Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

First experience with a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in a neonate

Goetz Christoph Mueller, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Jochen Weil University Heart Center Hamburg.Germany Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2010; 20: 455-458DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000703 AbstractPaclitaxel-eluting balloons are a new and innovative method in the treatment of in-stent stenosis and small vessel disease in adult cardiac pathology. The treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is difficult to manage, and results in […]

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Drug-eluting stents ameliorate pulmonary vein stenotic changes in pigs in vivo

Takeshi Furukawa, Masahiko Kishiro, Hideo Fukunaga, Masahiro Ohtsuki, Ken Takahashi, Katsumi Akimoto, Toshiaki Shimizu, Shiori Kawasaki, Toshio Kumasaka Juntendo University School of Medicine.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 773-779DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9695-8 AbstractThe outcome of stent implantation for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children remains poor. Several reports describe placing drug-eluting stents to treat PVS, but their effectiveness

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Results of intravascular stent placement for fibrosing mediastinitis

Matthew E. Ferguson, Allison K. Cabalka, Frank Cetta, Donald J. Hagler Mayo Clinic.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 124-133DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2010.00387.x AbstractObjective: Fibrosing mediastinitis is a rare disorder characterized by an excessive fibrotic reaction in the mediastinum which can result in compromise of mediastinal structures. We sought to evaluate short- and midterm results of intravascular

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Outcomes and Risk Factors of Interventions for Pediatric Post-operative Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Kristin T. Fujita, Michael P. DiLorenzo, Usha Krishnan, Mariel E. Turner, Oliver M. Barry, Alejandro J. Torres, Emile A. Bacha, David Kalfa, Matthew A. Crystal Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03214-w AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a challenging condition with poor outcomes. Post-operative

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Evaluation of paediatric pulmonary vein stenosis by cardiac CT angiography: a comparative study with transthoracic echocardiography and catheter angiogram

R. Salman, S. R. More, M. P. Ferreira Botelho, P. M. Ketwaroo, P. M. Masand, S. P. Jadhav Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Virtual Radiologic Corporation.United States Clinical RadiologyClin Radiol 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.06.002 AbstractAim: To compare prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac catheter angiography (CCA) for paediatric

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Outcomes after stent implantation for the treatment of congenital and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in children

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Audrey C. Marshall, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Lynn F. Peng, Alan W. Nugent, James E. Lock, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 5: 109-117DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964189 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition that can lead to worsening pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure in children, and it is frequently lethal. Surgical and transcatheter approaches are acutely successful but restenosis is common

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: the UK, Ireland and Sweden collaborative study

A. N. Seale, S. A. Webber, H. Uemura, J. Partridge, M. Roughton, S. Y. Ho, K. P. McCarthy, S. Jones, L. Shaughnessy, J. Sunnegardh, K. Hanseus, M. L. Rigby, B. R. Keeton, P. E. F. Daubeney Royal Brompton Hospital, and National Heart and Lung Institute and Imperial College.United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden HeartHeart 2009; 95: 1944-1949DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.161356 AbstractObjective: To describe clinical features, morphology, management and outcome of pulmonary vein stenosis

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Congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Larry A. Latson, Lourdes R. Prieto Cleveland Clinic FoundationUnited States CirculationCirculation 2007; 115: 103-108DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.646166 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Diagnostic Testing. InvasiveCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of EfficacySurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of

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Failure of cutting balloon angioplasty to prevent restenosis in childhood pulmonary venous stenosis

Colin J. McMahon, Michael McDermott, Kevin P. Walsh Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children.Ireland Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2006; 68: 763-766DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20792 AbstractWe describe bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a 5-year-old boy. He initially presented with haemoptysis secondary to left upper lobe pulmonary vein atresia and left lower lobe stenosis and subsequently he underwent

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Usefulness of cutting balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein in-stent stenosis

Amanda L. Cook, Lourdes R. Prieto, Jeffrey W. Delaney, John F. Rhodes Duke University Medical Center.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2006; 98: 407-410DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.02.049 AbstractAfter radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation, patients may develop pulmonary vein stenoses requiring stent angioplasty. The treatment options for when such patients develop in-stent stenoses are poorly defined. The

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