Medical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Disease after an Intervention. Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy

Novel Use of Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty to Treat Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Saloni Agrawal, Kali A. Hopkins, Ali N. Zaidi, Barry Love Mount Sinai Hospital. Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102613 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is challenging to treat due to high rate of recurrence. Multiple interventions exist but are limited by high rates of […]

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Paclitaxel-coated drug-eluting balloon for pulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return with asplenia

Hiroshi Ono, Ryo Mafune, Taiyu Hayashi, Yasushi Misaki, Yukihiro Kaneko, Jumpei Saito, Miki Nagai, Hitoshi Kato National Medical Center for Child Health and Development.Japan Journal of Cardiology CasesJ Cardiol Cases 2020; 22: 107-109DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2020.05.008 AbstractWe used a paclitaxel-coated drug-eluting balloon (DEB) for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return with asplenia.

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Paclitaxel drug-eluting stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis as a bridge to heart-lung transplantation

Andreea Dragulescu, Olivier Ghez, Jacques Quilici, Alain Fraisse Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire La Timone.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 1169-1171DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9511-5 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presents as an isolated lesion or in association with other congenital heart anomalies. The most extensive forms of the disease are uniformly fatal because neither surgical repair nor transcatheter therapy results in

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Valsartan to Prevent Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Pediatric Patients After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Surgery

Jin Shentu, Mingjie Zhang, Zhuoming Xu, Chen Wen, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen, Guocheng Shi Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025; 14:DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036911 AbstractBackground: Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with poor prognosis. Preclinical studies have shown that use of an angiotensin receptor blocker can attenuate intimal hyperplasia;

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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy Is Associated With Reduced Intervention Frequency in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Joseph L. Hagan, Paige E. Brlecic, Ionela Iacobas, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Joseph Burns, Thao T. Wu, Ravi Birla, Sharada Gowda, Manish Bansal, Srinath T. Gowda, Lindsay F. Eilers, Asra Khan, Juan Pablo Sandoval-Jones, Michiaki Imamura, Yishay Orr, Christopher A. Caldarone, Athar M. Qureshi Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Hospital

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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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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes

Eric N. Feins, Christina Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mariana Chávez, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 2198-2207DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.10.022 AbstractObjective: The study objective was to evaluate outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis repair in a large single-center cohort.Methods: Clinical data

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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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