Article Type: Review

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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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Etiology, diagnosis and management

Pablo Pazos-López, Cristina García-Rodríguez, Alba Guitián-González, Emilio Paredes-Galán, María Ángel De La Guarda Álvarez-Moure, Marta Rodríguez-Álvarez, José Antonio Baz-Alonso, Elvis Teijeira-Fernández, Francisco Eugenio Calvo-Iglesias, Andrés Íñiguez-Romo Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo and Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro.Spain World Journal of CardiologyWorld J Cardiol 2016; 8: 81-88DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v8.i1.81 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is rare condition characterized by a challenging

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Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: A “New” Lesion

Viviane G. Nasr, Ryan Callahan, Zachary Wichner, Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Anesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesth Analges 2019; 129: 27-40DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003924 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder that leads to progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary veins. PVS has been reported in both children and adults and in its worse iteration

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis during infancy: state of the art review

David B. Frank, Philip T. Levy, Corey A. Stiver, Brian A. Boe, Christopher W. Baird, Ryan M. Callahan, Charles V. Smith, Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Carl H. Backes University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital. Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research

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Prematurity and Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: The Role of Parenchymal Lung Disease and Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Shilpa Vyas-Read, Nidhy P. Varghese, Divya Suthar, Carl Backes, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Christopher J. Petit, Philip T. Levy Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. University of California Davis. Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Children (Basel)Children 2022; 9: 713DOI: 10.3390/children9050713

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