Age Focus: Pediatric

Pulmonary venous obstruction following correction for total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: a challenge

H. J. van de Wal, D. I. Hamilton, Michael J. Godman, Leon K. Lacquet, Anton van Oort Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital.Netherlands European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992; 6: 545-549DOI: 10.1016/1010-7940(92)90006-j AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) is a serious condition. Pulmonary venous obstruction can be the result […]

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis: the impact of sutureless repair on survival

Nicola Viola, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Donald G. Perrin, Gregory J. Wilson, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone Southampton University Hospital. Hospital for Sick Children.United Kingdom and Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 142: 344-350DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.004 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often associated with relentless restenosis and early death. During the last

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Primary sutureless repair for infants with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Osami Honjo, Cori R. Atlin, Barbara C. S. Hamilton, Osman Al-Radi, Nicola Viola, John G. Coles, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2010; 90: 862-868DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.007 AbstractBackground: Mixed type total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) poses technical challenges and high mortality owing to diminutive size and

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Outcomes after surgical treatment of children with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Sally Cai, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Christopher A. Caldarone, John G. Coles Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2007; 84: 2020-2026DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.046 AbstractBackground: We explore early results and time-related morbidity after surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) at our institution.Methods: Between 1982

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Factors associated with mortality and reoperation in 377 children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Tara Karamlou, Rebecca Gurofsky, Eisar Al Sukhni, John G. Coles, William G. Williams, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Brian W. McCrindle University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada CirculationCirculation 2007; 115: 1591-1598DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.635441 AbstractBackground: We sought to determine era-specific changes in the incidence of mortality and reoperation in children with total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Conventional and sutureless techniques for management of the pulmonary veins: Evolution of indications from postrepair pulmonary vein stenosis to primary pulmonary vein anomalies

Tae-Jin Yun, John G. Coles, Igor E. Konstantinov, Osman O. Al-Radi, Rachel M. Wald, Vitor Guerra, Nilto C. de Oliveira, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Jeffrey Smallhorn, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 129: 167-174DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.043 AbstractObjective: We have previously

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A sutureless technique for the relief of pulmonary vein stenosis with the use of in situ pericardium

Hani K. Najm, Christopher A. Caldarone, Jeffery Smallhorn, John G. Coles Hospital of Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998; 115: 468-470DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(98)70294-6 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the

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Alterations in elastin and collagen related to the mechanism of progressive pulmonary venous obstruction in a piglet model. A hemodynamic, ultrastructural, and biochemical study

Jay I. LaBourene, John G. Coles, Dorothy J. Johnson, Arun Mehra, Fred W. Keeley, Marlene Rabinovitch Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Circulation ResearchCirc Res 1990; 66: 438-456DOI: 10.1161/01.res.66.2.438 AbstractWe created an animal model to understand better the pathogenesis and underlying mechanism of progressive central pulmonary venous (PV) obstruction, a condition not amenable to current therapy. Twenty piglets

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Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures in pediatric cardiac transplant patients: transplant surgery is not the end of the road

Gira S. Morchi, Biagio Pietra, Mark M. Boucek, Kak-Chen Chan The Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.United States Cathetrization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2008; 72: 831-836.DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21725 AbstractObjectives: The objectives of this study are to report the spectrum of cardiac lesions in pediatric patients post-orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), the characteristics of patients who

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Seventeen-year surgical experience

R. K. Lamb, S. A. Qureshi, J. L. Wilkinson, R. Arnold, C. R. West, D. I. Hamilton Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988; 96: 368-375DOI: Not Available AbstractBetween 1968 and 1985, 80 children underwent correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. There were 47 boys and

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