Age Focus: Pediatric

Outcome of caval division techniques for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the superior vena cava

Sameh M. Said, Harold M. Burkhart, Joseph A. Dearani, Ben Eidem, Paul Stensrud, Sabrina D. Phillips, Hartzell V. Schaff Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 980-984DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.110 AbstractBackground: Correction of a high partial anomalous pulmonary venous (PV) connection to the superior vena cava (SVC) may be complicated by sinus node dysfunction, or […]

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Supra-annular mitral valve replacement in children

Kirk R. Kanter, Brian E. Kogon, Paul M. Kirshbom Emory University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 2221-2227DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.023 AbstractBackground: Despite improved mitral repair techniques, some children need mitral valve replacement (MVR). Due to small annulus size, supra-annular MVR is useful.Methods: From 2003 to 2010, 15 children had 23 supra-annular MVRs. At

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Outcome after repair of cor triatriatum

Selcen Yaroglu Kazanci, Sitaram Emani, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2012; 109: 412-416DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.029 AbstractCor triatriatum represents <0.1% of all congenital cardiac malformations. Symptoms in patients with cor triatriatum are related to pulmonary venous obstruction and pressure loading of the right side of the heart. The aim of

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Transhepatic portal vein access for balloon dilation of right upper pulmonary vein stenosis following infradiaphragmatic total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair

Aphrodite Tzifa, Irfan Ahmed, Eric Rosenthal Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital.United Kingdom Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2011; 78: 698-701DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22906 AbstractTranshepatic cardiac catheterization is now a well-established alternative when conventional venous routes for cardiac access have failed. Some operators prefer this route even routinely, due to the direct access that

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Surgical management of post-repair pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward J. Hickey, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Gardiovascular Surgery PediatricsSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr 2011; 14: 101-108DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2011.01.007 AbstractObstructed pulmonary venous drainage – either in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, congenital stenosis, or post-repair stenosis – is associated with poor outcome. Post-repair stenosis typically involves fibrotic scar

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Imaging of pulmonary vein stenosis using multidimensional phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging (4-dimensional flow)

Israel Valverde, Owen Miller, Phillipp Beerbaum, Gerald Greil Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.United Kingdom Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2011; 58: e3DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.10.067 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Noninvasive Year of Publication:

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Scimitar syndrome: a European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) multicentric study

Vladimiro L. Vida, Massimo A. Padalino, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Erjon Tarja, Hakan Berggren, Thierry Carrel, Sertaç Çiçek, Giancarlo Crupi, Duccio Di Carlo, Roberto Di Donato, José Fragata, Mark Hazekamp, Viktor Hraska, Bohdan Maruszewski, Dominique Metras, Marco Pozzi, Rene Pretre, Jean Rubay, Heikki Sairanen, George Sarris, Christian Schreiber, Bart Meyns, Tomas Tlaskal, Andreas Urban, Gaetano Thiene, Giovanni

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The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood

Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Maliha Rehman, Kathy Jenkins, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Emile Bacha Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 639-645DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9942-7 AbstractThe outcome for children with pulmonary vein atresia has been historically poor. This report describes clinical outcomes after surgical treatment of primary and secondary pulmonary vein atresia. All patients undergoing surgery for

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Total cavopulmonary connection with straight conduit for apicocaval juxtaposition

Takahiro Hisaoka, Takeshi Hiramatsu, Yoshitaka Okamura Wakayama Medical University.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009; 57: 307-309DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0348-2 AbstractIf the heart is malpositioned with apicocaval juxtaposition (ACJ), what constitutes the ideal course for the conduit pathway of a total cavopulmonary connection must be considered. When the conduit is positioned between the inferior vena

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Diagnosed After Failure to Wean from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

An N. Massaro, Joshua P. Kanter, Louis Scavo, Billie L. Short Children’s National Medical Center.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2008; 29: 238-240DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9102-2 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2008 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10

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