Surgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease

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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[Management of Pulmonary Blood Flow for a Patient with Congenital Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Undergoing Pulmonary Venous Obstruction Release and Pulmonary Artery Banding]

Satoshi Ideno, Shinichi Yamamoto, Fujiko Oda, Rie Wakamiya, Kana Ozawa, Haruka Kaneko, Taku Matsuoka, Atsushi Shinto, Hiromi Mikasa, Noriko Miyazawa Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center.Japan MasuiMasui 2015; 64: 168-173DOI: Not Available AbstractCongenital pulmonary vein stenosis (CPVS) is a rare fetal congenital heart disease with a prevalence of 1.7 per 100,000 children younger than two years

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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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The use of a wire control catheter to treat complex pulmonary artery or vein anatomy

Joao Luiz L. Manica, Luciane Piazza, Gianfranco Butera Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do sul and Fundacao Univeritåria de Cardiologia.Brazil Journal of Invasive CardiologyJ Invasive Cardiol 2012; 24: E148-E152DOI: Not Available AbstractThe difficult performance of certain percutaneous interventions in the field of congenital heart disease is well known. Crossing pulmonary arteries in patients who

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Supra-annular mitral valve replacement in children

Kirk R. Kanter, Brian E. Kogon, Paul M. Kirshbom Emory University School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 92: 2221-2227DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.06.023 AbstractBackground: Despite improved mitral repair techniques, some children need mitral valve replacement (MVR). Due to small annulus size, supra-annular MVR is useful.Methods: From 2003 to 2010, 15 children had 23 supra-annular MVRs. At

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Outcome after repair of cor triatriatum

Selcen Yaroglu Kazanci, Sitaram Emani, Doff B. McElhinney Children’s Hospital Boston.United States American Journal of CardiologyAm J Cardiol 2012; 109: 412-416DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.09.029 AbstractCor triatriatum represents <0.1% of all congenital cardiac malformations. Symptoms in patients with cor triatriatum are related to pulmonary venous obstruction and pressure loading of the right side of the heart. The aim of

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Surgical management of post-repair pulmonary vein stenosis

Edward J. Hickey, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Gardiovascular Surgery PediatricsSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr 2011; 14: 101-108DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2011.01.007 AbstractObstructed pulmonary venous drainage – either in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage, congenital stenosis, or post-repair stenosis – is associated with poor outcome. Post-repair stenosis typically involves fibrotic scar

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Scimitar syndrome: a European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) multicentric study

Vladimiro L. Vida, Massimo A. Padalino, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Erjon Tarja, Hakan Berggren, Thierry Carrel, Sertaç Çiçek, Giancarlo Crupi, Duccio Di Carlo, Roberto Di Donato, José Fragata, Mark Hazekamp, Viktor Hraska, Bohdan Maruszewski, Dominique Metras, Marco Pozzi, Rene Pretre, Jean Rubay, Heikki Sairanen, George Sarris, Christian Schreiber, Bart Meyns, Tomas Tlaskal, Andreas Urban, Gaetano Thiene, Giovanni

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The role of surgical therapy for pulmonary vein atresia in childhood

Jeffrey Shuhaiber, Maliha Rehman, Kathy Jenkins, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Emile Bacha Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2011; 32: 639-645DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-9942-7 AbstractThe outcome for children with pulmonary vein atresia has been historically poor. This report describes clinical outcomes after surgical treatment of primary and secondary pulmonary vein atresia. All patients undergoing surgery for

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Importance of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection and postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis in outcomes of heterotaxy syndrome

Susan R. Foerster, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Doff B. McElhinney, Tal Geva Children’s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2008; 29: 536-544DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9128-5 AbstractHistorically, outcomes of patients with heterotaxy syndrome and congenital heart disease have been poor. Published series include patients treated over many decades or focus on specific patient/operative subgroups. This study was

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