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

Use of endovascular stents in congenital heart disease

Martin P. O’Laughlin, Stanton B. Perry, James E. Lock, Charles E. Mullins Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States CirculationCirculation 1991; 83: 1923-1939DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.6.1923 AbstractBackground: Balloon expandable intravascular stents have been used to support vessel walls in coronary and peripheral arteries in adults. The purpose of this study […]

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Longitudinal results after first-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome

John N. Meliones, A. Rebecca Snider, Edward L. Bove, Amnon Rosenthal, David A. Rosen C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital and University of Michigan Medical Center.United States CirculationCirculation 1990; 82(5 Suppl): IV151-IV156DOI: Not Available AbstractTo evaluate the results of palliative surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, we reviewed the records of 57 infants who underwent first-stage reconstruction

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[Radical correction of paracardiac type IIb of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using pedicled flaps of right atrium and atrial septum]

O. Miki, Y. Imai, H. Kurosawa, K. Matsuo, Y. Koh, M. Hamawaki Heart Institute of Japan.Japan Journal of the Japanese Association for Thoracic SurgeryNihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1990; 38(6):1030-1034DOI: Not Available AbstractSurgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) has been improved in recent years, however, late development of pulmonary venous obstruction was

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Isolated pulmonary vein atresia

S. Cullen, P. F. Deasy, E. Tempany, D.F. Duff Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children.Ireland British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1990; 63: 350-354DOI: 10.1136/hrt.63.6.350 AbstractTwo patients with isolated atresia of the pulmonary veins are described. One patient presented with haemoptysis and the other with recurrent unilateral chest infections. The diagnosis was confirmed in both instances by

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Repair of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Jacques A. M. van Son, Gordon K. Danielson, Francisco J. Puga, William D. Edwards, David J. Driscoll Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 144-150DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00325-f AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cause of obstruction of pulmonary venous blood flow with a high mortality. Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis is an equally serious condition.Methods: Eight patients (age

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[Pulmonary vein stenosis. Description of a sutureless surgical procedure using the pericardium in situ]

Francois Lacour-Gayet, Christian Rey, Claude Planché Marie-Lannelongue Hospital and Paris-Sud University.France Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des VaisseauxArch Mal Couer Vaiss 1996; 89: 633-636DOI: Not Available AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac disease associated with a disastrous prognosis. Nowadays, it is more often a iatrogenic complication, following neonatal surgical repair of total anomalous

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A sutureless technique for the relief of pulmonary vein stenosis with the use of in situ pericardium

Hani K. Najm, Christopher A. Caldarone, Jeffery Smallhorn, John G. Coles Hospital of Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 115: 468-470DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70294-6 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the

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Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures in pediatric cardiac transplant patients: transplant surgery is not the end of the road

Gira S. Morchi, Biagio Pietra, Mark M. Boucek, Kak-Chen Chan The Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.United States Cathetrization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2008; 72: 831-836.DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21725 AbstractObjectives: The objectives of this study are to report the spectrum of cardiac lesions in pediatric patients post-orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), the characteristics of patients who

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Complete absence of pulmonary veins

M. A. Ralston, D. W. Teske Children’s Hospital, Columbus.United States Clinical CardiologyClin Cardiol 1988; 11: 272-275DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960110415 AbstractVarious types of pulmonary venous return abnormalities have been described in the literature. This report presents a case in which a 4-h-old neonate presented with cyanotic heart disease and respiratory distress. This neonate was subsequently shown to have complete

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Failure of Pulmonary Venous Atrioplasy to Relieve Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Following Mustard’s Operation

David J. Driscoll, Michael R. Nihill, Denton A. Cooley Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute.United States Cardiovascular DiseasesCardiovasc Dis 1976; 3: 430-437DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Atrial Baffle Procedures for Transposition of the Great ArteriesSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

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