Age Focus: Pediatric

Quantitative analysis of pulmonary vascular disease in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in sixty infants

Shigeo Yamaki, Minoru Tsunemoto, Munehiro Shimada, Ryou Ishizawa, Masato Endo, Shingo Nakayama, Masaki Hata, Hitoshi Mohri Tohoku University School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104: 728-735DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)34743-9 AbstractA quantitative analysis of small pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, and lymphatic vessels was conducted in autopsy cases of total anomalous pulmonary venous […]

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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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Superior Approach for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rong Liufu, Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Yongmei Guan, Zhaohui Lu, Weimin Chen, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1429-1435DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.039 AbstractBackground: Studies on the outcomes of surgical repair for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection through the superior approach are

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Surgical Approaches to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone 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 2018; 21: 83-91DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2017.11.010 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) constitutes a spectrum of congenital lesions whereby the pulmonary veins remain connected to systemic 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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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes

Eric N. Feins, Christina Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mariana Chávez, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 2198-2207DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.10.022 AbstractObjective: The study objective was to evaluate outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis repair in a large single-center cohort.Methods: Clinical data

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Pulsed Doppler assessment of pulmonary vein obstruction

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Helder Pauperio, Lee Benson, Robert M. Freedom, Richard D. Rowe Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1985; 110: 483-486DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(85)90174-7 AbstractStenosis of the individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition, often presenting as recurrent pneumonia. Apart from radiologic features suggestive of pulmonary venous congestion, cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography

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Visualization of pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary artery wedge injection

Roberta M. Bini, Lionel M. Bargeron Jr University of Alabama, Birmingham.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1982; 2: 161-162DOI: 10.1007/BF02424953 AbstractOne of the major postoperative complications of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is obstruction of the pulmonary veins. This event may be apparent immediately after surgery when it is usually due to congenitally obstructed veins or later

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Unilateral pulmonary vein atresia: Diagnosis and treatment

Antoine T. Nasrallah, Charles E. Mullins, Don Singer, Gunyon Harrison, Dan G. McNamara Baylor College of Medicine.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1975; 36: 969-973DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(75)90092-2 AbstractThe clinical, hemodynamic, angiographic and pathologic features of unilateral pulmonary vein atresia in a 16 month old boy are described. The relevant findings were symptoms and signs of

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Atresia of right pulmonary veins and anomalous left pulmonary venous drainage into portal circulation

M. Samánek, S. Tüma, D. Benesová, V. Povysilová, F. Prazsky, E. Cápova University of Motol and Charles University.Czechoslovakia ThoraxThorax 1974; 29: 446-450DOI: 10.1136/thx.29.4.446 AbstractAn anomaly of pulmonary venous drainage in a male newborn infant is described whereby the left pulmonary veins entered the portal vein and the right pulmonary veins were atretic. A correct diagnosis was made

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