Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Surgical repair for primary pulmonary vein stenosis: Single-institution, midterm follow-up

Guocheng Shi, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen, Haibo Zhang, Jinghao Zheng, Jinfeng Liu Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 150: 181-188DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.03.032 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare congenital heart condition and carries a poor prognosis.Methods: A retrospective review of 18 […]

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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations

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Pediatric lung transplantation. Indications, techniques, and early results

Thomas L. Spray, George B. Mallory, Charles B. Canter, Charles B. Huddleston Washington University School of Medicine.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994; 107: 990-999DOI: Not Available AbstractFrom July 1990 to April 1993, 36 lung transplantations in 33 patients were performed in our pediatric transplant program (0.25 to 23 years,

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Pulsed wave and color Doppler findings in congenital pulmonary vein stenosis

Steven A. Webber, Eustace de Souza, Michael W. H. Patterson British Columbia Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia.Canada Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1992; 13: 112-115DOI: 10.1007/BF00798218 AbstractA premature infant presented at 8 weeks of age with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. Two-dimensional echocardiography was not diagnostic but color flow imaging and pulsed Doppler examination revealed turbulent

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Repair of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Jacques A. M. van Son, Gordon K. Danielson, Francisco J. Puga, William D. Edwards, David J. Driscoll Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 144-150DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00325-f AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cause of obstruction of pulmonary venous blood flow with a high mortality. Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis is an equally serious condition.Methods: Eight patients (age

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis: the impact of sutureless repair on survival

Nicola Viola, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Donald G. Perrin, Gregory J. Wilson, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone Southampton University Hospital. Hospital for Sick Children.United Kingdom and Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 142: 344-350DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.12.004 AbstractBackground: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often associated with relentless restenosis and early death. During the last

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Conventional and sutureless techniques for management of the pulmonary veins: Evolution of indications from postrepair pulmonary vein stenosis to primary pulmonary vein anomalies

Tae-Jin Yun, John G. Coles, Igor E. Konstantinov, Osman O. Al-Radi, Rachel M. Wald, Vitor Guerra, Nilto C. de Oliveira, Glen S. Van Arsdell, William G. Williams, Jeffrey Smallhorn, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 129: 167-174DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.08.043 AbstractObjective: We have previously

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Alterations in elastin and collagen related to the mechanism of progressive pulmonary venous obstruction in a piglet model. A hemodynamic, ultrastructural, and biochemical study

Jay I. LaBourene, John G. Coles, Dorothy J. Johnson, Arun Mehra, Fred W. Keeley, Marlene Rabinovitch Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Circulation ResearchCirc Res 1990; 66: 438-456DOI: 10.1161/01.res.66.2.438 AbstractWe created an animal model to understand better the pathogenesis and underlying mechanism of progressive central pulmonary venous (PV) obstruction, a condition not amenable to current therapy. Twenty piglets

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Unilateral membranous pulmonary venous occlusion, pulmonary hypertension, and patent ductus arteriosus

Donald Emslie-Smith, Ian G. W. Hill, Kenneth G. Lowe University of St. Andrews.United Kingdom British Heart Journal (Heart)Brit Heart J 1955; 17: 79-84DOI: 10.1136/hrt.17.1.79 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsPulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1955 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case

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Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriosclerosis Unusual Fibrous Connective Tissue Growth Associated; Review of Literature and Discussion of Possible Physiological Mechanisms Involved in These Changes

Scott R. Inkley, George R. Abbott Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland.United States Journal of the American Medical Association Internal MedicineJAMA Int Med 1961; 108: 903-915https://doi:10.1001/archinte.1961.03620120087012 AbstractAn extensive fibrous connective tissue proliferation suggestive of retroperitoneal fibrosis or chronic mediastinitis is reported here. Aside from being the most extensive involvement that we can find

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