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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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The use of a wire control catheter to treat complex pulmonary artery or vein anatomy

Joao Luiz L. Manica, Luciane Piazza, Gianfranco Butera Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do sul and Fundacao Univeritåria de Cardiologia.Brazil Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2012; 24: E148-E152DOI: Not Available AbstractThe difficult performance of certain percutaneous interventions in the field of congenital heart disease is well known. Crossing pulmonary arteries in patients who

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Single-patch, 2-patch, and caval division techniques for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections: does it matter?

Sameh M. Said, Harold M. Burkhart, Hartzell V. Schaff, Frank Cetta, Sabrina D. Phillips, Roxann D. Barnes, Zhuo Li, Joseph A. Dearani Mayo Clinic.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 143: 896-903DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.074 AbstractObjective: We reviewed our experience with the single-patch, 2-patch, and caval division techniques for repair of a partial anomalous

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Tetrasomy 15q25.2→qter identified with SNP microarray in a patient with multiple anomalies including complex cardiovascular malformation

Jaya K. George-Abraham, Sarah L. Zimmerman, Robert B. Hinton, Bradley S. Marino, David P. Witte, Robert J. Hopkin Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.United States American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AAm J Med Genet A 2012; 158A: 1971-1976DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35428 AbstractWe report on a male neonate with prenatally diagnosed mosaicism for a supernumerary marker chromosome and multiple

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Outcome of caval division techniques for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the superior vena cava

Sameh M. Said, Harold M. Burkhart, Joseph A. Dearani, Ben Eidem, Paul Stensrud, Sabrina D. Phillips, Hartzell V. Schaff Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 980-984DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.110 AbstractBackground: Correction of a high partial anomalous pulmonary venous (PV) connection to the superior vena cava (SVC) may be complicated by sinus node dysfunction, or

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