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

Transcatheter Versus Surgical Correction of Superior Sinus Venosus Defects: Comparison of the Outcomes and Late Complications

Puthiyedath Thejaswi, Kothandam Sivakumar, Farheen Qureshi, Pramod Sagar, Sreeja Pavithran, Ravi Agarwal Madras Medical Mission. India Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026; 47: 1829-1838DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03975-6 AbstractTranscatheter correction (TC) of sinus venosus defects (SVD) is an emerging alternative to surgical correction (SC). Superior vena caval (SVC) or right upper pulmonary vein (RUPV) stenosis and sick sinus syndrome are complications […]

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Long-term outcomes of individualised repair in patients with primary pulmonary vein stenosis

Zhangwei Wang, Yang Yang Beijing Children’s Hospital, National Children’s Medical Center and Capital Medical University.China Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2025; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124026180 AbstractObjectives: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital heart condition and carries a poor prognosis. Various surgical techniques have been introduced to treat primary pulmonary vein stenosis. However, there is no consensus on

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Thoracic Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiography of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Evaluation of Characteristic Extravascular Findings

Edward Y. Lee, Kathy J. Jenkins, Sara O. Vargas, Ryan Callahan, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. Winant Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic ImagingJ Thorac Imaging 2021; 36: 318-325DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0000000000000590 AbstractPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extravascular thoracic multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography findings of pediatric

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Mid-term outcomes of cor triatriatum repair: comparison of biventricular physiology and univentricular physiology

Hiroyuki Nagao, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 186-190DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120003595 AbstractBackground: Cor triatriatum is the rarest of all congenital cardiac diseases, accounting for 0.1-0.4% of congenital heart diseases. Atrial septal defect is the most common associated defect; however, cor triatriatum is sometimes associated with univentricular heart.Methods: This single-centre retrospective study involved all

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Single-institution outcomes of surgical repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Chen Wen, Lisheng Qiu, Haibo Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 1408-1417DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.023 AbstractObjective: This contemporary study sought to describe the outcomes of patients undergoing biventricular repair of infracardiac total

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Is restrictive atrial septal defect a risk in partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair?

Jiaquan Zhu, Yasuhiro Kotani, Devin Chetan, Lisa Zhao, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Xinhua Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Canada and China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 97: 1664-1670DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.051 AbstractBackground: The creation or enlargement of an atrial septal defect

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Side Cell Dilation of Jailed Pulmonary Veins After Stenting Improves Vessel Preservation in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Conor P. O’Halloran, Amanda Hauck, Jeremy Fox, Christina Laternser, Emily Hoyt, Alan W. Nugent, Paul Tannous Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2025; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31737 AbstractIntroduction: Endovascular stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) provides effective obstruction relief. Due to

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Real-Time Assessment of Pulmonary Blood Flow in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Using the Fluoroscopic Flow Calculator

Yuval Barak-Corren, Mudit Gupta, Yoav Dori, Jessica Tang, Christopher L. Smith, Jonathan J. Rome, Matthew J. Gillespie, Matthew A. Jolley, Michael L. O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.United States Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and InterventionsJ Soc Cardiovasc Angiogr Interv 2025; 4:DOI: 10.1016/j.jscai.2025.102639

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Valsartan to Prevent Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Pediatric Patients After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Surgery

Jin Shentu, Mingjie Zhang, Zhuoming Xu, Chen Wen, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen, Guocheng Shi Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025; 14:DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.036911 AbstractBackground: Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with poor prognosis. Preclinical studies have shown that use of an angiotensin receptor blocker can attenuate intimal hyperplasia;

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Quantification of lung perfusion by a novel echocardiographic approach in pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Joseph M. Stidham, Sarah LaBarge, Jennifer H. Huang, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Patrick D. Evers Oregon Health and Sciences University.United States Journal of the American Society of EchocardiographyJ Am Soc Echocardiogr 2024;DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2024.11.016 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension

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