Medical Therapy to Prevent Progression of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

Targeted Rapamycin Delivery via Magnetic Nanoparticles to Address Stenosis in a 3D Bioprinted in Vitro Model of Pulmonary Veins

Liqun Ning, Stefano Zanella, Martin M. Tomov, Medhi Salar Amoli, Linqi Jin, Bouen Hwang, Maher Saadeh, Huang Chen, Sunder Neelakantan, Lakshmi Prasad Dasi, Reza Avazmohammadi, Morteza Mahmooudi, Holly D. Bauser-Heaton, Vahid Serpooshan Emory University School of Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Institute of Technology. Cleveland State University. Texas A&M University. Michigan State University.United […]

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In Search of the Holy Grail for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2819-2821DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.029 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Progression of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Disease

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Commentary: Targeting neointimal lesions in pulmonary vein stenosis: Fact or fiction?

Rachel D. Vanderlaan Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 160: 794-795DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.02.021 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack

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Use of Metformin in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after TAPVR Repair

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, MD, William G. Thilly, Joseph Cava, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Elena V. Gostjeva Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States Global Pediatric HealthGlob Pediatr Health 2020;DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20958924 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack

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A prospective phase II trial of vinblastine and methotrexate in multivessel intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis in infants and children

Maliha Rehman, Kathy J. Jenkins, Amy L. Juraszek, Jean A. Connor, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Muhammad Muneeb, Laureen M. Sena, Steven D. Colan, Terry Saia, Mark W. Kieran Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2011; 6: 608-623DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00574.x AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and efficacy of the chemotherapeutic agents vinblastine and methotrexate in the treatment of

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Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: A “New” Lesion

Viviane G. Nasr, Ryan Callahan, Zachary Wichner, Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Anesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesth Analges 2019; 129: 27-40DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003924 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder that leads to progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary veins. PVS has been reported in both children and adults and in its worse iteration

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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy for Infants and Children With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jay D. Patel, Michael Briones, Mansi Mandhani, Shannon Jones, Divya Suthar, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney McCraken, Amanda Thomas, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaUnited States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2807-2818DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.013 AbstractBackground: Anatomic interventions for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in infants and children have

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Management of Complex Pulmonary Vein Stenosis at Altitude Combining Comprehensive Percutaneous Interventional Treatment with Sirolimus, Pulmonary Hypertension Medications and Intraluminal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography

Michael J. Shorofsky, Gareth J. Morgan, Ernesto Mejia, Salvador A. Rodriguez, Megan Greene, Paige Sheaks, Dunbar Ivy, Jenny E. Zablah University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; Online ahead of printDOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03102-3 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a growing problem for the pediatric congenital heart population. Sirolimus has previously been shown

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Jonathan Rome, Russel Hirsch, Dunbar Ivy, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Children’s Hospital Colorado. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Canada and United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 2169-2176DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.117 AbstractNo Abstract CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal

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The many faces and outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis in early childhood

Tilman Humpl, Jeffrey Fineman, Athar M. Qureshi University Children’s Hospital Berne. University of California, San Francisco. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Switzerland and United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56: 649-655DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24848 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare and poorly understood condition causing obstruction of the large pulmonary veins and of blood flow from

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