Surgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease

Case Report: Successful primary sutureless repair of common pulmonary vein atresia in a neonate

Zhaoyang Zheng, Jinmei Zhang West China Second University Hospital and Sichuan University.China Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2026; 14: DOI: 10.3389/fped.2026.1895693 AbstractCommon pulmonary vein atresia (CPVA) is an extremely rare and lethal congenital heart defect characterized by the absence of a functional connection between the common pulmonary vein chamber (CPVC) and both the left atrium and systemic […]

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Medical Therapy: Current and on the Horizon

Mudit Gupta, David B. Frank Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 2026;DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2026.02.006 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a severe vascular obstructive lesion historically associated with poor survival. As outcomes

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by compression of the left lower pulmonary vein in children

Li Chen, Cheng Wang, Jiachen Li, Lizhi Lv, Yongtao Wu, Gang Li, Guofeng Xing, Xiaoyong Jing, Zhimin Liu, Qiang Wang Beijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.  Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.China Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryJ Cardiothorac Surg 2026;DOI: 10.1186/s13019-026-04085-x AbstractObjectives To investigate, through

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Surgical and Catheter-Based Intervention in Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Daiji Takajo, Paul J. Critser, Awais Ashfaq, Russel Hirsch Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2026; DOI: 10.1007/s00246-026-04266-4 AbstractBackground: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare but serious condition in children, often requiring surgical or catheter-based interventions. The initial optimal treatment strategy remains

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Outcomes and Patency Following Surgical Repair of Previously Stented Pulmonary Veins in Pediatric Patients

Allison Beckham Davila, Mariana Chavez, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Christina Ireland, Kathy J. Jenkins, Michael Farias, Eric N. Feins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Feinberg School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2026;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2026.03.056 AbstractBackground: The study objective was to evaluate surgical outcomes of patients

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Long-term outcomes of individualised repair in patients with primary pulmonary vein stenosis

Zhangwei Wang, Yang Yang Beijing Children’s Hospital, National Children’s Medical Center and Capital Medical University.China Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2025; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124026180 AbstractObjectives: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital heart condition and carries a poor prognosis. Various surgical techniques have been introduced to treat primary pulmonary vein stenosis. However, there is no consensus on

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Impact of the pulmonary venous entry site morphology on postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection patients

Szu-Yen Hu, Jing-Ren Ye, Heng-Wen Chou, Yih-Sharng Chen, Chung-I Chang, Ing-Sh Chiu, Chih-Ting Lin, Hsiao-En Tsai, Shyh-Jye Chen, Shu-Chien Huang National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University.Taiwan Journal of Formosan Medical AssociationJ Formos Med Assoc 2025; 124: 809-815DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2024.09.006 AbstractBackground: To evaluate the association between the pulmonary vein (PV) entry site morphology after total anomalous pulmonary

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Application of sutureless technique in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair

Zhangwei Wang, Nan Ding, Hanlu Yi, Yaobin Zhu, Zhiqiang Li, Daole Yan, Xiaofeng Li, Song Bai Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University and National Children’s Medical Center.China Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 3769-3775DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16843 AbstractThe sutureless technique was initially used for the treatment of postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) in patients with total

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Neonatal sutureless pericardial marsupialization for isolated iatrogenic pulmonary vein stenosis

Tomoyuki Iwase, Rajnish K. Garg, Mahmoud A. Al Soufi, Roberto M. Di Donato Al Jalila Children’s Hospital. United Arab Emirates Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 3932-3934DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16861 AbstractA 12-day-old girl underwent extended end-to-end aortic arch reconstruction with proximal pulmonary autograft patch augmentation on moderately hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. At the end of the procedure,

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Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Patching for Recurrent Pulmonary Venous Obstructions

Tomonari Shimoda, Bryan J. Mathis, Hideyuki Kato, Muneaki Matsubara, Yasuyuki Suzuki, Yuji Hiramatsu University of Tsukuba. Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2022; 114: e335-e337DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.014 AbstractRecurrent postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair is a challenging complication. Here, we present such a case that required 4 reoperations, focusing on a

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