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

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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Proximal pulmonary vein stenosis detection in pediatric patients: value of multiplanar and 3-D VR imaging evaluation

Edward Y. Lee, Kathy J. Jenkins, Muhammad Muneeb, Audrey C. Marshall, Donald A. Tracy, David Zurakowski, Phillip M. Boiselle Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2013; 43: 929-936DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2647-8 AbstractBackground: One of the important benefits of using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) is its capability to generate high-quality two-dimensional (2-D) multiplanar (MPR) and

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Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia in children

Mi Kyoung Song, Eun Jung Bae, Soo In Jeong, I. Seok Kang, Nam Kyun Kim, Jae Young Choi, Soo Jin Kim, Young Hwue Kim, Woong Han Kim Seoul National University Children’s Hospital.Republic of Korea Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2013; 95: 229-234DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.104 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis or atresia (PVS/A) is a rare entity with

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Cryo-balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric patients

Michael A. Bingler, Jeffrey R. Darst, Thomas E. Fagan Children’s Mercy Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2012; 33: 109-114DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0099-1 AbstractThis study sought to determine the safety and effectiveness of cryo-balloon angioplasty (CbA) for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in pediatric patients. Current therapy options for PVS are less than satisfactory due to recurrent progressive restenosis and

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: 15 years’ experience of a tertiary care center in Taiwan

Chun-Min Fu, Jou-Kou Wang, Chun-Wei Lu, Shuenn-Nan Chiu, Ming-Tai Lin, Chun-An Chen, Chung-I. Chang, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ing-ShChiu, Mei-Hwan Wu Hsichu General Hospital.Taiwan Pediatric NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2012; 53: 164-170DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2012.04.002 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease in which the connection between the pulmonary vein (PV) and left atrium needs to be

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Contemporary Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Patients With Heterotaxy Syndrome

Muhammad S. Khan, Roosevelt Bryant III, Sung H. Kim, Kevin D. Hill, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Marshall L. Jacobs, Sara K. Pasquali, David L. S. Morales Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Duke University School of Medicine. All Children’s Hospital. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. University of Michigan.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2015; 99: 2134-2139DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.02.035 AbstractBackground: Total

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Anatomical risk factors, surgical treatment, and clinical outcomes of left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction in single-ventricle patients

Yasuhiro Kotani, Jiaquan Zhu, Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Osami Honjo, John G. Coles, Glen S. VanArsdell, Christopher A. Caldarone The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 149: 1332-1338DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.11.089 AbstractBackground: Patients with single-ventricle physiology frequently develop left-sided pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO), in which the pulmonary veins traverse

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