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Utility of simultaneous triple balloon inflation technique through a single 6-French sheath in treating pulmonary vein stenosis

Bassel Mohammad Nijres, Osamah Aldoss Stead Family Children’s Hospital and University of Iowa.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024;DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123004511 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis continues to pose significant challenges in children, frequently requiring repeated cardiac catheterisation procedures. This report describes a successful application of a “triple kissing balloon” technique to treat complex pulmonary vein stenosis in […]

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CT findings in diseases associated with pulmonary hypertension: a current review

Claudia Grosse, Alexandra Grosse Medical University of ViennaAustria RadiographicsRadiographics 2010; 30: 1753-1777DOI: 10.1148/rg.307105710 AbstractPulmonary hypertension may primarily affect either the arterial (precapillary) or the venous (postcapillary) pulmonary circulation. Pulmonary arterial hypertension may be idiopathic or arise in association with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism; pulmonary embolism caused by tumor cells, parasitic material, or foreign material; parenchymal lung disease;

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[Congenital stenosis of pulmonary veins: long-term efficacy after intraluminal dilatation]

Fernando Benito Bartolomé Hospital Infantil La Paz.Spain Revista Española CardiologíaRev Esp Cardiol 2001; 54: 1111-1112DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76459-7 AbstractWe present a 7-month-old infant diagnosed with congenital pulmonary vein stenosis. Cardiac catheterization showed two sequential stenoses of the superior left pulmonary vein and balloon angioplasty was performed. The gradient decreased from 20 to 4 mmHg and pulmonary artery pressure

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Experience with repair of congenital heart defects using adjunctive endovascular devices

John C. Coles, Ilya Yemets, Hani K. Najm, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Jean Perron, Greg J. Wilson, Marlene Rabinovitch, David G. Nykanen, Lee N. Benson, Ivan M. Rebeyka, George A. Trusler, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams Hospital for Sick ChildrenCanada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 110: 1513-1519DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70075-7 AbstractThe use of

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An alternative method for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava

Herbert E. Warden, Robert A. Gustafson, Thomas J. Tarnay, William A. Neal West Virginia University Medical CenterUnited States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1984; 38: 601-605DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62317-x AbstractThe surgical management of 15 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the high superior vena cava (SVC) is described. This new technique redirects the anomalous

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Anomalies of Venous Return

H. A. Snellen, C. Bruins University of LeidenNetherlands In Watson, H. Editor: Pediatric Cardiology 1968; 427-428C. V. Mosby CompanyDOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Year of Publication: 1968 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations

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Successful preoperative diagnosis and surgical repair of pulmonary vein stenosis

Sang C. Park, William H. Neches, Cora C. Lenox, James R. Zuberbuhler, Ralph D. Siewers, Henry T. Bahnson University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.United States CirculationCirculation 1973; 48 (Supplement IV): 33DOI: Not Available AbstractNot Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. InvasiveSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After

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Anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery from the right pulmonary artery. Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Kenneth L. Jue, Gunay Raghib, Kurt Amplatz, Paul Adams Jr, Jesse E. Edwards Charles T. Miller Hospital and University of Minnesota.United States American Journal of Roentgenology Radium Therapy and Nuclear MedicineAm J Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med 1965; 95: 598-610DOI: 10.2214/ajr.95.3.598 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Venous Pathology Year of

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Stenosis of individual pulmonary veins. Review of the literature and report of a surgical case

Robert M. Sade, Michael D. Freed, Edward C. Matthews, Aldo R. Castaneda Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. MaineMedical Center.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1974; 67: 953-962DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)41725-X AbstractStenosis or atresia of the individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition that is usually fatal when untreated, even when

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Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Roberta M. Bini, David C. Cleveland, Ricardo Ceballos, Lionel M. Bargeron, Albert D. Pacifico, John W. Kirklin University of Alabama BirminghamUnited States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1984; 54: 369-375DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(84)90199-1 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare and serious form of congenital heart disease. Between 1969 and 1982 10 patients with this lesion were

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