Surgical and Catheter-mediated Interventions for Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Hemodynamic rounds: Transcatheter creation of ventricular septal defect in pulmonary arterial hypertension with suprasystemic pressures

Kothandam SivakumarMadras Medical Mission.India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2024; 17: 448-454DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_211_24 AbstractThis hemodynamic round section deals with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension with suprasystemic pulmonary artery pressures in a patient who underwent delayed surgical correction of the double-outlet right ventricle with a large subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD). Recreation of a moderate-sized VSD by […]

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ThoroughFare atrial pressure controller device to create a controlled interatrial right-to-left shunt in advanced pulmonary arterial hypertension – A pilot study

Bojja Venkata Satya Roopesh, Girija Haritha, S. V. Kishore, Muthukumaran Chinnasamy Sivaprakasam, Shreesha Maiya, Saileela Rajan, Pramod Sagar, Kothandam SivakumarMadras Medical Mission. Apollo Children’s Hospital. Narayana Health. MIOT HospitalIndia Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2024; 17: 408-414DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_209_24 AbstractBackground: Atrial flow regulators are used in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who present with syncope or

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Transcatheter Hepatic Conduit-Azygous Vein Connection Reduces Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations in a Cyanotic Fontan Patient

Kanishka Ratnayaka, Zhenglun A. Wei, Justin R. Ryan, Caitlin M. Heyden, Hari K. Narayan, Timothy C. Slesnick, Robert J. Lederman, John W. Moore, Ajit P. Yoganathan, Howaida G. El-SaidRady Children’s Hospital and University of California-San Diego. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. University of Massachusetts Lowell. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Institute of Technology and

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A Congenital Portosystemic Shunt in a Child With Heterotaxy, Situs Inversus, Polysplenia, and Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava With Azygous Continuation

Victoria Carvajal, Saigopala Reddy, Vani Gopalareddy, Adrienne Bean, Gonzalo WallisLevine Children’s Hospital. University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School. United States American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports JournalACG Case Rep J 2023; DOI: 10.14309/crj.0000000000001201 AbstractCongenital portosystemic shunts are rare vascular malformations in which portal venous blood from the intestines and spleen bypasses the liver and

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A catheter-based interventional strategy redirects hepatic vein flows after Fontan procedure in left isomerism to treat severe hypoxemia

Kothandam SivakumarMadras Medical Mission.India Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2022; 15: 212-215DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_80_21 AbstractPulmonary arteriovenous malformations after the Kawashima procedure causing severe hypoxemia are treated by Fontan surgery that redirects hepatic venous blood to the pulmonary circulation. Alignment of the hepatic venous conduit toward both pulmonary arteries is crucial for their regression. Persistent hypoxemia due

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Management of an asymptomatic pulmonary arteriovenous fistula diagnosed prenatally by detachable balloon embolization: a case report

Wenjuan Li, Pengjun Zhao, Sun Chen Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.China European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2025; DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf038 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) are abnormal vascular malformations that connect pulmonary arteries and pulmonary veins, resulting in a right-to-left shunt. This anatomical shunt leads to a decrease in

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Case Report: Congenital hepatic hemangioma with arteriovenous fistula: 2-year multidisciplinary management and outcomes

Renping Mao, Weiwei Ruan, Jianming Zhu, Li Li, Haiyan Jiang, Yanhong LiAffiliated Women and Children’s Hospital of Ningbo University.China Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2025; 13: DOI: 10.3389/fped.2025.1511892 AbstractBackground: Congenital hepatic hemangioma with arteriovenous fistula (HHAVF) is a rare condition in newborns that may manifest as respiratory distress, pulmonary hypertension, and heart failure shortly after birth. This report

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Lymphaticovenous and Lymph Node-to-Vein Anastomosis to Improve Milroy Disease-Related Chylothorax and Lymphedema

Feres Alshomer, Jeongmok Cho, Hyungjoo Noh, Changsik John Pak, Hyunsuk Peter Suh, Joon Pio HongUniversity of Ulsan College of Medicine and Seoul Asan Medical Center.Republic of Korea Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryPlast Reconstr Surg 2025; 155: 610e-617eDOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000011635 AbstractBackground: Primary lymphedema is characterized by lymphatic dysplasia in which one variant is Milroy disease. The association with congenital chylothorax

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Ductus Arteriosus Patency for the Hemodynamic Management of Newborns With Pulmonary Hypertension on Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Andrea Moscatelli, Isabella Buffoni, Maria E. Derchi, Francesca Bagnasco, Francesca Febbo, Elisabetta Lampugnani, Stefano Pezzato, Stefania Bianzina, Camilla Micalizzi, Lara Petrucci, Silvia Buratti, Ravi R. ThiagarajanIRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini. Boston Children’s Hospital.Italy and United States American Society for Artificial Internal Organs JournalASAIO J 2025;DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002437 AbstractIn neonates with pulmonary hypertension (PH) supported on veno-venous extracorporeal membrane

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: A rare disease with successful outcome in a child

Raja Sumandatta Aduri, Javid Raja, Ganesh Kumar Munirathinam, Raghuraman Soundararajan, Arun Sharma, Sachin Mahajan29751Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022; 30: 943-946DOI: 10.1177/02184923221115972 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital anomaly that may occur in association with other congenital heart diseases. We report a rare case

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