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

Essential role of cardiac computed tomography for surgical decision making in children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and single ventricle

Ana L. Vasquez Choy, Dilachew A. Adebo, Sheba John, Christopher E. Greenleaf, Jorge D. Salazar, Antonio F. Korno Children’s Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital and University of Texas Medical School at Houston.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 1544-1549DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16427 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a major risk factor in infants […]

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Recurrent fibrovascular granulation on PhotoFix® bovine pericardium causing systemic and pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of scimitar syndrome

Nikki Taylor, Zsofia Long, Michael Ma, Alisa Arunamata Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 829-830DOI: 10.1017/S1047951121000822 AbstractA young adult with late diagnosis of scimitar syndrome underwent infradiaphragmatic baffling of the scimitar vein to left atrium through an intra-atrial tunnel using PhotoFix® bovine pericardium with recurrent extensive fibrovascular granulation of

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Intraoperative and percutaneous stenting of congenital pulmonary artery and vein stenosis

Alan M. Mendelsohn, Edward L. Bove, Flavian M. Lupinetti, Dennis C. Crowley, Thomas R. Lloyd, Raymond T. Fedderly, Robert H. Beekman III University of Michigan Medical Center.United States CirculationCirculation 1993; 88: II210-II217DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Conventional surgical or balloon dilation therapy for pulmonary artery or vein stenosis has been unsatisfactory in many patients. Balloon-expandable stents offer

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Complete follow-up echocardiograms are needed to detect stenosis of normally connecting pulmonary veins

L. Luann Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, John P. Breinholt, Anne Marie Tuohy, Robert E. Shaddy Primary Children’s Medical Center and University of Utah.United States EchocardiographyEchocardiography 2001; 18: 589-592DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00589.x AbstractReimbursement for limited echocardiograms focusing on known pathology rather than complete studies has recently received widespread attention. Few data are available to determine if these limited examinations

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[Surgical treatment of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection Darling type Ib using pedicled right atrial flap]

S. Nemoto, Y. Imai, S. Hoshino, K. Ishihara, K. Sawatari, H. Misumi, M. Terada, T. Hiramatsu, H. Hikawa Tokyo Women’s Medical College.Japan Kyobu Geka (Japanese Journal of Thoracic SurgeryKyobu Geka 1992; 45: 878-882DOI: Not Available AbstractA one-month-old baby with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) type Ib underwent a total correction with a pedicled right

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Assessment of pulmonary vein stenosis by transesophageal echocardiography

Tandaw E. Samdarshi, W. Robert Morrow, Frederick R. Helmcke, Navin C. Nanda, L. M. Bargeron, Jr., Albert D. Pacifico University of Alabama.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 1991; 122: 1495-1498DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90605-h AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsDiagnostic Testing. Invasive Year of Publication: 1991 Age

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Unobstructive total anomalous pulmonary venous return: impact of early elective repair on the need for prolonged mechanical ventilatory support

Peter C. Frommelt, David C. Sheridan, Sara Deatsman, Ke Yan, Pippa Simpson, Michele A. Frommelt, S. Bert Litwin, James S. Tweddell Medical College of WisconsinUnited States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2010; 31: 1191-1197DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9788-4 AbstractOptimal timing for elective repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) in the case of an unobstructed anomalous pathway is unclear. All

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Use of endovascular stents in congenital heart disease

Martin P. O’Laughlin, Stanton B. Perry, James E. Lock, Charles E. Mullins Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States CirculationCirculation 1991; 83: 1923-1939DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.83.6.1923 AbstractBackground: Balloon expandable intravascular stents have been used to support vessel walls in coronary and peripheral arteries in adults. The purpose of this study

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[Radical correction of paracardiac type IIb of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using pedicled flaps of right atrium and atrial septum]

O. Miki, Y. Imai, H. Kurosawa, K. Matsuo, Y. Koh, M. Hamawaki Heart Institute of Japan.Japan Journal of the Japanese Association for Thoracic SurgeryNihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1990; 38(6):1030-1034DOI: Not Available AbstractSurgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) has been improved in recent years, however, late development of pulmonary venous obstruction was

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Surgical outcomes of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair: a 22-year experience

Massimo A. Padalino, Giacomo Cavalli, Marco De Franceschi, Daniela Mancuso, Nocola Maschietto, Vladimiro Vida, Ornella Milanesi, Giovanni Stellin University of Padova Medical School.Italy Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2014; 29: 678-685DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12399 AbstractBackground: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital heart disease (CHD), whose surgical repair is associated with high mortality and reoperation

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