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

Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Ankit Bharat, Deidre J. Epstein, Mark Grady, Albert Faro, Peter Michelson, Stuart C. Sweet, Charles B. Huddleston Washington University.United States Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2013; 32: 621-625DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.03.002 AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with high mortality because surgical repair is usually not feasible or is ineffective. In addition, acquired […]

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Acute recoil of stents used for the relief of stenotic great vessels in the setting of congenital cardiac disease

Hideshi Tomita, Satoshi Yazaki, Kohji Kimura, Ken Watanabe, Kinya Hatakeyama, Yasuo Ono, Shigeyuki Echigo National Cardiovascular Center.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2003; 13: 519-525DOI: Not Available AbstractWe implanted either large or medium Palmaz stents, or a Palmaz Corinthian stent, in various stenotic vessels, such as the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, aorta, or superior caval

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Never Say Never: The Use of Nitric Oxide in Patients With Obstructed Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report

Victoria Sokoliuk, James A. DiNardo, Morgan L. Brown Boston Children’s Hospital.United States A and A PracticeA A Pract 2019; 12: 205-207DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000885 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease with pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditional management of PH with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is typically avoided in PVS

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Pulmonary vein stenosis assessed by three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography

Diana Anjo, Jose Alberto de Agustín, Jose Luis Rodrigo, Carlos Macaya, Leopoldo Perez de Isla San Carlos University Hospital.Spain EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2014; 31: E68-E69DOI: 10.1111/echo.12413 AbstractWe report a case about a 43-year-old man admitted to hospital with progressive exertional dyspnea and hemoptysis. Two months before admission, he had undergone radiofrequency ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Subsequent investigation

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Real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography evaluation in a patient with congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Ye Jing-Jing, Xu Wei-ze, Shu Qiang, Li Jian-hua, Liu Xi-Wang, Jiang Guo-ping The Children’s Hospital of Zhejiang University.China EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2010; 27: E109-E111DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01183.x AbstractAlthough real time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography (RD-3DTTE) has been used in children with complex congenital heart diseases, the benefit of RD-3DTTE as a vision of the pulmonary veins still requires further evaluation. We

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Pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

Aaron R. Prosnitz, Jane Leopold, Mira Irons, Kathy Jenkins, Amy E. Roberts Boston Children’s Hospital. Brigham and Women’s Hospital. American Board of Medical Specialties.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2017; 12: 475-483DOI: 10.1111/chd.12471 AbstractObjective: To describe a group of children with co-incident pulmonary vein stenosis and Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome and to generate hypotheses as to the shared

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Pulmonary vascular changes induced by congenital obstruction of pulmonary venous return

Masato Endo, Shigeo Yamaki, Mikio Ohmi, Koichi Tabayashi Tohoku University School of Medicine.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2000; 69: 193-197DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01079-6 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) induces pulmonary arterial hypertension, as well as pulmonary venous hypertension, and jeopardizes the repair of cardiac lesions.Methods: Four cases of congenital mitral stenosis and 4 cases of cor triatriatum (Lucas

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Images in cardiovascular disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation successfully treated with stent implantation

Pablo Pazos-López, Miriam Piñeiro-Portela, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Jesús Peteiro-Vázquez, Nicolás Vázquez-Gonzalez, Fernando Rueda-Nuñez, José Duro-Tacón, Ricardo Fernández-Prado, María José Martínez-Sapiña, Alfonso Castro-BeirasComplejo Universitario A Coruña.Spain CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2745-2747DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973370 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung TransplantationCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy Year of Publication: 2010 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article Access: Free PDF

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: initial experience with cutting balloon angioplasty

Anna N. Seale, Piers E. F. Daubeney, A. G. Magee, Michael L. Rigby Royal Brompton Hospital.United Kingdom HeartHeart 2006; 92: 815-820DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073973 AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and effectiveness of cutting balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Design and setting: Retrospective review of case notes and cardiac catheterisation data at the Royal Brompton Hospital.Main outcome measures: Diameter of pulmonary

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Congenital pulmonary venous stenosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Robert G. Holcomb, R. Weslie Tyson, D. Dunbar Ivy, Steven H. Abman, John P. Kinsella Children’s Hospital, Denver.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 1999; 28: 301-306DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199910)28:4<301::aid-ppul10>3.0.co;2-m AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis (CPVS) has been previously described in older infants and children, typically manifesting as failure to thrive with congestive heart failure and subsequent respiratory deterioration. We report

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