Age Focus: Pediatric

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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Patients as a Limited Resource? Ethical Dilemmas in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Michaela Asher, Michael O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan, Constantine D. Mavroudis Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Journal of Clinical EthicsJ Clin Ethics 2026;DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/739011 AbstractThis study explores tensions between rarity, research, and clinical decision-making in surgical diseases through a case study of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), an extremely rare and severe pediatric cardiopulmonary disease. We first

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Pulmonary vein stenosis–novel strategies for a challenging and resistant condition?

Anna N. Seale, Piers E. F. Daubeney Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University of Birmingham. Royal Brompton Hospital and the National Heart and Lung institute, Imperial College.United Kingdom Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 618-620DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.11.040 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategorySurgical Interventions to Prevent or Limit Disease Associated with Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary

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Down Syndrome with Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Guruprasad Mahadevaiah, Manoj Gupta, Ravi Ashwath Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital.United States Texas Heart Institute JournalTex Heart Inst J 2015; 42: 458-461DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4256 AbstractThe prevalence of congenital heart disease in infants with Down syndrome is 40%, compared with 0.3% in children who have normal chromosomes. Atrioventricular and ventricular septal defects are often associated with chromosomal aberrations,

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