Incidence or Prevalence of Disease

Death or resolution: the “natural history” of pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Gabriel Altit, Shazia Bhombal, Rachel K. Hopper, Theresa A. Tacy, Jeffrey Feinstein McGill University and Montreal Children’s Hospital – McGill University Health Centre. Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.Canada and United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2019; 39: 415-425DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0303-8 AbstractObjectives: The primary objective was to describe the early “natural history” of pulmonary […]

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Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Risk Factors for Postoperative Obstruction

Brian R. White, Deborah Y. Ho, Jennifer A. Faerber, Hannah Katcoff, Andrew C. Glatz, Christopher E. Mascio, Paul Stephens Jr., Meryl S. Cohen Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2019; 108: 122-129DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.017 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) results in substantial morbidity and mortality.

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Infants: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression

Carl H. Backes, Erin Nealon, Aimee K. Armstrong, Clifford L. Cua, Courtney Mitchell, Usha Krishnan, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Mi Kyoung Song, Nicola Viola, Charles V. Smith, Patrick I. McConnell, Brian K. Rivera, Jeffrey Bridge Nationwide Children’s Hospital and The Ohio State University. Columbia University. University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children. Seoul National University

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Outcomes and prognostic factors for postsurgical pulmonary vein stenosis in the current era

David Kalfa, Emre Belli, Emile Bacha, Virginie Lambert, Ducciodi Carlo, Martin Kostolny, Matej Nosal, Jurgen Horer, Jukka Salminen, Jean Rubay, Illya Yemets, Mark Hazekamp, Bohdan Maruszewski, George Sarris, Hakan Berggren, Tjark Ebels, Onur Baser, Francois Lacour-Gayet and the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University. Marie Lannelongue

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Practices surrounding pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia amongst neonatologists caring for premature infants

Gabriel Altit, Henry C. Lee, Susan Hintz, Theresa A. Tacy, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Shazia Bhombal Montreal Children’s Hospital and McGill University. Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.Canada and United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2018; 38: 361-367DOI: 10.1038/s41372-017-0025-3 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Screening strategies, a thorough investigation of co-morbidities, and

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Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis

Hanjay Wang, David Kalfa, Marlon S. Rosenbaum, Jonathan N. Ginns, Matthew J. Lewis, Julie S. Glickstein, Emile A. Bacha, Paul J. Chai Columbia University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 592-598DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome involves congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava. Optimal management remains controversial. We describe

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Intrinsic obstruction in pulmonary venous drainage pathway is associated with poor surgical outcomes in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Kenichi Kurosaki, Masataka Kitano, Isao Shiraishi, Hajime Ichikawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 432-437DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-1031-2 AbstractThe aim of this study was to review the surgical outcomes of conventional repair in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Between 1999 and 2012, 46 patients underwent conventional TAPVC

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Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia in children

Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Soo In Jeong, I. Seok Kang, Nam Kyun Kim, Jae Young Choi, Soo Jin Kim, Young Hwue Kim, Woong Han Kim Seoul National University Children’s Hospital.Republic of Korea Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2013; 95: 229-234DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.104 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia (PVS/A) is a rare entity with

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: 15 years’ experience of a tertiary care center in Taiwan

Chun-Min Fu, Jou-Kou Wang, Chun-Wei Lu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Chun-An Chen, Chung-I. Chang, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ing-ShChiu, Mei-Hwan Wu Hsichu General Hospital.Taiwan Pediatric NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2012; 53: 164-170DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.002 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the connection between the pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrium needs to be

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: morphology and outcome from an international population-based study

Anna N. Seale, Hideki Uemura, Steven A. Webber, John Partridge, Michael Roughton, Siew Y. Ho, Karen P. McCarthy, Sheila Jones, Lynda Shaughnessy, Jan Sunnegardh, Katarina Hanseus, Hakan Berggren, Sune Johansson, Michael L. Rigby, Barry R. Keeton, Piers E. F. Daubeney, on behalf of the British Congenital Cardiac Association Royal Brompton Hospital.United Kingdom and Sweden CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2718-2726DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.940825 AbstractBackground: Late mortality after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is frequently associated with pulmonary venous

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