Patient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

Combined conventional-to-sutureless repair of the supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Yaroslav Ivanov, Yaroslav Mykychak. Kira Kuschnerus, Sulejman Abdusalamov, Mi-Young Cho, Joachim Photiadis Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité.Germany Multimedia Manual of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryMultimed Man Cardiothorac Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1510/mmcts.2026.071 AbstractThis case describes a combined conventional-to-sutureless repair of the supracardiac form of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in a neonate. The diagnosis was established via echocardiography in a

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Pulmonary Venous Decompressing Collaterals: Angiographic Characteristics and Impact on Outcomes in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ashish Saini, Hui Huang, Andrew Jergel, Rosemary Gray, Dennis W. Kim, James Kuo Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04350-9 AbstractPediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, progressive condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While pulmonary venous decompressing collaterals (PVDC) have been described, their clinical

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Pulmonary vein stenosis after pediatric heart transplantation: incidence and risk factors

Hyun Soo Lee, Han Ki Park, Sang On Lee, Yu Rim Shin Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2026; 13: DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2026.1820935 AbstractObjectives: Postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an uncommon but potentially serious complication following pediatric heart transplantation. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PVS

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Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis potentially aggravated by posterior compression in a patient with asplenia

Takako Nishino, Makoto Ando Kanazawa Medical University.Japan Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1186/s13019-026-04424-y AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a life-threatening complication that frequently recurs, particularly in patients with asplenia. Although intrinsic mechanisms such as ostial narrowing and progressive neointimal proliferation are well recognized, extrinsic mechanical

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by compression of the left lower pulmonary vein in children

Li Chen, Cheng Wang, Jiachen Li, Lizhi Lv, Yongtao Wu, Gang Li, Guofeng Xing, Xiaoyong Jing, Zhimin Liu, Qiang Wang Beijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.  Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2026;DOI: 10.1186/s13019-026-04085-x AbstractObjectives To investigate, through

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Characteristics and outcomes of preterm infants with pulmonary vein stenosis in the contemporary era: a PHIS database analysis

Mohamed F. Elsisy, Fred Z. Lam, Mark M. Naguib, Mary E. Dees, James C. Gay, George T. Nicholson Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2026; DOI: 10.1038/s41372-026-02703-z AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is increasingly recognized in preterm infants, yet data regarding characteristics and outcomes remain limited.Methods: A review of hospitalizations from

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Case report: Rescue treatment with add-on selexipag in a preterm infant with suprasystemic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis, and isolated pulmonary vein stenosis

Hosan Hasan, Klea Hysko, Thomas Jack, Jens Dingemann, Martin Wetzke, Georg Hansmann Hannover Medical School. European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network.Germany Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9: DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.984698 AbstractAn extremely dystrophic, premature female infant, born at 25 3/7 weeks of gestational age (birth weight: 430 g) with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH), was admitted

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Hemoptysis due to progressive scoliosis associated with congenital heart disease: a case report

Kohei Yamaguchi, Masashi Uehara, Hiroki Oba, Terue Hatakenaka, Shugo Kuraishi, Shota Ikegami, Takashi Takizawa, Ryo Munakata, Takayuki Kamanaka, Yoshinari Miyaoka, Kiyohiro Takigiku, Jun Takahashi Shinshu University School of Medicine. Nagano Children’s Hospital.Japan BioMedical Ceentral Musculoskeletal DisordersBMC Musculoskelet Dis 2022; 23:DOI: 10.1186/s12891-022-05225-9 AbstractBackground: Patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) are associated with an increased incidence of scoliosis, often

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Pericardial effusion and pulmonary vein stenosis in severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Emma E. Williams, Mahesh Nanjundappa, Kunal Babla, James Wong, Theodore Dassios, Anne Greenough King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.United Kingdom Archives of Disease in Children Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2022; 107: DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321830 AbstractAbstract Not Available

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Mid-term outcomes of cor triatriatum repair: comparison of biventricular physiology and univentricular physiology

Hiroyuki Nagao, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 186-190DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003595 AbstractBackground: Cor triatriatum is the rarest of all congenital cardiac diseases, accounting for 0.1-0.4% of congenital heart diseases. Atrial septal defect is the most common associated defect; however, cor triatriatum is sometimes associated with univentricular heart.Methods: This single-centre retrospective study involved all

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