Age Focus: Pediatric

Recurrent fibrovascular granulation on PhotoFix® bovine pericardium causing systemic and pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of scimitar syndrome

Nikki Taylor, Zsofia Long, Michael Ma, Alisa Arunamata Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 829-830DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121000822 AbstractA young adult with late diagnosis of scimitar syndrome underwent infradiaphragmatic baffling of the scimitar vein to left atrium through an intra-atrial tunnel using PhotoFix® bovine pericardium with recurrent extensive fibrovascular granulation of […]

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Hybrid approach to pulmonary vein stenting after Fontan palliation

Daniel R. Critchfield, Reid C. Chamberlain, Joseph W. Turek, Gregory A. Fleming Duke University Medical Center.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2023;DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30831 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is poorly tolerated in patients who have undergone Fontan palliation and typically requires surgical or transcatheter intervention. Percutaneous transcatheter approaches to intervention can be technically difficult due to

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Intraoperative and percutaneous stenting of congenital pulmonary artery and vein stenosis

Alan M. Mendelsohn, Edward L. Bove, Flavian M. Lupinetti, Dennis C. Crowley, Thomas R. Lloyd, Raymond T. Fedderly, Robert H. Beekman III University of Michigan Medical Center.United States CirculationCirculation 1993; 88: II210-II217DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Conventional surgical or balloon dilation therapy for pulmonary artery or vein stenosis has been unsatisfactory in many patients. Balloon-expandable stents offer

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Pulmonary vein stenosis of ex-premature infants with pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, epidemiology, and survival from a multicenter cohort

Linda Mahgoub, Tarek Kaddoura, A. Rebecca Kameny, Palmona Lopez Ortego, Rachael D. Vanderlaan, Ashok Kakadekar, Frank Dicke, Ivan Rebeyka, Christopher A. Caldarone, Andrew Redington, Maria Jesus del Cerro, Jeff Fineman, Ian Adatia Stollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta. Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California San Francisco. Hospital for Sick Children. Royal University Hospital.

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Surgical repair for primary pulmonary vein stenosis: Single-institution, midterm follow-up

Guocheng Shi, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen, Haibo Zhang, Jinghao Zheng, Jinfeng Liu Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 150: 181-188DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.03.032 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare congenital heart condition and carries a poor prognosis.Methods: A retrospective review of 18

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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations

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Pediatric lung transplantation. Indications, techniques, and early results

Thomas L. Spray, George B. Mallory, Charles B. Canter, Charles B. Huddleston Washington University School of Medicine.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994; 107: 990-999DOI: Not Available AbstractFrom July 1990 to April 1993, 36 lung transplantations in 33 patients were performed in our pediatric transplant program (0.25 to 23 years,

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Golde G. Dudell, Marva L. Evans, Henry F. Krous, Robert L. Spicer, John J. Lamberti Children’s Hospital, San Diego.United States PediatricsPediatrics 1993; 91: 403-410DOI: Not Available AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare form of cyanotic congenital heart disease in which the pulmonary veins join to form a blind confluence that does not communicate with

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[Surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Darling type Ib using pedicled right atrial flap]

S. Nemoto, Y. Imai, S. Hoshino, K. Ishihara, K. Sawatari, H. Misumi, M. Terada, T. Hiramatsu, H. Hikawa Tokyo Women’s Medical College.Japan Kyobu Geka (Japanese Journal of Thoracic SurgeryKyobu Geka 1992; 45: 878-882DOI: Not Available AbstractA one-month-old baby with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) type Ib underwent a total correction with a pedicled right

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Pulsed wave and color Doppler findings in congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Steven A. Webber, Eustace de Souza, Michael W. H. Patterson British Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1992; 13: 112-115DOI: 10.1007/BF00798218 AbstractA premature infant presented at 8 weeks of age with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. Two-dimensional echocardiography was not diagnostic but color flow imaging and pulsed Doppler examination revealed turbulent

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