Age Focus: Pediatric

Commentary: Pulmonary vein stenosis: Not just a surgical solution

Harold M. Burkhart, Heather N. Anderson University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.066 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections […]

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Prognostic Significance of Computed Tomography Findings in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Laureen Sena, Ryan Callahan, Lynn A. Sleeper, Rebecca S. Beroukhim UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8050402 Abstract(1) Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) can be a severe, progressive disease with lung involvement. We aimed to characterize findings by computed tomography

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Mid-term outcomes of cor triatriatum repair: comparison of biventricular physiology and univentricular physiology

Hiroyuki Nagao, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 186-190DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003595 AbstractBackground: Cor triatriatum is the rarest of all congenital cardiac diseases, accounting for 0.1-0.4% of congenital heart diseases. Atrial septal defect is the most common associated defect; however, cor triatriatum is sometimes associated with univentricular heart.Methods: This single-centre retrospective study involved all

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The Brightest Rainbow Follows the Darkest Storm

Robert Lake McFarland Clinic. Stanford School of Medicine.United States ChildrenChildren 2020; DOI: 10.3390/children711022 AbstractA parent’s perspective on pulmonary vein stenosis through the experience of two children with the disease. CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMultidisciplinary Care Year of Publication: 2020 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Editorial or Letter Article Access: Free PDF File or

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Evolution and Current Results of a Unified Strategy for Sinus Venosus Surgery

Elizabeth H. Stephens, Michael C. Monge, Osama Eltayeb, Angira Patel, MD, Gregory Webster, Matthew D. Cornicelli, Clare Kennedy, Andrada R. Popescu, Cynthia K. Rigsby, Carl L. Backer Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2021; 111: 980-986DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.113 AbstractBackground: Given

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Single-institution outcomes of surgical repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Chen Wen, Lisheng Qiu, Haibo Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 1408-1417DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.023 AbstractObjective: This contemporary study sought to describe the outcomes of patients undergoing biventricular repair of infracardiac total

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Commentary: Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis: What we know now and what we can expect in the future

Haifa Hong Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 159: DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.10.201 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease Year of Publication: 2020 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type:

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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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