Age Focus: Pediatric

Common pulmonary vein atresia

Thomas Glenn, Jose Honold, Beth F. Printz, Dana Mueller University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 668-670DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003565 AbstractA 4-hour-old infant with profound cyanosis on an alprostadil infusion was urgently transferred to Rady Children’s Hospital with suspected CHD. Upon arrival, urgent echocardiography was performed […]

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. Vanderlaan Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and

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Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Provides the Filling for the Angiogram’s Crust: Benefits of IVUS in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Caitlin M. Heyden, Jonathan E. Brock, Kanishka Ratnayaka,  John W. Moore,  Howaida G. El-Said Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E978-E985 AbstractBackground: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based imaging modality that generates cross-sectional views of vessel walls and lumens. This technique is used in adult interventional and vascular surgeries to

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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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Tailoring stents to fit the anatomy of unique vascular stenoses in congenital heart disease

Patrick M. Sullivan, Aimee Liou, Cheryl Takao, Henri Justino, Christopher J. Petit, Jorge D. Salazar, Frank F. Ing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. Zablah University Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Barry O’Callaghan, Michael Shorofsky, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. Morgan Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 1054-1063DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02824-0 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a morbid disease and limited progress has been made in improving outcomes for this heterogenous group of patients. Evaluation

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In Search of the Holy Grail for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2819-2821DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.029 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Progression of Disease. Efficacy or Lack of EfficacyMedical Therapy to Prevent Recurrence of Disease

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Isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins

Alberto Cabrera, Carlos Vazquez, Iñaki Lekuona Hospital Infantil, Bilbao.Spain International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1985; 7: 298-302DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(85)90055-5 AbstractFour cases of congenital isolated atresia of the left pulmonary veins were observed over a 12-year period. The diagnosis was established through radionuclide pulmonary perfusion studies together with cardiac catheterization and pulmonary arteriography. Both procedures showed an

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Surgical management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Thomas L. Spray, Nancy D. Bridges The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 1999; 2: 177-188DOI: 10.1016/s1092-9126(99)70015-3 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis describes a variety of entities with a variable clinical course. The basic pathologic process appears to be fibrous intimal thickening,

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