Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary Veins

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. Prenatal damage to pulmonary vascular bed and extrapulmonary veins

Sheila G. Haworth Institute of Child Health.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1982; 48: 513-524DOI: 10.1136/hrt.48.6.513 AbstractTo investigate the possibility that pulmonary vascular disease may be present at birth in children presenting with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous return in the neonatal period, pulmonary vascular structure was analysed in the lungs of six babies who […]

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: outcome of surgical correction and management of recurrent venous obstruction

J. A. Hyde, O. Stümper, M. J. Barth, J. G. Wright, E. D. Silove, J. V. de Giovanni, W. J. Brawn, B. Sethia Birmingham Children’s Hospital.United States European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 1999; 15: 735-740DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00104-9 AbstractObjective: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) can be corrected with low mortality and good outcome. If complicated

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis complicating transposition of the great arteries

Michael Vogel, Judith Ash, Richard D. Rowe, George A. Trusler, Marlene Rabinovitch Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1984; 54: 166-171DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(84)90323-0 AbstractFour patients with transposition of the great arteries and unilateral pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis, all left-sided, were studied. Two patients had an intact ventricular septum (1

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Never Say Never: The Use of Nitric Oxide in Patients With Obstructed Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report

Victoria Sokoliuk, James A. DiNardo, Morgan L. Brown Boston Children’s Hospital.United States A and A PracticeA A Pract 2019; 12: 205-207DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000885 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease with pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditional management of PH with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is typically avoided in PVS

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The impact of right ventricular pressure and function on survival in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis

Michelle C. Sykes, Christina Ireland, Julia E. McSweeney, Emily Rosenholm, Kristofer G. Andren, Thomas J. Kulik Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2018;DOI: 10.1177/2045894018776894 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but there is little information regarding the impact of PH on right ventricular (RV) systolic function and survival. We conducted a

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Neonates with Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Natasha L. Swier, Bernadette Richards, Clifford L. Cua, Susan K. Lynch, Han Yin, Leif D. Nelin, Charles V. Smith, Carl H. Backes Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. University of Washington School of Medicine.United States American Journal of PerinatologyAm J Perinatol 2016; 33: 671-677DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1571201 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, often lethal anomaly associated with poor

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Congenital pulmonary venous stenosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Robert G. Holcomb, R. Weslie Tyson, D. Dunbar Ivy, Steven H. Abman, John P. Kinsella Children’s Hospital, Denver.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 1999; 28: 301-306DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199910)28:4<301::aid-ppul10>3.0.co;2-m AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis (CPVS) has been previously described in older infants and children, typically manifesting as failure to thrive with congestive heart failure and subsequent respiratory deterioration. We report

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Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: A “New” Lesion

Viviane G. Nasr, Ryan Callahan, Zachary Wichner, Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Anesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesth Analges 2019; 129: 27-40DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003924 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder that leads to progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary veins. PVS has been reported in both children and adults and in its worse iteration

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Case report and literature review

Reshma Amin, S. Kwon, Y. Moayedi, Neil Sweezey Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Canadian Respiratory JournalCan Respir J 2009; 16: e77-e80DOI: 10.1155/2009/791653 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension, with variable onset and presentation. One or more of the four pulmonary veins can be primarily or secondarily affected. A five-month-old girl presented with respiratory

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Prematurity and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: The Role of Parenchymal Lung Disease and Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Shilpa Vyas-Read, Nidhy P. Varghese, Divya Suthar, Carl Backes, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Christopher J. Petit, Philip T. Levy Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. University of California Davis. Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Children (Basel)Children 2022; 9: 713DOI: 10.3390/children9050713

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