Age Focus: Adult

Swine model of chronic postcapillary pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular remodeling: long-term characterization by cardiac catheterization, magnetic resonance, and pathology

Daniel Pereda, Ana Garcia-Alvarez, Damián Sánchez-Quintana, Mario Nuño, Leticia Fernández-Friera, Rodrigo Fernández-Jiménez, José Manuel García Ruíz, Elena Sandoval, Jaume Aguero, Manuel Castellá. Roger J. Hajjar, Valentín Fuster, Borja Ibáñez Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III.Spain Journal of Cardiovascular Translational ResearchJ Cardiovasc Transl Res 2014; 7: 494-506DOI: 10.1007/s12265-014-9564-6 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) is prevalent and carries high […]

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Dynamic behavior and lineage plasticity of the pulmonary venous endothelium

Joanna Wong, Gan Zhao, Stephanie Adams-Tzivelekidis, Hongbo Wen, Prashant Chandrasekaran, Sylvia N. Michki, Maria E. Gentile, Madeline Singh, Sara Kass-Gergi, Meryl Mendoza, Nicolas P. Holcomb, Xinyuan Li, Alan T. Tang, Nicholas M. Negretti, Jennifer M. S. Sucre, David B. Frank, Andrew E. Vaughan University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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Secondary pulmonary hypertension in an adult patient with Ebstein anomaly post-atrial septal defect closure; can it be reversible? A case report

Ahmed Kheiwa, Vandad Saadat, Joseph Chung, Stephen Nageotte, Anees Razzouk Loma Linda University Medical Center.United States European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2025; 9:DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf527 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension is often a difficult to diagnose condition, in particular in younger population of patients. Early diagnosis and treatment of this condition is crucial to prevent further

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Extreme dyspnea from unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction. Demonstration of a vagal mechanism and relief by right vagotomy

Scott F. Davies, Kenneth R. McQuaid, Conrad Iber, Charles McArthur, Michael Path, David S. Beebe, Hovald K. Helseth University of MinnesotaUnited States American Review of Respiratory DiseaseAm Rev Respir Dis 1987; 136: 184-188DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/136.1.184 AbstractA 43-yr-old woman developed severe exertional dyspnea after an unsuccessful attempt to correct a total right anomalous pulmonary venous connection. A clotted

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Anomalous unilateral single pulmonary vein: two cases mimicking arteriovenous malformations and a review of the literature

J. M. Hanson, A. M. Wood, R. Seymour, I.S. Petheram University Hospital, Cardiff.United Kingdom Australasian RadiologyAustralas Radiol 2005; 49: 246–251DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01423.x AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is a rare congenital anomaly. It usually involves a pulmonary to systemic venous shunt and most cases have a septal defect in order to survive. Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with

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Isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atesia in adults

M. Teresa Gómez Hernández, María Rodríguez Pérez, Marcelo F. Jiménez Hospital Universitario de Salamanca.Spain Archivos de BronconeumologíaArch Bronconeumonol 2015; 51: 424-425DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.10.004 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionLength of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2015 Age Focus: Adult

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[Unilateral congenital atresia in adults. A case report and review of the literature]

Juan Santos-Morano, Silvia Rodríguez-Hernández, Jesica Ivana Hilares-Vera Hospital de Valme.Spain Archivos de BronconeumologíaArch Bronconeumonol 2015; 51: 423-424DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.10.002 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Length of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2015 Age Focus: Adult Article

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A Very Rare Case of Co-Existence of Cor Triatriatum Sinister and Left Pulmonary Vein Atresia

Mustafa Aparci, Murat Yalcin, Zafer Isilak, Mehmet Dogan and Ejder Kardesoglu Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Mevki Military Hospital.Turkey Acta Cardiology SinicaActa Cardiol Sin 2016; 32: 758-761DOI: 10.6515/acs20160129a AbstractCor triatriatum sinister (CTS) is a rare congenital abnormality. Clinical presentation of patients with CTS mainly depends on the anatomic features of membrane and may vary from mild or moderate

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Lack of a pulmonary vein causing unilateral interlobular septal thickening

Hanping Wang, Li Zhang, Wei Liu, Kai-Feng Xu, Juhong Shi Peking Union Medical College Hospital.China ThoraxThorax 2018; 73: 199-200DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210338 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsLength of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2018

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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy for Complications of Congenital Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Alison L. Halpern, Michael J. Weyant University of Colorado Denver.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2019; 108: e357-e359DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.039 AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis is an uncommon congenital heart defect and is a consequence of failed incorporation of the common right or left pulmonary vein into the left atrium during embryologic development. Clinical manifestations include

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