Age Focus: Pediatric

Acute pulmonary edema caused by epoprostenol infusion in a child with scimitar syndrome and pulmonary hypertension

Christian von Schnakenburg, Matthias Peuster, Kambiz Norozi, Markus Roebl, Michael Maibohm, Armin Wessel, Armin Christoph Fink Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen.Germany Pediatric Critical Care MedicinePediatr Crit Care Med 2003; 4: 111-114DOI: 10.1097/00130478-200301000-00023 AbstractIntroduction: Intravenous epoprostenol is frequently administered in adults and children for treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Although generally safe, pulmonary edema has been described in a few case reports […]

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Conventional repair of total anomalous venous drainage without primary sutureless technique: surgical tips to prevent pulmonary vein obstruction

Koichi Sughimoto, Kagami Miyaji, Norihiko Oka, Shinzo Torii, Tadashi Kitamura Kitasato University School of Medicine. British Columbia Children’s Hospital.Japan and Canada General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 66: 405-410DOI: 10.1007/s11748-018-0921-2 AbstractObjectives: Although primary sutureless technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage has been introduced to reduce postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), controversy still exists

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: The Current Management Strategies in a Pediatric Cohort of 768 Patients

Guocheng Shi, Zhongqun Zhu, Jimei Chen, Yanqiu Ou, Haifa Hong, Zhiqiang Nie, Haibo Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Jinghao Zheng, Qi Sun, Jinfen Liu, Huiwen Chen, Jian Zhuang Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine. Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical SciencesChina CirculationCirculation 2017; 135: 48-58DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.023889 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

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Pulmonary venous stenosis as an associated manifestation of left-sided obstructive lesions in an infant with partial atrioventricular canal defect

J. J. Kim, D. L. Kearney, R. G. Grifka, E. D. McKenzie, A. R. Mott Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2005; 26: 449-451DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-8640-8 AbstractPatients with partial atrioventricular canal defect (PAVC) who present with congestive heart failure within the first year of life are usually found to have associated

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Successful release of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection by transcatheter implantation of stents

Kenji Waki, Yoshio Arakaki, Kiyoshi Baba Kurashiki Central HospitalJapan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2006; 16: 507-509DOI: 10.1017/S1047951106001028 AbstractWe report a 3-month-old female infant, in whom pulmonary venous obstruction occurred after repair of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and which was successfully released by a transcatheter implantation of a stent using the transseptal approach. Close follow-up

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Congenital pulmonary sling, aorto-pulmonary window and pulmonary vein obstruction as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in an infant with VACTERL association

Eckardt Trowitzsch, Martin Schneider, Andreas Urban, Boulos Asfour Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik, University of Witten/Herdecke.Germany Clinical Research in CardiologyClin Res Cardiol 2006; 95: 338-343DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0383-x AbstractIn a newborn with anal atresia and urethral valves an incomplete VACTERL association, was diagnosed and a colon anus praeter was placed. Sweating and heart murmur led to cardiac diagnostics. By

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Progression of vascular remodeling in pulmonary vein obstruction

Naoki Masaki, Osamu Adachi, Shintaro Katahira, Yuriko Saiki, Akira Horii, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Yoshikatsu Saiki Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 160: 777-790.e5DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.098 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) frequently occurs after repair of total anomalous pulmonary vein connection with progression of intimal hyperplasia from the anastomotic site

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Management outcomes of primary pulmonary vein stenosis

Joshua M. Rosenblum, Husnu Firat Altin, Scott E. Gillespie, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Kirk A. Kanter, Raina Sinha, Melinda Cory, Bahaaldin Alsoufi Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. University of Louisville School of Medicine and Norton Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2020; 159: 1029-1036.e1DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.08.105 AbstractObjectives: Primary pulmonary

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Outcomes of surgery for young children with multivessel pulmonary vein stenosis

Luis G. Quinonez, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Michele Borisuk, Christina Ireland, Audrey M. Marshall, John E. Mayer, Kathy J. Jenkins, Francis E. Fynn-Thompson, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 150: 911-917DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.06.050 AbstractObjective: We pursued a multimodality approach to the treatment of patients with pulmonary vein stenosis, incorporating

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Surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: primary sutureless repair vs. conventional repair

Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuaki Fukahara, Akio Yamashita, Toshio Doi, Katsunori Takeuchi, Shigeyuki Yamashita, Takahiro Homma, Shigeki Yokoyama, Masaya Aoki, Yuki Ikeno University of Toyama.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65: 245-251DOI: 10.1007/s11748-017-0769-x AbstractDespite recent advances in surgical technique and perioperative care, the surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) remains a

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