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Scimitar syndrome: A new multipatch technique and incidence of postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction

Robert L. Geggel, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Ryan Callahan, Eric N. Feins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TechniquesJTCVS Tech 2020; 4: 208-216DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.07.027 AbstractObjective: A review of our center’s experience before March 2011 showed that one half of 36 patients who had a baffling or reimplantation procedure […]

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Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children

Jay D. Patel, Mansi Mandhani, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney E. McCracken, Amanda Thomas, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.011351 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a progressive disease associated with a high rate of mortality in children. If left

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Left hypoplastic lung and hemoptysis-rare familial unilateral pulmonary vein atresia

Ronly Har-Even Cohn, Matthew Hicks, Atilano Lacson, Anne Hicks University of Alberta.Canada Clinical Case ReportsClin Case Rep 2020; 8: 1698-1703DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2982 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia (UPVA) is a rare congenital vascular malformation with obliteration of the pulmonary vein. We present a case series of three siblings with variable presentation of UPVA. We suggest a dominant genetic cause based on different

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Changes in Prognosis of Heterotaxy Syndrome Over Time

Puja Banka, Adi Adar, Barbara Schaetzle, Lynn A. Sleeper, Sitaram Emani, Tal Geva Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2020; 146DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3345 AbstractBackground: Long-term outcomes in heterotaxy syndrome (HS) are poorly described. Some reports suggest improved survival in the recent era, whereas others do not. We sought to describe long-term outcomes and assess whether outcomes

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Acute treatment of critical vascular stenoses with a bioabsorbable magnesium scaffold in infants with CHDs

Peter A. Zartner, Dietmar Schranz, Nathalie Mini, Martin B. Schneider, Katja Schneider University Hospital. University Giessen and Marburg. Marienhospital.Germany Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 493-499DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120000384 AbstractBackground: Post-operative severe vascular stenosis and proliferating endothelial tissue lead to severe circulatory disorders and impair organ perfusion. Bioabsorbable magnesium scaffolds may help to overcome these obstructions without leaving

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Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel Ilbawi Advocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can

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A Rare Report of Hypoplastic Coronary Arteries and Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Raymond Morales, John Bokoski, Saif Aljemmali, Joshua Murphy, Caroja Bharati, Ra-Id Abdulla Rush University Medical Center. Rosalind Franklin University of Sciences. Advocate Children’s Hospital. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 1231-1237DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02334-x AbstractCongenital coronary artery anomalies are estimated to affect about 1% of the general population. Hypoplastic coronary artery disease

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Surgical Outcomes for Obstructive Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return of the Non-Infracardiac Type Compared with the Infracardiac Type

Jae Yoon Na, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea Heart Surgery ForumHeart Surg Forum 2020; 23: E833-E836DOI: 10.1532/hsf.3217 AbstractBackground: Infracardiac obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) has a poor outcome following surgical correction. We compared the surgical outcomes of obstructive TAPVR

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Is This My Home? A Palliative Care Journey Through Life and Death in the NICU: A Case Report

Aurora Walters, Jordan Grosse Children’s Hospital ColoradoUnited States Advances in Neonatal CareAdv Neonatal Care 2020; 20: 127-135DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000697 AbstractBackground: With advancements in neonatology, patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are living in the hospital with complex life-limiting illnesses until their first birthday or beyond. As palliative care (PC) becomes a standard of care in neonatology,

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. Hopper The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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