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Congenital stenosis of individual pulmonary veins: clinical spectrum and unsuccessful treatment by transvenous balloon dilation

David J. Driscoll, Peter S. Hesslein, Charles E. Mullin Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1982; 49: 1767-1772DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(82)90257-0 AbstractCongenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare but frequently lethal congenital cardiac abnormality. Eight patients with this malformation were diagnosed, evaluated and treated. All eight […]

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Haemoptysis due to pulmonary venous stenosis

Silke Braun, Ivan Platzek, Klaus Zöphel, Matthias Weise, Martin Kolditz, Michael Halank, Gert Hoeffken University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus. Germany European Respiratory ReviewEur Respir Rev 2014; 23: 170-179DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00003713 AbstractHaemoptysis is a potentially life-threatening condition with the need for prompt diagnosis. In about 10-20% of all cases the bleeding source remains unexplained with the standard diagnostic

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Mortality Patterns in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Insights Into Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Associations

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Michelle Cash, Melissa Magness, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025;DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037908 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis in children is associated with a poor prognosis. However, the cause and risk factors for mortality remain uncertain.Methods: This retrospective, single-center study

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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy Is Associated With Reduced Intervention Frequency in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Joseph L. Hagan, Paige E. Brlecic, Ionela Iacobas, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Joseph Burns, Thao T. Wu, Ravi Birla, Sharada Gowda, Manish Bansal, Srinath T. Gowda, Lindsay F. Eilers, Asra Khan, Juan Pablo Sandoval-Jones, Michiaki Imamura, Yishay Orr, Christopher A. Caldarone, Athar M. Qureshi Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Hospital

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Multidetector CT evaluation of congenital lung anomalies

Edward Y. Lee, Phillip M. Boiselle, Robert H. Cleveland Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States RadiologyRadiology 2008; 247: 632-648DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473062124 AbstractCongenital lung anomalies vary widely in their clinical manifestation and imaging appearance. Although radiographs play a role in the incidental detection and initial imaging evaluation in patients with clinical suspicion of congenital lung anomalies,

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Learning from the Pulmonary Veins

Diego Uirona Porres, Oscar Persiva Morenza, Esther Pallisa, Alberto Roque, Jorge Andreu, Manel Martinez Hospital Vall d’Hebron.Spain RadiographicsRadiographics 2013; 33: 999-1022DOI: 10.1148/rg.334125043 AbstractThe purpose of this article is to review the basic embryology and anatomy of the pulmonary veins and the various imaging techniques used to evaluate the pulmonary veins, as well as the radiologic findings

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Lung transplantation for congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Eric N. Mendeloff, Thomas L. Spray, Charles B. Huddleston, Nancy D. Bridges, Charles B. Canter, George B. Mallory, Jr. Washington University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 903-906DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00543-t AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is a uniformly fatal disease when left untreated. Transcatheter techniques (for example, balloon dilation and stent placement)

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Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis: a radiographic study

Christopher K. Adey, Benigno Soto, Myung S. Shin University of Alabama School of MedicineUnited States RadiologyRadiology 1986; 161: 113-117DOI: 10.1148/radiology.161.1.3763853 AbstractSeven patients with congenital pulmonary venous stenosis were retrospectively evaluated. Chest radiographs and pulmonary angiograms were interpreted without knowledge of anatomic findings, and results were correlated with autopsy data. Bilateral foci of stenosis of varying severity

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[A surgically corrected case of common pulmonary vein atresia]

Shuichi Kobayashi, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hidefumi Kishimoto, Yoshiki Sawa, Masahiko Iio, Osamu Hirose, Kunio Shigi, Hisakazu Sugimoto, Takeshi NakadaOsaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health. Osaka University School of Medicine.Japan Shinzou (Heart)Sinzou 1986; 18: 1328-1331DOI: Not available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein obstruction is a very rare subtype of total anomalous pulmonary

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Bronchospirometric studies of pulmonary function after unilateral ligation of the pulmonary vein or the pulmonary artery

J. Gerald Mudd, William F. Kistner, C. Rollins Hanlon, Donald R. Burke St. Louis University.United States American Review of Respiratory DiseaseAm Rev Respir Dis 1965; 92: 589-596DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins: Other CategoriesLength of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1965 Age Focus:

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