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

Pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape: CT analysis

Yun-Hyeon Kim, Edith M. Marom, James E. Herndon, II, H. Page McAdams Chonnam National University Medical School. Duke University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea and United States RadiologyRadiology 2005; 235: 43-49DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351032106 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively establish normal values for pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape depicted at computed tomography (CT).Materials and methods: Institutional review board waived patient […]

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Two-dimensional echocardiography in the pre- and postoperative management of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Mary E. van der Velde, Ira A. Parness, Steven D. Colan, Philip J. Spevak, James E. Lock, John E. Meyer Jr., Stephen P. Sanders Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18: 1746-1751DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90515-b AbstractThe records of 23 infants who underwent surgical repair of isolated totally anomalous pulmonary

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Infant total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: factors influencing timing of presentation and operative outcome

Edward S. Yee, Kevin Turley, Wen R. Hsieh, Paul A. Ebert University of California, San Francisco.United States CirculationCirculation 1987; 76 (3 Pt 2): III83-III87DOI: Not Available AbstractThe surgical experience in 75 patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) between 1975 and 1986 was reviewed. Most of these patients underwent operation at less than 1

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Complete correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: experience with 53 patients

Hellmut Oelert, Hans-J. Schafers, Thomas Stegmann, Hans-C. Kallfelz, Hans G. Borst Hannover Medical School.Germany Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1986; 41: 392-394DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62693-8 AbstractFrom January, 1973, to August, 1984, 53 infants with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) underwent a corrective operation in our unit. TAPVD was of the supracardiac type in 41% of the

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Repair using deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest in 44 consecutive infants

D. F. Dickinson, K. M. Parimelazhagan, M. C. Tweedie, C. R. West, G. P. Piccoli, F. Musumeci, D. I. Hamilton Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1982; 48: 249-254DOI: 10.1136/hrt.48.3.249 AbstractForty-four consecutive infants aged from 3 days to 10 months underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using deep hypothermia with

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in infancy: influence of age and type of lesion

Kevin Turley, William Y. Tucker, Daniel J. Ullyot. Paul A. Ebert University of California, San FranciscoUnited States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1980; 45: 92-97DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(80)90225-8 AbstractThe factor of age has been proposed as the major determinant of survival after correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection; consequently, operation may be postponed and the infant’s

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Concepts and practices in surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Nevin M. Katz, John W. Kirklin, Albert D. Pacifico University of Alabama School of Medicine and Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1978; 25: 479-487DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)63593-x AbstractIn the last ten years there have been extensive refinements in the surgical approach to total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). This communication reviews determinants of hosptal

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Individual pulmonary vein size and survival in infants with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Kathy J. Jenkins, Stephen P. Sanders, E. John Orav, Elizabeth A. Coleman, John E. Mayer Jr., Steven D. Colan Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22(1):201-206DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90835-o AbstractObjectives: We investigated whether mortality in totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection could be predicted from preoperative individual pulmonary vein size.Background: Some infants

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Severity and location predict survival after surgical repair

Mauro Lo Rito, Tamadhir Gazzaz, Travis J. Wilder, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo, Shi-Joon Yoo, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 151: 657-666DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.08.121 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein characteristics that influence survival after repair of stenosis have not been

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Intentional longitudinal and side-cell stent fractures: Intermediate term follow up

Hitesh Agrawal, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2018; 91: 1110-1118DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27469 AbstractBackground: Use of small diameter stents in young children and jailing of side branches pose significant challenges to future re-interventions. We sought to assess the capacity to induce longitudinal fractures in

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