Age Focus: Pediatric

Postrepair Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Addressing Anatomic and Patient Risk Factors to Improve Outcomes

Alessia Di Nardo, Elizabeth D. Persaud, Rachel D. Vanderlaan University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2025; 28: 107-116DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2025.02.008 AbstractSurgical results for correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) have improved in the current era. Postrepair […]

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Real-Time Assessment of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Using the Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Yuval Barak-Corren, Mudit Gupta, Yoav Dori, Jessica Tang, Christopher L. Smith, Jonathan J. Rome, Matthew J. Gillespie, Matthew A. Jolley, Michael L. O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2025; 4:DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2025.102639

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Magnification pulmonary wedge angiography in the evaluation of children with congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension

Michael R. Nihill, Dan G. McNamara Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States CirculationCirculation 1978; 58: 1094-1106DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.58.6.1094 AbstractIn order to determine the presence and extent of obstructive pulmonary vascular disease in patients with congenital heart disease, magnified cineangiograms were obtained with a catheter in the pulmonary artery wedge position in 155 infants and

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Bronchial arteries to right pulmonary artery anastomoses in right pulmonary vein atresia

J. Fred Johnson, Andrew L Juris, Edith Valerie Barnes Tripler Army Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular and Interventional RadiologyCardiovasc Interv Radiol 1982; 5: 238-240DOI: 10.1007/BF02565403 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1982 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective

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Congenital atresia of unilateral pulmonary veins associated with a single ventricle: a rare case report and literature review

Hsing-Yuan Lee, Betau Hwang, Pi-Chang Lee, Sheng-Ling Jan, C.C. Laura Meng Taoyuan Armed Force General Hospital.Taiwan Circulation JournalCirc J 2008; 72: 1544-1546DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-07-0516 AbstractCongenital atresia or extreme hypoplasia of individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition that is usually asymptomatic if it only involves 1 or 2 segments of the lungs. It may be fatal if

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Acquired unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in a 3-year-old boy

Mohammed Firdouse, Arnav Agarwal, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Tapas K. Mondal University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children. McMaster University McMaster Children’s Hospital.Canada Journal of UltrasoundJ Ultrasound 2014; 18: 73-78DOI: 10.1007/s40477-014-0135-0 AbstractWhile unilateral pulmonary venous atresia (UPVA) most commonly presents as an extremely rare late embryological defect resulting in complete occlusion or absence of the PV pathway,

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Unilateral absence of the pulmonary veins: an unusual diagnosis with characteristic imaging findings

Terry L. Levin, Bradford W. Betz, Lisa M. Gennarini, Chana Wircberg Children’s Hospital of Montefiore Medical Center. United States Clinical ImagingClin Imaging 2019; 55:107-111DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.01.022 AbstractBackground: Congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary vein (UCAPV) is a rare entity with characteristic clinical and imaging findings. Despite its congenital nature, the radiographic findings and symptoms of UCAPV may not

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A 12-Year-Old Girl With Dyspnea and Unilateral Interlobular Septal Thickening

Yong Chen, Yao Xiao, Ying Zhang, Guangfa Zhu, Ruiyu Dou, Hong Gu Beijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.China ChestChest 2019; 156: e57-e61DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.03.022 AbstractA 12-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital for exercise intolerance and radiographic abnormalities. She presented with a 5-year history of shortness of breath during intense exercise and did not undergo any

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Diagnosis and management of congenital right pulmonary venous atresia

I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales, Ruchira Garg, William M. DeCampli Miami Children’s Hospital and Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2009; 19: 648-651DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109991867 AbstractCongenital unilateral pulmonary venous atresia is a rare anatomical defect. Patients present with pulmonary symptoms, and diagnosis may be elusive. Pulmonary arterial wedge angiography is the gold standard with

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Right Pulmonary Venous Atresia: A Rare Cause for Recurrent Unilateral Pneumonia

Prashant P. Patil Lotus Children Hospital.India Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic ResearchJ Clin Diag Res 2017; 11: DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25670.10596 AbstractRecurrent unilateral pneumonia poses a diagnostic dilemma for all paediatricians. Isolated pulmonary venous atresia is an uncommon entity, which presents with recurrent unilateral pulmonary infections, dyspnoea on exertion and haemoptysis. It is associated with significant mortality and

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