Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung Transplantation

Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis in a pediatric bilateral lung transplant recipient

Timothy Klouda, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Kathy Jenkins, Michael Farias, Christina M. Ireland, Jennifer Mosey, Wai Wong, Saba Sheikh, Christian Benden, Gary Visner Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation OpenJHLT Open 2026; 14:DOI: 10.1016/j.jhlto.2026.100650 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is characterized by luminal narrowing from neointimal proliferation, leading to the obstruction

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Pulmonary vein stenosis after pediatric heart transplantation: incidence and risk factors

Hyun Soo Lee, Han Ki Park, Sang On Lee, Yu Rim Shin Severance Cardiovascular Hospital and Yonsei University College of Medicine.Republic of Korea Frontiers in SurgeryFront Surg 2026; 13: DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2026.1820935 AbstractObjectives: Postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an uncommon but potentially serious complication following pediatric heart transplantation. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PVS

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation

Conor P. O’Halloran, Amanda Hauck, Anna Joong, Paul Tannous Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2025; 29: DOI: 10.1111/petr.70199 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) after pediatric heart transplantation (PHT) is an observed phenomenon with previously unknown incidence, risk factors, treatment, and outcome.Methods: This is

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Incidence and Risk Factors of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Pediatric Patients

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Benjamin S. Mantell, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2025;DOI: 10.1007/s00246-025-03828-2 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare yet critical condition in children with a poor prognosis. The incidence and underlying risk factors of PVS following orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) remain unclear.

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De Novo and Progressive Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Pediatric Heart Transplantation: A Multicenter Retrospective Study

Arene Butto, Conor O’Halloran, James Kuo, Anna Joong, Amanda L. Hauck, Alan Nugent, William Mahle, Paul Tannous Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lurie Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2024; 28:DOI: 10.1111/petr.14828 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare condition in which neointimal proliferation leads to venous and arterial hypertension. Little is known about PVS after heart

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Simultaneous arterial switch and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in a 5-hour-old child, complicated by pulmonary venous stenosis

Yaroslav Mykychaka, Oleh Fedevycha, Andrii Maksymenkob, Illya Yemets Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center.Ukraine Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2017; 24: 809-810DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw452 AbstractA 5-hour-old boy underwent arterial switch operation and totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair. Subsequently developed severe pulmonary venous stenosis was successfully treated with hybrid balloon angioplasty. CatergoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary

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Images in cardiovascular disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation successfully treated with stent implantation

Pablo Pazos-López, Miriam Piñeiro-Portela, Alberto Bouzas-Mosquera, Jesús Peteiro-Vázquez, Nicolás Vázquez-Gonzalez, Fernando Rueda-Nuñez, José Duro-Tacón, Ricardo Fernández-Prado, María José Martínez-Sapiña, Alfonso Castro-BeirasComplejo Universitario A Coruña.Spain CirculationCirculation 2010; 122: 2745-2747DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.973370 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung TransplantationCatheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy Year of Publication: 2010 Age Focus: Adult Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients) Article Access: Free PDF

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Endovascular transatrial stenting of pulmonary vein stenosis after lung transplantation

Michaela Orlitova, Marc Gewellig, Jan Van Slambrouck, Dirk Vlasselaers, Bart Jacobs, Arne P. Neyrinck, Lieven Depypere, Laurent Godinas, Robin Vos, Geert M. Verleden, Dirk E. Van Raemdonck, Laurens J. Ceulemans University Hospitals Leuven.Belgium American Journal of TransplantationAm J Transplant 2023; 23: 111-114DOI: 10.1111/ajt.17202 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) and pulmonary vein occlusion (PVO) represent rare complications after

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Surgical approaches to pulmonary vein stenosis in pediatric heart transplant recipients: Opportunity for success in a difficult situation

Emilie Jean-St-Michel, Osami Honjo, Cedric Manlhiot, Brian W. McCrindle, Anne I. Dipchand The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2016; 35: 1135-1137DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2016.06.016 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung TransplantationSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the

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Cardiopulmonary magnetic resonance imaging in children after lung transplantation: preliminary observations

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Shi-Joon Yoo, Melinda Solomon, Christopher K. Macgowan, Shaf Keshavjee, Hartmut Grasemann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2011; 30: 1294-1298DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.07.008 AbstractBackground: Lung transplantation carries a guarded prognosis and is burdened by short-term and long-term complications that affect the airway, lungs, and vasculature. In

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