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[Management of Pulmonary Blood Flow for a Patient with Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Undergoing Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Release and Pulmonary Artery Banding]

Satoshi Ideno, Shinichi Yamamoto, Fujiko Oda, Rie Wakamiya, Kana Ozawa, Haruka Kaneko, Taku Matsuoka, Atsushi Shinto, Hiromi Mikasa, Noriko Miyazawa Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center.Japan MasuiMasui 2015; 64: 168-173DOI: Not Available AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (CPVS) is a rare fetal congenital heart disease with a prevalence of 1.7 per 100,000 children younger than two years […]

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Outcomes of repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children

Phillip S. Naimo, Yves d’Udekem, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 21: 254–256DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivv133 AbstractHerein, we report a case series of patients who underwent repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (L-PAPVC) via

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Surgery for scimitar syndrome: the Melbourne experience

Johann Brink, Matthew S. Yong, Yves d’Udekem, Robert G. Weintraub, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinova Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Australia University of Melbourne. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 20: 31–34DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu319 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the outcomes associated with surgical repair of scimitar syndrome.Methods: From 1974 to 2012,

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Is restrictive atrial septal defect a risk in partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair?

Jiaquan Zhu, Yasuhiro Kotani, Devin Chetan, Lisa Zhao, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Xinhua Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Canada and China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 97: 1664-1670DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.051 AbstractBackground: The creation or enlargement of an atrial septal defect

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Modified primary sutureless repair technique of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Bahaaldin Alsouli Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University.  King Faisal Specialist Hospital.United States and Saudi Arabia World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2014; 5: 302-305DOI: 10.1177/2150135113519452 AbstractSurgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with an important risk of postrepair pulmonary vein obstruction. Primary sutureless anastomosis

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Ebstein anomaly and Trisomy 21: A rare association

Stephanie L Siehr, Rajesh Punn, James R Priest, Alexander Lowenthal Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Pediatric CardiologyAnn Pediatr Cardiol 2014; 7: 67-69DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.126569 AbstractThis is a case report of a patient with Trisomy 21 with Ebstein anomaly, a ventricular septal defect, and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis; a rare combination, diagnosed during

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Pulmonary vein stenosis in a child with ventricular septal defect

Sarvesh Pal Singh, Poonam Malhotra Kapoor, Velayoudham Devagourou All India Institute of Medical Sciences. India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2014; 22: 1130-1131DOI: 10.1177/0218492313513600 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of DiseaseDiagnostic

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis in a premature infant without bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a case report

Lijian Xie, Tingting Xiao, Jie Shen Shanghai Children’s Hospital and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. China Heart and LungHeart Lung 2014; 43: 367-370DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.018 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presenting in childhood is uncommon and is related to premature with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Here we present a premature infant with primary PVS and without BPD. In our

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Primary correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous return with a modified sutureless technique

Christoph Mueller, Hitendu Dave, René Prêtre University Children’s Hospital Zurich.Switzerland European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013; 43: 635-640DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs376 AbstractObjectives: The objective was to evaluate primary sutureless repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) in neonates using a modified technique that minimizes hypothermia and circulatory arrest times.Methods: From 2009 to 2011, seven consecutive patients

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