Age Focus: Pediatric

Hybrid Pulmonary Vein Stenting in Infants with Refractory to Surgical Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Repair

Ja Kyoung Yoon, Gi Beom Kim, Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Woong Han Kim, Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul Lee Seoul National University Children’s Hospital. Sejong General Hospital.Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 1642-1649DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1944-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is still a frustrating disease with extremely high mortality, especially in children with multiple […]

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Adjunct Targeted Biologic Inhibition Agents to Treat Aggressive Multivessel Intraluminal Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Steven D. Colan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Chistina M. Ireland, Audrey Marshall, Laureen M. Sena, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. UMass Memorial Medical Center.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2018; 198: 29-35DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.029 AbstractObjective: To

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Progressive pulmonary vein stenosis in Down syndrome infant: a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension

Norazah Zahari, Joyce Darshinee Dom Sirisani University of Malaya.Malaysia Medical Journal of MalaysiaMed J Malaysia 2018; 73: 119-120DOI: Not available AbstractPulmonary veins stenosis in a Down Syndrome infant with normal connection pulmonary vein is rare and precise incidence of this disease is unknown. We report a case of progressive multiple pulmonary vein stenosis in a

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Congenital multiple pulmonary vein atresia and stenosis in an infant

Yuriko Abe, Naokata Sumitomo, Mamoru Ayusawa, Tsutomu Yamada, Masahiko Sugitani Nihon University School of Medicine. Saitama Medical University International Medical Center.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2018; 60: 976-978DOI: 10.1111/ped.13664 AbstractNo abstract available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 2018 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with collateralization via esophageal varices: Long-term follow-up after successful treatment with drug-eluting stent

Jason F. Goldberg, Craig L. Jensen, Rajesh Krishnamurthy, Nidhy P. Varghese, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2018; 13: 124-130DOI: 10.1111/chd.12537 AbstractObjective: We describe the long-term follow-up of a child with recurrent hemoptysis due to severe pulmonary vein stenosis decompressing via collaterals to esophageal varices.Design: Case report Setting:

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Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV)

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Key technical steps in dual-pathway repair of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Gananjay Gopalrao Salve, Shreepal Ambalal Jain, Krishnanaik Shivaprakash Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2018; 26: 498-501DOI: 10.1177/0218492318780804 AbstractWe present the case of a 2-year-old girl with congenital stenosis of the left inferior pulmonary vein associated with a large perimembranous ventricular septal defect. The child underwent repair of the

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Practices surrounding pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia amongst neonatologists caring for premature infants

Gabriel Altit, Henry C. Lee, Susan Hintz, Theresa A. Tacy, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Shazia Bhombal Montreal Children’s Hospital and McGill University. Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital.Canada and United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2018; 38: 361-367DOI: 10.1038/s41372-017-0025-3 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Screening strategies, a thorough investigation of co-morbidities, and

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Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis

Hanjay Wang, David Kalfa, Marlon S. Rosenbaum, Jonathan N. Ginns, Matthew J. Lewis, Julie S. Glickstein, Emile A. Bacha, Paul J. Chai Columbia University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 592-598DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome involves congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava. Optimal management remains controversial. We describe

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Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood

Michael L. O’Byrne, Russell R. Cross, Gerard R. Martin The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,Philadelphia. Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Health Sciences.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2018; 28: 329-333DOI: 10.1017/S1047951117001822 AbstractAn asymptomatic 6-year-old boy with a history of right lung hypoplasia was referred for cardiology evaluation. Echocardiography demonstrated right pulmonary

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