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

Systemic Sirolimus to Prevent In-Stent Stenosis in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ryan Callahan, Jesse J. Esch, Grace Wang, Christina M. Ireland, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 282-289DOI: 10.1007/s00246-019-02253-6 AbstractEvaluate the efficacy of systemic sirolimus (rapamycin) in preventing in-stent stenosis (ISS) in pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS). Report the adverse events related to sirolimus […]

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Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Patcharapong Suntharos, Sarah E. Worley, Wei Liu, Marion Siperstein, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Cleveland Clinic Foundation.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95: 389-397DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28628 AbstractObjectives: Report long-term outcomes of percutaneous intervention in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from a single center over 16 years.Background: Outcome reports of

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Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children

Jay D. Patel, Mansi Mandhani, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney E. McCracken, Amanda Thomas, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.011351 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a progressive disease associated with a high rate of mortality in children. If left

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Changes in Prognosis of Heterotaxy Syndrome Over Time

Puja Banka, Adi Adar, Barbara Schaetzle, Lynn A. Sleeper, Sitaram Emani, Tal Geva Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard University.United States PediatricsPediatrics 2020; 146DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-3345 AbstractBackground: Long-term outcomes in heterotaxy syndrome (HS) are poorly described. Some reports suggest improved survival in the recent era, whereas others do not. We sought to describe long-term outcomes and assess whether outcomes

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Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel Ilbawi Advocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. Hopper The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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Incidence and treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Ersin Erek, Dilek Suzan, Selim Aydın, Ramal Hesenov, Bahar Temur, Barış Kırat, Okan Yıldız, İbrahim Halil Demir, Ender Ödemiş Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine. Acibadem Atakent Hospital. Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital.Turkey Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryTurk J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 27:

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Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease

Yoshihiko Kurita, Kenji Baba, Maiko Kondo, Takahiro Eitoku, Shingo Kasahara, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Hirokazu Tsukahara Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 1057-1065DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119001495 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a condition with challenging treatment and leads to severe cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Despite aggressive

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Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children

Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Patrick Vittner, Amy Danehy, Sonali Sen, Robert Whitehill, Jessica H. Chao, Miya E. Bernson-Leung, Michael J. Rivkin Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric NeurologyPediatr Neurol 2019; 100: 42-48DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.07.005 AbstractBackground: Children with cardiac disease are at high risk for stroke. Approximately one-quarter of strokes in children with cardiac disease occur in the

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Mortality in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Data from cardiac catheterization

Martina A. Steurer, Hythem Nawaytou, Elyssa Guslits, Elizabeth Colglazier, David Teitel, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Roberta L. Keller University of California, San Francisco.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 2019; 54: 804-813DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24297 AbstractRationale: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is relatively common in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), however, hemodynamic data and factors associated with mortality in this patient group are

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