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

Mixed type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: diagnosis, surgical approach and outcomes

Ming Xiang, Chun Wu, Zhengxia Pan, Quan Wang, Linyun Xi Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2019; 15DOI: 10.1186/s13019-020-01332-7 AbstractPurpose: To summarize the diagnosis and treatment of 13 patients with mixed-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) and propose another classification for mixed TAPVC.Methods: A retrospective review […]

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A Risk Prediction Model for Reintervention After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair

Aditya Sengupta, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Aditya Kaza, Christopher W. Baird, David N. Schidlow, Pedro J. Del Nido, Meena Nathan Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Harvard School of Public Health.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023; 116: 796-802DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.058 AbstractBackground: Outcomes after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair remain suboptimal due to recurrent pulmonary

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The Warden procedure for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children: 10 years experience in 65 cases

Hesham Alkady, Ahmed Elnaggar, Mahmoud Eldegwy, Abdallah Nosair Cairo University.Egypt Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 1486-1489DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002516 AbstractIntroduction: In this study, we share our experience in the Warden procedure for the repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections (PAPVCs) draining high in the superior caval vein in 65 cases of the paediatric age group over

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Essential role of cardiac computed tomography for surgical decision making in children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and single ventricle

Ana L. Vasquez Choy, Dilachew A. Adebo, Sheba John, Christopher E. Greenleaf, Jorge D. Salazar, Antonio F. Korno Children’s Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital and University of Texas Medical School at Houston.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 1544-1549DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16427 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a major risk factor in infants

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Pulmonary vein stenosis of ex-premature infants with pulmonary hypertension and bronchopulmonary dysplasia, epidemiology, and survival from a multicenter cohort

Linda Mahgoub, Tarek Kaddoura, A. Rebecca Kameny, Palmona Lopez Ortego, Rachael D. Vanderlaan, Ashok Kakadekar, Frank Dicke, Ivan Rebeyka, Christopher A. Caldarone, Andrew Redington, Maria Jesus del Cerro, Jeff Fineman, Ian Adatia Stollery Children’s Hospital and University of Alberta. Benioff Children’s Hospital and University of California San Francisco. Hospital for Sick Children. Royal University Hospital.

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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations

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Unobstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return: impact of early elective repair on the need for prolonged mechanical ventilatory support

Peter C. Frommelt, David C. Sheridan, Sara Deatsman, Ke Yan, Pippa Simpson, Michele A. Frommelt, S. Bert Litwin, James S. Tweddell Medical College of WisconsinUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 1191-1197DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9788-4 AbstractOptimal timing for elective repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) in the case of an unobstructed anomalous pathway is unclear. All

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Surgical outcomes of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair: a 22-year experience

Massimo A. Padalino, Giacomo Cavalli, Marco De Franceschi, Daniela Mancuso, Nocola Maschietto, Vladimiro Vida, Ornella Milanesi, Giovanni Stellin University of Padova Medical School.Italy Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2014; 29: 678-685DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12399 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease (CHD), whose surgical repair is associated with high mortality and reoperation

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis: the impact of sutureless repair on survival

Nicola Viola, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Donald G. Perrin, Gregory J. Wilson, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone Southampton University Hospital. Hospital for Sick Children.United Kingdom and Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 142: 344-350DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.004 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often associated with relentless restenosis and early death. During the last

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Outcomes after surgical treatment of children with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Bahaaldin Alsoufi, Sally Cai, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Christopher A. Caldarone, John G. Coles Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2007; 84: 2020-2026DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.05.046 AbstractBackground: We explore early results and time-related morbidity after surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) at our institution.Methods: Between 1982

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