Age Focus: Pediatric

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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Sutureless pericardial marsupialization for the repair of congenital right pulmonary veins atresia

Yoshie Ochiai, Yusuke Ando, Shigehiko Tokunaga, Jun Muneuchi Japan Community Health Care Organization (JCHO) and Kyushu Hospital.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 151-152DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy024 AbstractWe present a very rare case of isolated right pulmonary veins atresia in a 4-year-old girl. As the presence of a pulsatile blind pulmonary venous confluence adjacent

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Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes, Risk Factors, and Severity Score in a Multicentric Study

David Kalfa, Emre Belli, Emile Bacha, Duccio di Carlo, Martin Kostolny, Jukka Salminen, Matej Nosal, Alain Poncelet, Jurgen Horer, Hakan Berggren, Illya Yemets, Mark Hazekamp, Bohdan Maruszewski, George Sarris, Marco Pozzi, Tjark Ebels, Francois Lacour-Gayet for the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center. Marie

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Paucicellular Fibrointimal Proliferation Characterizes Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 213 Samples From 97 Patients

Alexandra E. Kovach, Philip M. Magcalas, Christina Ireland, Kerry McEnany, Andre M. Oliveira, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Kathy Jenkins, MD, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital. Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Mayo Clinic.United States American Journal of Surgical PathologyAm J Surg Pathol 2017; 41: 1198-1204DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000892 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a luminal narrowing of

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Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Melinda J. Cory, Yinn K. Ooi, Michael S. Kelleman, Robert N. Vincent, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsJACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10: 1788-1798DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.052 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate survival following catheter intervention

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Persistent Oxygen Requirement beyond Prematurity: A Case of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Tyler A. Fick, Bernadette Richards , Carl H. Backes, Molly K. Ball Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.United States Care Reports in PediatricsCase Rep Pediatr 2017;DOI: 10.1155/2017/3106871 AbstractAcquired pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac defect and diagnosis can often be challenging, as many cases present with refractory or prolonged oxygen requirement

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Selective pulmonary artery occlusion to treat hemoptysis associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Melissa S. W. Yamauchi, Mary Hunt Martin, Harlan R. Muntz, Ronald W. Day University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2017; 22: 280-282DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.005 AbstractHemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options

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