Age Focus: Pediatric

The many faces and outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis in early childhood

Tilman Humpl, Jeffrey Fineman, Athar M. Qureshi University Children’s Hospital Berne. University of California, San Francisco. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Switzerland and United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56: 649-655DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24848 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare and poorly understood condition causing obstruction of the large pulmonary veins and of blood flow from […]

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Moving From Past Pessimism to Future Optimism

Daniel I. McLennan, Elyan C. Ruiz Solano, Stephanie S. Handler, Joy Lincoln, Michael E. Mitchell, Edward C. Kirkpatrick Medical College of Wisconsin.United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2021;DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.747812 AbstractPulmonary Vein Stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with a prevalence of around 1. 7 cases per 100,000 children under 2 years old. Treatment options for this

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Clinical Outcomes, Predictors, and Surgical Management of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Zicong Feng, Fengqun Mao, Kai Ma, Fengpu He, Yang Yang, Jianhui Yuan, Sen Zhang, Benquin Zhang, Qiyu He, Shouju Li Fuwai Hospital, National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College. The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine.China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2022; 113: 1239-1247DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.03.015

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Incremental Knowledge Gains to Improve Outcomes

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children. Texas Children’s Hospital.Canada and United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8060481 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis remains a considerable clinical challenge, with high mortality still present in children with progressive disease. In this review, we discuss the clinical spectrum of pulmonary vein stenosis and what is known about the

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Predictive Factors for Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Admission and Mechanical Ventilation After Cardiac Catheterization for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Wiriya Maisat, Koichi Yuki Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 36: 2500-2508DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.02.024 AbstractObjective: To investigate the predictive factors for postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) admission and mechanical ventilation (MV) after cardiac catheterization for pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Design: A retrospective observational study.Setting: At a single tertiary

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Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A New Look at a Rare but Challenging Disease

Aditya V. Jadcherla, Carl H. Backes, Clifford L. Cua, Charles V. Smith, Philip T. Levy, Molly K. Ball Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University College of Medicine. University of Washington School of Medicine. Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.United States NeoReviewsNeoreviews 2021; 22: e296-e308DOI: 10.1542/neo.22-5-e296 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PPVS) represents a rare but

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Rare Disease with a Global Reach

Jennifer Schramm, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Guillermo E. Moreno, Dinh Quang Le Thanh, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kaitlin Doherty-Schmeck, Kathy J. JenkinsChildren’s National Hospital. National Heart Institute. Hospital de Pediatría “Professor Dr. Juan P. Garrahan”. Children’s Hospital 1. Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States, Malaysia, Argentina, Vietnam ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8030198 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, but high mortality

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Correlation of Intravascular Ultrasound with Histology in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Zachary Gauthier, Shuhei Toba, Stephen P. Sanders, Diego Porras, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8030193 AbstractPreliminary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images of suspected pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) demonstrate wall thickening. It is unclear how the IVUS-delineated constituents of wall thickening correlate with the histology.

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Lung and Pleural Findings of Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with and without Aspiration: MDCT Evaluation

Abbey J. Winant, Ryan Callahan, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Vanessa Rameh, Patrick R. Johnston, Maria Niccum, Mirjam L. Keochakian, Edward Y. Lee Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States ChildrenChildren 2022; 9DOI: 10.3390/children9040543 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively compare the lung and pleural findings in children with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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Pleuropulmonary MDCT Findings: Comparison between Children with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis and Prematurity-Related Lung Disease

Abbey J. Winant, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Ryan Callahan, Vanessa Rameh, Katie A. Krone, Patrick R. Johnston, Mirjam L. Keochakian, Edward Y. Lee Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2022; 9DOI: 10.3390/children9030355 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively compare the pleuropulmonary MDCT findings in children with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and prematurity-related lung disease

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