Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

An extreme case of cor triatriatum mimicking hypoplastic left heart syndrome and combined pulmonary vein stenosis

Hee Ju Hong, Hye Won Kwon, Jae Gun Kwak, Sang Yun Lee, Yoon Seong Lee Seoul National University Hospital.South Korea Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023;DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123003724 AbstractA 65-day-old girl presented to the emergency room with lethargy, requiring emergency venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock. Initially, hypoplastic left heart syndrome was suspected. However, cor […]

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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy for Infants and Children With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jay D. Patel, Michael Briones, Mansi Mandhani, Shannon Jones, Divya Suthar, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney McCraken, Amanda Thomas, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaUnited States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2807-2818DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.013 AbstractBackground: Anatomic interventions for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in infants and children have

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Management of Complex Pulmonary Vein Stenosis at Altitude Combining Comprehensive Percutaneous Interventional Treatment with Sirolimus, Pulmonary Hypertension Medications and Intraluminal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography

Michael J. Shorofsky, Gareth J. Morgan, Ernesto Mejia, Salvador A. Rodriguez, Megan Greene, Paige Sheaks, Dunbar Ivy, Jenny E. Zablah University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; Online ahead of printDOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03102-3 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a growing problem for the pediatric congenital heart population. Sirolimus has previously been shown

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Pulmonary Vein Atresia: Feasibility of Initial Recanalization Attempts with Subsequent Follow-up

Varun Aggarwal, Gary E. Stapleton, Lindsay F. Eilers, Srinath Gowda, Manish Bansal, Athar M. Qureshi, Melissa K. Webb, Asra Khan, Henri Justino Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s HospitalUnited States Current Problems in CardiologyCurr Probl Cardiol 2023; 48DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101463 AbstractPulmonary vein atresia (PVA) may lead to pulmonary hypertension, cardiac failure, and death. Transcatheter or surgical treatments have rarely been offered to this population because of perceived poor outcomes. We describe single center

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Endovascular transatrial stenting of pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation

Michaela Orlitova, Marc Gewellig, Jan Van Slambrouck, Dirk Vlasselaers, Bart Jacobs, Arne P. Neyrinck, Lieven Depypere, Laurent Godinas, Robin Vos, Geert M. Verleden, Dirk E. Van Raemdonck, Laurens J. Ceulemans University Hospitals Leuven.Belgium American Journal of TransplantationAm J Transplant 2023; 23: 111-114DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17202 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and pulmonary vein occlusion (PVO) represent rare complications after

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Partially unroofed coronary sinus in an infant with pulmonary vein stenosis: mixed blessing

Bassel Mohammad Nijres, Johua K. Stopak, Kaitlin Carr, Osamah Aldoss University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; 33: 490-492DOI: 10.1017/S1047951122002050 AbstractTranscatheter intervention on the pulmonary vein often requires performing transseptal puncture, which is a risky procedure. We describe a rare association of a partially unroofed coronary sinus with pulmonary

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Jonathan Rome, Russel Hirsch, Dunbar Ivy, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Children’s Hospital Colorado. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Canada and United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 2169-2176DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.117 AbstractNo Abstract CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal

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The many faces and outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis in early childhood

Tilman Humpl, Jeffrey Fineman, Athar M. Qureshi University Children’s Hospital Berne. University of California, San Francisco. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Switzerland and United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56: 649-655DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24848 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare and poorly understood condition causing obstruction of the large pulmonary veins and of blood flow from

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Moving From Past Pessimism to Future Optimism

Daniel I. McLennan, Elyan C. Ruiz Solano, Stephanie S. Handler, Joy Lincoln, Michael E. Mitchell, Edward C. Kirkpatrick Medical College of Wisconsin.United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2021;DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.747812 AbstractPulmonary Vein Stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with a prevalence of around 1. 7 cases per 100,000 children under 2 years old. Treatment options for this

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Outcomes in Establishing Individual Vessel Patency for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Audrey C. Marshall, Laureen M. Sena, Christopher W. Baird, Christina M. Ireland, Kerry McEnaney, Elsa C. Bjornlund, Juliana T. Mendonca, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8030210 AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine what patient and pulmonary vein characteristics at the diagnosis

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