Article Type: Retrospective Observational Cohort Studies (>10 patients)

Quantification of 3-Dimensional Confluence-Atrial Morphology in Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Guocheng Shi, Meiping Huang, Yuchen Pei, Peng Huang, Chen Wen, Jin Shentu, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Yumin Zhong, Lisheng Wang, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Guangdong General Hospital. Hunan Children’s Hospital.China Journal of the American College of Cardiology AsiaJACC Asia 2024; 4: 594-606DOI: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2024.05.002 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis […]

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Impact of the pulmonary venous entry site morphology on postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection patients

Szu-Yen Hu, Jing-Ren Ye, Heng-Wen Chou, Yih-Sharng Chen, Chung-I Chang, Ing-Sh Chiu, Chih-Ting Lin, Hsiao-En Tsai, Shyh-Jye Chen, Shu-Chien Huang National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University.Taiwan Journal of Formosan Medical AssociationJ Formos Med Assoc 2025; 124: 809-815DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2024.09.006 AbstractBackground: To evaluate the association between the pulmonary vein (PV) entry site morphology after total anomalous pulmonary

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Outcomes of the Modified Warden Procedure for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Drainage to a High Location in the Superior Vena Cava

Chunjie Mu, Yi Song, Jianming Xia, Ning Cao, Yao Deng, Minzhang Zhao, Runwei Ma Yunnan Hospital and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Affiliated Cardiovascular Hospital of Kunming Medical University.China Heart, Lung and CirculationHeart Lung Circ 2025; 34: 67–76DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.1038 AbstractAim: To report the safety and effectiveness of a modified Warden procedure.Method: Twenty-six (26) patients underwent modified Warden surgery

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Prognostic Significance of Computed Tomography Findings in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Laureen Sena, Ryan Callahan, Lynn A. Sleeper, Rebecca S. Beroukhim UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center and University of Massachusetts Medical School. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8: DOI: 10.3390/children8050402 Abstract(1) Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) can be a severe, progressive disease with lung involvement. We aimed to characterize findings by computed tomography

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Forty-Six Years of Follow-Up

Anne Kathrine M. Nielsen, Vibeke E. Hjortdal Aarhus University Hospital.Denmark World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2021; 12: 70-75DOI: 10.1177/2150135120960482 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) may disturb the electrical conduction in the atria. This study documents long-term outcomes, including the late occurrence of atrial tachyarrhythmia

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Midterm results and risk factors of functional single ventricles with extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mikio Sugano, Masaya Murata, Yujiro Ide, Hiroki Ito, Kazuyoshi Kanno, Kenta Imai, Motonori Ishidou, Ryohei Fukuba, Kisaburou Sakamoto Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital. Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 67: 941-948DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01141-3 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the clinical outcomes of surgical repair of an extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in a functional

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Outcomes of repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children

Phillip S. Naimo, Yves d’Udekem, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 21: 254–256DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivv133 AbstractHerein, we report a case series of patients who underwent repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (L-PAPVC) via

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Surgery for scimitar syndrome: the Melbourne experience

Johann Brink, Matthew S. Yong, Yves d’Udekem, Robert G. Weintraub, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinova Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Australia University of Melbourne. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 20: 31–34DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu319 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the outcomes associated with surgical repair of scimitar syndrome.Methods: From 1974 to 2012,

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Modified primary sutureless repair technique of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Bahaaldin Alsouli Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University.  King Faisal Specialist Hospital.United States and Saudi Arabia World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2014; 5: 302-305DOI: 10.1177/2150135113519452 AbstractSurgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with an important risk of postrepair pulmonary vein obstruction. Primary sutureless anastomosis

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein

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