Patient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

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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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein–a rare congenital anomaly

Pradeep Vaideeswar, Milind S. Tullu, Pragati A. Sathe, Ruchi Nanavati Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital.India Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2008; 3: 431-434DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00225.x AbstractObjectives: Early atresia of the common pulmonary vein (ACPV) leads to total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, while late atresia or incomplete absorption leads to common pulmonary vein atresia and cor triatriatum

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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Individual pulmonary vein size and survival in infants with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Kathy J. Jenkins, Stephen P. Sanders, E. John Orav, Elizabeth A. Coleman, John E. Mayer Jr., Steven D. Colan Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22(1):201-206DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90835-o AbstractObjectives: We investigated whether mortality in totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection could be predicted from preoperative individual pulmonary vein size.Background: Some infants

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Severity and location predict survival after surgical repair

Mauro Lo Rito, Tamadhir Gazzaz, Travis J. Wilder, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo, Shi-Joon Yoo, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 657-666DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.121 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein characteristics that influence survival after repair of stenosis have not been

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