Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections

Pulmonary vein stenosis in a child with ventricular septal defect

Sarvesh Pal Singh, Poonam Malhotra Kapoor, Velayoudham Devagourou All India Institute of Medical Sciences. India Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic AnnalsAsian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2014; 22: 1130-1131DOI: 10.1177/0218492313513600 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsPatient Factors Influencing the Onset, Severity or Outcome of DiseaseDiagnostic […]

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein

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Primary pulmonary vein stenosis in a premature infant without bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a case report

Lijian Xie, Tingting Xiao, Jie Shen Shanghai Children’s Hospital and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. China Heart and LungHeart Lung 2014; 43: 367-370DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.018 AbstractPrimary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presenting in childhood is uncommon and is related to premature with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Here we present a premature infant with primary PVS and without BPD. In our

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The use of a wire control catheter to treat complex pulmonary artery or vein anatomy

Joao Luiz L. Manica, Luciane Piazza, Gianfranco Butera Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do sul and Fundacao Univeritåria de Cardiologia.Brazil Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2012; 24: E148-E152DOI: Not Available AbstractThe difficult performance of certain percutaneous interventions in the field of congenital heart disease is well known. Crossing pulmonary arteries in patients who

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Tetrasomy 15q25.2→qter identified with SNP microarray in a patient with multiple anomalies including complex cardiovascular malformation

Jaya K. George-Abraham, Sarah L. Zimmerman, Robert B. Hinton, Bradley S. Marino, David P. Witte, Robert J. Hopkin Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.United States American Journal of Medical Genetics Part AAm J Med Genet A 2012; 158A: 1971-1976DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35428 AbstractWe report on a male neonate with prenatally diagnosed mosaicism for a supernumerary marker chromosome and multiple

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Supra-annular mitral valve replacement in children

Kirk R. Kanter, Brian E. Kogon, Paul M. Kirshbom Emory University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 2221-2227DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.023 AbstractBackground: Despite improved mitral repair techniques, some children need mitral valve replacement (MVR). Due to small annulus size, supra-annular MVR is useful.Methods: From 2003 to 2010, 15 children had 23 supra-annular MVRs. At

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Outcome after repair of cor triatriatum

Selcen Yaroglu Kazanci, Sitaram Emani, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2012; 109: 412-416DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.029 AbstractCor triatriatum represents <0.1% of all congenital cardiac malformations. Symptoms in patients with cor triatriatum are related to pulmonary venous obstruction and pressure loading of the right side of the heart. The aim of

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Surgical management of post-repair pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward J. Hickey, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Gardiovascular Surgery PediatricsSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr 2011; 14: 101-108DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2011.01.007 AbstractObstructed pulmonary venous drainage – either in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, congenital stenosis, or post-repair stenosis – is associated with poor outcome. Post-repair stenosis typically involves fibrotic scar

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The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood

Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Maliha Rehman, Kathy Jenkins, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Emile Bacha Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 639-645DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9942-7 AbstractThe outcome for children with pulmonary vein atresia has been historically poor. This report describes clinical outcomes after surgical treatment of primary and secondary pulmonary vein atresia. All patients undergoing surgery for

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Diagnosed After Failure to Wean from Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

An N. Massaro, Joshua P. Kanter, Louis Scavo, Billie L. Short Children’s National Medical Center.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2008; 29: 238-240DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9102-2 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 2008 Age Focus: Pediatric Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10

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