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

Superior Approach for Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rong Liufu, Guocheng Shi, Fang Zhu, Yongmei Guan, Zhaohui Lu, Weimin Chen, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine.China Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1429-1435DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.039 AbstractBackground: Studies on the outcomes of surgical repair for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection through the superior approach are […]

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Surgical Approaches to Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Christopher A. Caldarone University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children.Canada Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2018; 21: 83-91DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2017.11.010 AbstractTotal anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) constitutes a spectrum of congenital lesions whereby the pulmonary veins remain connected to systemic venous

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Primary sutureless repair for “simple” total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: midterm results in a single institution

Bobby Yanagawa, Abdullah A. Alghamdi, Andreea Dragulescu, Nicola Viola, Osman O. Al-Radi, Luc L. Mertens, John G. Coles, Christopher A. Caldarone, Glen S. VanArsdell Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011; 141: 1346-1354DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.10.056 AbstractObjective: We have previously reported the use of an atriopericardial or “sutureless”

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Modified Warden Procedure Using the Concept of Senning Operation: Repair Without Any Patch

Chan-Yang Hsu, En-Ting Wu, Shyh-Jye Chen, Yih-Sharng Chen, Shu-Chien Huang National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine.Taiwan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2015; 100: 1917-1919DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.04.116 AbstractVarious surgical techniques have been proposed to repair a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava, such as the single-patch, the double-patch,

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Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With Intact Atrial Septum: Early and Midterm Outcomes

Gabriel Graham, Joseph A. Dearani, Jessey Mathew, William R. Miranda, Katherine S. King, Hartzell V. Schaff, Elizabeth H. Stephens Mayo Clinic.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.04.031 AbstractBackground: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return with intact atrial septum warrants greater understanding and evaluation in the literature.Methods: From January 1993 to December 2018, 293 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return underwent surgical

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An alternative method for repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava

Herbert E. Warden, Robert A. Gustafson, Thomas J. Tarnay, William A. Neal West Virginia University Medical CenterUnited States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1984; 38: 601-605DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(10)62317-x AbstractThe surgical management of 15 patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) to the high superior vena cava (SVC) is described. This new technique redirects the anomalous

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Surgical repair of neonatal total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: A single institutional experience with 241 cases

Jin Shentu, Guocheng Shi, Qian Zhang, Chen Wen, Hao Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Huiwen Chen Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery OpenJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Open 2023; 16: 739-754DOI: 10.1016/j.xjon.2023.07.021 AbstractObjective: Challenges persist in surgery for neonatal total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (neoTAPVC), with the high mortality risk not

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Primary sutureless repair for infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Rong Liufu, Xiaobing Liu, Tao Liu, Jimei Chen, Shusheng Wen, Jianzheng Cen, Jian Zhuang Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences. Brown University School of Public Health.China and United States European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic SurgeryEur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021; 59: 959-966DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa470 AbstractObjectives: This study aimed to review surgical experiences in patients with infracardiac

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Modified T-shaped left atrium incision in the bi-atrial approach for infracardiac type TAPVR repair

Chung-Dann Kan, Yu-Jen Yang National Cheng Kung University Hospital.Taiwan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2011; 91: 2003-2005DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.11.070 AbstractThe bi-atrial approach “in-situ” technique of vertical confluence to the left atrial repair avoids the risks of anastomosis site kinking and twisting for infracardiac-type total anomalous pulmonary venous connection reconstruction, but how to obtain the adequate left

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Primary sutureless repair for simple total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with a risk of postoperative pulmonary venous stenosis

Tomomi Hasegawa, Yoshihiro Oshima, Ayako Maruo, Hinonori Matsuhisa, Tasuku Kadowaki, Rei Noda Kobe Children’s Hospital.Japan General Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; 61: 528-530DOI: 10.1007/s11748-012-0188-y AbstractLate mortality following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is often associated with pulmonary venous stenosis. We describe here two successful cases of primary sutureless repair

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