Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Multimodal Assessment and Intramodal Comparison of Imaging Techniques for Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis with Pulmonary Hypertension

Victor Kieu, Stephanie S. Handler, Michael Mitchell, Amy Y. Pan, Liyun Zhang, Edward Kirkpatrick Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin. Nemours Children’s Health.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2024;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-024-03531-8 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, serious, and progressive disease in the pediatric population. Evaluation is complex and involves multimodality imaging. Diagnosis is important as […]

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Hybrid Interventions for Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Leveraging Intraoperative Endovascular Adjuncts in Challenging Clinical Scenarios

Alyssa B. Kalustian, Paige E. Brlecic, Srinath T. Gowda, Gary E. Stapleton, Asra Khan, Lindsay F. Eilers, Ravi Birla, Michiaki Imamura, Athar M. Qureshi, Christopher A. Caldarone, Manish Bansal Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2024;DOI: 10.1177/21501351241247503 AbstractBackground: Pediatric pulmonary vein

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Rare cause of cardiac failure in an infant

Claudio Henriques, Helena Andrade, Antonio Pires Paediatric Hospital.Portugal Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 711-713DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119000428 AbstractCongenital stenosis of the pulmonary veins is a rare condition whose outcome is guarded despite the available treatment options. We report a case of a 6-month-old infant with significant stenosis of all four pulmonary veins. CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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Pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape: CT analysis

Yun-Hyeon Kim, Edith M. Marom, James E. Herndon, II, H. Page McAdams Chonnam National University Medical School. Duke University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea and United States RadiologyRadiology 2005; 235: 43-49DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2351032106 AbstractPurpose: To retrospectively establish normal values for pulmonary vein diameter, cross-sectional area, and shape depicted at computed tomography (CT).Materials and methods: Institutional review board waived patient

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A neonatal rat model of pulmonary vein stenosis

Debao Li, Lisheng Qiu, Haifa Hong, Hao Chen, Peibin Zhao, Yingying Xiao, Hao Zhang, Qi Sun, Lincai Ye Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Second Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children’s Hospital and Wenzhou Medical University. China Cell and BioscienceCell Biosci 2023; 13:DOI: 10.1186/s13578-023-01058-8 AbstractObjectives: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS), one of the most challenging clinical

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Anomalous pulmonary venous connections and related anomalies: nomenclature, embryology, anatomy, and morphology

Michael J. Walsh, Ross M. Ungerleider, Vera D. Aiello, Diane Spicer, Jorge M. Giroud Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Medical Center. Universidade de São Paulo. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.United States and Brazil World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2013; 4: 30-43DOI: 10.1177/2150135112458439 AbstractThis article combines material

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Improving Outcomes in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Novel Pursuits and Paradigm Shifts

Rachel D. Vanderlaan Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2024; 27: 92-99DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2024.01.003 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) remains a clinical challenge, with progressive restenosis being common. In the past five years, we have seen an exponential increase in both clinical and

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Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Provides the Filling for the Angiogram’s Crust: Benefits of IVUS in Pediatric Interventional Cardiology

Caitlin M. Heyden, Jonathan E. Brock, Kanishka Ratnayaka,  John W. Moore,  Howaida G. El-Said Rady Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2021; 33: E978-E985 AbstractBackground: Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based imaging modality that generates cross-sectional views of vessel walls and lumens. This technique is used in adult interventional and vascular surgeries to

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Comparison of fusion imaging and two-dimensional angiography to guide percutaneous pulmonary vein interventions

Sebastian Góreczny, Gareth J. Morgan, Daniel McLennan, Rizwan Rehman, Jenny E. Zablah University Children’s Hospital and Jagiellonian University Medical College. Children’s Hospital of Colorado and University of Colorado. Birmingham Children’s Hospital.Poland, United States and United Kingdom Kardiologia Polska (Polish Heart Journal)Kardiol Pol (Polish Heart J) 2022; 80: 476-478DOI: 10.33963/KP.a2021.0197 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of

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Technical Feasibility on the Use of Optical Coherence Tomography in the Evaluation of Pediatric Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Jenny E. Zablah, Barry O’Callaghan, Michael Shorofsky, Dunbar Ivy, Gareth J. Morgan Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2022; 43: 1054-1063DOI: 10.1007/s00246-022-02824-0 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in children is a morbid disease and limited progress has been made in improving outcomes for this heterogenous group of patients. Evaluation

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