Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Pulmonary vein stenosis: initial experience with cutting balloon angioplasty

Anna N. Seale, Piers E. F. Daubeney, A. G. Magee, Michael L. Rigby Royal Brompton Hospital.United Kingdom HeartHeart 2006; 92: 815-820DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073973 AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and effectiveness of cutting balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Design and setting: Retrospective review of case notes and cardiac catheterisation data at the Royal Brompton Hospital.Main outcome measures: Diameter of pulmonary […]

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Congenital pulmonary venous stenosis presenting as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Robert G. Holcomb, R. Weslie Tyson, D. Dunbar Ivy, Steven H. Abman, John P. Kinsella Children’s Hospital, Denver.United States Pediatric PulmonologyPediatr Pulmonol 1999; 28: 301-306DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0496(199910)28:4<301::aid-ppul10>3.0.co;2-m AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis (CPVS) has been previously described in older infants and children, typically manifesting as failure to thrive with congestive heart failure and subsequent respiratory deterioration. We report

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Repair of congenital pulmonary venous stenosis with living autologous atrial tissue

Albert D. Pacifico, Netu Mandke, Lynn B. McGrath, Edward V. Colvin, Roberta M. Bini, Lionel M. Bargeron University of Alabama BirminghamUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 89: 604-609DOI: Not Available AbstractRepair of localized bilateral congenital pulmonary venous stenosis with living autologous atrial tissue was accomplished in two patients, 3

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Bilateral disease and early age at presentation are associated with shorter survival in patients with congenital heart disease and intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Maliha Rehman, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2012; 7: 378-386DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00647.x AbstractPurpose: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease that is frequently lethal. We have previously identified neoproliferation of myofibroblasts as the mechanism for progressive intraluminal PVS. PVS occurs in association with other congenital heart

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A prospective phase II trial of vinblastine and methotrexate in multivessel intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis in infants and children

Maliha Rehman, Kathy J. Jenkins, Amy L. Juraszek, Jean A. Connor, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Muhammad Muneeb, Laureen M. Sena, Steven D. Colan, Terry Saia, Mark W. Kieran Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2011; 6: 608-623DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00574.x AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and efficacy of the chemotherapeutic agents vinblastine and methotrexate in the treatment of

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Pulmonary venous dilatation in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease

Ali Massumi, Larry Woods, Charles E. Mullins, William K. Nasser, Robert J. Hall Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1981; 48: 585-958.DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(81)90092-8 AbstractA case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in an adult is presented. The diagnosis was suspected clinically and verified at cardiac catheterization. Balloon dilatation of

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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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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Case report and literature review

Reshma Amin, S. Kwon, Y. Moayedi, Neil Sweezey Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Canadian Respiratory JournalCan Respir J 2009; 16: e77-e80DOI: 10.1155/2009/791653 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension, with variable onset and presentation. One or more of the four pulmonary veins can be primarily or secondarily affected. A five-month-old girl presented with respiratory

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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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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy for Infants and Children With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jay D. Patel, Michael Briones, Mansi Mandhani, Shannon Jones, Divya Suthar, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney McCraken, Amanda Thomas, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaUnited States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2807-2818DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.013 AbstractBackground: Anatomic interventions for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in infants and children have

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