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

Extravascular MDCT Findings of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children with Cardiac Septal Defect

Edward Y. Lee, Ryan Callahan, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. Winant Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8080667 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively investigate the extravascular thoracic MDCT angiography findings of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children with a cardiac septal defect. Materials and Methods: Pediatric patients […]

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Secondary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Due to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair in Children: Extravascular MDCT Findings

Edward Y. Lee, Sara O. Vargas, Kathy J. Jenkins, Ryan Callahan, Halley J. Park, Zachary Gauthier, Abbey J. WinantBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States ChildrenChildren 2021; 8DOI: 10.3390/children8090726 AbstractPurpose: To evaluate extravascular findings on thoracic MDCT angiography in secondary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) due to total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair in children.Materials and

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis among premature infants with single-vessel disease

Eli Zettler, Brian K. Rivera, Corey Stiver, Brian Boe, Clifford Cua, Molly K. Ball, Charles V. Smith, Jonathan L. Slaughter, Bernadette Chen, Ryan Callahan, Carl H. Backes Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University. University of Washington School of Medicine. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of PerinatologyJ Perinatol 2021; 41: 1621-1626DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-00830-9

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Preliminary findings on the use of intravascular ultrasound in the assessment of pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Zachary Gauthier, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Diego Porras Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolUnited States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 97: E362-E370DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29264 AbstractObjective: Determine the feasibility of performing intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and investigate whether IVUS can delineate the mechanism of PVS.Background: The use of IVUS

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Systemic Sirolimus to Prevent In-Stent Stenosis in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Jesse J. Esch, Grace Wang, Christina M. Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 282-289DOI: 10.1007/s00246-019-02253-6 AbstractEvaluate the efficacy of systemic sirolimus (rapamycin) in preventing in-stent stenosis (ISS) in pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS). Report the adverse events related to sirolimus

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Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Patcharapong Suntharos, Sarah E. Worley, Wei Liu, Marion Siperstein, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Cleveland Clinic Foundation.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95: 389-397DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28628 AbstractObjectives: Report long-term outcomes of percutaneous intervention in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from a single center over 16 years.Background: Outcome reports of

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Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children

Jay D. Patel, Mansi Mandhani, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney E. McCracken, Amanda Thomas, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.011351 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a progressive disease associated with a high rate of mortality in children. If left

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Changes in Prognosis of Heterotaxy Syndrome Over Time

Puja Banka, Adi Adar, Barbara Schaetzle, Lynn A. Sleeper, Sitaram Emani, Tal Geva Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2020; 146DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3345 AbstractBackground: Long-term outcomes in heterotaxy syndrome (HS) are poorly described. Some reports suggest improved survival in the recent era, whereas others do not. We sought to describe long-term outcomes and assess whether outcomes

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Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel Ilbawi Advocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. Hopper The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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