Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Paucicellular Fibrointimal Proliferation Characterizes Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 213 Samples From 97 Patients

Alexandra E. Kovach, Philip M. Magcalas, Christina Ireland, Kerry McEnany, Andre M. Oliveira, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Kathy Jenkins, MD, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital. Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Mayo Clinic.United States American Journal of Surgical PathologyAm J Surg Pathol 2017; 41: 1198-1204DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000892 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a luminal narrowing of

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Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Melinda J. Cory, Yinn K. Ooi, Michael S. Kelleman, Robert N. Vincent, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsJACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10: 1788-1798DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.052 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate survival following catheter intervention

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Real-time three dimensional CT and MRI to guide interventions for congenital heart disease and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Patcharapong Suntharos, Randolph M. Setser, Sharon Bradley-Skelton, Lourdes R. Prieto Cleveland Clinic Children’s. Siemens Medical Solutions USA.United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 33: 1619-1626DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1151-x AbstractTo validate the feasibility and spatial accuracy of pre-procedural 3D images to 3D rotational fluoroscopy registration to guide interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

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Persistent Oxygen Requirement beyond Prematurity: A Case of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Tyler A. Fick, Bernadette Richards , Carl H. Backes, Molly K. Ball Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital.United States Care Reports in PediatricsCase Rep Pediatr 2017;DOI: 10.1155/2017/3106871 AbstractAcquired pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac defect and diagnosis can often be challenging, as many cases present with refractory or prolonged oxygen requirement

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Selective pulmonary artery occlusion to treat hemoptysis associated with pulmonary venous obstruction

Melissa S. W. Yamauchi, Mary Hunt Martin, Harlan R. Muntz, Ronald W. Day University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsRespir Med Case Rep 2017; 22: 280-282DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.10.005 AbstractHemoptysis may occur in patients with pulmonary venous obstruction and prominent decompressing vessels in the airways adjacent to the affected pulmonary veins. The options

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Lung Pathology in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jennifer E. Pogoriler, Thomas J. Kulik, Alicia M. Casey, Christopher W. Baird, Mary P. Mullen, Kathy J. Jenkins, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric and Developmental PathologyPediatr Develop Pathol 2016; 19: 219-229DOI: 10.2350/15-07-1670-OA.1 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary pulmonary veins, presenting predominantly in infancy

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Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Encouraging Mid-term Outcome

Pradeepkumar Charlagorla, David Becerra, Parth M. Patel, Mark Hoyer, Robert K. Darragh Riley Hospital for Children and Indiana University.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 125-130DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1249-7 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare entity with limited outcome literature. Multiple interventional approaches have evolved including surgical and catheterization techniques. Our objective is to report our

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Pulmonary Hypertension in the Preterm Infant with Chronic Lung Disease can be Caused by Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Must-Know Entity

Daniela Laux, Marie-Amelie Rocchisani, Younes Boudjemline, Marielle Gouton, Damien Bonnet, Caroline Ovaert Centre de Référence Malformations Cardiaques Congénitales Complexes-M3C-CCML, Centre Chirurgical Marie Lannelongue. Hôpital La Timone- Enfants.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 7(2):313-321DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1279-1 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PHT) in the preterm infant is frequently due to chronic lung disease. Rarely, PHT can be caused by pulmonary vein (PV)

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Diagnosis and surgical treatment of bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis

Sang C. Park, William H. Neches, Cora C. Lenox, James R. Zuberbuhler, Ralph D. Siewers, Henry T. Bahnson University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1974; 67: 755-761DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-5223(19)41745-5 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis was diagnosed preoperatively in 2 patients, ages 11 months and

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Anomalies of the pulmonary veins

Ahmed Nakib, James H. Moller, Vladimir I. Kanjuh, Jesse E. Edwards University of Minnesota and Charles T. Miller Hospital.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1967; 20: 77-90DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(67)90113-0 AbstractEighty pathologic specimens with anomalies of pulmonary veins were reviewed for the type of lesions encountered. These were classified on an anatomic basis into five groups,

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