Age Focus: Pediatric

Hemoptysis from bronchial varices associated with pulmonary vein stenosis: role of surgical repair

A. Walsh, G. Canny, C.J. McMahon, J. M. Redmond, P. McNally Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital.Ireland Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2013; 48: 838-840DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22659 AbstractWe present the case of a 6-year-old child who presented with an episode of life threatening hemoptysis. Investigations revealed multiple areas of endobronchial varices and abnormal pleural vessels as well as severe left pulmonary […]

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Abnormalities in embryological development in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. A case report

Mihaela Balgradean, Eliza Cinteza, C. Cirstoveanu, Augustina Enculescu, Doina Plesca “Marie Skĺodowska-Curie” Emergency Children’s Hospital.Romania Romanian Journal of Morphology and EmbryologyRom J Morphol Embryol 2013; 54: 635-637DOI: Not Available AbstractPulmonary venous system development starts early in embryonic life. Abnormalities in the development of pulmonary venous system occur either by the absence of common pulmonary vein

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Cryo-balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients

Michael A. Bingler, Jeffrey R. Darst, Thomas E. Fagan Children’s Mercy Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 109-114DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0099-1 AbstractThis study sought to determine the safety and effectiveness of cryo-balloon angioplasty (CbA) for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in pediatric patients. Current therapy options for PVS are less than satisfactory due to recurrent progressive restenosis and

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: expression of receptor tyrosine kinases by lesional cells

Wolfram F. J. Riedlinger, Amy L. Juraszek, Kathy J. Jenkins, Alan W. Nugent, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Monica L. Calicchio, Mark W. Kieran, Tucker Collins Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2006; 15: 91-99DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2005.11.006 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disorder of infants. Although catheter based intervention and chemotherapy are

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Pulmonary vein and atrial wall pathology in human total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Yvonne L. Douglas, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Wietske C. E. den Hartog, Margot M. Bartelings, Ad J. J. Bogers, Tjark Ebels, Marco C. DeRuiter, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen.Netherlands International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 2009; 134: 302-312DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.098 AbstractBackground: Normally, the inside of the left atrial (LA) body and

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Absorbable polydioxanone suture and results in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Jane E. Sturtevant, Edwin C. McGough University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 55-59DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Despite theoretical advantages of absorbable suture in the growing vascular anastomosis, there has not been a documented advantage

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Technical modifications for improved results in total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

W. R. Wilson, M. N. Ilbawi, S. Y. DeLeon, J. A. Quinones, R. A. Arcilla, R. F. Sulayman, F. S. Idriss Christ Hospital and Medical CenterUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103: 861-870DOI: Not Available AbstractTo delineate factors that contribute to improved surgical outcome in patients with total anomalous

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Pulmonary vein atresia with severe contralateral pulmonary vein stenosis in a child

Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. Hoyer University of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: 15 years’ experience of a tertiary care center in Taiwan

Chun-Min Fu, Jou-Kou Wang, Chun-Wei Lu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Chun-An Chen, Chung-I. Chang, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ing-ShChiu, Mei-Hwan Wu Hsichu General Hospital.Taiwan Pediatric NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2012; 53: 164-170DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.002 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the connection between the pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrium needs to be

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Contemporary Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Patients With Heterotaxy Syndrome

Muhammad S. Khan, Roosevelt Bryant III, Sung H. Kim, Kevin D. Hill, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sara K. Pasquali, David L. S. Morales Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Duke University School of Medicine. All Children’s Hospital. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. University of Michigan.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2015; 99: 2134-2139DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.035 AbstractBackground: Total

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