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

Late complications following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return below the diaphragm

William H. Fleming, Edward B. Clark, Kenneth J. Dooley, Philip J. Hofschire, Roger N. Ruckman, Alan R. Hopeman, Lynne Sarafian, Paul K. Mooring University of Nebraska Medical Center and Henrietta Egleston Hospital for Children.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1979; 27: 435-439DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)63342-5 AbstractBetween May, 1975, and June, 1977, we surgically repaired an infracardiac […]

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Complete correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: experience with 53 patients

Hellmut Oelert, Hans-J. Schafers, Thomas Stegmann, Hans-C. Kallfelz, Hans G. Borst Hannover Medical School.Germany Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1986; 41: 392-394DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62693-8 AbstractFrom January, 1973, to August, 1984, 53 infants with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) underwent a corrective operation in our unit. TAPVD was of the supracardiac type in 41% of the

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Repair using deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest in 44 consecutive infants

D. F. Dickinson, K. M. Parimelazhagan, M. C. Tweedie, C. R. West, G. P. Piccoli, F. Musumeci, D. I. Hamilton Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1982; 48: 249-254DOI: 10.1136/hrt.48.3.249 AbstractForty-four consecutive infants aged from 3 days to 10 months underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using deep hypothermia with

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in infancy: influence of age and type of lesion

Kevin Turley, William Y. Tucker, Daniel J. Ullyot. Paul A. Ebert University of California, San FranciscoUnited States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 1980; 45: 92-97DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(80)90225-8 AbstractThe factor of age has been proposed as the major determinant of survival after correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection; consequently, operation may be postponed and the infant’s

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Infradiaphragmatic anomalous pulmonary venous return. Surgical correction in a newborn infant

Beat Friedli, Andre Davignon, Paul Stanley University of Montreal and Sainte Justine HospitalCanada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1971; 62: 301-306DOI: Not Available AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsSurgical Interventions for

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Concepts and practices in surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Nevin M. Katz, John W. Kirklin, Albert D. Pacifico University of Alabama School of Medicine and Medical Center.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1978; 25: 479-487DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)63593-x AbstractIn the last ten years there have been extensive refinements in the surgical approach to total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). This communication reviews determinants of hosptal

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Individual pulmonary vein size and survival in infants with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Kathy J. Jenkins, Stephen P. Sanders, E. John Orav, Elizabeth A. Coleman, John E. Mayer Jr., Steven D. Colan Children’s Hospital, Boston.United States Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 22(1):201-206DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90835-o AbstractObjectives: We investigated whether mortality in totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection could be predicted from preoperative individual pulmonary vein size.Background: Some infants

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Cardiac medical conditions have become the leading cause of death in children with heart disease

Tobias R. Schlingmann, Ravi R. Thiagarajan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Kimberly C. Lofgren, Michael Zaplin, Jean A. Connor, Pedro J. del Nido, James E. Lock, Kathy J. Jenkins Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Congenital Heart DiseaseCongenit Heart Dis 2012; 7: 551-558DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2012.00674.x AbstractObjective: Mortality among children with congenital and acquired heart disease has decreased significantly over

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The Ongoing Evolution of Sutureless Repairs for Pulmonary Vein Anomalies

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 28: 485-486DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2016.06.009 AbstractThe sutureless technique has evolved from an effective treatment modality for postrepair pulmonary venous stenosis to a prophylactic strategy for primary repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Although

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Sutureless repair and postoperative residual stenosis: “Never leave with a lesion”

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 156: 287-288DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.080 AbstractAbstract Not Available CatagoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions to Prevent or Limit Disease Associated with Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary

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