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Common pulmonary vein atresia

Thomas Glenn, Jose Honold, Beth F. Printz, Dana Mueller University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 668-670DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003565 AbstractA 4-hour-old infant with profound cyanosis on an alprostadil infusion was urgently transferred to Rady Children’s Hospital with suspected CHD. Upon arrival, urgent echocardiography was performed […]

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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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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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Individual pulmonary vein size and survival in infants with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Kathy J. Jenkins, Stephen P. Sanders, E. John Orav, Elizabeth A. Coleman, John E. Mayer Jr., Steven D. Colan Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22(1):201-206DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90835-o AbstractObjectives: We investigated whether mortality in totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection could be predicted from preoperative individual pulmonary vein size.Background: Some infants

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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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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Severity and location predict survival after surgical repair

Mauro Lo Rito, Tamadhir Gazzaz, Travis J. Wilder, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo, Shi-Joon Yoo, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 657-666DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.121 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein characteristics that influence survival after repair of stenosis have not been

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid

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Computed tomography angiography with three-dimensional reconstruction for pulmony venous definition in high-risk infants with congenital heart disease

Russel Hirsch, William Gottliebson, Eric Crotty, Robert Fleck, Janet Strife Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2006; 1: 104-110DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00016.x AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous anomalies may be difficult to define in small, critically ill infants using standard echocardiography. In many centers, invasive cardiac catheterization is used if the diagnosis

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Pulsed Doppler assessment of pulmonary vein obstruction

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Helder Pauperio, Lee Benson, Robert M. Freedom, Richard D. Rowe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1985; 110: 483-486DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(85)90174-7 AbstractStenosis of the individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition, often presenting as recurrent pneumonia. Apart from radiologic features suggestive of pulmonary venous congestion, cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography

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Pulsed Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the pulmonary venous pathway after the Mustard or Senning procedure for transposition of the great arteries

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Robert Gow, Robert M. Freedom, George A. Trusler, Peter Olley, M. Pacquet, J. Gibbons, Peter Vlad Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada CirculationCirculation 1986; 73: 765-774DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.73.4.765 AbstractPulsed Doppler evaluation of pulmonary venous flow was performed in three groups of patients who had undergone either a Mustard or Senning procedure. Group

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