Incidence or Prevalence of Disease

Prognostic factors in pediatrics TAPVC: a 10-year retrospective study

Xiaoying Xue, Wen Ling, Qiumei Wu, Biying Huang, Shan Guo, Zongjie Weng Fujian Maternity and Child Health Hospital and Fujian Medical University.China Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2025; 15: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-94619-5 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart defect where the pulmonary veins abnormally connect to the systemic venous circulation, rather than the left […]

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Outcomes of the lateral caval flap and conventional techniques for repair of right-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in adults

William C. Frankel, Bogdan A. Kindzelski, Benjamin Yang, Rashed Mahboubi, Miza Salim Hammoud, Andrew J. Toth, Hani K. Najm, Gösta B. Pettersson, Tara Karamlou Cleveland Clinic. Corewell East William Beaumont University Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery OpenJTCVS Open 2025; 23: 225-234DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.10.023 AbstractObjective: In an effort to overcome limitations of conventional techniques for surgical

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Incidence and Risk Factors of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Patients

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Benjamin S. Mantell, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03828-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare yet critical condition in children with a poor prognosis. The incidence and underlying risk factors of PVS following orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) remain unclear.

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Predicting the Need for Pulmonary Venous Reintervention in Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: The Role of Preoperative Echocardiographic Metrics

Helen M. Stanley, Jennifer A. Faerber, Meryl S. Cohen, Ryan Callahan, Stephanie M. Fuller, Brian R. White Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2025; 42:DOI: 10.1111/echo.70124 AbstractPurpose: Development of postoperative obstruction in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality.

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Valsartan to Prevent Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Pediatric Patients After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Surgery

Jin Shentu, Mingjie Zhang, Zhuoming Xu, Chen Wen, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen, Guocheng Shi Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025; 14:DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036911 AbstractBackground: Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with poor prognosis. Preclinical studies have shown that use of an angiotensin receptor blocker can attenuate intimal hyperplasia;

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Comparison of morbidity and mortality outcomes of conventional and sutureless repair techniques in children with isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Kübra Gözacik Karakoc, Batuhan Yazici, Hacer Kamali, Okan Yildiz, Gökhan Karakoc, Sertac Haydin, Ismihan Selen Onan Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Model Statistics CRO and Clinical Trials Center.Turkey Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2025; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124036679 AbstractObjectives: The sutureless repair technique has been favoured due to its purported reduction in

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Neonatal Risk Factors for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Infants Born Preterm with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Erica McArthur, Karna Murthy, Isabella Zaniletti, Megha Sharma, Joanne Lagatta, Molly Ball, Nicholas Porta, Theresa Grover, Philip Levi, Michael Padula, Shannon Hamrick, Shilpa Vyas-Read, CHNC Severe BPD and Cardiology Focus Groups Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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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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Infant total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: factors influencing timing of presentation and operative outcome

Edward S. Yee, Kevin Turley, Wen R. Hsieh, Paul A. Ebert University of California, San Francisco.United States CirculationCirculation 1987; 76 (3 Pt 2): III83-III87DOI: Not Available AbstractThe surgical experience in 75 patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) between 1975 and 1986 was reviewed. Most of these patients underwent operation at less than 1

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