Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections

Pulmonary vein stenosis: Plea for a multi-institutional registry

William M. DeCampli University of Central Florida College of Medicine and Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016;DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.09.097 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections Year of Publication: 2016 […]

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Etiology, diagnosis and management

Pablo Pazos-López, Cristina García-Rodríguez, Alba Guitián-González, Emilio Paredes-Galán, María Ángel De La Guarda Álvarez-Moure, Marta Rodríguez-Álvarez, José Antonio Baz-Alonso, Elvis Teijeira-Fernández, Francisco Eugenio Calvo-Iglesias, Andrés Íñiguez-Romo Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo and Hospital Álvaro Cunqueiro.Spain World Journal of CardiologyWorld J Cardiol 2016; 8: 81-88DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v8.i1.81 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is rare condition characterized by a challenging

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: initial experience with cutting balloon angioplasty

Anna N. Seale, Piers E. F. Daubeney, A. G. Magee, Michael L. Rigby Royal Brompton Hospital.United Kingdom HeartHeart 2006; 92: 815-820DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.073973 AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and effectiveness of cutting balloon angioplasty for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Design and setting: Retrospective review of case notes and cardiac catheterisation data at the Royal Brompton Hospital.Main outcome measures: Diameter of pulmonary

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Use of Metformin in Pulmonary Vein Stenosis after TAPVR Repair

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, MD, William G. Thilly, Joseph Cava, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Elena V. Gostjeva Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. United States Global Pediatric HealthGlob Pediatr Health 2020;DOI: 10.1177/2333794X20958924 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsMedical Therapy to Prevent or Reverse the Onset of Disease. Efficacy or Lack

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Bilateral disease and early age at presentation are associated with shorter survival in patients with congenital heart disease and intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Sowmya Balasubramanian, Maliha Rehman, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2012; 7: 378-386DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00647.x AbstractPurpose: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease that is frequently lethal. We have previously identified neoproliferation of myofibroblasts as the mechanism for progressive intraluminal PVS. PVS occurs in association with other congenital heart

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A prospective phase II trial of vinblastine and methotrexate in multivessel intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis in infants and children

Maliha Rehman, Kathy J. Jenkins, Amy L. Juraszek, Jean A. Connor, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Muhammad Muneeb, Laureen M. Sena, Steven D. Colan, Terry Saia, Mark W. Kieran Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2011; 6: 608-623DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00574.x AbstractObjective: To determine the safety and efficacy of the chemotherapeutic agents vinblastine and methotrexate in the treatment of

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Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: A “New” Lesion

Viviane G. Nasr, Ryan Callahan, Zachary Wichner, Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Anesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesth Analges 2019; 129: 27-40DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003924 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder that leads to progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary veins. PVS has been reported in both children and adults and in its worse iteration

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Systemic Sirolimus Therapy for Infants and Children With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jay D. Patel, Michael Briones, Mansi Mandhani, Shannon Jones, Divya Suthar, Rosemary Gray, Joelle Pettus, Courtney McCraken, Amanda Thomas, Christopher J. Petit Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of AtlantaUnited States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 77: 2807-2818DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.04.013 AbstractBackground: Anatomic interventions for pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) in infants and children have

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Multifactorial pulmonary hypertension in infantile scimitar syndrome

Damien Bonnet, Isabelle Szezepanski, Christophe Delacourt, Sophie Malkezadeh-Milani, Maryline Lévy Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Université de ParisFrance Archives of Cardiovascular DiseaseArch Cardiovasc Dis 2022; 115: 142-150DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2022.01.004 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary hypertension in infantile scimitar syndrome is highly prevalent at diagnosis, and has a multifactorial origin.Aims: To analyse the constellation of anatomical anomalies and initial physiology, and their contribution

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Management of Complex Pulmonary Vein Stenosis at Altitude Combining Comprehensive Percutaneous Interventional Treatment with Sirolimus, Pulmonary Hypertension Medications and Intraluminal Imaging with Optical Coherence Tomography

Michael J. Shorofsky, Gareth J. Morgan, Ernesto Mejia, Salvador A. Rodriguez, Megan Greene, Paige Sheaks, Dunbar Ivy, Jenny E. Zablah University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2023; Online ahead of printDOI: 10.1007/s00246-023-03102-3 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a growing problem for the pediatric congenital heart population. Sirolimus has previously been shown

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