David J. Driscoll, Peter S. Hesslein, Charles E. Mullin
Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute.
United States
American Journal of Cardiology
Am J Cardiol 1982; 49: 1767-1772
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(82)90257-0
Abstract
Congenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare but frequently lethal congenital cardiac abnormality. Eight patients with this malformation were diagnosed, evaluated and treated. All eight patients had associated congenital cardiac defects. Two of the eight died, one of sepsis and one after operative pulmonary venoplasty. In three patients who underwent transvenous balloon catheter dilation of the stenosis the procedure provided immediate but transient relief of the stenosis. The prognosis for symptomatic infants with pulmonary vein stenosis is poor and its treatment an enigma.
Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Length of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction
Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy
Surgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease
Year of Publication: 1982
Age Focus: Pediatric
Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)
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