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Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Provides the Filling for the Angiogram’s Crust: Benefits of IVUS in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Caitlin M. Heyden, Jonathan E. Brock, Kanishka Ratnayaka,  John W. Moore,  Howaida G. El-Said Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E978-E985 AbstractBackground: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based imaging modality that generates cross-sectional views of vessel walls and lumens. This technique is used in adult interventional and vascular surgeries to […]

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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Tailoring stents to fit the anatomy of unique vascular stenoses in congenital heart disease

Patrick M. Sullivan, Aimee Liou, Cheryl Takao, Henri Justino, Christopher J. Petit, Jorge D. Salazar, Frank F. Ing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. Zablah University Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Barry O’Callaghan, Michael Shorofsky, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. Morgan Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 1054-1063DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02824-0 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a morbid disease and limited progress has been made in improving outcomes for this heterogenous group of patients. Evaluation

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In Search of the Holy Grail for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2819-2821DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.029 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Progression of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Disease

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Drainage of the pulmonary veins into the right side of the heart

Henry Brody Beth Israel Hospital.United States Archives of PathologyArch Pathol 1942; 33: 221-240DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins: Other CategoriesA comprehensive report of published cases of partial and total anomalous pulmonary venous connectionOne case of potential intraluminal stenosis of an anomalous pulmonary veinPulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1942

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Isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins

Alberto Cabrera, Carlos Vazquez, Iñaki Lekuona Hospital Infantil, Bilbao.Spain International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1985; 7: 298-302DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(85)90055-5 AbstractFour cases of congenital isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins were observed over a 12-year period. The diagnosis was established through radionuclide pulmonary perfusion studies together with cardiac catheterization and pulmonary arteriography. Both procedures showed an

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Surgical management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Thomas L. Spray, Nancy D. Bridges The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 1999; 2: 177-188DOI: 10.1016/s1092-9126(99)70015-3 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis describes a variety of entities with a variable clinical course. The basic pathologic process appears to be fibrous intimal thickening,

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Two-dimensional echocardiography in the pre- and postoperative management of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mary E. van der Velde, Ira A. Parness, Steven D. Colan, Philip J. Spevak, James E. Lock, John E. Meyer Jr., Stephen P. Sanders Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18: 1746-1751DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90515-b AbstractThe records of 23 infants who underwent surgical repair of isolated totally anomalous pulmonary

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