Article Type: Prospective Observational Case-Control or Other Comparative Studies

Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV) […]

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Magnetic resonance phase-shift velocity mapping in pediatric patients with pulmonary venous obstruction

Neill Videlefsky, W. James Parks, John Oshinski, Katharine L. Hopkins, Kevin M. Sullivan, Roderic I. Pettigrew, Derek Fyfe Pediatric Cardiology Association of Atlanta.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38: 262-267DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01338-9 AbstractObjectives: This study evaluated the accuracy, advantages and clinical efficacy of magnetic resonance (MR) phase-shift velocity mapping, in delineating

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Diagnosis of secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia in congenital heart disease: a novel role for chest ultrasound and prognostic implications

Christopher Z. Lam, Tamnay Anant Bhamare, Tamadhir Gazzaz, David Manson, Tilman Humpl, Mike Seed The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2017; 47: 1441-1451DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-3892-z AbstractBackground: Secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia is a complication of congenital heart disease that results from chronic pulmonary venous obstruction.Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the performance of chest ultrasound (US)

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