Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure

Patcharapong Suntharos, Sarah E. Worley, Wei Liu, Marion Siperstein, Lourdes R. Prieto Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Cleveland Clinic Foundation.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95: 389-397DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28628 AbstractObjectives: Report long-term outcomes of percutaneous intervention in patients with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) from a single center over 16 years.Background: Outcome reports of […]

Long-term outcome of percutaneous intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis after pulmonary vein isolation procedure Read More »

Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children

Jay D. Patel, Mansi Mandhani, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney E. McCracken, Amanda Thomas, Holly Bauser-Heaton, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2022; 15DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.121.011351 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a progressive disease associated with a high rate of mortality in children. If left

Transcatheter Recanalization of Atretic Pulmonary Veins in Infants and Children Read More »

Acute treatment of critical vascular stenoses with a bioabsorbable magnesium scaffold in infants with CHDs

Peter A. Zartner, Dietmar Schranz, Nathalie Mini, Martin B. Schneider, Katja Schneider University Hospital. University Giessen and Marburg. Marienhospital.Germany Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2020; 30: 493-499DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120000384 AbstractBackground: Post-operative severe vascular stenosis and proliferating endothelial tissue lead to severe circulatory disorders and impair organ perfusion. Bioabsorbable magnesium scaffolds may help to overcome these obstructions without leaving

Acute treatment of critical vascular stenoses with a bioabsorbable magnesium scaffold in infants with CHDs Read More »

A Rare Report of Hypoplastic Coronary Arteries and Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Raymond Morales, John Bokoski, Saif Aljemmali, Joshua Murphy, Caroja Bharati, Ra-Id Abdulla Rush University Medical Center. Rosalind Franklin University of Sciences. Advocate Children’s Hospital. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 1231-1237DOI: 10.1007/s00246-020-02334-x AbstractCongenital coronary artery anomalies are estimated to affect about 1% of the general population. Hypoplastic coronary artery disease

A Rare Report of Hypoplastic Coronary Arteries and Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Read More »

Is This My Home? A Palliative Care Journey Through Life and Death in the NICU: A Case Report

Aurora Walters, Jordan Grosse Children’s Hospital ColoradoUnited States Advances in Neonatal CareAdv Neonatal Care 2020; 20: 127-135DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000697 AbstractBackground: With advancements in neonatology, patients in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) are living in the hospital with complex life-limiting illnesses until their first birthday or beyond. As palliative care (PC) becomes a standard of care in neonatology,

Is This My Home? A Palliative Care Journey Through Life and Death in the NICU: A Case Report Read More »

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. Hopper The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity Read More »

Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, William G. Thilly, Pip Hidestrand, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Mats Hidestrand, Elena V. Gostjeva Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eastern Maine Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2019; 39: 51-53DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.12.005 AbstractNo Abstract AvailableMethods: Pulmonary vein tissue from five patients with PVS was collected

Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis Read More »

Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease

Yoshihiko Kurita, Kenji Baba, Maiko Kondo, Takahiro Eitoku, Shingo Kasahara, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Hirokazu Tsukahara Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 1057-1065DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119001495 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a condition with challenging treatment and leads to severe cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Despite aggressive

Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease Read More »

Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood

Asra Khan, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 94: 233-242DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28328 AbstractObjective: Comparison of outcomes using bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) stents in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Background: PVS is a serious condition with frequent restenosis after surgical and percutaneous interventions. After experiencing

Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood Read More »

Computed Tomography Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Congenital Anomalies of Pulmonary Veins

Ahmed Abdel Razek Abdel Khalek, Hala Al-Marsafawy, Maha Elmansy, Mahmoud Abd El-Latif, Donia Sobh Pediatric Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine.Egypt Journal of Computer Assisted TomographyJ Comput Assist Tomogr 2019; 43: 399-405DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000000857 AbstractWe aimed to review computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography of congenital anomalies of pulmonary veins. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return shows all pulmonary

Computed Tomography Angiography and Magnetic Resonance Angiography of Congenital Anomalies of Pulmonary Veins Read More »