Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Melinda J. Cory, Yinn K. Ooi, Michael S. Kelleman, Robert N. Vincent, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsJACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10: 1788-1798DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.052 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate survival following catheter intervention […]

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Selective pulmonary artery occlusion to treat hemoptysis associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Melissa S. W. Yamauchi, Mary Hunt Martin, Harlan R. Muntz, Ronald W. Day University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2017; 22: 280-282DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.005 AbstractHemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options

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Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Encouraging Mid-term Outcome

Pradeepkumar Charlagorla, David Becerra, Parth M. Patel, Mark Hoyer, Robert K. Darragh Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 125-130DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1249-7 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity with limited outcome literature. Multiple interventional approaches have evolved including surgical and catheterization techniques. Our objective is to report our

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Pulmonary Hypertension in the Preterm Infant with Chronic Lung Disease can be Caused by Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Must-Know Entity

Daniela Laux, Marie-Amelie Rocchisani, Younes Boudjemline, Marielle Gouton, Damien Bonnet, Caroline Ovaert Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes-M3C-CCML, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue. Hôpital La Timone- Enfants.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 7(2):313-321DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1279-1 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PHT) in the preterm infant is frequently due to chronic lung disease. Rarely, PHT can be caused by pulmonary vein (PV)

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Emergency Covered Stent Implantation For Rupture Of A Pulmonary Vein After Balloon Angioplasty For Postinterventional Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sebastian Hilbert, Silke John, Frank-Thomas Riede, Arash Arya, Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Gerhard Hindricks, Andreas Bollmann University Leipzig.Germany Journal of Atrial FibrillationJ Atr Fibrillation 2016;DOI: 10.4022/jafib.1418 AbstractPulmonary vein (PV) stenosis is a known complication of PV isolation procedures for atrial fibrillation. We describe in this report a case of emergency covered stent implantation for rupture of

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The Valeo stent: a pre-mounted, open-cell, large stent for use in small children with CHD

Frances C. Travelli, Patrick M. Sullivan, Cheryl Takao, Frank F. Ing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2016; 26: 1187-1193DOI: 10.1017/S104795111500219X AbstractObjectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the outcomes of using the Valeo stent (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America) in

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis

Nathalie Jeanne Magioli Bravo-Valenzuela, Guilherme Ricardo Nunes Silva, Marcela Pinto Varella University of Taubaté and Hospital of Taubaté University.Brazil Case Reports in CardiologyCase Rep Cardiol 2015;DOI: 10.1155/2015/870257 AbstractThe diagnosis of primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often overlooked because its symptoms overlap lung diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Its diagnosis may be difficult because the condition is

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Catheter-based intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis due to fibrosing mediastinitis: The Mayo Clinic experience

Shiva P. Ponamgia, Christopher V. DeSimone, Charles J. Lenz, Megan Coylewright, Samuel J. Asirvathamb, David R. Holmes, Douglas L. Packer Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.United States International Journal of Cardiology Heart and VascularInt J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2015; 8: 103-107DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.06.005 AbstractIntroduction: Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare but fatal disease characterized

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Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Beatrice Bonello, Kalyani R. Trivedi, Alain Fraisse La Timone, University Children Hospital. University of Chicago.France and United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 86: E190-E193DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25920 AbstractPrimary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date.

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“How to do it”: hybrid stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis

Kathryn J. Shell, Makram R. Ebeid, Jorge D. Salazar, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Sarosh P. Batlivala University of Mississippi Medical Center and Batson Children’s Hospital.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2015; 6: 284-287DOI: 10.1177/2150135114559405 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is often progressive and severe. Surgical and percutaneous angioplasty are acutely

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