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Isolated pulmonary vein stenosis in complex congenital heart disease, simulating cor triatriatum by cardiac catheterization and transoesophageal echocardiography

A. H. Cromme-Diijkhuis, A. J. Bogers, J. Hess Sophia Children’s Hospital and University Hospital.Netherlands European Heart JournalEur Heart J 1995; 16: 287-288DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060900 AbstractA case of localized stenosis of the lower left pulmonary vein, associated with perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and secundum atrial defect (ASD), a borderline sized mitral valve apparatus and left ventricle, is […]

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Stenosis of pulmonary veins with ventricular septal defect: visualization of the pulmonary veins after pulmonary arterial banding

Yung-Chang Lai, Mei-Hwan Wu, Chung-I Chang National Taiwan University Hospital.Taiwan International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1994; 45: 80-82DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(94)90057-4 AbstractA case of ‘absent’ left pulmonary vein with ventricular septal defect was diagnosed based on echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization at newborn stage. Pulmonary arterial banding was performed at the age of 1 month

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Long-term results after surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection–hemodynamic evaluation of pulmonary venous obstruction with isoproterenol infusion

Hidetoshi Fujino, Makoto Nakazawa, Kazuo Momma, Yasuharu Imai Tokyo Women’s Medical College.Japan Japan Circulation JournalJpn Circ J 1995; 59: 198-204DOI: 10.1253/jcj.59.198 AbstractTo evaluate late pulmonary venous obstruction following surgical repair in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, which may be disclosed at high cardiac output but not at rest, a hemodynamic study was performed using

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Congenitally absent pulmonary veins–diagnostic pitfalls. Two case reports

P. L. Van der Merwe, N. N. Kalis, R. P. Gie, M. Dumoulin, M. Gewillig University of Stellenbosch and Tygerberg Hospital.South Africa South African Medical JournalSo Afr Med J 1996; 86 Suppl 3: C137-C141DOI: Not Available AbstractTwo patients with partial absence of the right and left pulmonary veins respectively are described. Congenitally absent pulmonary veins

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Pulmonary venous obstruction requiring lobectomy for hemoptysis after a Glenn operation

Katsuhiko Matsuyama, Masahiko Matsumoto, Hitoshi Ogino, Takaaki Sugita, Shinichiro Yoshimura, Masahiko Matsumura Tenri Hospital.Japan Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJap J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001; 49: 629-631DOI: 10.1007/BF02916229 AbstractRight atrial isomerism is well known to be associated with anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and a potentially dangerous sequel to pulmonary venous obstruction, and is associated with

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Acquired pulmonary vein obstruction after open-heart surgery

Gian Paolo Ussia, Maurizio Marasini, Lucio Zannini, Giacomo Pongiglione Giannina Gaslini Institute, Children’s Hospital.Italy European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002; 22: 465-467DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(02)00350-0 AbstractAcquired pulmonary vein obstruction is an extremely rare complication after open-heart surgery not including pulmonary vein procedures. We report on three cases of this unusual complication presenting peculiar angiographic findings

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Pulmonary hypertension secondary to partial pulmonary venous obstruction in a child with Cantu syndrome

Daisuke Kobayashi, Amanda L. Cook, Derek A. Williams Wake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2010; 5: 727-729DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21215 AbstractWe report on an African-American male with Cantu syndrome who required a pericardial window for a significant pericardial effusion in infancy and was subsequently found to have partial pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) leading to

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Pulmonary Hemodynamic Changes with Nitric Oxide or Oxygen in a Patient with Asplenia, Single Right Ventricle, and Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection after Fontan Procedure

Hideharu Oka, Kouichi Nakau, Aya Kajihama, Masaya Sugimoto, Hiroshi Azuma Asahikawa Medical University.Japan Case Reports in CardiologyCase Rep Cardiol 2018;DOI: 10.1155/2018/3736254 AbstractAsplenia syndrome is frequently complicated by a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Pulmonary venous obstruction, following total anomalous pulmonary venous connection surgery, is one of the risk factors for morbidity and mortality. In some patients,

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Pulmonary vein stenosis of ex-premature infants with pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, epidemiology, and survival from a multicenter cohort

Linda Mahgoub, Tarek Kaddoura, A. Rebecca Kameny, Palmona Lopez Ortego, Rachael D. Vanderlaan, Ashok Kakadekar, Frank Dicke, Ivan Rebeyka, Christopher A. Caldarone, Andrew Redington, Maria Jesus del Cerro, Jeff Fineman, Ian Adatia Stollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta. Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California San Francisco. Hospital for Sick Children. Royal University Hospital.

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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations

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