Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Novel Use of Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty to Treat Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Saloni Agrawal, Kali A. Hopkins, Ali N. Zaidi, Barry Love Mount Sinai Hospital. Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102613 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is challenging to treat due to high rate of recurrence. Multiple interventions exist but are limited by high rates of […]

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Paclitaxel drug-eluting stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis as a bridge to heart-lung transplantation

Andreea Dragulescu, Olivier Ghez, Jacques Quilici, Alain Fraisse Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire La Timone.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 1169-1171DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9511-5 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presents as an isolated lesion or in association with other congenital heart anomalies. The most extensive forms of the disease are uniformly fatal because neither surgical repair nor transcatheter therapy results in

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Serial echocardiography in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia: diagnosing and managing recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis

Oishi Sikdar, Mahesh Nanjundappa, Aaron Bell, Matthew Jones and Anne Greenough King’s College London. Evelina Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom Case Reports in Perinatal MedicineCase Rep Perinat Med 2025; 14:DOI: 10.1515/crpm-2024-0038 AbstractObjectives: To highlight the importance of serial echocardiography in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) to diagnose recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and understand its contribution to respiratory

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Feasibility of Electric Impedance Tomography in the Assessment of Lung Perfusion and Ventilation in Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Catalina Vargas-Acevedo, Nilton da BarbosaRosa Jr., Omid Rajabi Shishvan, Gary Saulnier, David Isaacson, Gareth J. Morgan, Jennifer L. Mueller University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’S Hospital Colorado. Colorado State University. University at Albany and State University of New York. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03816-6 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis

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Risk Assessment and Monitoring of Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Infants

Philip T. Levy, Amish Jain, Hythem Nawaytou, David Teitel, Roberta Keller, Jeffery Fineman, Robin Steinhorn, Steven H. Abman, Patrick J. McNamara, for the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital. University of California, San Francisco. Children’s National Health System. University of Colorado Anschutz

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Evaluation and Management of Pulmonary Hypertension in Children with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

Usha Krishnan, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Ian Adatia, Eric D. Austin, Mary P. Mullen, Rachel K. Hopper, Brian Hanna, Lew Romer, Roberta L. Keller, Jeffrey Fineman, Robin Steinhorn, John P. Kinsella, D. Dunbar Ivy, Erika Berman Rosenzweig, Usha Raj, Tilman Humpl, Steven H. Abman, for the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network (PPHNet) Columbia University Medical Center and

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Compression of pulmonary veins between the left atrium and the descending aorta

Clare P. O’Donnell, James E. Lock, Andrew J. Powell, Stanton B. Perry Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2003; 91: 248-251DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)03120-x AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins: Other CategoriesDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2003 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Retrospective

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Acquired stenosis of normally connected pulmonary veins

Shanta Chakrabarti, Ralph Mittal, James P. Gnanapragasam, Robin P. Martin Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.United Kingdom Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2007; 17: 322-327DOI: 10.1017/S1047951107000546 AbstractPulmonary venous stenosis has been a challenge to paediatric cardiologists and surgeons. In spite of significant improvements in the management and outcome of various congenital cardiac problems, the prognosis of this

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Congenital stenosis of individual pulmonary veins: clinical spectrum and unsuccessful treatment by transvenous balloon dilation

David J. Driscoll, Peter S. Hesslein, Charles E. Mullin Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas Heart Institute.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1982; 49: 1767-1772DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(82)90257-0 AbstractCongenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare but frequently lethal congenital cardiac abnormality. Eight patients with this malformation were diagnosed, evaluated and treated. All eight

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Mortality Patterns in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Insights Into Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure Associations

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Michelle Cash, Melissa Magness, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Journal of the American Heart AssociationJ Am Heart Assoc 2025;DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037908 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis in children is associated with a poor prognosis. However, the cause and risk factors for mortality remain uncertain.Methods: This retrospective, single-center study

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