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

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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Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes

Xiaobing Liu, Rong Liufu, Tao Liu, Jianzheng Cen, Juemin Yu, Shusheng Wen, Yanqiu Ou, Jimei Chen, Jian Zhuang Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. Brown University School of Public Health.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 166: 193-200DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.10.008 AbstractBackground: Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is the most

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Quantitative analysis of pulmonary vascular disease in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in sixty infants

Shigeo Yamaki, Minoru Tsunemoto, Munehiro Shimada, Ryou Ishizawa, Masato Endo, Shingo Nakayama, Masaki Hata, Hitoshi Mohri Tohoku University School of Medicine.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 104: 728-735DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)34743-9 AbstractA quantitative analysis of small pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, and lymphatic vessels was conducted in autopsy cases of total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Review of surgical experience in 61 patients with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Chen Wen, Guocheng Shi, Qian Zhang, Fang Zhu, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022; 61: 1299-1305DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac020 AbstractObjectives: Prior studies have reported a high mortality and incidence of post-repair pulmonary venous obstruction (PVO) in mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous

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Superior Approach for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rong Liufu, Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Yongmei Guan, Zhaohui Lu, Weimin Chen, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1429-1435DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.039 AbstractBackground: Studies on the outcomes of surgical repair for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection through the superior approach are

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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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