Patient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

Commentary: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, heterotaxy and pulmonary vein obstruction: The relentless pursuit of imperfection

Anusha Jegatheeswaran, Tara KaramlouHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 397-398DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.031 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease Year of Publication: 2022 Age Focus: […]

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Influence of heterotaxy and venous obstruction on outcomes

Zachary A. Spigel, Evan E. Edmunds, Christopher A. Caldarone, Edward J. Hickey, Ziyad M. Binsalamah, Jeffrey S. Heinle Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 387-395DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.058 AbstractBackground: Previous studies have demonstrated increased early mortality and pulmonary vein reintervention for patients with total anomalous

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Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes

Xiaobing Liu, Rong Liufu, Tao Liu, Jianzheng Cen, Juemin Yu, Shusheng Wen, Yanqiu Ou, Jimei Chen, Jian Zhuang Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. Brown University School of Public Health.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 166: 193-200DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.10.008 AbstractBackground: Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is the most

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Computed tomography-based surgical strategy for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hironori Matsuhisa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Tomonori Higuma, Shunsuke Matsushima, Shota Hasegawa, Yuson Wada, Michio Matsuoka, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 237-245DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa028 AbstractObjectives: We used computed tomographic angiography (CTA)-based surgical planning to clarify the anatomical indications of sutureless repair technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The mid-term

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Review of surgical experience in 61 patients with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Chen Wen, Guocheng Shi, Qian Zhang, Fang Zhu, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022; 61: 1299-1305DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac020 AbstractObjectives: Prior studies have reported a high mortality and incidence of post-repair pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) in mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Primary sutureless repair for “simple” total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: midterm results in a single institution

Bobby Yanagawa, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Andreea Dragulescu, Nicola Viola, Osman O. Al-Radi, Luc L. Mertens, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. VanArsdell Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 141: 1346-1354DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056 AbstractObjective: We have previously reported the use of an atriopericardial or “sutureless”

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Five cases of an undescribed form of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis caused by obstruction of the pulmonary veins

E. C. Andrews Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineUnited States Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins HospitalBull Johns Hopkins Hosp 1957; 100: 28-42DOI: Not Available AbstractSummary: The clinical course and autopsy findings of five cases are presented, which demonstrate that obstruction of the pulmonary vein from any cause leads to an unusual form of interstitial fibrosis

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Unilateral absence or extreme hypoplasia of pulmonary veins

H. M. Kingston, R. G. Patel, G. H. Watson Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1983; 49: 148-153DOI: 10.1136/hrt.49.2.148 AbstractThree children with recurrent chest symptoms and signs caused by unilateral atresia or absence of the pulmonary veins are described, with a discussion of the seven reported cases of unilateral congenital pulmonary venous

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Left pulmonary vein stenosis associated with transposition of the great arteries

George Pappas Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1986; 41: 208-209DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62671-9 AbstractTwo patients with unilateral left pulmonary vein stenosis associated with dextrotransposition of the great arteries and intact ventricular septum are described. Excessive preferential pulmonary artery blood flow to the unaffected side is diagnostic. Awareness

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With Intact Atrial Septum: Early and Midterm Outcomes

Gabriel Graham, Joseph A. Dearani, Jessey Mathew, William R. Miranda, Katherine S. King, Hartzell V. Schaff, Elizabeth H. Stephens Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.04.031 AbstractBackground: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return with intact atrial septum warrants greater understanding and evaluation in the literature.Methods: From January 1993 to December 2018, 293 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return underwent surgical

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