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

Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV) […]

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Scimitar Syndrome in Children and Adults: Natural History, Outcomes, and Risk Analysis

Hanjay Wang, David Kalfa, Marlon S. Rosenbaum, Jonathan N. Ginns, Matthew J. Lewis, Julie S. Glickstein, Emile A. Bacha, Paul J. Chai Columbia University Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 592-598DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.061 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome involves congenital anomalous pulmonary venous return to the inferior vena cava. Optimal management remains controversial. We describe

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Paucicellular Fibrointimal Proliferation Characterizes Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Clinicopathologic Analysis of 213 Samples From 97 Patients

Alexandra E. Kovach, Philip M. Magcalas, Christina Ireland, Kerry McEnany, Andre M. Oliveira, Mark W. Kieran, Christopher W. Baird, Kathy Jenkins, MD, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital. Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Mayo Clinic.United States American Journal of Surgical PathologyAm J Surg Pathol 2017; 41: 1198-1204DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000892 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a luminal narrowing of

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Reintervention Is Associated With Improved Survival in Pediatric Patients With Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Melinda J. Cory, Yinn K. Ooi, Michael S. Kelleman, Robert N. Vincent, Dennis W. Kim, Christopher J. Petit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine.United States Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular InterventionsJACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10: 1788-1798DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.05.052 AbstractObjectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate survival following catheter intervention

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Real-time three dimensional CT and MRI to guide interventions for congenital heart disease and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Patcharapong Suntharos, Randolph M. Setser, Sharon Bradley-Skelton, Lourdes R. Prieto Cleveland Clinic Children’s. Siemens Medical Solutions USA.United States International Journal of Cardiovascular ImagingInt J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 33: 1619-1626DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1151-x AbstractTo validate the feasibility and spatial accuracy of pre-procedural 3D images to 3D rotational fluoroscopy registration to guide interventional procedures in patients with congenital heart disease

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Lung Pathology in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Jennifer E. Pogoriler, Thomas J. Kulik, Alicia M. Casey, Christopher W. Baird, Mary P. Mullen, Kathy J. Jenkins, Sara O. Vargas Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric and Developmental PathologyPediatr Develop Pathol 2016; 19: 219-229DOI: 10.2350/15-07-1670-OA.1 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis is a rare progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary pulmonary veins, presenting predominantly in infancy

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Individual Pulmonary Veins Outgrow Somatic Growth After Primary Sutureless Repair for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hyun-Jin Jung, Ji Hyun Bang, Chun-Soo Park, Jeong-Jun Park, Yu-Mi Im, Tae-Jin Yun Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Seoul Women’s College of Nursing.Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 290-294DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1276-4 AbstractIndications of sutureless repair (SR) for pulmonary vein anomalies have evolved from re-operational SR for pulmonary vein stenosis after

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Systemic Embolic Complications of Pulmonary Vein Angioplasty in Children

Jesse J. Esch, Diego Porras, Lisa Bergersen, Kathy J. Jenkins, Audrey C. Marshall Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 1357-1362DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1165-x AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) carries significant morbidity and mortality for affected children, and its management often requires multiple angioplasty procedures. PVS angioplasty can be complicated by systemic embolic

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Intrinsic obstruction in pulmonary venous drainage pathway is associated with poor surgical outcomes in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Takaya Hoashi, Koji Kagisaki, Kenichi Kurosaki, Masataka Kitano, Isao Shiraishi, Hajime Ichikawa National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.Japan Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2015; 36: 432-437DOI: 10.1007/s00246-014-1031-2 AbstractThe aim of this study was to review the surgical outcomes of conventional repair in patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Between 1999 and 2012, 46 patients underwent conventional TAPVC

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Chest radiographic findings in pediatric patients with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis

Caitlin E. Mayhew, Edward Y. Lee, Sowmya Balasubramanian, Muhammad Muneeb, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Donald A. Tracy, Kathy J. Jenkins Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2014; 9: 151-157DOI: 10.1111/chd.12105 AbstractEarly recognition of pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is crucial for optimizing clinical outcomes. Our goal was to characterize radiographic patterns specific to pediatric patients with

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