Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Successful rapid staged hybrid approach for obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Sameh M. Said, Elizabeth A. Braunlin, James Berry, Ashley Loomis, Gurumurthy, HiremathMaria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Westchester Medical Center. Masonic Children’s Hospital and University of Minnesota. United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 5501-5504DOI: 10.1111/jocs.17053 AbstractObstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) represents a true pediatric cardiac emergency. The patient may present in […]

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Surgical and Cardiac Catheterization Outcomes of Scimitar Syndrome Patients: A Three Decade Single-Center Experience

Emma Seymour, George Mallory, Raysa Morales-DemoriBaylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; 44: 579-586DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02965-2 AbstractScimitar syndrome (SS) is a rare congenital condition which includes partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) and a variable degree of pulmonary hypoplasia. We describe the clinical features, therapeutic approach and outcomes of patients who

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Fetal endoscopic tracheal occlusion for moderate and severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Qiyu Li, Siyuan Liu, Xuemei Ma, Jiaping YuGeneral Hospital of Northern Theater Command. China Pediatric Surgery InternationalPediatr Surg 2022; 38: 1217-1226 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-022-05170-7 AbstractBackground: Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion (FETO) is considered to increase survival among fetuses with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Data from high-quality trials had been lacking until the largest randomized controlled trials (the TOTAL trials)

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A new variant of Abernethy malformation treated by transhepatic interventional closure: a case report

Ludger Sieverding, Michael Hofbeck, Jörg Michel, Andreas Hornung, Christian Scheckenbach, Gerd Grözinger, Ekkehard Sturm, Steven W. Warmann, Anja HanserUniversity Children’s Hospital, University Hospital of Tübingen and University of Tübingen. Germany BioMed Central GastroenterologyBMC Gastroenterol 2022; 22: DOI: 10.1186/s12876-022-02123-1 AbstractBackground: Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS) are rare vascular malformations and can be classified into extrahepatic and intrahepatic shunts. Extrahepatic

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Predictors of Serious Adverse Events and High-Level Cardiorespiratory Support in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Pulmonary Vein Interventions

Jessica A. Barreto, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Diego Porras, Jesse J. Esch, Nicola Maschietto, Brian Quinn, Lisa Bergersen, Mary Stein, Ryan CallahanHarvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital. University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03129-6 AbstractPatients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) often require frequent transcatheter pulmonary

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Long-term outcomes of transcatheter Potts shunt in children with suprasystemic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Raymond N. Haddad, Maryline Levy, Isabelle Szezepanski, Sophie Malekzadeh-Milani, Damien BonnetHôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades and Université de Paris Cité.France Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.1028304 AbstractBackground: Transcatheter Potts shunt (TPS) is a palliation alternative for children with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Debates on the long-term outcomes remain unsolved.Objectives: To evaluate long-term clinical and

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A case of acquired von Willebrand disease in severe pediatric pulmonary hypertension contributing to bleeding following reverse Potts shunt

Rachel T. Sullivan, Clara Lo, Elisabeth Martin, Rebecca J. Kameny, Rachel K. HopperStanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12042 AbstractThe reverse Potts shunt is increasingly used as a palliative measure for end-stage pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) as a means to offload the right ventricle and

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Congenital portosystemic shunt with multiple splenic artery aneurysms: Reversing pulmonary hypertension and preventing aneurysm rupture

Anand P. Subramanian, Adaligere Paraswanath Bharath, Ashita Barthur, Mahimarangaiah JayranganathSri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and ResearchIndia Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2022; 15: 300-303DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_142_21 AbstractWe report an unusual occurrence of multiple splenic artery aneurysms and splenomegaly in a young woman with severe pulmonary hypertension, secondary to a congenital portosystemic shunt (CPS). The splenic

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Genetics dictating therapeutic decisions in pediatric pulmonary hypertension? A case report suggesting we are getting closer

Leah Stevens, Elizabeth Colglazier, Claire Parker, Elena K. Amin, Hythem Nawaytou, David Teitel, Vadiyala M. Reddy, Carrie L. Welch, Wendy K. Chung, Jeffrey R. FinemanUniversity of California San Francisco. Columbia University Irving Medical Center. United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12033 AbstractDespite therapeutic advances over the past decades, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and related

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Large animal preclinical investigation into the optimal extracorporeal life support configuration for pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure

Rei Utika, John W. Stokes, W. Kelly Wu, Yatrik J. Patel, Jennifer R. Talackine, Nancy Cardwell, Clayne Benson, Ryan J. Lefevre, Susan Eagle, Caitlin Demarest, Elizabeth Simonds, Yuliya Tipograf, Michael Cortelli, David J. Skoog, Keith Cook, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Matthew BachettaVanderbilt University Medical Center. Advanced Respiratory Technologies LLC. Carnegie Mellon University. Columbia University Medical Center.United

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