Article Type: Literature Review and Analysis

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Rare Disease with a Global Reach

Jennifer Schramm, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Guillermo E. Moreno, Dinh Quang Le Thanh, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kaitlin Doherty-Schmeck, Kathy J. JenkinsChildren’s National Hospital. National Heart Institute. Hospital de Pediatría “Professor Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”. Children’s Hospital 1. Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States, Malaysia, Argentina, Vietnam ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8030198 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, but high mortality […]

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A Rare Report of Hypoplastic Coronary Arteries and Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Raymond Morales, John Bokoski, Saif Aljemmali, Joshua Murphy, Caroja Bharati, Ra-Id Abdulla Rush University Medical Center. Rosalind Franklin University of Sciences. Advocate Children’s Hospital. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 1231-1237DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02334-x AbstractCongenital coronary artery anomalies are estimated to affect about 1% of the general population. Hypoplastic coronary artery disease

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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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Pulmonary vein stenosis with Down syndrome: a rare and frequently fatal cause of pulmonary hypertension in infants and children

Srinath Gowda, Deepti Bhat, Zhuang Feng, Chung-Ho Chang, Robert D. Ross The Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Detroit Medical Center.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: E90-E97DOI: 10.1111/chd.12088 AbstractDown syndrome (DS) patients are prone to pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) due to various cardiopulmonary causes. However, the association of DS with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is

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Is Sutureless Technique Beneficial in the Primary Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuhao Wu, Liangjing Xin, Yuehang Zhou, Hongyu Kuang, Xin Jin, Yonggang Li Chu Wu Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.China Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2019; 40: 881-891DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1948-y AbstractA meta-analysis was performed for a comparison of outcomes between sutureless technique and conventional surgery for primary repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Electronic databases including PubMed,

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Sutureless technique versus conventional surgery in the primary treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuhao Wu, Zhichao Wu, Junmeng Zheng, Yonggang Li, Yuehang Zhou, Hongyu Kuang, Xin Jin, Chun Wu Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital and Sun Yat-Sen University. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders. China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders.China Journal of

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Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis associated with a blind common pulmonary vein

Arkadi M. Rywlin, Rita M. Fojaco University of Miami.United States Pediatrics Pediatrics 1968; 41: 931–934https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.41.5.931 AbstractThree main theories have to be considered in the pathogenesis of congenital pulmonary lymphangectasis: obstruction of major pulmonary lymphatics, obstruction to pulmonary venous flow, and anomalous pulmonary development. The authors report an infant with congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis associated with a blind

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Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriosclerosis Unusual Fibrous Connective Tissue Growth Associated; Review of Literature and Discussion of Possible Physiological Mechanisms Involved in These Changes

Scott R. Inkley, George R. Abbott Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.United States Journal of the American Medical Association Internal MedicineJAMA Int Med 1961; 108: 903-915https://doi:10.1001/archinte.1961.03620120087012 AbstractAn extensive fibrous connective tissue proliferation suggestive of retroperitoneal fibrosis or chronic mediastinitis is reported here. Aside from being the most extensive involvement that we can find

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Congenital obstruction of the pulmonary veins at their atrial junctions. Review of the literature and a case report

Wigher Mortensson, Nils-Rune Lundström University Hospital, Lund.Sweden American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1974; 87: 359-362DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(74)90078-7 AbstractA survey of the reports of congenital stenosis and/or atresias of the pulmonary veins is presented and a new case added. The correct diagnosis has not been made in vivo. “Recurrent respiratory tract infections” and hemoptysis are the most common

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