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

Pulmonary vein stenosis: Anatomic considerations, surgical management, and outcomes

Eric N. Feins, Christina Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mariana Chávez, Ryan Callahan, Kathy J. Jenkins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022; 163: 2198-2207DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.10.022 AbstractObjective: The study objective was to evaluate outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis repair in a large single-center cohort.Methods: Clinical data […]

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The potential value of transoesophageal evaluation of individual pulmonary venous flow after an atrial baffle procedure

Renate Kaulitz, Oliver Stümper, Alan G. Fraser, Andreas Kreis, Bernardino Tuccillo, George R. Sutherland Erasmus University Rotterdam.Netherlands International Journal of CardiologyInt J Cardiol 1990; 28: 299-307DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(90)90312-s AbstractFollowing a Mustard’s procedure, transoesophageal echocardiography allowed the visualization of all 4 pulmonary veins in 7/12 patients (mean age 14.8 years) and of three veins in a further 2

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Midterm results after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: a single centre experience

Aron Frederik Popov, Theodor Tirilomis, Michael Giesler, Kasim Oguz Coskun, Jose Hinz, Gerd Gunnar Hanekop, Verena Gravenhorst, Thomas Paul, Wolfgang Ruschewski University of GöttingenGermany Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2012; 7:83DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-7-83 AbstractBackground: The arterial switch operation (ASO) has become the surgical approach of choice for d-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). There is, however an

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With Intact Atrial Septum: Early and Midterm Outcomes

Gabriel Graham, Joseph A. Dearani, Jessey Mathew, William R. Miranda, Katherine S. King, Hartzell V. Schaff, Elizabeth H. Stephens Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.04.031 AbstractBackground: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return with intact atrial septum warrants greater understanding and evaluation in the literature.Methods: From January 1993 to December 2018, 293 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return underwent surgical

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An alternative method for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava

Herbert E. Warden, Robert A. Gustafson, Thomas J. Tarnay, William A. Neal West Virginia University Medical CenterUnited States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1984; 38: 601-605DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62317-x AbstractThe surgical management of 15 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the high superior vena cava (SVC) is described. This new technique redirects the anomalous

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Two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative evaluation of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Patricia Burroughs, G. Wilson, John Coles, David L. Gilday, Robert M. Freedom Hospital for Sick Children.Canada CirculationCirculation 1987; 76: 298-305DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.76.2.298 AbstractThe role of combined two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative assessment of patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection was evaluated. Twenty-two cases with a median age of 9.5 weeks

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Long-term results following repair in infancy

Christopher M. Whight, Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, A. Louise Calder, John M. Neutze, Peter W. Brandt Green Lane Hospital.New Zealand Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1978; 75: 52-63DOI: Not Available AbstractTwenty-three infants, aged 5 days to 10 months, underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Coronary sinus drainage was unusually

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Shunji Sano, William J. Brawn, Roger B. Mee Royal Children’s Hospital.Australia Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989; 97: 886-992DOI: Not Available AbstractForty-four patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage underwent repair between 1979 and 1987. The anomalous drainage was supracardiac in 16, cardiac in 12, and infracardiac in 16. Median age

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Relentless pulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Christopher A. Caldarone, Hani K. Najm, Margit Kadletz, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams, John G. Coles Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1998; 66: 1514-1520DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00952-7 AbstractBackground: Progressive stenosis of the pulmonary veins after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is frequently refractory to

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: an analysis of current management strategies in a single institution

Camille L. Hancock Friesen, David Zurakowski, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Joseph M. Forbess, Pedro J. del Nido, John E. Mayer, Richard A. Jonas Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2005; 79: 596-606DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.07.005 AbstractBackground: Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) continues to be associated with significant mortality. We

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