Age Focus: Pediatric

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis-Evolving Surgical Management of a Challenging Disease

Eric N. Feins, Ryan Callahan, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8080631 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an extremely challenging clinical problem in congenital heart disease. It has traditionally required multimodal therapy given its complex underlying pathophysiology. As with other modalities, surgical therapy has undergone tremendous evolution […]

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Thoracic Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Evaluation of Characteristic Extravascular Findings

Edward Y. Lee, Kathy J. Jenkins, Sara O. Vargas, Ryan Callahan, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. Winant Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic ImagingJ Thorac Imaging 2021; 36: 318-325DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000590 AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extravascular thoracic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography findings of pediatric

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Pericardial effusion and pulmonary vein stenosis in severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Emma E. Williams, Mahesh Nanjundappa, Kunal Babla, James Wong, Theodore Dassios, Anne Greenough King’s College London and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.United Kingdom Archives of Disease in Children Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2022; 107: DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321830 AbstractAbstract Not Available

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Commentary: Pulmonary vein stenosis: Not just a surgical solution

Harold M. Burkhart, Heather N. Anderson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.066 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections

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Prognostic Significance of Computed Tomography Findings in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Laureen Sena, Ryan Callahan, Lynn A. Sleeper, Rebecca S. Beroukhim UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8050402 Abstract(1) Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) can be a severe, progressive disease with lung involvement. We aimed to characterize findings by computed tomography

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Mid-term outcomes of cor triatriatum repair: comparison of biventricular physiology and univentricular physiology

Hiroyuki Nagao, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 186-190DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003595 AbstractBackground: Cor triatriatum is the rarest of all congenital cardiac diseases, accounting for 0.1-0.4% of congenital heart diseases. Atrial septal defect is the most common associated defect; however, cor triatriatum is sometimes associated with univentricular heart.Methods: This single-centre retrospective study involved all

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The Brightest Rainbow Follows the Darkest Storm

Robert Lake McFarland Clinic. Stanford School of Medicine.United States ChildrenChildren 2020; DOI: 10.3390/children711022 AbstractA parent’s perspective on pulmonary vein stenosis through the experience of two children with the disease. CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMultidisciplinary Care Year of Publication: 2020 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Editorial or Letter Article Access: Free PDF File or

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Evolution and Current Results of a Unified Strategy for Sinus Venosus Surgery

Elizabeth H. Stephens, Michael C. Monge, Osama Eltayeb, Angira Patel, MD, Gregory Webster, Matthew D. Cornicelli, Clare Kennedy, Andrada R. Popescu, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Carl L. Backer Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2021; 111: 980-986DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.113 AbstractBackground: Given

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Single-institution outcomes of surgical repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Chen Wen, Lisheng Qiu, Haibo Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 1408-1417DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.023 AbstractObjective: This contemporary study sought to describe the outcomes of patients undergoing biventricular repair of infracardiac total

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Commentary: Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis: What we know now and what we can expect in the future

Haifa Hong Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 159: DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.201 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease Year of Publication: 2020 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type:

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