Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

Absorbable metal stents for vascular use in pediatric cardiology: progress and outlook

Daniel I. McLennan, Jennifer R. Maldonado, Susan R. Foerster, Stephanie S. Handler, John F. LaDisa Jr., Todd M. Gudausky, Roger J. Guillory II Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Marquette University.United States Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovas Med 2024;DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1410305 AbstractThe past five years have yielded impressive advancements in fully absorbable metal stent technology. […]

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Double-Barrel Stent With Side-Cell Crush Technique for the Management of Complex Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Conor P. O’Halloran, Matthew Cornicelli, Amanda Hauck, Paul Tannous Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2024; 3:DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2024.101938 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or

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De Novo and Progressive Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Arene Butto, Conor O’Halloran, James Kuo, Anna Joong, Amanda L. Hauck, Alan Nugent, William Mahle, Paul Tannous Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lurie Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2024; 28:DOI: 10.1111/petr.14828 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition in which neointimal proliferation leads to venous and arterial hypertension. Little is known about PVS after heart

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Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sophia Hsien, Usha Krishnan, Christopher Petit New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.United States Interventional Cardiology ClinicsInterv Cardiol Clin 2024; 13: 431-438DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2024.03.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and unique disease of infants and young children. PVS is attended by high morbidity and mortality, and for many decades, effective

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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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