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

Surgical management of the scimitar syndrome

Ujjwal K. Chowdhury, Robert H. Anderson, Lakshmi K. Sankhyan, Niwin George, Niraj N. Pandey, Abhinav S. Chauhan, Yatin Arora, Shikha Goja All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Newcastle University.India and United Kingdom Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surgery 2021; 36: 3770-3795DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15857 AbstractBackground and aim: We sought to address the varied anatomical details, the diagnostic challenges, associated […]

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Dilation angioplasty of congenital or operative narrowings of venous channels

James E. Lock, John L. Bass, Wilfrido Castaneda-Zuniga, Bradley P. Fuhrman, William J. Rashkind, Russell V. Lucas, Jr University of MinnesotaUnited States CirculationCirculation 1984; 70: 457-464DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.70.3.457 AbstractBalloon dilation angioplasty was attempted in 10 infants and children with severe congenital or operative “venous” obstructions. In five children the obstructions were “vena caval” and followed repair for

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Experience with repair of congenital heart defects using adjunctive endovascular devices

John C. Coles, Ilya Yemets, Hani K. Najm, Jeanne M. Lukanich, Jean Perron, Greg J. Wilson, Marlene Rabinovitch, David G. Nykanen, Lee N. Benson, Ivan M. Rebeyka, George A. Trusler, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams Hospital for Sick ChildrenCanada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995; 110: 1513-1519DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(95)70075-7 AbstractThe use of

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An alternative method for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava

Herbert E. Warden, Robert A. Gustafson, Thomas J. Tarnay, William A. Neal West Virginia University Medical CenterUnited States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1984; 38: 601-605DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62317-x AbstractThe surgical management of 15 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the high superior vena cava (SVC) is described. This new technique redirects the anomalous

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Anatomical and functional evaluation of pulmonary veins in children by magnetic resonance imaging

Lars Grosse-Wortmann, Abdulmajeed Al-Otay, Hyun Woo Goo, Christopher K. Macgowan, John G. Coles, Leland N. Benson, Andrew N. Redington, Shi-Joon Yoo Hospital for Sick Children and The University of Toronto.Canada Journal of the American College of CardiologyJ Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 993-1002DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.09.052 AbstractPulmonary vein pathologies often present a diagnostic challenge. Among the different imaging

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Two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative evaluation of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Patricia Burroughs, G. Wilson, John Coles, David L. Gilday, Robert M. Freedom Hospital for Sick Children.Canada CirculationCirculation 1987; 76: 298-305DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.76.2.298 AbstractThe role of combined two-dimensional and pulsed Doppler echocardiography in the postoperative assessment of patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection was evaluated. Twenty-two cases with a median age of 9.5 weeks

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. Prenatal damage to pulmonary vascular bed and extrapulmonary veins

Sheila G. Haworth Institute of Child Health.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1982; 48: 513-524DOI: 10.1136/hrt.48.6.513 AbstractTo investigate the possibility that pulmonary vascular disease may be present at birth in children presenting with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous return in the neonatal period, pulmonary vascular structure was analysed in the lungs of six babies who

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Long-term results following repair in infancy

Christopher M. Whight, Brian G. Barratt-Boyes, A. Louise Calder, John M. Neutze, Peter W. Brandt Green Lane Hospital.New Zealand Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1978; 75: 52-63DOI: Not Available AbstractTwenty-three infants, aged 5 days to 10 months, underwent repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Coronary sinus drainage was unusually

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Shunji Sano, William J. Brawn, Roger B. Mee Royal Children’s Hospital.Australia Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1989; 97: 886-992DOI: Not Available AbstractForty-four patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage underwent repair between 1979 and 1987. The anomalous drainage was supracardiac in 16, cardiac in 12, and infracardiac in 16. Median age

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Relentless pulmonary vein stenosis after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Christopher A. Caldarone, Hani K. Najm, Margit Kadletz, Jeffrey F. Smallhorn, Robert M. Freedom, William G. Williams, John G. Coles Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1998; 66: 1514-1520DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00952-7 AbstractBackground: Progressive stenosis of the pulmonary veins after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is frequently refractory to

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