Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Adjunct Targeted Biologic Inhibition Agents to Treat Aggressive Multivessel Intraluminal Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Steven D. Colan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Chistina M. Ireland, Audrey Marshall, Laureen M. Sena, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. JenkinsBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. UMass Memorial Medical Center.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2018; 198: 29-35DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.029 AbstractObjective: To evaluate […]

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Hybrid Pulmonary Vein Stenting in Infants with Refractory to Surgical Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Repair

Ja Kyoung Yoon, Gi Beom Kim, Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Woong Han Kim, Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul LeeSeoul National University Children’s Hospital. Sejong General Hospital. Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 1642-1649DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1944-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is still a frustrating disease with extremely high mortality, especially in children with multiple

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Outcomes and prognostic factors for postsurgical pulmonary vein stenosis in the current era

David Kalfa, Emre Belli, Emile Bacha, Virginie Lambert, Ducciodi Carlo, Martin Kostolny, Matej Nosal, Jurgen Horer, Jukka Salminen, Jean Rubay, Illya Yemets, Mark Hazekamp, Bohdan Maruszewski, George Sarris, Hakan Berggren, Tjark Ebels, Onur Baser, Francois Lacour-Gayet and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons AssociationMorgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University. Marie Lannelongue Hospital.

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Assessing the recently noted surgical outcome of isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair: A single-secondary center experience

Eun-Young Choi, Chang-Ha Lee, Su-Jin Park, So-Ick Jang, Eun Sun KimSejong General Hospital. Kangwon National University.Republic of Korea Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2019; 34: 1526-1532DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14284 AbstractBackground and aim of the study: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of isolated TAPVC

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Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children

Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Patrick Vittner, Amy Danehy, Sonali Sen, Robert Whitehill, Jessica H. Chao, Miya E. Bernson-Leung, Michael J. RivkinBoston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric NeurologyPediatr Neurol 2019; 100: 42-48DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.07.005 AbstractBackground: Children with cardiac disease are at high risk for stroke. Approximately one-quarter of strokes in children with cardiac disease occur in the peri-procedural

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Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood

Asra Khan, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri JustinoTexas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 94: 233-242DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28328 AbstractObjective: Comparison of outcomes using bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) stents in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Background: PVS is a serious condition with frequent restenosis after surgical and percutaneous interventions. After experiencing encouraging

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Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease

Yoshihiko Kurita, Kenji Baba, Maiko Kondo, Takahiro Eitoku, Shingo Kasahara, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Hirokazu TsukaharaOkayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 1057-1065DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119001495 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a condition with challenging treatment and leads to severe cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Despite aggressive

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. HopperThe Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is

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Is This My Home? A Palliative Care Journey Through Life and Death in the NICU: A Case Report

Aurora Walters, Jordan GrosseChildren’s Hospital ColoradoUnited States Advances in Neonatal CareAdv Neonatal Care 2020; 20: 127-135DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000697 AbstractBackground: With advancements in neonatology, patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are living in the hospital with complex life-limiting illnesses until their first birthday or beyond. As palliative care (PC) becomes a standard of care in neonatology, a

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Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel IlbawiAdvocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can lead

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