Age Focus: Pediatric

Progression of vascular remodeling in pulmonary vein obstruction

Naoki Masaki, Osamu Adachi, Shintaro Katahira, Yuriko Saiki, Akira Horii, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Yoshikatsu Saiki Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 160: 777-790.e5DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.098 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) frequently occurs after repair of total anomalous pulmonary vein connection with progression of intimal hyperplasia from the anastomotic site […]

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Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis

Joshua M. Rosenblum, Husnu Firat Altin, Scott E. Gillespie, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Kirk A. Kanter, Raina Sinha, Melinda Cory, Bahaaldin Alsoufi Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 159: 1029-1036.e1DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.105 AbstractObjectives: Primary pulmonary

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Outcomes of surgery for young children with multivessel pulmonary vein stenosis

Luis G. Quinonez, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Michele Borisuk, Christina Ireland, Audrey M. Marshall, John E. Mayer, Kathy J. Jenkins, Francis E. Fynn-Thompson, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 150: 911-917DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.06.050 AbstractObjective: We pursued a multimodality approach to the treatment of patients with pulmonary vein stenosis, incorporating

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Surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: primary sutureless repair vs. conventional repair

Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuaki Fukahara, Akio Yamashita, Toshio Doi, Katsunori Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Yamashita, Takahiro Homma, Shigeki Yokoyama, Masaya Aoki, Yuki Ikeno University of Toyama.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65: 245-251DOI: 10.1007/s11748-017-0769-x AbstractDespite recent advances in surgical technique and perioperative care, the surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) remains a

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Comparison of conventional and primary sutureless surgery for repairing supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Yongfeng Zhu, Hewen Qi, Yunzhou Jin Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Cardiovascular Disease Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University. Tangshan Workers’ Hospital. Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2019; 14DOI: 10.1186/s13019-019-0853-7 AbstractObjective: The efficacy of using a sutureless approach in order to surgically manage postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis following total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Early outcomes of primary sutureless repair of the pulmonary veins

Anthony Azakie, Michael J. Lavrsen, Natalie C. Johnson, Anil Sapru UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California-San Francisco.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 666-671DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.024 AbstractBackground: The “sutureless” repair technique has improved outcomes for post-repair pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the early outcomes of primary

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Surgical management of progressive pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Francois Lacour-Gayet, Joy Zoghbi, Alain E. Serraf, Emré Belli, Dominique Piot, Christian Rey, François Marcon, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Claude Planché Marie-Lannelongue Hospital and Paris-Sud University.France Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117: 679-687DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70287-4 AbstractBackground: The occurrence of a progressive pulmonary venous obstruction after the repair of the total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is

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Persistent lung shadow in an infant with ventricular septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Tadashi Iwasa, Yoshihide Mitani, Hirofumi Sawada, Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshihiro Komada Mie University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2008; 50: 397-399PMID: 18533959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02602.x AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2008 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Mid-term results of modified L-shaped incision technique for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Zicong Feng, Yang Yang, Fengpu He, Kunjing Pang, Kai Ma, Sen Zhang, Lei Qi, Guanxi Wang, Fengqun Mao, Jianhui Yuan, Shoujun Li Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. The First Affiliated Hospital and Zhejiang University College of Medicine.China European Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryEur J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect

Kevin Hill, Karla Christian, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, Thomas Doyle Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 855-857DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9445-y AbstractRight-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device developed following closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. The obstruction was not apparent on postprocedure transesophageal echocardiogram but

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