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

Preoperative pulmonary venous obstruction affects long-term outcome for survivors of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair

Paul M. Kirshbom, Richard J. Myung, J. William Gaynor, Richard F. Ittenbach, Stephen M. Paridon, William M. DeCampli, Tom R. Karl, Thomas L. Spray Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn thorac Surg 2002; 74: 1616-1620DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03935-8 AbstractBackground: Early outcomes after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection continue to improve; however, little information is […]

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Outcomes of surgery for simple total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in neonates

Matthew S. Yong, Yves d’Udekem, Terry Robertson, Stephen Horton, Mithilesh Dronavalli, Christian Brizard, Robert Weintraub, Frank Shann, Michael Cheung, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne.Australia Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 91: 1921-1927DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.069 AbstractBackground: Repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) in neonates remains a challenge as it is often

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return: report of 201 patients treated surgically

Michael J. Reardon, Denton A. Cooley, Luiz Kubrusly, David A. Ott, William Johnson, Gregory L. Kay, Michael S. Sweeney Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Texas Heart Institute JournalTex Heart Inst J 1985; 12: 131-141DOI: Not Available AbstractBetween 1956 and June 1984, 201 patients with uncomplicated total anomalous pulmonary

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Sutureless Repair of Extracardiac Univentricular Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Takeaki Harada, Toshihide Nakano, Yuseke Ando, Joji Hashimoto Fukuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.010 AbstractBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the results of sutureless repair of extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) with a functional single ventricle at a single institution, including changes in the anastomotic site over time.Methods: The database contained

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Surgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in 256 patients

Takeaki Harada, Toshihide Nakano, Shinichiro Oda, Hideaki Kado Fukuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 8: 421-426DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy267 AbstractObjectives: This study was performed to analyse the surgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair at a single institution and to identify trends and variables associated with mortality and morbidity, particularly

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: results of surgical repair of 100 patients at a single institution

Angela M. Kelle, Carl L. Backer, Jeffrey G. Gossett, Sunjay Kaushal, Constantine Mavroudis Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Children’s Memorial Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139: 1387-1394DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.024 AbstractObjective: Surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with significant mortality and morbidity, especially in patients with

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The impact of right ventricular pressure and function on survival in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis

Michelle C. Sykes, Christina Ireland, Julia E. McSweeney, Emily Rosenholm, Kristofer G. Andren, Thomas J. Kulik Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2018;DOI: 10.1177/2045894018776894 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH), but there is little information regarding the impact of PH on right ventricular (RV) systolic function and survival. We conducted a

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How is pulmonary arterial blood flow affected by pulmonary venous obstruction in children? A phase-contrast magnetic resonance study

Kevin S. Roman, Christian Kellenberger, Christopher K. Macgowan, John Coles, Andrew N. Redington, Lee N. Benson, Shi-Joon Yoo Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Pediatric RadiologyPediatr Radiol 2005; 35: 580-586DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1399-x AbstractBackground: Hemodynamic changes within a stenosed pulmonary vein might not reflect the severity of the obstruction if redistribution of pulmonary artery flow occurs.Objective: The purpose was to investigate flow

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Gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography of pulmonary and systemic venous anomalies

Gerald F. Greil, Andrew J. Powell, Hans P. Gildein, Tal Geva Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 39: 335-341DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01730-2 AbstractObjective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced three-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in patients with congenital and acquired anomalies

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Pulmonary vein stenosis and necrotising enterocolitis: is there a possible link with necrotising enterocolitis?

Howard J. Heching, Mariel Turner, Christiana Farkouh-Karoleski, Usha Krishnan Columbia University Medical Center.United States Archives of Diseases in Children Fetal and Neonatal EditionArch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2014; 99: F282-F285DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304740 AbstractObjectives: While acquired pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an often lethal anomaly with poor long-term prognosis and high mortality, little is known about the causes of this

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