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

Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel Ilbawi Advocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can […]

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Surgical Outcomes for Obstructive Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return of the Non-Infracardiac Type Compared with the Infracardiac Type

Jae Yoon Na, Jinyoung Song, June Huh, I-Seok Kang, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun Samsung Medical Center and Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine.Republic of Korea Heart Surgery ForumHeart Surg Forum 2020; 23: E833-E836DOI: 10.1532/hsf.3217 AbstractBackground: Infracardiac obstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) has a poor outcome following surgical correction. We compared the surgical outcomes of obstructive TAPVR

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease and Prematurity

Michael P. DiLorenzo, Ashley Santo, Jonathan J. Rome, Huayan Zhang, Jennifer A. Faerber, Laura Mercer-Rosa, Rachel K. Hopper The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital and Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 31: 266-273DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2018.09.027 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS)

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Incidence and treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Ersin Erek, Dilek Suzan, Selim Aydın, Ramal Hesenov, Bahar Temur, Barış Kırat, Okan Yıldız, İbrahim Halil Demir, Ender Ödemiş Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine. Acibadem Atakent Hospital. Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital.Turkey Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryTurk J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2019; 27:

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Metakaryotic cells linked to pediatric pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward C. Kirkpatrick, Michael E. Mitchell, William G. Thilly, Pip Hidestrand, Aoy Tomita-Mitchell, Mats Hidestrand, Elena V. Gostjeva Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Eastern Maine Medical Center.United States Cardiovascular PathologyCardiovasc Pathol 2019; 39: 51-53DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.12.005 AbstractNo Abstract AvailableMethods: Pulmonary vein tissue from five patients with PVS was collected

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Clinical outcomes after the endovascular treatments of pulmonary vein stenosis in patients with congenital heart disease

Yoshihiko Kurita, Kenji Baba, Maiko Kondo, Takahiro Eitoku, Shingo Kasahara, Tatsuo Iwasaki, Shinichi Ohtsuki, Hirokazu Tsukahara Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2019; 29: 1057-1065DOI: 10.1017/S1047951119001495 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a condition with challenging treatment and leads to severe cardiac failure and pulmonary hypertension. Despite aggressive

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Comparison of drug eluting versus bare metal stents for pulmonary vein stenosis in childhood

Asra Khan, Athar M. Qureshi, Henri Justino Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.United States Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2019; 94: 233-242DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28328 AbstractObjective: Comparison of outcomes using bare metal (BMS) and drug-eluting (DES) stents in pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS).Background: PVS is a serious condition with frequent restenosis after surgical and percutaneous interventions. After experiencing

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Stroke After Cardiac Catheterization in Children

Dana B. Harrar, Catherine L. Salussolia, Patrick Vittner, Amy Danehy, Sonali Sen, Robert Whitehill, Jessica H. Chao, Miya E. Bernson-Leung, Michael J. Rivkin Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric NeurologyPediatr Neurol 2019; 100: 42-48DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2019.07.005 AbstractBackground: Children with cardiac disease are at high risk for stroke. Approximately one-quarter of strokes in children with cardiac disease occur in the

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Assessing the recently noted surgical outcome of isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair: A single-secondary center experience

Eun-Young Choi, Chang-Ha Lee, Su-Jin Park, So-Ick Jang, Eun Sun Kim Sejong General Hospital. Kangwon National University.Republic of Korea Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2019; 34: 1526-1532DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14284 AbstractBackground and aim of the study: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of isolated

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Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Risk Factors for Postoperative Obstruction

Brian R. White, Deborah Y. Ho, Jennifer A. Faerber, Hannah Katcoff, Andrew C. Glatz, Christopher E. Mascio, Paul Stephens Jr., Meryl S. Cohen Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2019; 108: 122-129DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.017 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) results in substantial morbidity and mortality.

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