Catheter-mediated Interventions: Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects

Safety and efficacy of balloon angioplasty compared to stent-based-strategies with pulmonary vein stenosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pradyumna Agasthi, Pattara Rattanawong, Nithin Venepally, Chieh-Ju Chao, Hasan Ashraf, Sai Harika Pujari, Mohamed Allam, Amit Kumar, Farouk Mookadam, Floyd David Fortuin, Reza Arsanjani, Srilekha Sridhara, Diana Almader-Douglas, Yamini Alla, Douglas L. Packer, David R. Holmes Jr, Donald J. Hagler Mayo Clinic. Banner Heart Hospital. Bronx Lebanon Hospital.United States World Journal of CardiologyWorld J Cariol […]

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Which Pediatric Patients Require Postoperative Intensive Care After Cardiac Catheterization for Pulmonary Veins Stenosis?

Jenny E. Zablah, Richard J. Ing University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 2022; 36: 2509-2510DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.04.012 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryCatheter-mediated Interventions: Adverse Effects or Lack of Adverse Effects Year of Publication: 2022 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Editorial or Letter Article

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Retrograde Pulmonary Vein Recanalization Using Transcatheter Electrosurgery

Saleem I. Almasarweh, James A. Kuo, Holly D. Bauser-Heaton, Vasilis C. Babaliaros, Dennis W. Kim Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Hospital.united States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2022; 4: 592-595DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.026 AbstractTranscatheter electrosurgery is a wire-based technique used to traverse or cut tissue within blood-filled spaces using alternating

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Severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with everolimus drug-eluting stent placement in an infant

Kuan-Chi Lai, Julie A. Brothers, Jason Z. Stoller Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 541-543DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000167 AbstractWe report a case of severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with an everolimus drug-eluting stent in an infant with pulmonary vein stenosis. We review from current literature the mechanisms by which everolimus may cause dyslipidaemia, pharmacokinetics

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Ten-Year Experience with Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Interventions: Adverse Events and Institutional Strategies for Safety

Daijo Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Amr Matoq, Sarosh P. Batlivala, Shabana Shahanavaz, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03955-w AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in pediatric patients is associated with significant morbidity and requires repeated transcatheter interventions to maintain pulmonary vein patency. While these procedures

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Feasibility of Electric Impedance Tomography in the Assessment of Lung Perfusion and Ventilation in Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Catalina Vargas-Acevedo, Nilton da Barbosa Rosa Jr., Omid Rajabi Shishvan, Gary Saulnier, David Isaacson, Gareth J. Morgan, Jennifer L. Mueller University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’S Hospital Colorado. Colorado State University. University at Albany and State University of New York. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03816-6 AbstractPulmonary vein

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Balloon Dilation Technique Influences Stent Shortening and Intentional Stent Fracture During Overexpansion of Drug-Eluting Stents: A Bench-Testing Study

Mudit Gupta, Ella B. Leeth, Yuval Barak-Corren, Ari J. Gartenberg, Elizabeth Silvestro, Michael L. O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Akron Children’s Hospital and Northeast Ohio Medical University.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2025;DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31428 AbstractBackground and aims: Drug-eluting stents (DES) are not designed for overexpansion

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Indications for cardiac catheterization and intervention in pediatric cardiac disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

Timothy F. Feltes, Emile Bacha, Robert H. Beekman III, John P. Cheatham, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Antoinette S. Gomes, Ziyad M. Hijazi, Frank F. Ing, Michael de Moor, W. Robert Morrow, Charles E. Mullins, Kathryn A. Taubert, Evan M. Zahn, on behalf of the American Heart Association Congenital Cardiac Defects Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular

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Tailoring stents to fit the anatomy of unique vascular stenoses in congenital heart disease

Patrick M. Sullivan, Aimee Liou, Cheryl Takao, Henri Justino, Christopher J. Petit, Jorge D. Salazar, Frank F. Ing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. Zablah University Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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