Age Focus: Pediatric

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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Outcomes in Establishing Individual Vessel Patency for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Audrey C. Marshall, Laureen M. Sena, Christopher W. Baird, Christina M. Ireland, Kerry McEnaney, Elsa C. Bjornlund, Juliana T. Mendonca, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8030210 AbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine what patient and pulmonary vein characteristics at the diagnosis

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“Half-uncovered technique” to secure larger stents for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis

Hiroaki Kise, Takanari Fujii, Hideshi Tomita Showa University.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 1327-1329DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121004790 AbstractAlthough larger stent placement could be effective for pulmonary vein stenosis, stents extrusion tends to occur due to caliber narrowing, small landing area, and the slippery nature. We placed stents with diameter ≧8 mm for four stenotic lesions using

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Shortening of Palmaz Genesis XD stents by longitudinal compression in pediatric patients with pulmonary vein stenosis: Bench-testing and case series

Melissa K. Webb, Henri Justino Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 99: 116-120DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29984 AbstractThe Palmaz Genesis XD stents (Cordis®, Cardinal Health, Dublin, OH) are an ideal option for stenting vessels in pediatric patients due to their ability to be re-dilated to large diameters to accompany

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