Patient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

Insights into the molecular mechanism of pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Pengfei Ji, Lalita Wadhwa, Christopher A. Caldarone, Manish Bansal, Athar M. Qureshi, Jeffrey S. Heinle, Ravi K. Birla Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery OpenJTCVS Open 2025; 26: 166-181DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2025.04.012 AbstractObjective: Pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality for […]

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Incidence and Risk Factors of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Patients

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Benjamin S. Mantell, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03828-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare yet critical condition in children with a poor prognosis. The incidence and underlying risk factors of PVS following orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) remain unclear.

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Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants

Philip T. Levy, Amish Jain, Hythem Nawaytou, David Teitel, Roberta Keller, Jeffery Fineman, Robin Steinhorn, Steven H. Abman, Patrick J. McNamara, for the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital. University of California, San Francisco. Children’s National Health System. University of Colorado Anschutz

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Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Usha Krishnan, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Ian Adatia, Eric D. Austin, Mary P. Mullen, Rachel K. Hopper, Brian Hanna, Lew Romer, Roberta L. Keller, Jeffrey Fineman, Robin Steinhorn, John P. Kinsella, D. Dunbar Ivy, Erika Berman Rosenzweig, Usha Raj, Tilman Humpl, Steven H. Abman, for the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Columbia University Medical Center and

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Acquired stenosis of normally connected pulmonary veins

Shanta Chakrabarti, Ralph Mittal, James P. Gnanapragasam, Robin P. Martin Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.United Kingdom Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2007; 17: 322-327DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000546 AbstractPulmonary venous stenosis has been a challenge to paediatric cardiologists and surgeons. In spite of significant improvements in the management and outcome of various congenital cardiac problems, the prognosis of this

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Mortality Patterns in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Insights Into Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Associations

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Michelle Cash, Melissa Magness, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025;DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037908 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis in children is associated with a poor prognosis. However, the cause and risk factors for mortality remain uncertain.Methods: This retrospective, single-center study

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Neonatal Risk Factors for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Infants Born Preterm with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Erica McArthur, Karna Murthy, Isabella Zaniletti, Megha Sharma, Joanne Lagatta, Molly Ball, Nicholas Porta, Theresa Grover, Philip Levi, Michael Padula, Shannon Hamrick, Shilpa Vyas-Read, CHNC Severe BPD and Cardiology Focus Groups Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

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De Novo and Progressive Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Arene Butto, Conor O’Halloran, James Kuo, Anna Joong, Amanda L. Hauck, Alan Nugent, William Mahle, Paul Tannous Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lurie Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2024; 28:DOI: 10.1111/petr.14828 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition in which neointimal proliferation leads to venous and arterial hypertension. Little is known about PVS after heart

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Host Factor Vulnerability and Development of Progressive Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

Donna A. Goff, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Pedro J. del Nido, Mark W. Kieran, Stephen J. Roth, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School. Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford University.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2009; 4: 86–90DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00272.x AbstractObjective. The aim of this study is to explore the risk factors for progressive intraluminal

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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein

Jaya R. Deshpande, Suman G. Kinare Seth G.S. Medical College.India International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1991; 30: 221-226DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(91)90099-b AbstractIn our study of 1326 autopsied cases of congenital heart disease, we have encountered 3 cases of atresia of the common pulmonary vein. This is a rare condition of which, to the best part of our

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