Age Focus: Pediatric

Long-term results of treatments for functional single ventricle associated with extracardiac type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Tatsuya Oda, Masataka Kitano, Kenichi Kurosaki, Isao Shiraishi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hajime Ichikawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013; 43: 965-970DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs594 AbstractObjectives: Surgical outcomes of patients with functional single ventricle have improved, though those for patients whose condition is complicated by extracardiac type total anomalous […]

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in 80 patients: Primary sutureless repair and outcomes

Gefei Li, Baoying Meng, Cheng Zhang, Weimin Zhang, Xiaodong Zhou, Qing Zhang, Yiqun Ding Shenzhen Children’s Hospital. The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital.Hong Kong Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2023; 9DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.1086596 AbstractIntroduction: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare but critical cardiac anomaly, in which pulmonary veins are connected to an abnormal location rather than

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Outcomes of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair in neonates with univentricular circulation

Matthew S. Yong, Michael Z. L. Zhua, Yves d’Udekema, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne andMurdoch Children’s Research Institute.Australia Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 756-760DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy159 AbstractSurvival after surgery for isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage has improved in the current era. However, outcomes of total anomalous pulmonary

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Bilateral pulmonary vein stenting for pulmonary vein obstruction after surgical correction of total abnormal pulmonary venous connection

İbrahim Cansaran Tanıdır, Pelin Ayyıldız, Erkut Öztürk, Yakup Ergül, Alper Güzeltaş İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center and Research Hospital.Turkey The Anatolian Journal of CardiologyAnatol J Cardiol 2015; 15: 954-955DOI: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2015.6627 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of

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Comparison of Sutureless and Conventional Techniques to Repair Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Cheng Zhang, Yanqiu Ou, Jian Zhuang, Jimei Chen, Zhiqiang Nie, Yiqun Ding Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences.China Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 28: 473-484DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2016.05.009 AbstractSurgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is challenging. This study aimed to compare the outcomes of the sutureless and

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Preoperative Anatomy, Physiology, Imaging, and Interventional Management of Postoperative Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

Matthew D. Files, Brian Morray Seattle Children’s Hospital.United States Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular AnesthesiaSemin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2017; 21: 123-131DOI: 10.1177/1089253216672442 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection refers to a spectrum of cardiac anomalies where the pulmonary veins fail to return to the left atrium and the pulmonary venous blood returns through a systemic vein or

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Hybrid Approach for Recanalization and Stenting of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Occlusion

Gur Mainzur, Eric Rosenthal, Conal Austin, Gareth Morgan Evelina London Children’s Hospital. St Thomas’ Hospital.United Kingdom Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 983-985DOI: 10.1007/s00246-016-1376-9 AbstractA 5-year-old child with a Fontan circulation presented with acquired left pulmonary vein occlusion related to a previous surgical repair. We managed this lesion using a hybrid technique to perforate, dilate and stent

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Diagnosis of secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia in congenital heart disease: a novel role for chest ultrasound and prognostic implications

Christopher Z. Lam, Tamnay Anant Bhamare, Tamadhir Gazzaz, David Manson, Tilman Humpl, Mike Seed The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2017; 47: 1441-1451DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-3892-z AbstractBackground: Secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia is a complication of congenital heart disease that results from chronic pulmonary venous obstruction.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the performance of chest ultrasound (US)

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Double-decker repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return into the superior vena cava

Hisayuki Hongu, Masaaki Yamagishi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Keiichi Itatani, Satoshi Asada, Shuhei Fujita, Hitoshi Yaku Children’s Medical Center and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 157: 1970-1977DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.057 AbstractObjective: Conventional procedures for partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) to the superior vena cava (SVC) still have serious complications, such

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Pulmonary Hemodynamic Changes with Nitric Oxide or Oxygen in a Patient with Asplenia, Single Right Ventricle, and Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection after Fontan Procedure

Hideharu Oka, Kouichi Nakau, Aya Kajihama, Masaya Sugimoto, Hiroshi Azuma Asahikawa Medical University.Japan Case Reports in CardiologyCase Rep Cardiol 2018;DOI: 10.1155/2018/3736254 AbstractAsplenia syndrome is frequently complicated by a total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Pulmonary venous obstruction, following total anomalous pulmonary venous connection surgery, is one of the risk factors for morbidity and mortality. In some patients,

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