Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

Hybrid Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Leveraging Intraoperative Endovascular Adjuncts in Challenging Clinical Scenarios

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Paige E. Brlecic, Srinath T. Gowda, Gary E. Stapleton, Asra Khan, Lindsay F. Eilers, Ravi Birla, Michiaki Imamura, Athar M. Qureshi, Christopher A. Caldarone, Manish Bansal Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1177/21501351241247503 AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary vein […]

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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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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Intentional longitudinal and side-cell stent fractures: Intermediate term follow up

Hitesh Agrawal, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 91: 1110-1118DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27469 AbstractBackground: Use of small diameter stents in young children and jailing of side branches pose significant challenges to future re-interventions. We sought to assess the capacity to induce longitudinal fractures in

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Simultaneous arterial switch and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in a 5-hour-old child, complicated by pulmonary venous stenosis

Yaroslav Mykychaka, Oleh Fedevycha, Andrii Maksymenkob, Illya Yemets Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center.Ukraine Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2017; 24: 809-810DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw452 AbstractA 5-hour-old boy underwent arterial switch operation and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair. Subsequently developed severe pulmonary venous stenosis was successfully treated with hybrid balloon angioplasty. CatergoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary

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Dilation angioplasty of congenital or operative narrowings of venous channels

James E. Lock, John L. Bass, Wilfrido Castaneda-Zuniga, Bradley P. Fuhrman, William J. Rashkind, Russell V. Lucas, Jr University of MinnesotaUnited States CirculationCirculation 1984; 70: 457-464DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.70.3.457 AbstractBalloon dilation angioplasty was attempted in 10 infants and children with severe congenital or operative “venous” obstructions. In five children the obstructions were “vena caval” and followed repair for

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Utility of simultaneous triple balloon inflation technique through a single 6-French sheath in treating pulmonary vein stenosis

Bassel Mohammad Nijres, Osamah Aldoss Stead Family Children’s Hospital and University of Iowa.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2024;DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123004511 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis continues to pose significant challenges in children, frequently requiring repeated cardiac catheterisation procedures. This report describes a successful application of a “triple kissing balloon” technique to treat complex pulmonary vein stenosis in

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[Congenital stenosis of pulmonary veins: long-term efficacy after intraluminal dilatation]

Fernando Benito Bartolomé Hospital Infantil La Paz.Spain Revista Española CardiologíaRev Esp Cardiol 2001; 54: 1111-1112DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(01)76459-7 AbstractWe present a 7-month-old infant diagnosed with congenital pulmonary vein stenosis. Cardiac catheterization showed two sequential stenoses of the superior left pulmonary vein and balloon angioplasty was performed. The gradient decreased from 20 to 4 mmHg and pulmonary artery pressure

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Experience with repair of congenital heart defects using adjunctive endovascular devices

John C. Coles, Ilya Yemets, Hani K. Najm, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Jean Perron, Greg J. Wilson, Marlene Rabinovitch, David G. Nykanen, Lee N. Benson, Ivan M. Rebeyka, George A. Trusler, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams Hospital for Sick ChildrenCanada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 110: 1513-1519DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70075-7 AbstractThe use of

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: outcome of surgical correction and management of recurrent venous obstruction

J. A. Hyde, O. Stümper, M. J. Barth, J. G. Wright, E. D. Silove, J. V. de Giovanni, W. J. Brawn, B. Sethia Birmingham Children’s Hospital.United States European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999; 15: 735-740DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00104-9 AbstractObjective: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) can be corrected with low mortality and good outcome. If complicated

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