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Surgical management of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Thirty-year trends

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Gregory J. Ensing, K. Sun, Thomas G. Sharp Y. Sekine, Donald A. Girod, John W. Brown James W. Riley Hospital for Children.United States CirculationCirculation 1996; 94(9 Suppl): II12-II16DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Reports of surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) over the past 30 years indicate a general improvement […]

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Long-term outcomes of total correction for isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: lessons from 50-years’ experience

Takahiko Sakamoto, Mitsugi Nagashima, Kentarou Umezu, Ryogo Houki, Jin Ikarashi, Junko Katagiri, Kenji Yamazaki The Heart Institute of Japan and Tokyo Women’s Medical University.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 20-26DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy034 AbstractObjectives: Isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a relatively rare congenital cardiac defect, while pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) is

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Correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection of the cardiac type

R. Aeba, T. Katogi, S. Takeuchi, S. Kawada Keio University.Japan Cardiovascular SurgeryCardiovasc Surg 1998; 6: 50-57DOI: 10.1016/s0967-2109(97)00112-9 AbstractSurgical treatment of the cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection requires special techniques. The treatment and outcome in 17 consecutive patients who had undergone primary repairs of the cardiac type between 1965 and 1996 were reviewed. The

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein surgery in patients with scimitar syndrome.Methods: The records of patients with scimitar

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