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An uncommon diagnosis for a common neonatal presentation

Chris Oakley, Suhair Shebani Glenfield Hospital.United Kingdom Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice EditionArch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2018; 103: 85–87DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311864 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of EfficacySurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset […]

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Patients as a Limited Resource? Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Michaela Asher, Michael O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan, Constantine D. Mavroudis Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Journal of Clinical EthicsJ Clin Ethics 2026;DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/739011 AbstractThis study explores tensions between rarity, research, and clinical decision-making in surgical diseases through a case study of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), an extremely rare and severe pediatric cardiopulmonary disease. We first

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Pulmonary vein stenosis–novel strategies for a challenging and resistant condition?

Anna N. Seale, Piers E. F. Daubeney Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University of Birmingham. Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Heart and Lung institute, Imperial College.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 618-620DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.040 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySurgical Interventions to Prevent or Limit Disease Associated with Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary

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Down Syndrome with Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Guruprasad Mahadevaiah, Manoj Gupta, Ravi Ashwath Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital.United States Texas Heart Institute JournalTex Heart Inst J 2015; 42: 458-461DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4256 AbstractThe prevalence of congenital heart disease in infants with Down syndrome is 40%, compared with 0.3% in children who have normal chromosomes. Atrioventricular and ventricular septal defects are often associated with chromosomal aberrations,

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Challenges ahead

Victor T. Tsang, Phan-Kiet Tran Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 150: 776DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.024 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 2015 Age

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A Novel Hybrid Approach for Balloon Dilation of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair with Atrial Septal Patching

Changping Gan, Peng Ji, Ke Lin, Yuan Feng West China Hospital and Sichuan University.China Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2015; 30: 608-610DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12571 AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a serious complication. Transcatheter interventional treatment is a palliative choice to defer the timing of surgery; however, penetrating through

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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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