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

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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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid

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Outcomes of the Warden Procedure for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hongyuan Lin, Jun Yan, Qiang Wang, Shoujun Li, Haining Sun, Yajuan Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wenchao Liu Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.China Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 134–140DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-019-02235-8 AbstractPartial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) is a common congenital heart disease. If the insertion of an anomalous pulmonary vein

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Surgical results for functional univentricular heart with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection over a 25-year experience

Yuki Nakayama, Takeshi Hiramatsu, Yusuke Iwata, Toru Okamura, Takeshi Konuma, Goki Matsumura, Kenji Suzuki, Kyoko Hobo, Toshio Nakanishi, Hiromi Kurosawa, Kenji Yamazaki Tokyo Women’s Medical University.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2012; 93: 606-613DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.09.038 AbstractBackground: Surgical results for functional univentricular heart with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) have been unsatisfactory to date.Methods: During a 25-year

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