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

Congenital pulmonary sling, aorto-pulmonary window and pulmonary vein obstruction as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in an infant with VACTERL association

Eckardt Trowitzsch, Martin Schneider, Andreas Urban, Boulos Asfour Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik, University of Witten/Herdecke.Germany Clinical Research in CardiologyClin Res Cardiol 2006; 95: 338-343DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0383-x AbstractIn a newborn with anal atresia and urethral valves an incomplete VACTERL association, was diagnosed and a colon anus praeter was placed. Sweating and heart murmur led to cardiac diagnostics. By […]

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Persistent lung shadow in an infant with ventricular septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Tadashi Iwasa, Yoshihide Mitani, Hirofumi Sawada, Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshihiro Komada Mie University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2008; 50: 397-399PMID: 18533959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02602.x AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2008 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect

Kevin Hill, Karla Christian, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, Thomas Doyle Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 855-857DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9445-y AbstractRight-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device developed following closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. The obstruction was not apparent on postprocedure transesophageal echocardiogram but

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Left pulmonary vein atresia: the contribution of multislice computed tomography

Marcelo Felipe Kozak, Ana Carolina Leiroz Ferreira Botelho Maisano Kozak, Antonio Soares Souza, Arthur Soares Souza Jr Hospital de Base and São José do Rio Preto Medical School.Brazil Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 108-110DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9822-6 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital heart disease. Its symptoms begin to manifest in childhood and may be similar

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Pulmonary hypertension secondary to partial pulmonary venous obstruction in a child with Cantu syndrome

Daisuke Kobayashi, Amanda L. Cook, Derek A. Williams Wake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2010; 5: 727-729DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21215 AbstractWe report on an African-American male with Cantu syndrome who required a pericardial window for a significant pericardial effusion in infancy and was subsequently found to have partial pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) leading to

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Transpleural pulmonary-to-systemic venous collaterals in a case with obstructed scimitar vein

Derek T. H. Wong, Lars Grosse-Wortemann, Shi-Joon Yoo The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31:1086-1088DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9741-6 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare cause of left-to-right shunting. Surgery is indicated for a pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio greater than 1.5:1 and not infrequently is complicated by postoperative obstruction. This report presents

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Inferior vena cava division to access post-repair pulmonary venous obstruction

Mark W. Robertson, David Liu, Camille L. Hancock Friesen IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2010; 89: 1310-1311DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.076 AbstractPost-repair pulmonary venous obstruction is a complication that may occur after surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary veins. Obstruction may occur at the site of surgical anastomosis or it may be

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Persistence of pulmonary arterial hypertension after relief of left sided obstructive lesions in small infants: our experience

Tomar Munesh Medanta – The Medicity.India Images in Paediatric CardiologyImages Paediatr Cardiol 2017;DOI Not Available AbstractBackground: Infants with critical left sided obstructive lesions usually present with left ventricle dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Left ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary artery pressures usually normalize after relief of obstruction. In some, PAH persists despite adequate relief of obstruction.Patients

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Pulmonary venous stenosis in a premature infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: clinical and autopsy findings of these newly associated entities

Steven Christopher Smith, Raja Rabah University of Michigan Health System.United States Pediatric and Developmental PathologyPediatr Dev Pathol 2012; 15: 160-164DOI: 10.2350/11-09-1099-CR.1 AbstractPulmonary venous stenosis is rare and is most commonly found in association with cardiac malformations. Recent studies have associated pulmonary venous stenosis with prematurity, especially with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, although no such case has been documented

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Bilateral pulmonary vein stenting for pulmonary vein obstruction after surgical correction of total abnormal pulmonary venous connection

İbrahim Cansaran Tanıdır, Pelin Ayyıldız, Erkut Öztürk, Yakup Ergül, Alper Güzeltaş İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center and Research Hospital.Turkey The Anatolian Journal of CardiologyAnatol J Cardiol 2015; 15: 954-955DOI: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6627 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of

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