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Evaluation of Treatment Effect of Sirolimus on Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Using a Neonatal Rat Model

Debao Li, Yingying Xiao, Peisen Ruan, Zunmin Wan, Yuqing Hu, Sijuan Sun, Zheng Wang, Sixie Zheng, Yi Yan, Hao Chen, Hao Zhang, Chun Shen, Qi Sun, Lincai Ye Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital of Fudan University and National Children’s Medical Center. Women and Children’s Hospital of […]

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Postrepair Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Addressing Anatomic and Patient Risk Factors to Improve Outcomes

Alessia Di Nardo, Elizabeth D. Persaud, Rachel D. Vanderlaan University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2025; 28: 107-116DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.02.008 AbstractSurgical results for correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) have improved in the current era. Postrepair

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Real-Time Assessment of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Using the Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Yuval Barak-Corren, Mudit Gupta, Yoav Dori, Jessica Tang, Christopher L. Smith, Jonathan J. Rome, Matthew J. Gillespie, Matthew A. Jolley, Michael L. O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2025; 4:DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2025.102639

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: future optimism

Patcharapong Suntharos, Marin Satawiriya, Lourdes R. Prieto Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States and Thailand Current Opinion in CardiologyCurr Opin Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001217 AbstractPurpose of review: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prevention of restenosis remains challenging. This review will highlight recent advances in

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Magnification pulmonary wedge angiography in the evaluation of children with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension

Michael R. Nihill, Dan G. McNamara Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States CirculationCirculation 1978; 58: 1094-1106DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.58.6.1094 AbstractIn order to determine the presence and extent of obstructive pulmonary vascular disease in patients with congenital heart disease, magnified cineangiograms were obtained with a catheter in the pulmonary artery wedge position in 155 infants and

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Bronchial arteries to right pulmonary artery anastomoses in right pulmonary vein atresia

J. Fred Johnson, Andrew L Juris, Edith Valerie Barnes Tripler Army Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular and Interventional RadiologyCardiovasc Interv Radiol 1982; 5: 238-240DOI: 10.1007/BF02565403 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1982 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective

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Right pulmonary venous atresia: a case report and review of literature

Serife Savas Borbas, Birgül Varan, Sule Ackay Baskent UniversityTurkey Tüberkülos ve Toraks (Tuberculosis and Thoracic Journal)Tuberk Toraks 2012; 60(3): 254-257DOI: 10.5578/tt.2425 AbstractIsolated pulmonary vein atresia without associated congenital malformation is a very rare condition in adults. It is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Recurrent pulmonary infections, dyspnea on exertion and hemoptysis may be the presenting

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Congenital atresia of unilateral pulmonary veins associated with a single ventricle: a rare case report and literature review

Hsing-Yuan Lee, Betau Hwang, Pi-Chang Lee, Sheng-Ling Jan, C.C. Laura Meng Taoyuan Armed Force General Hospital.Taiwan Circulation JournalCirc J 2008; 72: 1544-1546DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-07-0516 AbstractCongenital atresia or extreme hypoplasia of individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition that is usually asymptomatic if it only involves 1 or 2 segments of the lungs. It may be fatal if

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Bronchial varices in congenital unilateral pulmonary vein atresia

Mengshu Cao, Hourong Cai, Jingjing Ding, Yi Zhuang, Zhengge Wang Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Nanjing University Medical SchoolChina American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineAm J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 187: 1267-1268DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201211-1974IM AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic

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Unilateral pulmonary veins atresia: evaluation by computed tomgraphy

Diego André Eifer, Felipe Veras Arsego, Felipe Soares Torres Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre. Brazil Radiologia BrasileiraRadiol Bras 2013; 46: 376–378https://www.scielo.br/j/rb/a/yBSgt8gWpGm5CnPPDfS4G5c/?lang=en&format=pdf AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital condition. In addition to cardiac malformations or pulmonary hypertension, patients may present with recurrent pulmonary infections or hemoptysis in childhood or adolescence. The authors report

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