Age Focus: Adult

Isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atresia

Ramakrishna Narayanan, Balasubramanyam Shankar, Samir Paruthikunnan Kasturba Medical College.India Lung IndiaLung India 2016; 33: 571-572DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.188990 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 Year of Publication: 2016 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports […]

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Pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape: CT analysis

Yun-Hyeon Kim, Edith M. Marom, James E. Herndon, II, H. Page McAdams Chonnam National University Medical School. Duke University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea and United States RadiologyRadiology 2005; 235: 43-49DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351032106 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively establish normal values for pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape depicted at computed tomography (CT).Materials and methods: Institutional review board waived patient

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Pulmonary vein stenosis assessed by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Diana Anjo, Jose Alberto de Agustín, Jose Luis Rodrigo, Carlos Macaya, Leopoldo Perez de Isla San Carlos University Hospital.Spain EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2014; 31: E68-E69DOI: 10.1111/echo.12413 AbstractWe report a case about a 43-year-old man admitted to hospital with progressive exertional dyspnea and hemoptysis. Two months before admission, he had undergone radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Subsequent investigation

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Images in cardiovascular disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation successfully treated with stent implantation

Pablo Pazos-López, Miriam Piñeiro-Portela, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Jesús Peteiro-Vázquez, Nicolás Vázquez-Gonzalez, Fernando Rueda-Nuñez, José Duro-Tacón, Ricardo Fernández-Prado, María José Martínez-Sapiña, Alfonso Castro-BeirasComplejo Universitario A Coruña.Spain CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2745-2747DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973370 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung TransplantationCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy Year of Publication: 2010 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article Access: Free PDF

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Pulmonary venous dilatation in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Ali Massumi, Larry Woods, Charles E. Mullins, William K. Nasser, Robert J. Hall Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1981; 48: 585-958.DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(81)90092-8 AbstractA case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in an adult is presented. The diagnosis was suspected clinically and verified at cardiac catheterization. Balloon dilatation of

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Endovascular transatrial stenting of pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation

Michaela Orlitova, Marc Gewellig, Jan Van Slambrouck, Dirk Vlasselaers, Bart Jacobs, Arne P. Neyrinck, Lieven Depypere, Laurent Godinas, Robin Vos, Geert M. Verleden, Dirk E. Van Raemdonck, Laurens J. Ceulemans University Hospitals Leuven.Belgium American Journal of TransplantationAm J Transplant 2023; 23: 111-114DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17202 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and pulmonary vein occlusion (PVO) represent rare complications after

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Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Patcharapong Suntharos, Sarah E. Worley, Wei Liu, Marion Siperstein, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Cleveland Clinic Foundation.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95: 389-397DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28628 AbstractObjectives: Report long-term outcomes of percutaneous intervention in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from a single center over 16 years.Background: Outcome reports of

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Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis in a patient with Fontan circulation

Jae-Sun Uhm, Jae Young Choi, Young Jin Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Boyoung Joung, Hui-Nam Pak, Moon-Hyoung Lee Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Pacing and Clinical ElectrophysiologyPacing Clin Electrophiol 2019; 42: 113-116DOI: 10.1111/pace.13515 AbstractIncidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is high in patients with congenial heart disease. However, management of AF is challenging in these

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Emergency Covered Stent Implantation For Rupture Of A Pulmonary Vein After Balloon Angioplasty For Postinterventional Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sebastian Hilbert, Silke John, Frank-Thomas Riede, Arash Arya, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas Bollmann University Leipzig.Germany Journal of Atrial FibrillationJ Atr Fibrillation 2016;DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1418 AbstractPulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a known complication of PV isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation. We describe in this report a case of emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of

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Catheter-based intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis due to fibrosing mediastinitis: The Mayo Clinic experience

Shiva P. Ponamgia, Christopher V. DeSimone, Charles J. Lenz, Megan Coylewright, Samuel J. Asirvathamb, David R. Holmes, Douglas L. Packer Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.United States International Journal of Cardiology Heart and VascularInt J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2015; 8: 103-107DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.06.005 AbstractIntroduction: Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare but fatal disease characterized

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