Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Heart or Lung Transplantation

Pulmonary vein stenosis in heart transplant patients

Connie Choi, Brian H. Morray, Humera Ahmed, Mariska Kemna Seattle Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric TransplantationPediatr Transplant 2023;DOI: 10.1111/petr.14636 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare pediatric condition associated with significant mortality and morbidity. PVS in patients following heart transplant (HT) has not yet been described.Methods: Patients who had clinically significant PVS following a heart transplant during the

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Interventional cardiac catheterization procedures in pediatric cardiac transplant patients: transplant surgery is not the end of the road

Gira S. Morchi, Biagio Pietra, Mark M. Boucek, Kak-Chen Chan The Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.United States Cathetrization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2008; 72: 831-836.DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21725 AbstractObjectives: The objectives of this study are to report the spectrum of cardiac lesions in pediatric patients post-orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT), the characteristics of patients who

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Technical problems in lung allotransplantation. Causes of pulmonary venous outflow obstruction

Gary H. Stevens, Decio M. Rangel, Yozo Yakeishi, Eric W. Fonkalsrud UCLA School of Medicine.United States Archives of SurgeryArch Surg 1969; 99: 506-512DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340160086020 AbstractExperience in this laboratory with approximately 100 canine and primate lung allotransplantation operations over the past 18 months has made clear the fact that technical problems are the cause of a large

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