Diagnostic Testing. Invasive

Visualization of pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary artery wedge injection

Roberta M. Bini, Lionel M. Bargeron Jr University of Alabama, Birmingham.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1982; 2: 161-162DOI: 10.1007/BF02424953 AbstractOne of the major postoperative complications of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is obstruction of the pulmonary veins. This event may be apparent immediately after surgery when it is usually due to congenitally obstructed veins or later […]

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: Diagnosis and treatment

Antoine T. Nasrallah, Charles E. Mullins, Don Singer, Gunyon Harrison, Dan G. McNamara Baylor College of Medicine.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1975; 36: 969-973DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(75)90092-2 AbstractThe clinical, hemodynamic, angiographic and pathologic features of unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in a 16 month old boy are described. The relevant findings were symptoms and signs of

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Atresia of right pulmonary veins and anomalous left pulmonary venous drainage into portal circulation

M. Samánek, S. Tüma, D. Benesová, V. Povysilová, F. Prazsky, E. Cápova University of Motol and Charles University.Czechoslovakia ThoraxThorax 1974; 29: 446-450DOI: 10.1136/thx.29.4.446 AbstractAn anomaly of pulmonary venous drainage in a male newborn infant is described whereby the left pulmonary veins entered the portal vein and the right pulmonary veins were atretic. A correct diagnosis was made

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[Unilateral atresia of the pulmonary veins. Clinical, hemodynamic and angiographic signs apropos of a case]

L. Laboux, J. L. Michaud, E. Cornet Institution UnknownFrance Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des VaisseauxArch Mal Coeur Vaiss 1972; 65: 1155-1158DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing.

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Unilateral absence or extreme hypoplasia of pulmonary veins

H. M. Kingston, R. G. Patel, G. H. Watson Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1983; 49: 148-153DOI: 10.1136/hrt.49.2.148 AbstractThree children with recurrent chest symptoms and signs caused by unilateral atresia or absence of the pulmonary veins are described, with a discussion of the seven reported cases of unilateral congenital pulmonary venous

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The potential value of transoesophageal evaluation of individual pulmonary venous flow after an atrial baffle procedure

Renate Kaulitz, Oliver Stümper, Alan G. Fraser, Andreas Kreis, Bernardino Tuccillo, George R. Sutherland Erasmus University Rotterdam.Netherlands International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1990; 28: 299-307DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(90)90312-s AbstractFollowing a Mustard’s procedure, transoesophageal echocardiography allowed the visualization of all 4 pulmonary veins in 7/12 patients (mean age 14.8 years) and of three veins in a further 2

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Successful preoperative diagnosis and surgical repair of pulmonary vein stenosis

Sang C. Park, William H. Neches, Cora C. Lenox, James R. Zuberbuhler, Ralph D. Siewers, Henry T. Bahnson University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.United States CirculationCirculation 1973; 48 (Supplement IV): 33DOI: Not Available AbstractNot Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. InvasiveSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After

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Stenosis of individual pulmonary veins. Review of the literature and report of a surgical case

Robert M. Sade, Michael D. Freed, Edward C. Matthews, Aldo R. Castaneda Children’s Hospital Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. MaineMedical Center.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1974; 67: 953-962DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)41725-X AbstractStenosis or atresia of the individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition that is usually fatal when untreated, even when

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Silent unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction. Occurrence after surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries

James E. Lock, Russell V. Lucas, Kurt Amplatz, F. Blanton Bessinger Jr.University of MinnesotaUnited States ChestChest 1978; 73: 224-227DOI:https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.73.2.224 AbstractAn 11-year-old girl was found to have completely obstructed left pulmonary veins eight years following corrective surgery for transposition of the great arteries. The patient was acyanotic and asymptomatic. Retrograde flow of arterial blood from the

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The impact of right ventricular pressure and function on survival in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis

Michelle C. Sykes, Christina Ireland, Julia E. McSweeney, Emily Rosenholm, Kristofer G. Andren, Thomas J. Kulik Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2018;DOI: 10.1177/2045894018776894 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but there is little information regarding the impact of PH on right ventricular (RV) systolic function and survival. We conducted a

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