Length of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

Supra-annular mitral valve replacement in children

Kirk R. Kanter, Brian E. Kogon, Paul M. Kirshbom Emory University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 2221-2227DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.023 AbstractBackground: Despite improved mitral repair techniques, some children need mitral valve replacement (MVR). Due to small annulus size, supra-annular MVR is useful.Methods: From 2003 to 2010, 15 children had 23 supra-annular MVRs. At […]

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Outcome after repair of cor triatriatum

Selcen Yaroglu Kazanci, Sitaram Emani, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2012; 109: 412-416DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.029 AbstractCor triatriatum represents <0.1% of all congenital cardiac malformations. Symptoms in patients with cor triatriatum are related to pulmonary venous obstruction and pressure loading of the right side of the heart. The aim of

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The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood

Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Maliha Rehman, Kathy Jenkins, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Emile Bacha Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 639-645DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9942-7 AbstractThe outcome for children with pulmonary vein atresia has been historically poor. This report describes clinical outcomes after surgical treatment of primary and secondary pulmonary vein atresia. All patients undergoing surgery for

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Importance of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in outcomes of heterotaxy syndrome

Susan R. Foerster, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Doff B. McElhinney, Tal Geva Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2008; 29: 536-544DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9128-5 AbstractHistorically, outcomes of patients with heterotaxy syndrome and congenital heart disease have been poor. Published series include patients treated over many decades or focus on specific patient/operative subgroups. This study was

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Pulmonary Hemodynamics and Long-Term Outcomes in Children with Pulmonary Hypertension-Associated Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Eric D. Austin, Mary P. Mullen, Catherine M. Avitabile, Usha S. Krishnan, Erika B. Rosenzweig, Roberta L. Keller, John P. Kinsella, Delphine Yung, Lea Steffes, Angela Bates, Eleni G. Elia, Lewis H. Romer, Sharon McGrath-Morrow, Meghan L. Bernier, Kenneth D. Mandl, J.Usha Raj, Lynn A. Sleeper, Steven H. Abman Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Boston Children’s

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Conor P. O’Halloran, Amanda Hauck, Anna Joong, Paul Tannous Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2025; 29: DOI: 10.1111/petr.70199 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pediatric heart transplantation (PHT) is an observed phenomenon with previously unknown incidence, risk factors, treatment, and outcome.Methods: This is

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Bilateral pulmonary vein atresia revealed with CT

Marek Kardos, Peter Tittel Children´s Cardiac Center.Slovakia Acta CardiologicaActa Cardiol 2021; 76: 909-911DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2020.1775392 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionLength of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Diagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2021 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or

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Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis

John M. Reid, Morgan P. G. Jamieson, Michael D. Cowan Western Infirmary.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1986; 55: 599-601DOI: 10.1136/hrt.55.6.599 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital anomaly. A case is described in a girl who first presented at the age of four years with recurring haemoptysis but in whom diagnosis was not

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Isolated unilateral pulmonary vein atesia in adults

M. Teresa Gómez Hernández, María Rodríguez Pérez, Marcelo F. Jiménez Hospital Universitario de Salamanca.Spain Archivos de BronconeumologíaArch Bronconeumonol 2015; 51: 424-425DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.10.004 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionLength of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2015 Age Focus: Adult

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[Unilateral congenital atresia in adults. A case report and review of the literature]

Juan Santos-Morano, Silvia Rodríguez-Hernández, Jesica Ivana Hilares-Vera Hospital de Valme.Spain Archivos de BronconeumologíaArch Bronconeumonol 2015; 51: 423-424DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2014.10.002 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Length of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2015 Age Focus: Adult Article

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