Absence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Imaging of pulmonary venous developmental anomalies

Jonathan R. Dillman, Sai G. Yarram, Ramiro J. Hernandez University of Michigan Health System and C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAJR Am J Roentgenol 2009; 192: 1272-1285DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1526 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this article is to review pulmonary venous embryology and to present the imaging findings of a variety of pulmonary venous developmental […]

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Failure of cutting balloon angioplasty to prevent restenosis in childhood pulmonary venous stenosis

Colin J. McMahon, Michael McDermott, Kevin P. Walsh Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children.Ireland Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006; 68: 763-766DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20792 AbstractWe describe bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a 5-year-old boy. He initially presented with haemoptysis secondary to left upper lobe pulmonary vein atresia and left lower lobe stenosis and subsequently he underwent

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Stenosis of pulmonary veins with ventricular septal defect: visualization of the pulmonary veins after pulmonary arterial banding

Yung-Chang Lai, Mei-Hwan Wu, Chung-I Chang National Taiwan University Hospital.Taiwan International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1994; 45: 80-82DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(94)90057-4 AbstractA case of ‘absent’ left pulmonary vein with ventricular septal defect was diagnosed based on echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization at newborn stage. Pulmonary arterial banding was performed at the age of 1 month

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Congenitally absent pulmonary veins–diagnostic pitfalls. Two case reports

P. L. Van der Merwe, N. N. Kalis, R. P. Gie, M. Dumoulin, M. Gewillig University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Hospital.South Africa South African Medical JournalSo Afr Med J 1996; 86 Suppl 3: C137-C141DOI: Not Available AbstractTwo patients with partial absence of the right and left pulmonary veins respectively are described. Congenitally absent pulmonary veins

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Left pulmonary vein atresia: the contribution of multislice computed tomography

Marcelo Felipe Kozak, Ana Carolina Leiroz Ferreira Botelho Maisano Kozak, Antonio Soares Souza, Arthur Soares Souza Jr Hospital de Base and São José do Rio Preto Medical School.Brazil Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 108-110DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9822-6 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital heart disease. Its symptoms begin to manifest in childhood and may be similar

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Golde G. Dudell, Marva L. Evans, Henry F. Krous, Robert L. Spicer, John J. Lamberti Children’s Hospital, San Diego.United States PediatricsPediatrics 1993; 91: 403-410DOI: Not Available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease in which the pulmonary veins join to form a blind confluence that does not communicate with

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Absent left pulmonary vein without anomalous connection: diagnosis and management in the newborn

Ashok V. Mehta, Balasubrahmanyam Chidambaram James H. Quillen College of Medicine.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1992; 124: 804-806DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90302-c AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1992 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article

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Intrapulmonary agenesis of venous system and bronchopulmonary arterial anastomosis

Mohinder K. Thapar, Eduardo Riff, Zohair Halees King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.Saudi Arabia British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1991; 66: 182-184DOI: 10.1136/hrt.66.2.182 AbstractAgenesis of the intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary veins of the right lung was found by angiography and histological examination in a three year old boy. Blood supplied by the intersegmental arteries drained via

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Longitudinal results after first-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

John N. Meliones, A. Rebecca Snider, Edward L. Bove, Amnon Rosenthal, David A. Rosen C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and University of Michigan Medical Center.United States CirculationCirculation 1990; 82(5 Suppl): IV151-IV156DOI: Not Available AbstractTo evaluate the results of palliative surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, we reviewed the records of 57 infants who underwent first-stage reconstruction

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Isolated pulmonary vein atresia

S. Cullen, P. F. Deasy, E. Tempany, D.F. Duff Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children.Ireland British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1990; 63: 350-354DOI: 10.1136/hrt.63.6.350 AbstractTwo patients with isolated atresia of the pulmonary veins are described. One patient presented with haemoptysis and the other with recurrent unilateral chest infections. The diagnosis was confirmed in both instances by

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