Age Focus: Pediatric

Comparison of conventional and primary sutureless surgery for repairing supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Yongfeng Zhu, Hewen Qi, Yunzhou Jin Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Henan Cardiovascular Disease Hospital Affiliated to Southern Medical University. Tangshan Workers’ Hospital. Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2019; 14DOI: 10.1186/s13019-019-0853-7 AbstractObjective: The efficacy of using a sutureless approach in order to surgically manage postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis following total anomalous pulmonary venous […]

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Early outcomes of primary sutureless repair of the pulmonary veins

Anthony Azakie, Michael J. Lavrsen, Natalie C. Johnson, Anil Sapru UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California-San Francisco.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 666-671DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.024 AbstractBackground: The “sutureless” repair technique has improved outcomes for post-repair pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis. The purpose of this study is to determine the early outcomes of primary

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Surgical management of progressive pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Francois Lacour-Gayet, Joy Zoghbi, Alain E. Serraf, Emré Belli, Dominique Piot, Christian Rey, François Marcon, Jacqueline Bruniaux, Claude Planché Marie-Lannelongue Hospital and Paris-Sud University.France Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999; 117: 679-687DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70287-4 AbstractBackground: The occurrence of a progressive pulmonary venous obstruction after the repair of the total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is

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Persistent lung shadow in an infant with ventricular septal defect and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Tadashi Iwasa, Yoshihide Mitani, Hirofumi Sawada, Shin Takabayashi, Hideto Shimpo, Nobuyuki Matsubayashi, Yoshihiro Komada Mie University Graduate School of Medicine.Japan Pediatrics InternationalPediatr Int 2008; 50: 397-399PMID: 18533959 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02602.x AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication: 2008 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Mid-term results of modified L-shaped incision technique for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Zicong Feng, Yang Yang, Fengpu He, Kunjing Pang, Kai Ma, Sen Zhang, Lei Qi, Guanxi Wang, Fengqun Mao, Jianhui Yuan, Shoujun Li Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. The First Affiliated Hospital and Zhejiang University College of Medicine.China European Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryEur J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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Right-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an amplatzer septal occlusion device following closure of a secundum atrial septal defect

Kevin Hill, Karla Christian, Ann Kavanaugh-McHugh, Thomas Doyle Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 855-857DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9445-y AbstractRight-sided pulmonary venous obstruction between a right aortic arch and an Amplatzer Septal Occluder device developed following closure of a large secundum atrial septal defect. The obstruction was not apparent on postprocedure transesophageal echocardiogram but

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: A 40 years’ Experience Analysis

Anaïs Lemaire, Sylvie DiFilippo, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Olivier Metton, Julia Mitchell, Roland Hénaine, Jean Ninet Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou. Hopital Cardio-vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen.France Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryThorac Cardiovasc Surg 2017; 65: 9-17DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588007 AbstractBackground Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare cardiac malformation associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. We report a large surgical series

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Left pulmonary vein atresia: the contribution of multislice computed tomography

Marcelo Felipe Kozak, Ana Carolina Leiroz Ferreira Botelho Maisano Kozak, Antonio Soares Souza, Arthur Soares Souza Jr Hospital de Base and São José do Rio Preto Medical School.Brazil Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 108-110DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9822-6 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein atresia is a rare congenital heart disease. Its symptoms begin to manifest in childhood and may be similar

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Pulmonary hypertension secondary to partial pulmonary venous obstruction in a child with Cantu syndrome

Daisuke Kobayashi, Amanda L. Cook, Derek A. Williams Wake Forest University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2010; 5: 727-729DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21215 AbstractWe report on an African-American male with Cantu syndrome who required a pericardial window for a significant pericardial effusion in infancy and was subsequently found to have partial pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) leading to

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Transpleural pulmonary-to-systemic venous collaterals in a case with obstructed scimitar vein

Derek T. H. Wong, Lars Grosse-Wortemann, Shi-Joon Yoo The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and University of Ottawa.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31:1086-1088DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9741-6 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare cause of left-to-right shunting. Surgery is indicated for a pulmonary-to-systemic blood flow ratio greater than 1.5:1 and not infrequently is complicated by postoperative obstruction. This report presents

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