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

Longer Exposure to Left-to-Right Shunts Is a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Patients with Trisomy 21

Connie Choi, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Philip Levy, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Minghui Chen Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8010019 AbstractWe conducted a study to determine whether patients born with Trisomy 21 and left-to-right shunts who develop pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) have a longer exposure to shunt physiology compared to those […]

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Diagnostic performance of CT angiography to detect pulmonary vein stenosis in children

Christian A. Barrera, David Saul, Jordan B. Rapp, Christopher L. Smith, Ammie M. White, David M. Biko, Hansel J. Otero The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania.United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 36: 141-147DOI: 10.1007/s10554-019-01693-8 AbstractTo assess the diagnostic efficiency of CT angiography (CTA) to detect pulmonary vein stenosis

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Scimitar syndrome: A new multipatch technique and incidence of postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction

Robert L. Geggel, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Ryan Callahan, Eric N. Feins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TechniquesJTCVS Tech 2020; 4: 208-216DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.07.027 AbstractObjective: A review of our center’s experience before March 2011 showed that one half of 36 patients who had a baffling or reimplantation procedure

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Surgical Outcomes for Obstructive Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return of the Non-Infracardiac Type Compared with the Infracardiac Type

Jae Yoon Na, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea Heart Surgery ForumHeart Surg Forum 2020; 23: E833-E836DOI: 10.1532/hsf.3217 AbstractBackground: Infracardiac obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) has a poor outcome following surgical correction. We compared the surgical outcomes of obstructive TAPVR

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Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood

Asra Khan, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 94: 233-242DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28328 AbstractObjective: Comparison of outcomes using bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) stents in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Background: PVS is a serious condition with frequent restenosis after surgical and percutaneous interventions. After experiencing

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Surgical repair of pulmonary venous stenosis: a word of caution

Kirk R. Kanter, Paul M. Kirshbom, Brian E. Kogon Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 98: 1687-1691DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.082 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), both congenital and acquired, is challenging to treat surgically with uncertain long-term results. We reviewed an 11-year surgical experience in

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Midterm outcomes of sutureless technique for postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis

Kizuku Yamashita, Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Kenichi Kurosaki, Isao Shiraishi, Toshikatsu Yagihara, Hajime Ichikawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62: 48-52DOI: 10.1007/s11748-013-0300-y AbstractBackground: The efficacy of a sutureless technique for postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis (PVS) following repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) has been reported, though

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Pulmonary vein and atrial wall pathology in human total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Yvonne L. Douglas, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Wietske C. E. den Hartog, Margot M. Bartelings, Ad J. J. Bogers, Tjark Ebels, Marco C. DeRuiter, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen.Netherlands International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 2009; 134: 302-312DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.098 AbstractBackground: Normally, the inside of the left atrial (LA) body and

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Absorbable polydioxanone suture and results in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Jane E. Sturtevant, Edwin C. McGough University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 55-59DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Despite theoretical advantages of absorbable suture in the growing vascular anastomosis, there has not been a documented advantage

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Technical modifications for improved results in total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

W. R. Wilson, M. N. Ilbawi, S. Y. DeLeon, J. A. Quinones, R. A. Arcilla, R. F. Sulayman, F. S. Idriss Christ Hospital and Medical CenterUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103: 861-870DOI: Not Available AbstractTo delineate factors that contribute to improved surgical outcome in patients with total anomalous

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