Absence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Abdulmajeed Al-Otay, Hyun Woo Goo, Christopher K. Macgowan, John G. Coles, Leland N. Benson, Andrew N. Redington, Shi-Joon Yoo Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto.Canada Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 993-1002DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.052 AbstractPulmonary vein pathologies often present a diagnostic challenge. Among the different imaging […]

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Unusual Malformation of the Heart

Robert J. Probyn-Williams General Lying-in Hospital.Great Britain Journal of Anatomy and PhysiologyJ Anat Physiol 1894; 28: 305-308DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1894 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article Access:

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Total anomalous pulmonary return; an analysis of thirty cases

Vincent L. Gott, Richard G. Lester, C. Walton Lillehei, Richard L. Varco University of MinnesotaUnited States CirculationCirculation 1956; 13: 543-552DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.13.4.543 AbstractThirty cases of total anomalous pulmonary return have been collected and analyzed. The pathways of drainage and their embryologic development are discussed. The cardiac catheterization, electrocardiographic and radiologic findings are also presented. These laboratory data

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis complicating transposition of the great arteries

Michael Vogel, Judith Ash, Richard D. Rowe, George A. Trusler, Marlene Rabinovitch Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1984; 54: 166-171DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(84)90323-0 AbstractFour patients with transposition of the great arteries and unilateral pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis, all left-sided, were studied. Two patients had an intact ventricular septum (1

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Comprehensive Cross-sectional Imaging of the Pulmonary Veins

Cameron Hassani, Farhood Saremi Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California.United States RadioGraphicsRadiographics  2017; 37: 1928-1954DOI: 10.1148/rg.2017170050 AbstractThe pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, but their importance to the radiologist extends far beyond this seemingly straightforward function. The anatomy of the pulmonary veins is variable among patients, with several noteworthy

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MR imaging and CT evaluation of congenital pulmonary vein abnormalities in neonates and infants

Himesh V. Vyas, S. Bruce Greenberg, Rajesh Krishnamurthy University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.United States RadioGraphicsRadiographics 2012; 32: 87-98DOI: 10.1148/rg.321105764 AbstractMagnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) are increasingly being used in diagnosis and follow-up of congenital pulmonary vein anomalies in neonates and infants. Such anomalies include total or partial anomalous

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Pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Aaron R. Prosnitz, Jane Leopold, Mira Irons, Kathy Jenkins, Amy E. Roberts Boston Children’s Hospital. Brigham and Women’s Hospital. American Board of Medical Specialties.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2017; 12: 475-483DOI: 10.1111/chd.12471 AbstractObjective: To describe a group of children with co-incident pulmonary vein stenosis and Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and to generate hypotheses as to the shared

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Pulmonary Vein Atresia: Feasibility of Initial Recanalization Attempts with Subsequent Follow-up

Varun Aggarwal, Gary E. Stapleton, Lindsay F. Eilers, Srinath Gowda, Manish Bansal, Athar M. Qureshi, Melissa K. Webb, Asra Khan, Henri Justino Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s HospitalUnited States Current Problems in CardiologyCurr Probl Cardiol 2023; 48DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101463 AbstractPulmonary vein atresia (PVA) may lead to pulmonary hypertension, cardiac failure, and death. Transcatheter or surgical treatments have rarely been offered to this population because of perceived poor outcomes. We describe single center

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Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children

Jay D. Patel, Mansi Mandhani, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney E. McCracken, Amanda Thomas, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.011351 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a progressive disease associated with a high rate of mortality in children. If left

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Left hypoplastic lung and hemoptysis-rare familial unilateral pulmonary vein atresia

Ronly Har-Even Cohn, Matthew Hicks, Atilano Lacson, Anne Hicks University of Alberta.Canada Clinical Case ReportsClin Case Rep 2020; 8: 1698-1703DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2982 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia (UPVA) is a rare congenital vascular malformation with obliteration of the pulmonary vein. We present a case series of three siblings with variable presentation of UPVA. We suggest a dominant genetic cause based on different

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