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Common pulmonary vein atresia. Premortem diagnosis in two infants

Richard E. Hawker, John M. Celermajer, Don C. Gengos, Timothy B. Cartmill, J. Denby Bowdler Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children.Australia CirculationCirculation 1972; 46: 368-374DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.46.2.368 Abstract (Summary)Two cases of common pulmonary vein atresia (CPVA) are presented. In one, the diagnosis was suspected on clinical grounds, and in both it was confirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. […]

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Common pulmonary vein atresia without anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Charles T. DeLise, Bernard Schneider, Marie S. Blackman Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse.United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 1979; 8: 195-197DOI: 10.1007/BF00973835 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia without pulmonary venous connection is a rare form of congenital heart disease. No communication exists between the confluence of the pulmonary veins and the heart or a major systemic vessel. A case

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: report of three cases and review of the literature

Michael Perez, T. K. Susheel Kumar, Mario Briceno-Medina, Mohammed Alsheikh-Ali, Shyam Sathanandam, Christopher J. Knott-Craig University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2016; 26: 629-635DOI: 10.1017/S1047951115002334 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare and usually fatal congenital anomaly, in which the pulmonary veins come together to

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Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Provides the Filling for the Angiogram’s Crust: Benefits of IVUS in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Caitlin M. Heyden, Jonathan E. Brock, Kanishka Ratnayaka,  John W. Moore,  Howaida G. El-Said Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E978-E985 AbstractBackground: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based imaging modality that generates cross-sectional views of vessel walls and lumens. This technique is used in adult interventional and vascular surgeries to

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. Zablah University Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Barry O’Callaghan, Michael Shorofsky, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. Morgan Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 1054-1063DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02824-0 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a morbid disease and limited progress has been made in improving outcomes for this heterogenous group of patients. Evaluation

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Isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins

Alberto Cabrera, Carlos Vazquez, Iñaki Lekuona Hospital Infantil, Bilbao.Spain International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1985; 7: 298-302DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(85)90055-5 AbstractFour cases of congenital isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins were observed over a 12-year period. The diagnosis was established through radionuclide pulmonary perfusion studies together with cardiac catheterization and pulmonary arteriography. Both procedures showed an

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Two-dimensional echocardiography in the pre- and postoperative management of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mary E. van der Velde, Ira A. Parness, Steven D. Colan, Philip J. Spevak, James E. Lock, John E. Meyer Jr., Stephen P. Sanders Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18: 1746-1751DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90515-b AbstractThe records of 23 infants who underwent surgical repair of isolated totally anomalous pulmonary

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The Role of Elevated Wall Shear Stress in Progression of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Evidence from Two Case Studies

Peter E. Hammer, Kerry McEnaney, Ryan Callahan, Christopher W. Baird, David M. Hoganson, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8:DOI: 10.3390/children8090729 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a serious condition characterized by restriction or blockage due to fibrotic tissue ingrowth that develops in the pulmonary veins of infants or children. It is often progressive and

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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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