Age Focus: Pediatric

Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary venous anomalies

J. René Herlong, James J. Jaggers, Ross M. Ungerleider Duke University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2000; 69 (4 Suppl): S56-S69DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)01237-0 AbstractThe extant nomenclature for pulmonary venous anomalies is reviewed for the purpose of establishing a unified reporting system. The subject was debated and reviewed by members of the STS-Congenital Heart […]

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Pulmonary vein atresia with Shone’s anomaly in an infant: a case report

C. F. Cheng, J. K. Wang, M. H. Wu Buddhist Tzu-chi General Hospital.Taiwan Acta CardiologyActa Cardiol 1999; 54: 287-290DOI Not Available AbstractWe report a case of individual pulmonary vein atresia associated with multiple levels of left heart obstruction, including aortic coarctation, valvular aortic stenosis, and parachute mitral valves with stenosis. The diagnosis of pulmonary vein

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with normal connection: associated cardiac abnormalities and variable outcome

John P. Breinholt, John A. Hawkins, LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Garth S. Orsmond, Saskia Ritter, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 68: 164-168DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00311-2 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis with anatomically normal connection is considered rare, unresponsive to treatment, progressive, and usually fatal.Methods: We

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Scimitar syndrome: twenty years’ experience and results of repair

Hani K. Najm, William G. Williams, John G. Coles, Ivan M. Rebeyka, Robert M. Freedom Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Journal of Thoracic anc Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 112: 1161-1168DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(96)70129-0 AbstractBackground: Thirty-two patients with scimitar syndrome were seen in the period between 1975 and 1995. There were 11 male and 21 female patients. Median age

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Pulmonary vein stenosis

Chen-Chih J. Sun, Thomas Doyle, Richard E. Ringel University of Maryland.United States Human PathologyHuman Pathol 1995; 26: 880-886DOI: 10.1016/0046-8177(95)90011-x AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder. Accurate diagnosis often requires anatomical examination. We report four children with pulmonary vein stenosis. Autopsy showed bilateral lesions in two patients who were thought clinically to have unilateral disease. A diagnosis of PVS was

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Visualization of pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary artery wedge injection and documentation by pressure tracings: report of one case with persistent wheezing following correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Meng-Luen Lee, Jou-Kou Wang, Hung-Chi Lue National Taiwan University Hospital.Taiwan International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1995; 49: 167-172DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02277-4 AbstractA 21-month-old boy presented with persistent wheezing 16.5 months after cardiac surgery for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. He had presented at birth with cyanosis and at the age of 25 days, underwent initial cardiac

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Isolated pulmonary vein stenosis in complex congenital heart disease, simulating cor triatriatum by cardiac catheterization and transoesophageal echocardiography

A. H. Cromme-Diijkhuis, A. J. Bogers, J. Hess Sophia Children’s Hospital and University Hospital.Netherlands European Heart JournalEur Heart J 1995; 16: 287-288DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060900 AbstractA case of localized stenosis of the lower left pulmonary vein, associated with perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) and secundum atrial defect (ASD), a borderline sized mitral valve apparatus and left ventricle, is

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Stenosis of pulmonary veins with ventricular septal defect: visualization of the pulmonary veins after pulmonary arterial banding

Yung-Chang Lai, Mei-Hwan Wu, Chung-I Chang National Taiwan University Hospital.Taiwan International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1994; 45: 80-82DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(94)90057-4 AbstractA case of ‘absent’ left pulmonary vein with ventricular septal defect was diagnosed based on echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization at newborn stage. Pulmonary arterial banding was performed at the age of 1 month

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Progressive pulmonary venous obstruction and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis associated with tetralogy of Fallot

M. E. McConnell, A. D. Pacifico, W. H. Johnson Jr, E. Mroczek University of Alabama in Birmingham.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1994; 15: 95-99DOI: 10.1007/BF00817617 AbstractStenosis of individual pulmonary veins is a rare condition associated with a very high mortality. The present report is the first known case of progressive pulmonary venous obstruction associated with the

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