W. R. Wilson, M. N. Ilbawi, S. Y. DeLeon, J. A. Quinones, R. A. Arcilla, R. F. Sulayman, F. S. Idriss Christ Hospital and Medical CenterUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103: 861-870DOI: Not Available AbstractTo delineate factors that contribute to improved surgical outcome in patients with total anomalous […]
Jeffrey E. Vergales, Shawn C. West, Andrew W. Hoyer University of Virginia Health SystemUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 663-665DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0178-y AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a very rare congenital anomaly associated with high morbidity and mortality. Most cases present in infancy or childhood with recurrent respiratory infections or hemoptysis. Further, the diagnosis can often
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Chun-Min Fu, Jou-Kou Wang, Chun-Wei Lu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Chun-An Chen, Chung-I. Chang, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ing-ShChiu, Mei-Hwan Wu Hsichu General Hospital.Taiwan Pediatric NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2012; 53: 164-170DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.002 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the connection between the pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrium needs to be
Muhammad S. Khan, Roosevelt Bryant III, Sung H. Kim, Kevin D. Hill, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sara K. Pasquali, David L. S. Morales Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Duke University School of Medicine. All Children’s Hospital. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. University of Michigan.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2015; 99: 2134-2139DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.035 AbstractBackground: Total
Yasuhiro Kotani, Jiaquan Zhu, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Osami Honjo, John G. Coles, Glen S. VanArsdell, Christopher A. Caldarone The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 149: 1332-1338DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.089 AbstractBackground: Patients with single-ventricle physiology frequently develop left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), in which the pulmonary veins traverse
Jiaquan Zhu, Haruki Ide, Yaqin Yana Fu, Anouk-Martine Teichert, Hideyuki Kato, Richard D. Weisel, Jason T. Maynes, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Toronto General Hospital.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 148: 2550-2557DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.050 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a relentless disease
Matthias J. Muller, Ulrich Krause, Thomas Paul, Heike E. Schneider Georg-August-University Göttingen.Germany Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 1036-1039DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0054-1 AbstractEverolimus-eluting stents and paclitaxel-coated balloons are used in the interventional treatment of coronary artery disease in adults to reduce the restenosis rate and in small-vessel disease. Both substances are released into the circulation. We report systemic drug
Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Shi-Joon Yoo, Melinda Solomon, Christopher K. Macgowan, Shaf Keshavjee, Hartmut Grasemann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30: 1294-1298DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.008 AbstractBackground: Lung transplantation carries a guarded prognosis and is burdened by short-term and long-term complications that affect the airway, lungs, and vasculature. In
Anant Khositseth, Suvipaporn Siriporpitak, Preecha Laohakunakorn Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University.Thailand Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2010; 5: 76-80DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00324.x AbstractWe present a case of a 6-month-old girl diagnosed as unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis (right inferior pulmonary vein) with dextroposition of the heart, hypoplastic right lung, hypoplastic right pulmonary artery, collateral from the descending aorta supplied right
Lynn F. Peng, James E. Lock, Alan W. Nugent, Kathy J. Jenkins, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCateter Cardiovasc Interv 2010; 75: 1084-1090DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22405 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and often lethal condition in children. The optimal treatment for congenital and postoperative PVS is unknown.Methods and results: We compared outcomes
