Age Focus: Pediatric

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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Is Sutureless Technique Beneficial in the Primary Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Yuhao Wu, Liangjing Xin, Yuehang Zhou, Hongyu Kuang, Xin Jin, Yonggang Li Chu Wu Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University.China Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2019; 40: 881-891DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1948-y AbstractA meta-analysis was performed for a comparison of outcomes between sutureless technique and conventional surgery for primary repair for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Electronic databases including PubMed,

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Sutureless technique versus conventional surgery in the primary treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuhao Wu, Zhichao Wu, Junmeng Zheng, Yonggang Li, Yuehang Zhou, Hongyu Kuang, Xin Jin, Chun Wu Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital and Sun Yat-Sen University. Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders. China International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders.China Journal of

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Postoperative Obstruction of the Pulmonary Veins in Mixed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Deborah Y. Ho, Brian R. White, Andrew C. Glatz, Christopher E. Mascio, Paul Mark Stephens Jr, Meryl S. Cohen The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2018; 39: 1489-1495DOI: 10.1007/s00246-018-1921-9 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare form of congenital heart disease in which the pulmonary veins drain by various pathways to

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