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Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sophia Hsien, Usha Krishnan, Christopher Petit New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.United States Interventional Cardiology ClinicsInterv Cardiol Clin 2024; 13: 431-438DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2024.03.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and unique disease of infants and young children. PVS is attended by high morbidity and mortality, and for many decades, effective […]

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Multimodal Assessment and Intramodal Comparison of Imaging Techniques for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with Pulmonary Hypertension

Victor Kieu, Stephanie S. Handler, Michael Mitchell, Amy Y. Pan, Liyun Zhang, Edward Kirkpatrick Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin. Nemours Children’s Health.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03531-8 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, serious, and progressive disease in the pediatric population. Evaluation is complex and involves multimodality imaging. Diagnosis is important as

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Hybrid Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Leveraging Intraoperative Endovascular Adjuncts in Challenging Clinical Scenarios

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Paige E. Brlecic, Srinath T. Gowda, Gary E. Stapleton, Asra Khan, Lindsay F. Eilers, Ravi Birla, Michiaki Imamura, Athar M. Qureshi, Christopher A. Caldarone, Manish Bansal Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1177/21501351241247503 AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary vein

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Scimitar syndrome with vein stenosis in an infant

Fany Corvol, Sébastien Hascoet, Emmanuel Le Bret, Nadia Nathan Sorbonne University. Université Paris-Saclay, Marie-Lannelongue Surgical Centre. Ramsay Santé, Clinique du Sport. Sorbonne University.France British Medical Journal Case ReportsBMJ Case Rep 2024; 17:DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2024-259955 AbstractScimitar syndrome is characterised by right lung hypoplasia and abnormal pulmonary venous return, known as the ‘scimitar vein’. We report the case of an infant

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Rare cause of cardiac failure in an infant

Claudio Henriques, Helena Andrade, Antonio Pires Paediatric Hospital.Portugal Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 711-713DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000428 AbstractCongenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare condition whose outcome is guarded despite the available treatment options. We report a case of a 6-month-old infant with significant stenosis of all four pulmonary veins. CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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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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A neonatal rat model of pulmonary vein stenosis

Debao Li, Lisheng Qiu, Haifa Hong, Hao Chen, Peibin Zhao, Yingying Xiao, Hao Zhang, Qi Sun, Lincai Ye Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital and Wenzhou Medical University. China Cell and BioscienceCell Biosci 2023; 13:DOI: 10.1186/s13578-023-01058-8 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), one of the most challenging clinical

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Targeted Rapamycin Delivery via Magnetic Nanoparticles to Address Stenosis in a 3D Bioprinted in Vitro Model of Pulmonary Veins

Liqun Ning, Stefano Zanella, Martin M. Tomov, Medhi Salar Amoli, Linqi Jin, Bouen Hwang, Maher Saadeh, Huang Chen, Sunder Neelakantan, Lakshmi Prasad Dasi, Reza Avazmohammadi, Morteza Mahmooudi, Holly D. Bauser-Heaton, Vahid Serpooshan Emory University School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Institute of Technology. Cleveland State University. Texas A&M University. Michigan State University.United

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Host Factor Vulnerability and Development of Progressive Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

Donna A. Goff, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Pedro J. del Nido, Mark W. Kieran, Stephen J. Roth, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2009; 4: 86–90DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00272.x AbstractObjective. The aim of this study is to explore the risk factors for progressive intraluminal

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Anomalous pulmonary venous connections and related anomalies: nomenclature, embryology, anatomy, and morphology

Michael J. Walsh, Ross M. Ungerleider, Vera D. Aiello, Diane Spicer, Jorge M. Giroud Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Medical Center. Universidade de São Paulo. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.United States and Brazil World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2013; 4: 30-43DOI: 10.1177/2150135112458439 AbstractThis article combines material

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