Age Focus: Pediatric

Mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: diagnosis, surgical approach and outcomes

Ming Xiang, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Quan Wang, Linyun Xi Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2019; 15DOI: 10.1186/s13019-020-01332-7 AbstractPurpose: To summarize the diagnosis and treatment of 13 patients with mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) and propose another classification for mixed TAPVC.Methods: A retrospective review […]

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A Risk Prediction Model for Reintervention After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair

Aditya Sengupta, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Aditya Kaza, Christopher W. Baird, David N. Schidlow, Pedro J. Del Nido, Meena Nathan Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Harvard School of Public Health.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023; 116: 796-802DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.058 AbstractBackground: Outcomes after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair remain suboptimal due to recurrent pulmonary

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Variceal Hemorrhage in Two Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Long-Term Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

Lay Queen Ng, Jonathan T. L. Choo, Marielle V. Fortier, Fang Kuan Chiou KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.Singapore Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ReportsJPGN Rep 2020; 2DOI: 10.1097/PG9.0000000000000028 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSymptoms and Quality of

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Repair of a mixed form of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Yuki Kawasaki, John N. Dentel, Henry L. Walters, James M. Galas, Daisuke Kobayashi Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Wayne State University School of Medicine. Osaka City General Hospital Paediatric Medical Center.United States and Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 300-302DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003625 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare congenital heart defect. We report

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The Warden procedure for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children: 10 years experience in 65 cases

Hesham Alkady, Ahmed Elnaggar, Mahmoud Eldegwy, Abdallah Nosair Cairo University.Egypt Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 1486-1489DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002516 AbstractIntroduction: In this study, we share our experience in the Warden procedure for the repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections (PAPVCs) draining high in the superior caval vein in 65 cases of the paediatric age group over

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Modified Warden Operation With the Use of Femoral Vein Homograft for Repair of a Variant of Right-Sided Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Josue Chery, Karthik Ramakrishnan, Russel Cross, Richard A. Jonas Virginia Commonwealth University. Children’s National Health System and George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.United States World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2020; 11: 217-219DOI: 10.1177/2150135119888219 AbstractSurgical repair of right-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) involves baffling

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Essential role of cardiac computed tomography for surgical decision making in children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and single ventricle

Ana L. Vasquez Choy, Dilachew A. Adebo, Sheba John, Christopher E. Greenleaf, Jorge D. Salazar, Antonio F. Korno Children’s Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital and University of Texas Medical School at Houston.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 1544-1549DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16427 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a major risk factor in infants

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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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