Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Transcatheter Interventional Options in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: When to Stent?

Heidi Van Christopher J. Petit, Oliver M. BarryColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Morgan Stanley Children’s HospitalUnited States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 2026;DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2026.02.007 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and aggressive condition in infants and children,

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Early venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with airway clearance techniques in severe pertussis with pulmonary hypertension in a two-month-old infant: a case report

Yan Liu, Yaoyao Wu, Wei Yue, Xinyan QiuGuangdong Women and Children Hospital. China International Journal of Emergency MedicineInt J Emerg Med 2026; DOI: 10.1186/s12245-026-01247-5 AbstractBackground: Severe pertussis in young infants can lead to respiratory failure, pulmonary hypertension, and sepsis, and remains difficult to manage when conventional therapies fail. In such cases, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) combined with

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Transcatheter Folded Valve Placement Within a Patent Ductus Arteriosus for Pulmonary Hypertension

Eli S. Fredman, Hadeel Allam, Nidhy P. Varghese, Daisuke Kobayashi, Manish Aggarwal, R. Mark Grady, David BalzerWashington University School of Medicine and St Louis Children’s Hospital. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.108137 AbstractBackground: Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with bidirectional

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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to cardiac catheterization in a pediatric patient with pulmonary arteriovenous malformation: A case report and literature review

Mohammed Alzaid, Nada Aljassim, Turki Alshahrani, Abubaker Alkalifa, Anfal Alsalhi, Mohammed AlGhoshimi, Omar AltamimiChildren’s Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City. Saudi Arabia Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2026.102417 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) are rare vascular anomalies that can present with profound hypoxemia in children. While transcatheter embolization is the treatment of choice,

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by compression of the left lower pulmonary vein in children

Li Chen, Cheng Wang, Jiachen Li, Lizhi Lv, Yongtao Wu, Gang Li, Guofeng Xing, Xiaoyong Jing, Zhimin Liu, Qiang WangBeijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.  Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1186/s13019-026-04085-x AbstractObjectives To investigate,

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Catheter and echocardiographic-focused management of primary pulmonary vein stenosis in premature infants: a single center 5-year experience

Keira Nassetta Conor P. O’Halloran, Emily Hoyt, Matthew Cornicelli, Nicolas Porta, Jeremy Fox, Alan W. Nugent, Paul Tannous, Amanda HauckAnn and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2026;DOI: 10.1038/s41372-026-02611-2 AbstractBackground/objectives: We describe the outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis treatment in a cohort of premature infants using an assertive percutaneous management strategy

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Surgical and Catheter-Based Intervention in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Awais Ashfaq, Russel HirschCincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04266-4 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare but serious condition in children, often requiring surgical or catheter-based interventions. The initial optimal treatment strategy remains unclear due to

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Early Results of Sotatercept Treatment in Patients With Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and a Potts Shunt

Manish A. Aggarwal, Kelly Merrill, Delphine Yung, R. Mark GradyWashington University and St Louis Children’s Hospital. University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2026; 16: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.70296 AbstractTwelve patients with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) who had a pulmonary artery-to-descending aorta (Potts) shunt were treated with the novel PH drug sotatercept for an

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Outcomes and Patency Following Surgical Repair of Previously Stented Pulmonary Veins in Pediatric Patients

Allison Beckham Davila, Mariana Chavez, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Christina Ireland, Kathy J. Jenkins, Michael Farias, Eric N. Feins, Christopher W. BairdBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.03.056 AbstractBackground: The study objective was to evaluate surgical outcomes of patients

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Two Uncomplicated Vaginal Deliveries in a Woman With Scimitar Syndrome: A Case Report

Motoki Tanabe, Toshiyuki Itai, Chika Akamatsu, Shinya Kondo, Rie Nakashima, Shun Kawai, Yuichi Imai, Etsuko MiyagYokohama City University School of Medicine. Japan CureusCureus 2026; 18: DOI: 10.7759/cureus.104674 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare, complex congenital cardiopulmonary venous anomaly characterized by anomalous drainage of the right pulmonary vein into the inferior vena cava, hypoplasia of the right lung,

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