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

Pulmonary Hypertension in the Preterm Infant with Chronic Lung Disease can be Caused by Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Must-Know Entity

Daniela Laux, Marie-Amelie Rocchisani, Younes Boudjemline, Marielle Gouton, Damien Bonnet, Caroline Ovaert Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes-M3C-CCML, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue. Hôpital La Timone- Enfants.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 7(2):313-321DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1279-1 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PHT) in the preterm infant is frequently due to chronic lung disease. Rarely, PHT can be caused by pulmonary vein (PV) […]

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Surgical approaches to pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Opportunity for success in a difficult situation

Emilie Jean-St-Michel, Osami Honjo, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Anne I. Dipchand The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2016; 35: 1135-1137DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.06.016 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung TransplantationSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the

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Anomalies of the pulmonary veins

Ahmed Nakib, James H. Moller, Vladimir I. Kanjuh, Jesse E. Edwards University of Minnesota and Charles T. Miller Hospital.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1967; 20: 77-90DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(67)90113-0 AbstractEighty pathologic specimens with anomalies of pulmonary veins were reviewed for the type of lesions encountered. These were classified on an anatomic basis into five groups,

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Individual Pulmonary Veins Outgrow Somatic Growth After Primary Sutureless Repair for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hyun-Jin Jung, Ji Hyun Bang, Chun-Soo Park, Jeong-Jun Park, Yu-Mi Im, Tae-Jin Yun Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Seoul Women’s College of Nursing.Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 290-294DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1276-4 AbstractIndications of sutureless repair (SR) for pulmonary vein anomalies have evolved from re-operational SR for pulmonary vein stenosis after

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Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography

Laura A. Drubach, Kathy J. Jenkins, Catherine Stamoulis, Edwin L. Palmer III, Edward Y. Lee Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAm J Roentgeol 2015; 205: 873-877DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13581 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of radionuclide perfusion lung scanning in the evaluation of primary

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Systemic Embolic Complications of Pulmonary Vein Angioplasty in Children

Jesse J. Esch, Diego Porras, Lisa Bergersen, Kathy J. Jenkins, Audrey C. Marshall Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 1357-1362DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1165-x AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) carries significant morbidity and mortality for affected children, and its management often requires multiple angioplasty procedures. PVS angioplasty can be complicated by systemic embolic

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Intrinsic obstruction in pulmonary venous drainage pathway is associated with poor surgical outcomes in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Kenichi Kurosaki, Masataka Kitano, Isao Shiraishi, Hajime Ichikawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 432-437DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-1031-2 AbstractThe aim of this study was to review the surgical outcomes of conventional repair in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Between 1999 and 2012, 46 patients underwent conventional TAPVC

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Chest radiographic findings in pediatric patients with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Caitlin E. Mayhew, Edward Y. Lee, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Muhammad Muneeb, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Donald A. Tracy, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: 151-157DOI: 10.1111/chd.12105 AbstractEarly recognition of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is crucial for optimizing clinical outcomes. Our goal was to characterize radiographic patterns specific to pediatric patients with

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Perinatal and infant outcomes of prenatal diagnosis of heterotaxy syndrome (asplenia and polysplenia)

Maria C. Escobar-Diaz, Kevin Friedman, Yishay Salem, Gerald R. Marx, Brian T. Kalish, Terra Lafranchi, Rahul H. Rathod, Sitaram Emani, Tal Geva, Wayne Tworetzky Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Tel Aviv University.United States and Israel American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2014; 114: 612-617DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.05.042 AbstractPatients with heterotaxy syndrome (HS) have a range of

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Pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia: clinical findings, cardiovascular anomalies and outcomes

Maria Jesus del Cerro, Anna Sabate Rotes, Antonio Carton, Lucia Deiros, Montserrat Bret, Malaika Cordeiro, Cristina Verdu, Maria Isabel Barrios, Luis Albajara, Federico Gutierrez-Larraya La Paz Children’s Hospital.Spain Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2014; 49: 49-59DOI: 10.1002/ppul.22797 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) worsens the prognosis of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). The following items have not been fully established for PH in

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