Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

The Diagnostics and Management of Bronchopulmonary Sequestration: An International Survey among Specialized Caregivers

C. M. Kersten, M. D. G. Jansen, M. J. P. Zuidweg, R. M. W. H. Wijnen, T. B. Krasemann, J. M. SchnaterErasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital. Leiden University Medical Centre.Netherlands European Journal of Pediatric SurgeryEur J Pediatr Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1782237 AbstractBackground: Our objective was to explore the treatment preferences for bronchopulmonary sequestration (BPS) among an international group […]

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Presenting a Case of an Extralobar and Extrapleural Pulmonary Sequestration in a Four-Month-Old Infant

Raymond I. Okeke, Christian Saliba, Diana Fan, Bernard Parrish, Luke Van Gorp, Caleb Yockey, David Bagley, Shin Miyata, Justin Sobrino, Christopher BlewettSaint Louis University School of Medicine and SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital.United States CureusCureus 2022; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.30331 AbstractPulmonary sequestration is a congenital disease formed by embryogenic separation of the lung parenchyma, halting development and

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Intradiaphragmatic pulmonary sequestrations: a surgical challenge. Case series

Chiara Oreglio, Francesca Tocchioni, Marco Ghionzoli, Annamaria Buccoliero, Antonino Morabito, Francesco MoriniUniversity of Florence. Meyer Children’s Hospital IRCCS. University of Pisa.Italy Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2023; 10:DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1181007 AbstractBronchopulmonary sequestrations (BPSs) are rare congenital anomalies characterized by non-functioning embryonic lung tissue receiving anomalous blood supply. They are most commonly located within the thorax (supradiaphragmatic) or into

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Case report: the ‘vanished’ left pulmonary artery

Jiahui Charmaine Chan, Monika Kantilal Kotecha, Jonathan Tze Liang Choo, Marielle V. Fortier, Sreekanthan SundararaghavanKK Women and Children’s Hospital. National University of Singapore. Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and Nanyang Technological University. Singapore European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2024; 8:DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae147 AbstractBackground: We report a case

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Empowering Little Fighters: Post-Cardiotomy Pediatric ECMO and the Journey to Recovery

Alok Kumar, Sangeeth Raj, Saurabh Singh, Gurpinder Ghotra, Nikhil TiwariArmed Forces Medical College and Army Institute of Cardiothoracic Sciences. Army Hospital. India Annals of Cardiac AnaesthesiaAnn Card Anaesth 2024; 27: 128-135DOI: 10.4103/aca.aca_184_23 AbstractIntroduction: Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) has long been used for cardiorespiratory support in the immediate post-paediatric cardiac surgery period with a 2-3% success as

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The Road to Heart Transplant in a Patient With Cardiomyopathy, Shone Complex, and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

Arif Albulushi, Shabib Al-Asmi, Moosa Al-Abri, Hatem Al-FarhanUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center. Royal Hospital. Heart Hospital, Armed Forces Hospital and Sultan Qaboos University Hospital. Hamad Medical Corporation. United States, Oman and Qatar Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102323 AbstractOur case report details the journey of a 16-year-old male

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Mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with hemi-pulmonary vein atresia

Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Susumu Nakano, Hiroshi Kato, Shigeaki Ohtake, Seiichiro Ikawa, Takuya Miura, Tetuya Sano, Jun Arisawa, Hikaru MatsudaOsaka University Medical School.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1993; 56: 1399-1401DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(93)90694-d AbstractThis reports a successfully corrected case of an 8-day-old baby who had a rare mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which the

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: a successfully corrected case

Yasuhisa Shimazaki, T. Yagihara, T. Nakada, O. Hirose, H. SugimotoOsaka University Medical School.Japan Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Cardiovasc Surg 1987; 28: 395-397DOI: Not Available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly in which there is no communication between the confluence of the pulmonary veins and the heart or the major systemic venous

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge

Carlos Mas, Andrew Cochrane, Samuel Menahem, Brodie KnightRoyal Children’s Hospital. Women’s and Children’s Hospital.Australia Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2000; 21: 490-492DOI: 10.1007/s002460010119 AbstractFollowing Doppler echocardiographic evaluation, a 16 hour-old infant underwent successful surgical repair of common pulmonary vein atresia. Investigations for prolonged postoperative ventilatory assistance, including cardiac catheterization and computerized tomography, led to a clinical diagnosis of

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Isolated agenesis of the right pulmonary veins with pulmonary sequestration

Shilpa Patil, Sakshi Sachdeva, Shweta Bakhru, Bharat Dalvi, Nageswara Rao KonetiCare Hospital. Glenmark Cardiac Center. India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2019; 12: 135-137DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_55_18 AbstractWe report two cases of agenesis of the right pulmonary veins (PVs) associated with sequestration of the right lung with systemic to pulmonary collateral. Both the children were referred for

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