Age Focus: Pediatric

An Extremely Rare Variant of Pulmonary Venous Atresia

Yuki Nakamura, Kagami Miyaji, Yurie Miyata, Atsushi Kitagawa Kitasato University Hospital.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnnThorac Surg 2016; 101: 2382-2384DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.085 AbstractWe describe an unusual case of a newborn with a rare variant of atresia of the common pulmonary vein that was mistaken for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, cardiac type. The survival of patients with atresia […]

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Successful surgical repair of common pulmonary vein atresia in a newborn

T. Suzuki, M. Sato, T. Murai, T. Fukuda Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Hospital.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2001; 22: 255-257DOI: 10.1007/s002460010217 AbstractA 7-hour-old boy underwent an emergency operation with an anticipated diagnosis of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The precise diagnosis of common pulmonary vein atresia (CPVA) was made during the operation. A side-to-side anastomosis between the common

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Common pulmonary vein atresia: report of three cases and review of the literature

Michael Perez, T. K. Susheel Kumar, Mario Briceno-Medina, Mohammed Alsheikh-Ali, Shyam Sathanandam, Christopher J. Knott-Craig University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2016; 26: 629-635DOI: 10.1017/S1047951115002334 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia is a rare and usually fatal congenital anomaly, in which the pulmonary veins come together to

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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein

Jaya R. Deshpande, Suman G. Kinare Seth G.S. Medical College.India International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1991; 30: 221-226DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(91)90099-b AbstractIn our study of 1326 autopsied cases of congenital heart disease, we have encountered 3 cases of atresia of the common pulmonary vein. This is a rare condition of which, to the best part of our

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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein–a rare congenital anomaly

Pradeep Vaideeswar, Milind S. Tullu, Pragati A. Sathe, Ruchi Nanavati Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital.India Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2008; 3: 431-434DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00225.x AbstractObjectives: Early atresia of the common pulmonary vein (ACPV) leads to total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, while late atresia or incomplete absorption leads to common pulmonary vein atresia and cor triatriatum

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Common pulmonary vein atresia

Thomas Glenn, Jose Honold, Beth F. Printz, Dana Mueller University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2022; 32: 668-670DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121003565 AbstractA 4-hour-old infant with profound cyanosis on an alprostadil infusion was urgently transferred to Rady Children’s Hospital with suspected CHD. Upon arrival, urgent echocardiography was performed

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. Vanderlaan Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and

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Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Provides the Filling for the Angiogram’s Crust: Benefits of IVUS in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Caitlin M. Heyden, Jonathan E. Brock, Kanishka Ratnayaka,  John W. Moore,  Howaida G. El-Said Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E978-E985 AbstractBackground: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based imaging modality that generates cross-sectional views of vessel walls and lumens. This technique is used in adult interventional and vascular surgeries to

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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Tailoring stents to fit the anatomy of unique vascular stenoses in congenital heart disease

Patrick M. Sullivan, Aimee Liou, Cheryl Takao, Henri Justino, Christopher J. Petit, Jorge D. Salazar, Frank F. Ing Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical SchoolUnited

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