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

A Novel Hybrid Approach for Balloon Dilation of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Following Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair with Atrial Septal Patching

Changping Gan, Peng Ji, Ke Lin, Yuan Feng West China Hospital and Sichuan University.China Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2015; 30: 608-610DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12571 AbstractPulmonary venous obstruction after the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a serious complication. Transcatheter interventional treatment is a palliative choice to defer the timing of surgery; however, penetrating through […]

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Outcomes of repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in children

Phillip S. Naimo, Yves d’Udekem, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinov Royal Children’s Hospital and University of Melbourne. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 21: 254–256DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivv133 AbstractHerein, we report a case series of patients who underwent repair of left partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (L-PAPVC) via

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Surgery for scimitar syndrome: the Melbourne experience

Johann Brink, Matthew S. Yong, Yves d’Udekem, Robert G. Weintraub, Christian P. Brizard, Igor E. Konstantinova Royal Children’s Hospital, Australia Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Australia University of Melbourne. Australia Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2015; 20: 31–34DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu319 AbstractObjectives: To evaluate the outcomes associated with surgical repair of scimitar syndrome.Methods: From 1974 to 2012,

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Is restrictive atrial septal defect a risk in partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair?

Jiaquan Zhu, Yasuhiro Kotani, Devin Chetan, Lisa Zhao, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. Van Arsdell, Osami Honjo Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Xinhua Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Canada and China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2014; 97: 1664-1670DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.051 AbstractBackground: The creation or enlargement of an atrial septal defect

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Modified primary sutureless repair technique of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Bahaaldin Alsouli Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University.  King Faisal Specialist Hospital.United States and Saudi Arabia World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2014; 5: 302-305DOI: 10.1177/2150135113519452 AbstractSurgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with an important risk of postrepair pulmonary vein obstruction. Primary sutureless anastomosis

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Outcome predictors and implications for management of scimitar syndrome

Susan M. Dusenbery, Tal Geva, Anna Seale, Anne Marie Valente, Jing Zhou, Laureen Sena, Robert L. Geggel Boston Children’s Hospital.United States American Heart JournalAm Heart J 2013; 165: 770-777DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.01.016 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly. We evaluated risk factors for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis or death and predictive factors for survival without scimitar vein

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Primary correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous return with a modified sutureless technique

Christoph Mueller, Hitendu Dave, René Prêtre University Children’s Hospital Zurich.Switzerland European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013; 43: 635-640DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs376 AbstractObjectives: The objective was to evaluate primary sutureless repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) in neonates using a modified technique that minimizes hypothermia and circulatory arrest times.Methods: From 2009 to 2011, seven consecutive patients

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Single-patch, 2-patch, and caval division techniques for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections: does it matter?

Sameh M. Said, Harold M. Burkhart, Hartzell V. Schaff, Frank Cetta, Sabrina D. Phillips, Roxann D. Barnes, Zhuo Li, Joseph A. Dearani Mayo Clinic.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012; 143: 896-903DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.074 AbstractObjective: We reviewed our experience with the single-patch, 2-patch, and caval division techniques for repair of a partial anomalous

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Outcome of caval division techniques for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections to the superior vena cava

Sameh M. Said, Harold M. Burkhart, Joseph A. Dearani, Ben Eidem, Paul Stensrud, Sabrina D. Phillips, Hartzell V. Schaff Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 980-984DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.110 AbstractBackground: Correction of a high partial anomalous pulmonary venous (PV) connection to the superior vena cava (SVC) may be complicated by sinus node dysfunction, or

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Transhepatic portal vein access for balloon dilation of right upper pulmonary vein stenosis following infradiaphragmatic total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair

Aphrodite Tzifa, Irfan Ahmed, Eric Rosenthal Evelina Children’s Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital.United Kingdom Catheterization and Cardiovascular InterventionsCatheter Cardiovasc Interv 2011; 78: 698-701DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22906 AbstractTranshepatic cardiac catheterization is now a well-established alternative when conventional venous routes for cardiac access have failed. Some operators prefer this route even routinely, due to the direct access that

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