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

A Novel Hybrid Approach for Balloon Dilation of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair with Atrial Septal Patching

Changping Gan, Peng Ji, Ke Lin, Yuan Feng West China Hospital and Sichuan University.China Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2015; 30: 608-610DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12571 AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a serious complication. Transcatheter interventional treatment is a palliative choice to defer the timing of surgery; however, penetrating through […]

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[Management of Pulmonary Blood Flow for a Patient with Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Undergoing Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Release and Pulmonary Artery Banding]

Satoshi Ideno, Shinichi Yamamoto, Fujiko Oda, Rie Wakamiya, Kana Ozawa, Haruka Kaneko, Taku Matsuoka, Atsushi Shinto, Hiromi Mikasa, Noriko Miyazawa Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center.Japan MasuiMasui 2015; 64: 168-173DOI: Not Available AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (CPVS) is a rare fetal congenital heart disease with a prevalence of 1.7 per 100,000 children younger than two years

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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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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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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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Supra-annular mitral valve replacement in children

Kirk R. Kanter, Brian E. Kogon, Paul M. Kirshbom Emory University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 2221-2227DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.023 AbstractBackground: Despite improved mitral repair techniques, some children need mitral valve replacement (MVR). Due to small annulus size, supra-annular MVR is useful.Methods: From 2003 to 2010, 15 children had 23 supra-annular MVRs. At

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Outcome after repair of cor triatriatum

Selcen Yaroglu Kazanci, Sitaram Emani, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2012; 109: 412-416DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.029 AbstractCor triatriatum represents <0.1% of all congenital cardiac malformations. Symptoms in patients with cor triatriatum are related to pulmonary venous obstruction and pressure loading of the right side of the heart. The aim of

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