Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

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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“Half-uncovered technique” to secure larger stents for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis

Hiroaki Kise, Takanari Fujii, Hideshi Tomita Showa University.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 1327-1329DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121004790 AbstractAlthough larger stent placement could be effective for pulmonary vein stenosis, stents extrusion tends to occur due to caliber narrowing, small landing area, and the slippery nature. We placed stents with diameter ≧8 mm for four stenotic lesions using

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Shortening of Palmaz Genesis XD stents by longitudinal compression in pediatric patients with pulmonary vein stenosis: Bench-testing and case series

Melissa K. Webb, Henri Justino Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 99: 116-120DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29984 AbstractThe Palmaz Genesis XD stents (Cordis®, Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH) are an ideal option for stenting vessels in pediatric patients due to their ability to be re-dilated to large diameters to accompany

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Aspiration Is Associated with Poor Treatment Response in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Maria Niccum, Ryan Callahan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8090783 AbstractIntraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis is a disease with significant morbidity and mortality, though recent progress has been made using multimodal therapy with antiproliferative agents. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between

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This and that: management of Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary vein stenosis in an infant-a case report

Christopher P. Scott, Kamel Shibbani, Christopher A. Caldarone, Daniel McLennan Children’s Wisconsin. University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. Texas Children’s Hospital.United States European Heart Journal Case ReportsEur Heart J Case Rep 2021; 5DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab429 AbstractBackground: Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common congenital cyanotic cardiac lesion. Pulmonary vein stenosis occurs much less commonly and remains

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Treatment of Congenital and Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Patcharapong Suntharos, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States Current Cardiology ReportsCurr Cardiol Rep 2020; 22DOI: 10.1007/s11886-020-01395-x AbstractPurpose of review: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity that until the last 2 decades was seen primarily in infants and children. Percutaneous and surgical interventions have limited success due to relentless restenosis, and mortality remains high. In

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Systemic Sirolimus to Prevent In-Stent Stenosis in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Jesse J. Esch, Grace Wang, Christina M. Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 282-289DOI: 10.1007/s00246-019-02253-6 AbstractEvaluate the efficacy of systemic sirolimus (rapamycin) in preventing in-stent stenosis (ISS) in pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS). Report the adverse events related to sirolimus

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Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Patcharapong Suntharos, Sarah E. Worley, Wei Liu, Marion Siperstein, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Cleveland Clinic Foundation.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95: 389-397DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28628 AbstractObjectives: Report long-term outcomes of percutaneous intervention in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from a single center over 16 years.Background: Outcome reports of

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