Age Focus: Adult

Results of intravascular stent placement for fibrosing mediastinitis

Matthew E. Ferguson, Allison K. Cabalka, Frank Cetta, Donald J. Hagler Mayo Clinic.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 124-133DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00387.x AbstractObjective: Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive fibrotic reaction in the mediastinum which can result in compromise of mediastinal structures. We sought to evaluate short- and midterm results of intravascular […]

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Usefulness of cutting balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein in-stent stenosis

Amanda L. Cook, Lourdes R. Prieto, Jeffrey W. Delaney, John F. Rhodes Duke University Medical Center.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2006; 98: 407-410DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.049 AbstractAfter radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation, patients may develop pulmonary vein stenoses requiring stent angioplasty. The treatment options for when such patients develop in-stent stenoses are poorly defined. The

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Percutaneous pulmonary artery and vein stenting: a novel treatment for mediastinal fibrosis

Thomas P. Doyle, James E. Loyd, Ivan M. Robbins Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.United States American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAm J Repir Crit Care Med 2001; 164: 657-660DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.4.2012132 AbstractMediastinal fibrosis is a rare consequence of infection with the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum that can lead to occlusion of large pulmonary arteries and veins

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Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriosclerosis Unusual Fibrous Connective Tissue Growth Associated; Review of Literature and Discussion of Possible Physiological Mechanisms Involved in These Changes

Scott R. Inkley, George R. Abbott Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.United States Journal of the American Medical Association Internal MedicineJAMA Int Med 1961; 108: 903-915https://doi:10.1001/archinte.1961.03620120087012 AbstractAn extensive fibrous connective tissue proliferation suggestive of retroperitoneal fibrosis or chronic mediastinitis is reported here. Aside from being the most extensive involvement that we can find

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Multilobar pulmonary venous obstruction with pulmonary hypertension; protective arterial lesions in the involved lobes

Jesse E. Edwards, Howard B. Burchell Mayo ClinicUnited States American Medical Association Archives of Internal MedicineAMA Arch Intern Med 1951; 87: 372-378.DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1951.03810030045004 AbstractIn the presence of structural obstruction to the free flow of blood from the lungs to the left ventricle, such as in classic mitral stenosis, proliferative thickening of the walls of the small arteries

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Pulmonary vein obstruction: an uncommon sequel to chronic fibrous mediastinitis

Irving L. Bindelglass, Sidney Trubowitz Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New JerseyUnited States Annals of Internal MedicineAnn Int Med 1958;DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-876 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of DiseasePulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1958 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective

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