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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations […]

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Pediatric lung transplantation. Indications, techniques, and early results

Thomas L. Spray, George B. Mallory, Charles B. Canter, Charles B. Huddleston Washington University School of Medicine.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994; 107: 990-999DOI: Not Available AbstractFrom July 1990 to April 1993, 36 lung transplantations in 33 patients were performed in our pediatric transplant program (0.25 to 23 years,

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Golde G. Dudell, Marva L. Evans, Henry F. Krous, Robert L. Spicer, John J. Lamberti Children’s Hospital, San Diego.United States PediatricsPediatrics 1993; 91: 403-410DOI: Not Available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease in which the pulmonary veins join to form a blind confluence that does not communicate with

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[Surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Darling type Ib using pedicled right atrial flap]

S. Nemoto, Y. Imai, S. Hoshino, K. Ishihara, K. Sawatari, H. Misumi, M. Terada, T. Hiramatsu, H. Hikawa Tokyo Women’s Medical College.Japan Kyobu Geka (Japanese Journal of Thoracic SurgeryKyobu Geka 1992; 45: 878-882DOI: Not Available AbstractA one-month-old baby with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) type Ib underwent a total correction with a pedicled right

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Pulsed wave and color Doppler findings in congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Steven A. Webber, Eustace de Souza, Michael W. H. Patterson British Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1992; 13: 112-115DOI: 10.1007/BF00798218 AbstractA premature infant presented at 8 weeks of age with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. Two-dimensional echocardiography was not diagnostic but color flow imaging and pulsed Doppler examination revealed turbulent

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Absent left pulmonary vein without anomalous connection: diagnosis and management in the newborn

Ashok V. Mehta, Balasubrahmanyam Chidambaram James H. Quillen College of Medicine.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1992; 124: 804-806DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(92)90302-c AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1992 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article

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Assessment of pulmonary vein stenosis by transesophageal echocardiography

Tandaw E. Samdarshi, W. Robert Morrow, Frederick R. Helmcke, Navin C. Nanda, L. M. Bargeron, Jr., Albert D. Pacifico University of Alabama.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1991; 122: 1495-1498DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90605-h AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1991 Age

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Intrapulmonary agenesis of venous system and bronchopulmonary arterial anastomosis

Mohinder K. Thapar, Eduardo Riff, Zohair Halees King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.Saudi Arabia British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1991; 66: 182-184DOI: 10.1136/hrt.66.2.182 AbstractAgenesis of the intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary veins of the right lung was found by angiography and histological examination in a three year old boy. Blood supplied by the intersegmental arteries drained via

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Unobstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return: impact of early elective repair on the need for prolonged mechanical ventilatory support

Peter C. Frommelt, David C. Sheridan, Sara Deatsman, Ke Yan, Pippa Simpson, Michele A. Frommelt, S. Bert Litwin, James S. Tweddell Medical College of WisconsinUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 1191-1197DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9788-4 AbstractOptimal timing for elective repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) in the case of an unobstructed anomalous pathway is unclear. All

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Use of endovascular stents in congenital heart disease

Martin P. O’Laughlin, Stanton B. Perry, James E. Lock, Charles E. Mullins Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States CirculationCirculation 1991; 83: 1923-1939DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.6.1923 AbstractBackground: Balloon expandable intravascular stents have been used to support vessel walls in coronary and peripheral arteries in adults. The purpose of this study

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