Age Focus: Pediatric

Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: A Review

Nidhy Varghese, Danielle Rios Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric Allergy Immunology and PulmonologyPediatr Allergy Immunol Pulmonol 2019; 32: 140-148DOI: 10.1089/ped.2018.0984 AbstractEarly pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) and established pulmonary hypertension (PH) are common associations of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Diagnosis of PH is often made by echocardiography because of technical and logistic difficulties […]

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Severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with everolimus drug-eluting stent placement in an infant

Kuan-Chi Lai, Julie A. Brothers, Jason Z. Stoller Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 541-543DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000167 AbstractWe report a case of severe hypertriglyceridemia associated with an everolimus drug-eluting stent in an infant with pulmonary vein stenosis. We review from current literature the mechanisms by which everolimus may cause dyslipidaemia, pharmacokinetics

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Heart-Lung Transplant via an Eighth-Time Sternotomy

Kyle W. Riggs, Clifford W. Chin, Roosevelt Bryant, Farhan Zafar, Clifford Chin, Marc G. Schecter, David L. S. Morales Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2021; 12: 136-138DOI: 10.1177/2150135118815876 AbstractWe report a combined heart-lung transplantation following seven prior sternotomies in a patient

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Midterm results and risk factors of functional single ventricles with extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mikio Sugano, Masaya Murata, Yujiro Ide, Hiroki Ito, Kazuyoshi Kanno, Kenta Imai, Motonori Ishidou, Ryohei Fukuba, Kisaburou Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital. Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 67: 941-948DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01141-3 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of surgical repair of an extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in a functional

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A successful lung transplant from a 3-year-old donor after controlled cardiac death followed by ex vivo lung perfusion: A case report

Marcos Galasso, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Melinda Solomon, Christopher Caldarone, Shaf Keshavjee, Marcelo Cypel, Marc de Perrot Toronto General Research Institute and University Health Network.University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 158: e149-e152DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.131 AbstractAbstract Not Available Category Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical

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Cracking the Mystery of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Bahaaldin Alsoufi University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 274-276DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.11.006 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 2019 Age Focus:

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[Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Developed after Bidirectional Glenn Procedure;Report of Two Cases]

Masatsugu Terada, Yukihiro Yoshimura, Yusuke Yamamoto, Akinori Hirano, Koichi Miyata, Naoya Fukushima, Hirotaka Oki, Masaru Miura Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center. Japan Kyobu Geka. Japanese Journal of Thoracic SurgeryKyobu Geka 2018; 71: 190-194DOI: Not Available AbstractWe experienced 2 cases of primary pulmonary vein stenosis(PVS),which developed after a bidirectional Glenn procedure was performed for complex heart

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New Paradigms for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Treatment: When Surgery and Transcatheter Therapy Aren’t Good Enough

Usama B. Kanaan, William T. Mahle Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2018; 198: 12-13DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.082 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMultidisciplinary CareMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the

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Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood

Michael L. O’Byrne, Russell R. Cross, Gerard R Martin Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Health Sciences.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2018; 28: 329-333DOI: 10.1017/S1047951117001822 AbstractAn asymptomatic 6-year-old boy with a history of right lung hypoplasia was referred for cardiology evaluation. Echocardiography demonstrated right pulmonary artery

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An uncommon diagnosis for a common neonatal presentation

Chris Oakley, Suhair Shebani Glenfield Hospital.United Kingdom Archives of Disease in Childhood. Education and Practice EditionArch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2018; 103: 85–87DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311864 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of EfficacySurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset

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