Age Focus: Pediatric

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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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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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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