Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)

Intravascular Ultrasound for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Interventions in Congenital Heart Disease

Samantha A. Kops, Danielle Strah, Kwan S. Lee, Michael D. Seckeler University of Arizona.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E259-E262 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is aggressive, with high morbidity and mortality. Surgical and catheter interventions yield modest success, at best. Refinements in catheter interventions could potentially improve outcomes in this patient […]

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Infantile Scimitar Syndrome With Contralateral Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Refractory Pulmonary Hypertension

Janelle Buysse, Ramya Deepthi Billa, Daniel McLennan, Ravi Ashwath, Aditya Badheka, Madhuradhar Chegondi University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.United States CureusCureus 2021; 13DOI: 10.7759/cureus.17203 AbstractInfantile scimitar syndrome is associated with pulmonary hypertension which can be difficult to manage. We present a three-month-old infant with scimitar syndrome, who eventually developed refractory pulmonary hypertension, posing a significant

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This and that: management of Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary vein stenosis in an infant-a case report

Christopher P. Scott, Kamel Shibbani, Christopher A. Caldarone, Daniel McLennan Children’s Wisconsin. University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Texas Children’s Hospital.United States European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2021; 5DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab429 AbstractBackground: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common congenital cyanotic cardiac lesion. Pulmonary vein stenosis occurs much less commonly and remains

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Effectiveness of posterior aortopexy for the left pulmonary vein obstruction between the left atrium and the descending aorta

Kwang Ho Choi, Hyungtae Kim, Si Chan Sung, Hyoung Doo Lee, Hoon Ko, Joung-Hee Byun Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital.Republic of Korea Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 2644-2650DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15596 AbstractBackground: Left pulmonary vein (PV) obstruction can occur due to compression between the left atrium (LA) and the descending aorta (DA). One of the effective

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Autologous vascularised pericardial flap tunneling technique in Scimitar syndrome repair with dextrocardia: lessons from the Senning procedure

Alain J. Poncelet, Karlien Carbonez, Jean E. Rubay Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles.Belgium Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 859-861DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120004928 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare variant (5%) of partial abnormal pulmonary venous return. Surgery is required when pulmonary overcirculation is present. Following repair, Scimitar vein stenosis occurs in approximately 20%. We applied a variant of

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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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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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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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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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Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, William G. Thilly, Pip Hidestrand, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Mats Hidestrand, Elena V. Gostjeva Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eastern Maine Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2019; 39: 51-53DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.12.005 AbstractNo Abstract AvailableMethods: Pulmonary vein tissue from five patients with PVS was collected

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