Deniwar, Jason Hernandez, Enrique O. Aregullin, Sana K. Khan, Sihong Huang, Michael T. Finn, Joseph J. VettukattilHelen DeVos Children’s Hospital of Spectrum Health Hospital and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; DOI: 10.1017/S104795112300152X AbstractBackground: Up to 90% of adults with untreated atrial septal defect will be symptomatic by

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Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy in Pediatric Patients on Ventricular Assist Device Support: A Single-Center Experience and Proposal for Use

Jennifer E. Schramm, John C. Dykes, Rachel K. Hopper, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, David N. Rosenthal, Rebecca J. KamenyJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States American Society for Artificial Internal Organs JournalASAIO J 2023; DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002023 AbstractPediatric precapillary pulmonary hypertension can develop in response to systemic atrial hypertension. Systemic atrial decompression following

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The results of atrial flow regulator implantation in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients with severe heart failure despite maximal medical therapy

Grzegorz Kopeć, Aleksander Araszkiewicz, Wojciech Magoń, Jakub Stępniewski, Sylwia Sławek-Szmyt, Magdalena Janus, Ilona Skoczylas, Zbigniew Gąsior, Łukasz Wilczek, Monika Komar, Andrzej Gackowski, Anna Sabiniewicz, Marek Grygier, Piotr Podolec, Robert SabiniewiczJagiellonian University Medical College and John Paul II Hospital in Krakow. University of Medical Sciences. Medical University of Silesia. Medical University of Gdansk.Poland Kardiologia PolskaKardiol Pol

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Spontaneous neonatal pulmonary arterial thrombosis – cases, mechanisms, and literature review

Ali Abdelhafiz, Alexis L. Benscoter, Sarosh P. BatlivalaCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123002639 AbstractSpontaneous pulmonary artery thrombosis in neonates is rare and can be life-threatening. Clinical presentation may mimic pulmonary hypertension or CHD. Further, not all children present with identifiable risk

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Results of intravascular stent placement for fibrosing mediastinitis

Matthew E. Ferguson, Allison K. Cabalka, Frank Cetta, Donald J. HaglerMayo Clinic.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 124-133DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00387.x AbstractObjective: Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive fibrotic reaction in the mediastinum which can result in compromise of mediastinal structures. We sought to evaluate short- and midterm results of intravascular thoracic

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Successful pediatric single-lung transplantation with previous contralateral pneumonectomy, using controlled “donation after cardiac death” lung, for congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Amit Pawale, Michael McKean, John Dark, Asif HasanFreeman Hospital.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139: e125-e126DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.006 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySegmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary HypertensionSurgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular DiseaseLung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fresh or

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Drug-eluting stents ameliorate pulmonary vein stenotic changes in pigs in vivo

Takeshi Furukawa, Masahiko Kishiro, Hideo Fukunaga, Masahiro Ohtsuki, Ken Takahashi, Katsumi Akimoto, Toshiaki Shimizu, Shiori Kawasaki, Toshio KumasakaJuntendo University School of Medicine.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 773-779DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9695-8 AbstractThe outcome of stent implantation for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children remains poor. Several reports describe placing drug-eluting stents to treat PVS, but their effectiveness remains

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First experience with a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in a neonate

Goetz Christoph Mueller, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Jochen WeilUniversity Heart Center Hamburg.Germany Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2010; 20: 455-458DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000703 AbstractPaclitaxel-eluting balloons are a new and innovative method in the treatment of in-stent stenosis and small vessel disease in adult cardiac pathology. The treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is difficult to manage, and results in a

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: morphology and outcome from an international population-based study

Anna N. Seale, Hideki Uemura, Steven A. Webber, John Partridge, Michael Roughton, Siew Y. Ho, Karen P. McCarthy, Sheila Jones, Lynda Shaughnessy, Jan Sunnegardh, Katarina Hanseus, Hakan Berggren, Sune Johansson, Michael L. Rigby, Barry R. Keeton, Piers E. F. Daubeney, on behalf of the British Congenital Cardiac AssociationRoyal Brompton Hospital. United Kingdom and Sweden CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2718-2726DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.940825 AbstractBackground: Late mortality after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is frequently associated with pulmonary venous

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