Incidence or Prevalence of Disease

Pulmonary vein stenosis after pediatric heart transplantation: incidence and risk factors

Hyun Soo Lee, Han Ki Park, Sang On Lee, Yu Rim Shin Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2026; 13: DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2026.1820935 AbstractObjectives: Postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an uncommon but potentially serious complication following pediatric heart transplantation. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PVS […]

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Characteristics and outcomes of preterm infants with pulmonary vein stenosis in the contemporary era: a PHIS database analysis

Mohamed F. Elsisy, Fred Z. Lam, Mark M. Naguib, Mary E. Dees, James C. Gay, George T. Nicholson Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41372-026-02703-z AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is increasingly recognized in preterm infants, yet data regarding characteristics and outcomes remain limited.Methods: A review of hospitalizations from

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Transcatheter Versus Surgical Correction of Superior Sinus Venosus Defects: Comparison of the Outcomes and Late Complications

Puthiyedath Thejaswi, Kothandam Sivakumar, Farheen Qureshi, Pramod Sagar, Sreeja Pavithran, Ravi Agarwal Madras Medical Mission. India Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026; 47: 1829-1838DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03975-6 AbstractTranscatheter correction (TC) of sinus venosus defects (SVD) is an emerging alternative to surgical correction (SC). Superior vena caval (SVC) or right upper pulmonary vein (RUPV) stenosis and sick sinus syndrome are complications

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Quantification of 3-Dimensional Confluence-Atrial Morphology in Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Guocheng Shi, Meiping Huang, Yuchen Pei, Peng Huang, Chen Wen, Jin Shentu, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Yumin Zhong, Lisheng Wang, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Guangdong General Hospital. Hunan Children’s Hospital.China Journal of the American College of Cardiology AsiaJACC Asia 2024; 4: 594-606DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.05.002 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis

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Impact of the pulmonary venous entry site morphology on postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection patients

Szu-Yen Hu, Jing-Ren Ye, Heng-Wen Chou, Yih-Sharng Chen, Chung-I Chang, Ing-Sh Chiu, Chih-Ting Lin, Hsiao-En Tsai, Shyh-Jye Chen, Shu-Chien Huang National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University.Taiwan Journal of Formosan Medical AssociationJ Formos Med Assoc 2025; 124: 809-815DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2024.09.006 AbstractBackground: To evaluate the association between the pulmonary vein (PV) entry site morphology after total anomalous pulmonary

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Outcomes of the Modified Warden Procedure for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Drainage to a High Location in the Superior Vena Cava

Chunjie Mu, Yi Song, Jianming Xia, Ning Cao, Yao Deng, Minzhang Zhao, Runwei Ma Yunnan Hospital and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Kunming Medical University.China Heart, Lung and CirculationHeart Lung Circ 2025; 34: 67–76DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.1038 AbstractAim: To report the safety and effectiveness of a modified Warden procedure.Method: Twenty-six (26) patients underwent modified Warden surgery

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Forty-Six Years of Follow-Up

Anne Kathrine M. Nielsen, Vibeke E. Hjortdal Aarhus University Hospital.Denmark World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2021; 12: 70-75DOI: 10.1177/2150135120960482 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) may disturb the electrical conduction in the atria. This study documents long-term outcomes, including the late occurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia

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Mid-term outcomes of cor triatriatum repair: comparison of biventricular physiology and univentricular physiology

Hiroyuki Nagao, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 186-190DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003595 AbstractBackground: Cor triatriatum is the rarest of all congenital cardiac diseases, accounting for 0.1-0.4% of congenital heart diseases. Atrial septal defect is the most common associated defect; however, cor triatriatum is sometimes associated with univentricular heart.Methods: This single-centre retrospective study involved all

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Single-institution outcomes of surgical repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Chen Wen, Lisheng Qiu, Haibo Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 1408-1417DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.023 AbstractObjective: This contemporary study sought to describe the outcomes of patients undergoing biventricular repair of infracardiac total

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Midterm results and risk factors of functional single ventricles with extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mikio Sugano, Masaya Murata, Yujiro Ide, Hiroki Ito, Kazuyoshi Kanno, Kenta Imai, Motonori Ishidou, Ryohei Fukuba, Kisaburou Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital. Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 67: 941-948DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01141-3 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of surgical repair of an extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in a functional

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