Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Evaluation of Primary Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: Comparison of Radionuclide Perfusion Lung Scan and Angiography

Laura A. Drubach, Kathy J. Jenkins, Catherine Stamoulis, Edwin L. Palmer III, Edward Y. Lee Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Massachusetts General Hospital.United States American Journal of RoentgenologyAm J Roentgeol 2015; 205: 873-877DOI: 10.2214/AJR.14.13581 AbstractObjective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of radionuclide perfusion lung scanning in the evaluation of primary […]

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Catheter-based intervention for pulmonary vein stenosis due to fibrosing mediastinitis: The Mayo Clinic experience

Shiva P. Ponamgia, Christopher V. DeSimone, Charles J. Lenz, Megan Coylewright, Samuel J. Asirvathamb, David R. Holmes, Douglas L. Packer Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic Health System. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.United States International Journal of Cardiology Heart and VascularInt J Cardiol Heart Vasc 2015; 8: 103-107DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2015.06.005 AbstractIntroduction: Fibrosing mediastinitis (FM) is a rare but fatal disease characterized

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Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Beatrice Bonello, Kalyani R. Trivedi, Alain Fraisse La Timone, University Children Hospital. University of Chicago.France and United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 86: E190-E193DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25920 AbstractPrimary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date.

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Systemic Embolic Complications of Pulmonary Vein Angioplasty in Children

Jesse J. Esch, Diego Porras, Lisa Bergersen, Kathy J. Jenkins, Audrey C. Marshall Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 1357-1362DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1165-x AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) carries significant morbidity and mortality for affected children, and its management often requires multiple angioplasty procedures. PVS angioplasty can be complicated by systemic embolic

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Pulmonary vein stenosis and the pathophysiology of “upstream” pulmonary veins

Hideyuki Kato, Yaqin Yana Fu, Jiaquan Zhu, Shabana Aafaqi, Otto Rahkonen, Cameron Slorach, Alexandra Traister, Chung Ho Leung, David Chiasson, Luc Mertens, Lee Benson, Richard D. Weisel, Boris Hinz, Jason T. Maynes, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Toronto General Hospital.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ

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Chest radiographic findings in pediatric patients with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Caitlin E. Mayhew, Edward Y. Lee, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Muhammad Muneeb, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Donald A. Tracy, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: 151-157DOI: 10.1111/chd.12105 AbstractEarly recognition of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is crucial for optimizing clinical outcomes. Our goal was to characterize radiographic patterns specific to pediatric patients with

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Pulmonary vein stenosis with Down syndrome: a rare and frequently fatal cause of pulmonary hypertension in infants and children

Srinath Gowda, Deepti Bhat, Zhuang Feng, Chung-Ho Chang, Robert D. Ross The Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Detroit Medical Center.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: E90-E97DOI: 10.1111/chd.12088 AbstractDown syndrome (DS) patients are prone to pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) due to various cardiopulmonary causes. However, the association of DS with pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is

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An infant with primary pulmonary vein stenosis, associated with fatal occlusion of intraparenchymal small pulmonary veins

Takanari Fujii, Hideshi Tomita, Hiroaki Kise, Kazuto Fujimoto, Kozue Kobayashi, Yoshitaka Watanabe, Takeshi Yamazaki, Takeshi Shimizu, Shunsuke Sakurai, Satoshi Hibino, Junya Iwasaki, Takashi Soga, Shigeru Uemura, Kazuo Itabashi, Shigeo Yamaki Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital. Japanese Research Institute of Pulmonary Vasculature.Japan Journal of Cardiology CasesJ Cardiol Cases 2013; 9: 3-7DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2013.08.013 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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Technique of coronary sinus plasty for left pulmonary vein stenosis

David Kalfa, Wyman Lai, Anne Ferris, Usha Krishnan, Emile Bacha Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York and Columbia University.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 98: e27-e29DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.03.045 AbstractWe describe a technique of coronary sinus plasty used to treat an infant with compression of the left pulmonary vein between the descending aorta and

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Surgical repair of pulmonary venous stenosis: a word of caution

Kirk R. Kanter, Paul M. Kirshbom, Brian E. Kogon Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 98: 1687-1691DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.05.082 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), both congenital and acquired, is challenging to treat surgically with uncertain long-term results. We reviewed an 11-year surgical experience in

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