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

Management of pulmonary venous obstruction after correction of TAPVC: risk factors for adverse outcome

Marco Ricci, M. Elliotta, G. A. Cohen, G. Catalana, J. Stark, Mark R. de Leval, V. T. Tsang Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust.United Kingdom European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2003; 24: 28-36DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(03)00180-5 AbstractObjective: Recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) occurs in 0-18% of infants undergoing correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous […]

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Outcomes after stent implantation for the treatment of congenital and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in children

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Audrey C. Marshall, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Lynn F. Peng, Alan W. Nugent, James E. Lock, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2012; 5: 109-117DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.964189 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition that can lead to worsening pulmonary hypertension and cardiac failure in children, and it is frequently lethal. Surgical and transcatheter approaches are acutely successful but restenosis is common

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: the UK, Ireland and Sweden collaborative study

A. N. Seale, S. A. Webber, H. Uemura, J. Partridge, M. Roughton, S. Y. Ho, K. P. McCarthy, S. Jones, L. Shaughnessy, J. Sunnegardh, K. Hanseus, M. L. Rigby, B. R. Keeton, P. E. F. Daubeney Royal Brompton Hospital, and National Heart and Lung Institute and Imperial College.United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden HeartHeart 2009; 95: 1944-1949DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.161356 AbstractObjective: To describe clinical features, morphology, management and outcome of pulmonary vein stenosis

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The recent surgical result of total anomalous pulmonary venous return

So-Ick Jang, Jin-Young Song, Soo-Jin Kim, Eun Young Choi, Woo Sup Shim, Chul Lee, Hong-Gook Lim, Chang Ha Lee Sejong General Hospital.Republic of Korea Korean Circulation JournalKorean Circ J 2010; 40: 31-35DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.1.31 AbstractBackground and objectives: Recent surgical results from total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) are reported to have improved; however, mortality and morbidity are still

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: prematurity and associated conditions

David M. Drossner, Dennis W. Kim, Kevin O. Maher, William T. Mahle Emory University School of Medicine.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2008; 122: e656-e661DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0075 AbstractObjective: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare, although often lethal, anomaly. Risk factors for the diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis are poorly characterized. In this study we sought to identify factors associated with pulmonary

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis

D. Byron Holt, James H. Moller, Sarah Larson, Marck C. Johnson Washington University.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2007; 99: 568-572DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.09.100 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity with a high mortality rate. Relatively little is known regarding predictors of outcome or the appropriate timing of intervention. The Pediatric Cardiac Care

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Pulmonary vein stenosis following repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Eric J. Devaney, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove University of Michigan.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 51-55.DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.023 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis may occur following the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and carries a poor prognosis. Conventional surgical therapies have

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Management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Eric J. Devaney, Andrew C. Chang, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove University of Michigan School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2006; 81: 992-995DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.08.020 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis, whether congenital or after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), continues to carry a poor prognosis.Methods: A retrospective review identified 36 patients

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Usefulness of helical computed tomography in diagnosing pulmonary vein stenosis in infants

Shinnichi Ohtsuki, Kenji Baba, Kohichi Kataoka, Naoki Ohno, Yoshio Okamoto, Kozo Ishino, Masaaki Kawada, Shunji Sano, Shuhei Sato, Tsuneo Morishima Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry.Japan Acta Medica OkayamaActa Med Okayama 2005; 59: 93-98DOI: 10.18926/AMO/31981 AbstractWe investigated the usefulness of helical computed tomography(CT)in the morphological diagnosis of pulmonary vein stenosis, particularly that in infants

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with normal connection: associated cardiac abnormalities and variable outcome

John P. Breinholt, John A. Hawkins, LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Garth S. Orsmond, Saskia Ritter, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 68: 164-168DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(99)00311-2 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein (PV) stenosis with anatomically normal connection is considered rare, unresponsive to treatment, progressive, and usually fatal.Methods: We

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