Article Type: Review

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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Surgical Approaches to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2018; 21: 83-91DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2017.11.010 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) constitutes a spectrum of congenital lesions whereby the pulmonary veins remain connected to systemic venous

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CT findings in diseases associated with pulmonary hypertension: a current review

Claudia Grosse, Alexandra Grosse Medical University of ViennaAustria RadiographicsRadiographics 2010; 30: 1753-1777DOI: 10.1148/rg.307105710 AbstractPulmonary hypertension may primarily affect either the arterial (precapillary) or the venous (postcapillary) pulmonary circulation. Pulmonary arterial hypertension may be idiopathic or arise in association with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism; pulmonary embolism caused by tumor cells, parasitic material, or foreign material; parenchymal lung disease;

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Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Abdulmajeed Al-Otay, Hyun Woo Goo, Christopher K. Macgowan, John G. Coles, Leland N. Benson, Andrew N. Redington, Shi-Joon Yoo Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto.Canada Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 993-1002DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.052 AbstractPulmonary vein pathologies often present a diagnostic challenge. Among the different imaging

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Surgery for pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return

Francois Lacour-Gayet Denver Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 9: 45-50DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.010 AbstractThe major complication and the main cause of reoperation following surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is the occurrence of pulmonary venous obstruction.

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Comprehensive Cross-sectional Imaging of the Pulmonary Veins

Cameron Hassani, Farhood Saremi Keck Hospital of the University of Southern California.United States RadioGraphicsRadiographics  2017; 37: 1928-1954DOI: 10.1148/rg.2017170050 AbstractThe pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, but their importance to the radiologist extends far beyond this seemingly straightforward function. The anatomy of the pulmonary veins is variable among patients, with several noteworthy

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MR imaging and CT evaluation of congenital pulmonary vein abnormalities in neonates and infants

Himesh V. Vyas, S. Bruce Greenberg, Rajesh Krishnamurthy University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital.United States RadioGraphicsRadiographics 2012; 32: 87-98DOI: 10.1148/rg.321105764 AbstractMagnetic resonance (MR) imaging and computed tomography (CT) are increasingly being used in diagnosis and follow-up of congenital pulmonary vein anomalies in neonates and infants. Such anomalies include total or partial anomalous

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