John M. Reid, Morgan P. G. Jamieson, Michael D. Cowan Western Infirmary.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1986; 55: 599-601DOI: 10.1136/hrt.55.6.599 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital anomaly. A case is described in a girl who first presented at the age of four years with recurring haemoptysis but in whom diagnosis was not
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Ryan Callahan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Mirjam Keochakian, Jesse J. Esch, Diego Porras, Lisa Bergersen, Rebecca Beroukhim, Michael Farias, David M. Harrild, Christina M. Ireland, Neha Kwatra, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Circulation Cardiovascular InterventionsCirc Cardiovasc Interv 2025;DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.015002 AbstractBackground: Pediatric
Joel Lutterman, Roy Jedeikin, David C. Cleveland Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2004; 77: 1085-1087DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01213-X AbstractHorseshoe lung is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by an isthmus of the pulmonary parenchyma that extends posterior to the pericardial reflection at the cardiac apex and across the midline. There is unilateral, usually
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Conor P. O’Halloran, Amanda Hauck, Jeremy Fox, Christina Laternser, Emily Hoyt, Alan W. Nugent, Paul Tannous Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2025; DOI: 10.1002/ccd.31737 AbstractIntroduction: Endovascular stent placement for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) provides effective obstruction relief. Due to
Alison L. Halpern, Michael J. Weyant University of Colorado Denver.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2019; 108: e357-e359DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.039 AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis is an uncommon congenital heart defect and is a consequence of failed incorporation of the common right or left pulmonary vein into the left atrium during embryologic development. Clinical manifestations include
Debao Li, Yingying Xiao, Peisen Ruan, Zunmin Wan, Yuqing Hu, Sijuan Sun, Zheng Wang, Sixie Zheng, Yi Yan, Hao Chen, Hao Zhang, Chun Shen, Qi Sun, Lincai Ye Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Children’s Hospital of Fudan University and National Children’s Medical Center. Women and Children’s Hospital of
Patcharapong Suntharos, Marin Satawiriya, Lourdes R. Prieto Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital. Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.United States and Thailand Current Opinion in CardiologyCurr Opin Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000001217 AbstractPurpose of review: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with high morbidity and mortality. Prevention of restenosis remains challenging. This review will highlight recent advances in
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Takayuki Masui, Klaus C. Seelos, Barbara A. Kersting-Sommerhoff, Charles B. Higgins University of California, San Francisco.United States RadiologyRadiology 1991; 181: 645-649DOI: 10.1148/radiology.181.3.1947075 AbstractSeventy-seven patients underwent T1-weighted spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Group 1 (n = 56) consisted of patients with various types of congenital heart disease but normal pulmonary veins. Group 2 (n = 22) consisted
Saloni Agrawal, Kali A. Hopkins, Ali N. Zaidi, Barry Love Mount Sinai Hospital. Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Case ReportsJACC Case Rep 2024; 29:DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102613 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is challenging to treat due to high rate of recurrence. Multiple interventions exist but are limited by high rates of
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Andreea Dragulescu, Olivier Ghez, Jacques Quilici, Alain Fraisse Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire La Timone.France Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2009; 30: 1169-1171DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9511-5 AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presents as an isolated lesion or in association with other congenital heart anomalies. The most extensive forms of the disease are uniformly fatal because neither surgical repair nor transcatheter therapy results in
