Age Focus: Pediatric

Complete absence of pulmonary veins

M. A. Ralston, D. W. Teske Children’s Hospital, Columbus.United States Clinical CardiologyClin Cardiol 1988; 11: 272-275DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960110415 AbstractVarious types of pulmonary venous return abnormalities have been described in the literature. This report presents a case in which a 4-h-old neonate presented with cyanotic heart disease and respiratory distress. This neonate was subsequently shown to have complete […]

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Long-Term Outcomes of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage Repair in Neonates and Infants

Matthew S. Yong, Nima Yaftian, Sophie Griffiths, Johann Brink, Terry Robertson, Luigi D’Orsogna, Robert G. Weintraub, Yves d’Udekem, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital. University of Melbourne. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Princess Margaret Hospital.Australia Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1232-1238DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.048 AbstractBackground: Outcomes of operations for total

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Failure of Pulmonary Venous Atrioplasy to Relieve Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Following Mustard’s Operation

David J. Driscoll, Michael R. Nihill, Denton A. Cooley Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute.United States Cardiovascular DiseasesCardiovasc Dis 1976; 3: 430-437DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Atrial Baffle Procedures for Transposition of the Great ArteriesSymptoms and Quality of Life Associated with Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

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Modified superior approach for repair of supracardiac and mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Alain Serraf, Emré Belli, Danie lRoux, Miguel Sousa-Uva, Francois Lacour-Gayet, Claude Planché Marie-Lannelongue Hospital.France Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1998; 65: 1391-1393DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00141-6 AbstractBackground: The main goal in the surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is to reestablish a wide patent connection between the common pulmonary vein and the left atrium. Several techniques have

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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein: report of one case

Gita T. Mody, Gordan M. Folger, Jr. Henry Ford HospitalUnited States PediatricsPediatrics 1974; 54: 62-66DOI.org/10.1542/peds.54.1.62 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 1974 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article Access: Free PDF File or Full Text

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Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis associated with a blind common pulmonary vein

Arkadi M. Rywlin, Rita M. Fojaco University of Miami.United States Pediatrics Pediatrics 1968; 41: 931–934https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.41.5.931 AbstractThree main theories have to be considered in the pathogenesis of congenital pulmonary lymphangectasis: obstruction of major pulmonary lymphatics, obstruction to pulmonary venous flow, and anomalous pulmonary development. The authors report an infant with congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis associated with a blind

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Surgical management of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Thirty-year trends

Ko Bando, Mark W. Turrentine, Gregory J. Ensing, K. Sun, Thomas G. Sharp Y. Sekine, Donald A. Girod, John W. Brown James W. Riley Hospital for Children.United States CirculationCirculation 1996; 94(9 Suppl): II12-II16DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Reports of surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) over the past 30 years indicate a general improvement

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Long-term outcomes of total correction for isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: lessons from 50-years’ experience

Takahiko Sakamoto, Mitsugi Nagashima, Kentarou Umezu, Ryogo Houki, Jin Ikarashi, Junko Katagiri, Kenji Yamazaki The Heart Institute of Japan and Tokyo Women’s Medical University.Japan Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018; 27: 20-26DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy034 AbstractObjectives: Isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a relatively rare congenital cardiac defect, while pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) is

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Correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection of the cardiac type

R. Aeba, T. Katogi, S. Takeuchi, S. Kawada Keio University.Japan Cardiovascular SurgeryCardiovasc Surg 1998; 6: 50-57DOI: 10.1016/s0967-2109(97)00112-9 AbstractSurgical treatment of the cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection requires special techniques. The treatment and outcome in 17 consecutive patients who had undergone primary repairs of the cardiac type between 1965 and 1996 were reviewed. The

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein surgery in patients with scimitar syndrome.Methods: The records of patients with scimitar

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