Surgical Interventions to Prevent or Limit Disease Associated with Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections or Heart Transplantation

Outcomes of the lateral caval flap and conventional techniques for repair of right-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in adults

William C. Frankel, Bogdan A. Kindzelski, Benjamin Yang, Rashed Mahboubi, Miza Salim Hammoud, Andrew J. Toth, Hani K. Najm, Gösta B. Pettersson, Tara Karamlou Cleveland Clinic. Corewell East William Beaumont University Hospital.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery OpenJTCVS Open 2025; 23: 225-234DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.10.023 AbstractObjective: In an effort to overcome limitations of conventional techniques for surgical […]

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Comparison of morbidity and mortality outcomes of conventional and sutureless repair techniques in children with isolated total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Kübra Gözacik Karakoc, Batuhan Yazici, Hacer Kamali, Okan Yildiz, Gökhan Karakoc, Sertac Haydin, Ismihan Selen Onan Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Model Statistics CRO and Clinical Trials Center.Turkey Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2025; DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124036679 AbstractObjectives: The sutureless repair technique has been favoured due to its purported reduction in

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Successful surgical repair of isolated supra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) with venous confluence stenosis using dual anastomosis: a case report from Syria

Ghaith Hasan, Abdulrahman Almjersah, Mohamed Younes Children’s University Hospital and Damascus University.Syria Journal of Surgical Case ReportsJ Surg Case Rep 2024;DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjae621 AbstractWe present the case of a 7-month-old female infant with a history of recurrent respiratory infections and symptoms of respiratory distress during feeding. Echocardiography isolated revealed supracardiac-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with a

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Smaller right pulmonary artery is associated with longer survival time without scimitar vein repair

Carlos Bonilla-Ramirez, Katherine B. Salciccioli, Athar M. Qureshi, Iki Adachi, Michiaki Imamura, Jeffrey S. Heinle, E. Dean McKenzie, Christopher A. Caldarone, Hugh D. Allen, Ziyad M. Binsalamah Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2021; 36: 1352-1360DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15405 AbstractIntroduction: The optimal management of scimitar syndrome remains incompletely defined. We

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Surgical management of congenital and acquired pulmonary vein stenosis

Thomas L. Spray, Nancy D. Bridges The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Ann 1999; 2: 177-188DOI: 10.1016/s1092-9126(99)70015-3 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis describes a variety of entities with a variable clinical course. The basic pathologic process appears to be fibrous intimal thickening,

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The Ongoing Evolution of Sutureless Repairs for Pulmonary Vein Anomalies

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgerySemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2016; 28: 485-486DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2016.06.009 AbstractThe sutureless technique has evolved from an effective treatment modality for postrepair pulmonary venous stenosis to a prophylactic strategy for primary repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Although

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Sutureless repair and postoperative residual stenosis: “Never leave with a lesion”

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018; 156: 287-288DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.080 AbstractAbstract Not Available CatagoryStenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ConnectionsSurgical Interventions to Prevent or Limit Disease Associated with Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary

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Assessment of pulmonary veins after atrio-pericardial anastomosis by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Steven C. Greenway, Shi-Joon Yoo, Giedrius Baliulis, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.CanadaJournal of Cardiovascular MagneticResonanceJ Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2011; 13:DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-13-72 AbstractBackground: The atrio-pericardial anastomosis (APA) uses a pericardial pouch to create a large communication between the left atrium and the pulmonary venous contributaries in order to avoid

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Outcomes of the Warden Procedure for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hongyuan Lin, Jun Yan, Qiang Wang, Shoujun Li, Haining Sun, Yajuan Zhang, Liang Zhang, Wenchao Liu Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College.China Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2020; 41: 134–140DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-019-02235-8 AbstractPartial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) is a common congenital heart disease. If the insertion of an anomalous pulmonary vein

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Computed tomography-based surgical strategy for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Hironori Matsuhisa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Tomonori Higuma, Shunsuke Matsushima, Shota Hasegawa, Yuson Wada, Michio Matsuoka, Toshikatsu Tanaka Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan European Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2020; 58: 237-245DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa028 AbstractObjectives: We used computed tomographic angiography (CTA)-based surgical planning to clarify the anatomical indications of sutureless repair technique for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The mid-term

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