Article Type: Review

Multidetector CT evaluation of congenital lung anomalies

Edward Y. Lee, Phillip M. Boiselle, Robert H. Cleveland Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States RadiologyRadiology 2008; 247: 632-648DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2473062124 AbstractCongenital lung anomalies vary widely in their clinical manifestation and imaging appearance. Although radiographs play a role in the incidental detection and initial imaging evaluation in patients with clinical suspicion of congenital lung anomalies, […]

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Learning from the Pulmonary Veins

Diego Uirona Porres, Oscar Persiva Morenza, Esther Pallisa, Alberto Roque, Jorge Andreu, Manel Martinez Hospital Vall d’Hebron.Spain RadiographicsRadiographics 2013; 33: 999-1022DOI: 10.1148/rg.334125043 AbstractThe purpose of this article is to review the basic embryology and anatomy of the pulmonary veins and the various imaging techniques used to evaluate the pulmonary veins, as well as the radiologic findings

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Pulmonary venous infarction

Warren A. Williamson, Bruce S. Tronic, Nathan Levitan, David G. Webb-Johnson, David M. Shahian, F. Henry Ellis, Jr. Lahey Clinic Medical Center.United States ChestChest 1992; 102: 937-940DOI: 10.1378/chest.102.3.937 AbstractPulmonary venous infarction, although rare, can develop in patients with the various pathologic conditions outlined. The triad of cough, dyspnea, and hemoptysis should raise clinical suspicion. The venous

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Absorbable metal stents for vascular use in pediatric cardiology: progress and outlook

Daniel I. McLennan, Jennifer R. Maldonado, Susan R. Foerster, Stephanie S. Handler, John F. LaDisa Jr., Todd M. Gudausky, Roger J. Guillory II Children’s Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Marquette University.United States Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovas Med 2024;DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1410305 AbstractThe past five years have yielded impressive advancements in fully absorbable metal stent technology.

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Pediatric Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Diseases: Recent Advances and Challenges

Levent Midyat, Eleanor D. Muise, Gary A. Visner University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital. Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Clinics in Chest MedicineClin Chest Med 2024; 45: 761-769DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2024.02.023 AbstractPediatric lung transplantation for pulmonary vascular diseases has seen notable

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Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Sophia Hsien, Usha Krishnan, Christopher Petit New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center.United States Interventional Cardiology ClinicsInterv Cardiol Clin 2024; 13: 431-438DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2024.03.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare and unique disease of infants and young children. PVS is attended by high morbidity and mortality, and for many decades, effective

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Anomalous pulmonary venous connections and related anomalies: nomenclature, embryology, anatomy, and morphology

Michael J. Walsh, Ross M. Ungerleider, Vera D. Aiello, Diane Spicer, Jorge M. Giroud Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Medical Center. Universidade de São Paulo. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.United States and Brazil World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2013; 4: 30-43DOI: 10.1177/2150135112458439 AbstractThis article combines material

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. Vanderlaan Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and

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Surgical management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Thomas L. Spray, Nancy D. Bridges The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 1999; 2: 177-188DOI: 10.1016/s1092-9126(99)70015-3 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis describes a variety of entities with a variable clinical course. The basic pathologic process appears to be fibrous intimal thickening,

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Pulmonary Hypertension in Established Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Physiologic Approaches to Clinical Care

Steven H. Abman, Satyan Lakshminrusimha University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. University of California, Davis Children’s Hospital.United States Clinics in PerinatologyClin Perinatol 2024; 51: 195-216DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2023.12.002 AbstractPreterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) are prone to develop pulmonary hypertension (PH). Strong laboratory and clinical data suggest that antenatal factors, such as preeclampsia, chorioamnionitis, oligohydramnios, and placental dysfunction

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