Age Focus: Pediatric

First experience with a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in a neonate

Goetz Christoph Mueller, Ali Dodge-Khatami, Jochen Weil University Heart Center Hamburg.Germany Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2010; 20: 455-458DOI: 10.1017/S1047951110000703 AbstractPaclitaxel-eluting balloons are a new and innovative method in the treatment of in-stent stenosis and small vessel disease in adult cardiac pathology. The treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is difficult to manage, and results in […]

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Drug-eluting stents ameliorate pulmonary vein stenotic changes in pigs in vivo

Takeshi Furukawa, Masahiko Kishiro, Hideo Fukunaga, Masahiro Ohtsuki, Ken Takahashi, Katsumi Akimoto, Toshiaki Shimizu, Shiori Kawasaki, Toshio Kumasaka Juntendo University School of Medicine.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 773-779DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9695-8 AbstractThe outcome of stent implantation for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children remains poor. Several reports describe placing drug-eluting stents to treat PVS, but their effectiveness

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Successful pediatric single-lung transplantation with previous contralateral pneumonectomy, using controlled “donation after cardiac death” lung, for congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Amit Pawale, Michael McKean, John Dark, Asif Hasan Freeman Hospital.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139: e125-e126DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.006 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous ObstructionSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease Lung Transplantation

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A mother and daughter with the p.R443X mutation of mucopolysaccharidosis type II: Genotype and phenotype analysis

Young Bae Sohn, Su Jin Kim, Sung Won Park, Hyung-Doo Park, Chang-Seok Ki, Chi Hwa Kim, Seung Won Huh, Sunghee Yeau, Kyung-Hoon Paik, Dong-Kyu Jin Samsung Medical Center.Republic of Korea American Journal of Medical GeneticsAm J Med Genet 2010; 152A: 3129-3132DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33589 AbstractMucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunter syndrome) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency

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Outcomes and Risk Factors of Interventions for Pediatric Post-operative Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Kristin T. Fujita, Michael P. DiLorenzo, Usha Krishnan, Mariel E. Turner, Oliver M. Barry, Alejandro J. Torres, Emile A. Bacha, David Kalfa, Matthew A. Crystal Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03214-w AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a challenging condition with poor outcomes. Post-operative

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Evaluation of paediatric pulmonary vein stenosis by cardiac CT angiography: a comparative study with transthoracic echocardiography and catheter angiogram

R. Salman, S. R. More, M. P. Ferreira Botelho, P. M. Ketwaroo, P. M. Masand, S. P. Jadhav Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Virtual Radiologic Corporation.United States Clinical RadiologyClin Radiol 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.06.002 AbstractAim: To compare prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and cardiac catheter angiography (CCA) for paediatric

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Management of pulmonary venous obstruction after correction of TAPVC: risk factors for adverse outcome

Marco Ricci, M. Elliotta, G. A. Cohen, G. Catalana, J. Stark, Mark R. de Leval, V. T. Tsang Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.United Kingdom European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003; 24: 28-36DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(03)00180-5 AbstractObjective: Recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) occurs in 0-18% of infants undergoing correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Primary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using a modified sutureless technique

Efren Buitrago, Anthony L. Panos, Marco Ricci Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2008; 86: 320-322DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.093 AbstractPrimary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with a significant risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. Herein we describe a

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Modified “sutureless” anastomosis for primary repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Maria R. Suarez, Anthony L. Panos, Tomas A. Salerno, Marco Ricci Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2009; 24: 564-566DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00886.x AbstractRepair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is associated with a risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. In this

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Outcomes after stent implantation for the treatment of congenital and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in children

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Audrey C. Marshall, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Lynn F. Peng, Alan W. Nugent, James E. Lock, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 5: 109-117DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964189 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition that can lead to worsening pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure in children, and it is frequently lethal. Surgical and transcatheter approaches are acutely successful but restenosis is common

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