Surgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease

Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection directly to the superior caval vein

Alessandro Giamberti, John E. Deanfield, Robert H. Anderson, Marc R. de Leval Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust. United Kingdom European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2002; 21: 474-477DOI: 10.1016/s1010-7940(01)01162-9 AbstractObjective: Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection directly to the superior caval vein is unusual. It is frequently associated with major congenital heart defects […]

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Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis associated with cor triatriatum

Masayoshi Ito, Seiya Kikuchi, Yoshikazu, Hachiro, MD, Tomio Abe Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2001; 71: 722-723DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02346-8 AbstractWe report an 11-year-old boy who underwent surgical correction for stenosis of the right and left lower pulmonary veins at their junction with the left atrium and associated cor triatriatum. The

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Revision of previous Fontan connections to extracardiac or intraatrial conduit cavopulmonary anastomosis

Doff B. McElhinney, V. Mohan Reddy, Phillip Moore, Frank L. Hanley University of California, San Francisco. United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1996; 62: 1276-1282DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00567-X AbstractBackground: In patients who have received an atriopulmonary Fontan connection, complications such as right pulmonary vein obstruction, atrial arrhythmias, and thromboembolism are often secondary to right atrial enlargement. When

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[Reoperation after correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: particularly for postoperative pulmonary vein stenosis]

M. Yokota, K. Sakamoto, A. Ikai, M. Kado, H. Nagato, M. Nishioka, T. Tsuda Shizuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Rinshō Kyōbu Geka (Japanese Annals of Thoracic Surgery)Rinshō Kyōbu Geka 1994; 14: 211-218DOI: Not Available AbstractPostoperative pulmonary vein stenosis is a major complication after the correction of the total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Six patients developed this complication 2

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Congenital unilateral pulmonary venous atresia with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in contralateral lung: an unusual association

Savitri Shrivastava, James H . Moller, Jesse E . Edwards University of Minnesota.United States Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 1986; 7: 213-219DOI: 10.1007/BF02093183 AbstractA patient presenting with the rare association of congenital unilateral pulmonary venous atresia in one lung and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in the other is described. The patient first presented at the age of 3 1/2

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Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis

John M. Reid, Morgan P. G. Jamieson, Michael D. Cowan Western Infirmary.United Kingdom British Heart JournalBrit Heart J 1986; 55: 599-601DOI: 10.1136/hrt.55.6.599 AbstractUnilateral pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare congenital anomaly. A case is described in a girl who first presented at the age of four years with recurring haemoptysis but in whom diagnosis was not

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Horseshoe lung with left lung hypoplasia and critical pulmonary venous stenosis

Joel Lutterman, Roy Jedeikin, David C. Cleveland Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2004; 77: 1085-1087DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01213-X AbstractHorseshoe lung is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by an isthmus of the pulmonary parenchyma that extends posterior to the pericardial reflection at the cardiac apex and across the midline. There is unilateral, usually

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Neonatal repair of unilateral pulmonary vein atresia with associated coarctation of the aorta

Peter Chiu, Nikola Tede, Katsuhide Maeda Stanford University School of Medicine.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TechniquesJTCVS Tech 2020; 4: 277-279DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.10.013 AbstractAbstract Not Available CategoryAbsence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsPulmonary Hypertension Associated with Stenosis or Atresia of Pulmonary VeinsSurgical Interventions for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction After the Onset of Disease (Pneumonectomy) Year

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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Pneumonectomy for Complications of Congenital Pulmonary Venous Stenosis

Alison L. Halpern, Michael J. Weyant University of Colorado Denver.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2019; 108: e357-e359DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.04.039 AbstractCongenital pulmonary venous stenosis is an uncommon congenital heart defect and is a consequence of failed incorporation of the common right or left pulmonary vein into the left atrium during embryologic development. Clinical manifestations include

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Unilateral absence of the pulmonary veins: an unusual diagnosis with characteristic imaging findings

Terry L. Levin, Bradford W. Betz, Lisa M. Gennarini, Chana Wircberg Children’s Hospital of Montefiore Medical Center. United States Clinical ImagingClin Imaging 2019; 55:107-111DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.01.022 AbstractBackground: Congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary vein (UCAPV) is a rare entity with characteristic clinical and imaging findings. Despite its congenital nature, the radiographic findings and symptoms of UCAPV may not

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