Patient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease

Pulmonary vein stenosis in heart transplant patients

Connie Choi, Brian H. Morray, Humera Ahmed, Mariska Kemna Seattle Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2023;DOI: 10.1111/petr.14636 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare pediatric condition associated with significant mortality and morbidity. PVS in patients following heart transplant (HT) has not yet been described.Methods: Patients who had clinically significant PVS following a heart transplant during the […]

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Acquired left-sided pulmonary vein stenosis in an extremely premature infant: a new entity?

John T. Benjamin, Charles R. Hamm, Michael Zayek, Fabien G. Eyal, Steve Carlson, Elizabeth Manci University of South Alabama.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2009; 54: 459DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.022 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of Disease Year of Publication: 2009 Age Focus: Pediatric Article

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The recent surgical result of total anomalous pulmonary venous return

So-Ick Jang, Jin-Young Song, Soo-Jin Kim, Eun Young Choi, Woo Sup Shim, Chul Lee, Hong-Gook Lim, Chang Ha Lee Sejong General Hospital.Republic of Korea Korean Circulation JournalKorean Circ J 2010; 40: 31-35DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.1.31 AbstractBackground and objectives: Recent surgical results from total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) are reported to have improved; however, mortality and morbidity are still

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: prematurity and associated conditions

David M. Drossner, Dennis W. Kim, Kevin O. Maher, William T. Mahle Emory University School of Medicine.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2008; 122: e656-e661DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0075 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare, although often lethal, anomaly. Risk factors for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis are poorly characterized. In this study we sought to identify factors associated with pulmonary

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis

D. Byron Holt, James H. Moller, Sarah Larson, Marck C. Johnson Washington University.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2007; 99: 568-572DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.09.100 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity with a high mortality rate. Relatively little is known regarding predictors of outcome or the appropriate timing of intervention. The Pediatric Cardiac Care

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Pulmonary vein stenosis following repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Eric J. Devaney, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove University of Michigan.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 51-55.DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.023 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis may occur following the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and carries a poor prognosis. Conventional surgical therapies have

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Management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Eric J. Devaney, Andrew C. Chang, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove University of Michigan School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2006; 81: 992-995DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.020 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis, whether congenital or after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), continues to carry a poor prognosis.Methods: A retrospective review identified 36 patients

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with dysmorphic pulmonary vein: a risk for postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction

Makoto Ando, Yukihiro Takahashi, Toshio Kikuchi Sakakibara Heart Institute.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2004; 3: 557-561DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.06.004 AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection remains potential and understanding of its mechanisms is warranted. Morphology of the pulmonary vein was qualitatively analyzed in 48 consecutive patients undergoing repair of

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Pulmonary vein atresia with Shone’s anomaly in an infant: a case report

C. F. Cheng, J. K. Wang, M. H. Wu Buddhist Tzu-chi General Hospital.Taiwan Acta CardiologyActa Cardiol 1999; 54: 287-290DOI Not Available AbstractWe report a case of individual pulmonary vein atresia associated with multiple levels of left heart obstruction, including aortic coarctation, valvular aortic stenosis, and parachute mitral valves with stenosis. The diagnosis of pulmonary vein

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with normal connection: associated cardiac abnormalities and variable outcome

John P. Breinholt, John A. Hawkins, LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Garth S. Orsmond, Saskia Ritter, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 68: 164-168DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00311-2 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis with anatomically normal connection is considered rare, unresponsive to treatment, progressive, and usually fatal.Methods: We

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