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

Heterotaxy patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous return: improving surgical results

David L. S. Morales, Brandi E. Braud, Justin H. Booth, Daniel E. Graves, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Charles D. Fraser Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2006; 82: 1621-1627DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.053 AbstractBackground: Survival after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return in patients with heterotaxy syndrome has […]

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return: report of 201 patients treated surgically

Michael J. Reardon, Denton A. Cooley, Luiz Kubrusly, David A. Ott, William Johnson, Gregory L. Kay, Michael S. Sweeney Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Texas Heart Institute JournalTex Heart Inst J 1985; 12: 131-141DOI: Not Available AbstractBetween 1956 and June 1984, 201 patients with uncomplicated total anomalous pulmonary

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Sutureless Repair of Extracardiac Univentricular Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Takeaki Harada, Toshihide Nakano, Yuseke Ando, Joji Hashimoto Fukuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.010 AbstractBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the results of sutureless repair of extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) with a functional single ventricle at a single institution, including changes in the anastomotic site over time.Methods: The database contained

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Surgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in 256 patients

Takeaki Harada, Toshihide Nakano, Shinichiro Oda, Hideaki Kado Fukuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic SurgeryInteract Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2019; 8: 421-426DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy267 AbstractObjectives: This study was performed to analyse the surgical results of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) repair at a single institution and to identify trends and variables associated with mortality and morbidity, particularly

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: results of surgical repair of 100 patients at a single institution

Angela M. Kelle, Carl L. Backer, Jeffrey G. Gossett, Sunjay Kaushal, Constantine Mavroudis Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Children’s Memorial Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010; 139: 1387-1394DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.02.024 AbstractObjective: Surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with significant mortality and morbidity, especially in patients with

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Management of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in early infancy

Welton M. Gersony, Frederick O. Bowman Jr, Carl N. Steeg, Constance J. Hayes, Mary Jane Jesse, James R. Malm Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Presbyterian Hospital.United States CirculationCirculation 1971; 43: I19-I24DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.43.5s1.i-19 AbstractTen consecutive babies ranging in age from two weeks to five months, with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and pulmonary artery

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Lung transplant is a viable treatment option for patients with congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Ankit Bharat, Deidre J. Epstein, Mark Grady, Albert Faro, Peter Michelson, Stuart C. Sweet, Charles B. Huddleston Washington University.United States Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationJ Heart Lung Transplant 2013; 32: 621-625DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2013.03.002 AbstractBackground: Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is associated with high mortality because surgical repair is usually not feasible or is ineffective. In addition, acquired

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Surgery for pulmonary venous obstruction after repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous return

Francois Lacour-Gayet Denver Children’s Hospital and University of Colorado.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 9: 45-50DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.010 AbstractThe major complication and the main cause of reoperation following surgery for total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR) is the occurrence of pulmonary venous obstruction.

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Acute recoil of stents used for the relief of stenotic great vessels in the setting of congenital cardiac disease

Hideshi Tomita, Satoshi Yazaki, Kohji Kimura, Ken Watanabe, Kinya Hatakeyama, Yasuo Ono, Shigeyuki Echigo National Cardiovascular Center.Japan Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2003; 13: 519-525DOI: Not Available AbstractWe implanted either large or medium Palmaz stents, or a Palmaz Corinthian stent, in various stenotic vessels, such as the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, aorta, or superior caval

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Never Say Never: The Use of Nitric Oxide in Patients With Obstructed Pulmonary Veins: A Case Report

Victoria Sokoliuk, James A. DiNardo, Morgan L. Brown Boston Children’s Hospital.United States A and A PracticeA A Pract 2019; 12: 205-207DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000885 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a progressive disease with pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Traditional management of PH with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is typically avoided in PVS

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