Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

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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The Hamman-Rich syndrome in childhood; report of a case with unilateral pulmonary arterial and venous stenosis and atriovenous occlusion

Israel Diamond Children’s Hospital and University of Louisville School of MedicineUnited States PediatricsPediatrics 1958; 22: 279–288https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.22.2.279 AbstractThe Hamman-Rich syndrome is described in a 4-year-old Negro male. The clinical picture was that of persistent cough and progressive dyspnea beginning at 4 months of age. Diagnosis was made ante mortem by lung biopsy. The fibrotic process and

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Constrictive pericarditis with obstruction of pulmonary veins

Walter Lawrence Jr, W. E. Adams, Donald E. Cassels University of ChicagoUnited States Journal of Thoracic SurgeryJ Thorac Surg 1948; 17: 832-840DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of DiseasePulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1948 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type:

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Pulmonary vein obstruction: an uncommon sequel to chronic fibrous mediastinitis

Irving L. Bindelglass, Sidney Trubowitz Veterans Administration Hospital, East Orange, New JerseyUnited States Annals of Internal MedicineAnn Int Med 1958;DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-876 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of DiseasePulmonary Venous Pathology Year of Publication: 1958 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective

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Significance of the Pulmonary Vascular Bed in Congenital Heart Disease: V. Lesions of the Left Side of the Heart Causing Obstruction of the Pulmonary Venous Return

Charlotte Ferencz, J. Francis Dammann Johns Hopkins University and Hospital. University of Virginia.United States CirculationCirculation 1957; 16:1046-1056DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.16.6.1046 AbstractA microscopic study was made of the lungs of 18 patients with congenital malformations of the heart in which there was obstruction of pulmonary venous drainage. Alterations in various components of the pulmonary vascular bed and of the

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