Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Neurological manifestations and vasculopathy in PLCG2-associated antibody deficiency and immune dysregulation (APLAID): a case series

Kosar Asna Ashari, Rebecca MacRae, David P. Hoytema van Konijnenburg, Craig D. Platt, Maryam Ashoor, Alfred P. See, Agnieszka Kielian, Amy Danehy, Riten Kumar, Elliot James, Kristin Houghton, Sheri Harder, Mark P. Gorman, Stacy A. Kahn, Ankana Daga, Sadaf H. Hussain, Alicia M. Johnston, Alicia Casey, Jodie D. Ouahed, Wai Wong, Kathy Jenkins, Susan Prockop,

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In Vitro Models to Study Fibroelastic Remodeling of the Endocardium in Congenital Heart Disease

Julia Gaal, Cindy Zajac, Sophie C. Doettl, Magnus von Piechowski, Kerstin Saraci, Viktoria Weixler, Daniel Diaz-Gil, Pedro J. del Nido, Ingeborg Friehs Boston Children’s Hospital. Charité University. University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen. Harvard Medical School.United States and Germany Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04503-w AbstractCongenital heart defects (CHD) are characterized

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A Computational Framework for Quantifying Hemodynamic Burden in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Manish Bansal, Dan Lior, Avishek Mukherjee, Jeffrey S. Heinle, Athar M. Qureshi, Charles Puelz, Ravi K. Birla Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. University of Houston.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2026;DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.09.007 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare but devastating pediatric disorder characterized by progressive

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Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis in a pediatric bilateral lung transplant recipient

Timothy Klouda, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Kathy Jenkins, Michael Farias, Christina M. Ireland, Jennifer Mosey, Wai Wong, Saba Sheikh, Christian Benden, Gary Visner Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation OpenJHLT Open 2026; 14:DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100650 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is characterized by luminal narrowing from neointimal proliferation, leading to the obstruction

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Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS) for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Interventions

Stephanie M. Tsoi, Roberta L. Keller, Loren D. Sacks, Vinod Sebastian, Sanjeev A. Datar, Michael A. Smith, Jason Boehme, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Elena K. Amin University of California San Francisco.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04434-6 AbstractPediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We describe a case series of pediatric patients

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Targeted Flow Cardiac MRI in Neonates with Intracardiac Shunts: A Novel Multi-Modality Imaging Approach to Hemodynamic Assessment

Charles T. Simpkin, Anne C. Taylor, Jessica MacLean, Michael Cookson, Richard Friesen, Emily Downs, D. Dunbar Ivy, Cesar Gonzalez de Alba, Benjamin S. Frank University of Colorado Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Journal of PediatricsJ Pediatr 2026;DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2026.115261 AbstractDistinguishing the relative contributions of pulmonary vascular resistance and intracardiac shunts to elevated right-heart pressures in

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Right Ventricular Function Improves With Pulmonary Vasodilator Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension and Multivessel Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Single Center Cohort

Catherine M. Avitabile, Kimberly Butler, Antara Mondal, David B. Frank, Yan Wang, Devon Ash, Laura Mercer‐Rosa, Michael L. O’Byrne, Ryan Callahan University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Pulmonary CirculationPulm Circ 2026; 16:DOI: 10.1002/pul2.70346 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction increase mortality in multivessel pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

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Pulmonary Venous Decompressing Collaterals: Angiographic Characteristics and Impact on Outcomes in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Ashish Saini, Hui Huang, Andrew Jergel, Rosemary Gray, Dennis W. Kim, James Kuo Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04350-9 AbstractPediatric pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, progressive condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. While pulmonary venous decompressing collaterals (PVDC) have been described, their clinical

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Utility of Follow-Up Surveillance Echocardiograms in Uncomplicated Surgical Closures of Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects: A Preliminary Analysis

Macala Maney, Carson Richardson, Isaac Kistler, Samantha Fichtner, Hannah Jacobs, Julie B. Aldrich, Clifford L. Cua Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.United States Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2026; 13: DOI: 10.3390/jcdd13060281 AbstractBackground: Ventricular septal defects (VSD) are the most common form of congenital heart disease (CHD).

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension: A Single-Center Cohort to Inform Decision-Making

Taylor M. Smith, Kathryn Restaino, Stuart Lipsitz, Jai Krishan Khurana, Mary P. Mullin, John N. Kheir, Katie M. Moynihan Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States American Society of Artificial Internal Organs JournalASAIO J 2026;DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000002766 AbstractLimited data describe children with pulmonary hypertension (PH) supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). This

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