Absence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

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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Congenital multiple pulmonary vein atresia and stenosis in an infant

Yuriko Abe, Naokata Sumitomo, Mamoru Ayusawa, Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko Sugitani Nihon University School of Medicine. Saitama Medical University International Medical Center.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2018; 60: 976-978DOI: 10.1111/ped.13664 AbstractNo abstract available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 2018 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood

Michael L. O’Byrne, Russell R. Cross, Gerard R. Martin The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia. Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Health Sciences.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2018; 28: 329-333DOI: 10.1017/S1047951117001822 AbstractAn asymptomatic 6-year-old boy with a history of right lung hypoplasia was referred for cardiology evaluation. Echocardiography demonstrated right pulmonary

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: clinical and radiographic spectrum

Lee B. Beerman, Kook Sang Oh, Sang C. Park, Michael D. Freed, Henry M. Sondheimer, Frederick J. Fricker, Robert A. Mathews, Donald R. Fischer Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1983; 4: 105-112DOI: 10.1007/BF02076334 AbstractThree cases of unilateral pulmonary vein atresia are presented to illustrate part of

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Occlusion of pulmonary veins, “mitral” insufficiency, and ventricular septal defect. Functional resemblance to ventricular aneurysm

Anton E. Becker, Mies J. Becker, Jesse E. Edwards Charles T. Miller Hospital and the University of Minnesota.United States American Journal of Diseases of ChildrenAm J Dis Child 1970; 120: 557-559DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1970.02100110105015 AbstractA case of fetal cardiac failure in a stillborn infant was caused by the following anatomic abnormalities: (1) occlusion of the major pulmonary veins,

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Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia in children

Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Soo In Jeong, I. Seok Kang, Nam Kyun Kim, Jae Young Choi, Soo Jin Kim, Young Hwue Kim, Woong Han Kim Seoul National University Children’s Hospital.Republic of Korea Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2013; 95: 229-234DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.104 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia (PVS/A) is a rare entity with

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Pulmonary vein atresia with severe contralateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a child

Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. Hoyer University of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: morphology and outcome from an international population-based study

Anna N. Seale, Hideki Uemura, Steven A. Webber, John Partridge, Michael Roughton, Siew Y. Ho, Karen P. McCarthy, Sheila Jones, Lynda Shaughnessy, Jan Sunnegardh, Katarina Hanseus, Hakan Berggren, Sune Johansson, Michael L. Rigby, Barry R. Keeton, Piers E. F. Daubeney, on behalf of the British Congenital Cardiac Association Royal Brompton Hospital.United Kingdom and Sweden CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2718-2726DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.940825 AbstractBackground: Late mortality after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is frequently associated with pulmonary venous

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