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

Sutureless Repair of Extracardiac Univentricular Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

Takeaki Harada, Toshihide Nakano, Yuseke Ando, Joji Hashimoto Fukuoka Children’s Hospital.Japan Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2023;DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2023.05.010 AbstractBackground: This study aimed to evaluate the results of sutureless repair of extracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) with a functional single ventricle at a single institution, including changes in the anastomotic site over time.Methods: The database contained […]

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Management of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in early infancy

Welton M. Gersony, Frederick O. Bowman Jr, Carl N. Steeg, Constance J. Hayes, Mary Jane Jesse, James R. Malm Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and Presbyterian Hospital.United States CirculationCirculation 1971; 43: I19-I24DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.43.5s1.i-19 AbstractTen consecutive babies ranging in age from two weeks to five months, with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage and pulmonary artery

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Intraluminal Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Children: A “New” Lesion

Viviane G. Nasr, Ryan Callahan, Zachary Wichner, Kirsten C. Odegard, James A. DiNardo Boston Children’s Hospital.United States Anesthesia and AnalgesiaAnesth Analges 2019; 129: 27-40DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003924 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disorder that leads to progressive narrowing of the extrapulmonary veins. PVS has been reported in both children and adults and in its worse iteration

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Long-term results of the Warden procedure for right partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Clément Dubost, Carine Pavy, Pierre Maminirina, Nadir Benbrik, Olivier Baron Hospital for Children and Adolescents.France Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2023; 33: 457-462DOI: 10.1017/S1047951122001184 AbstractIntroduction: Surgery is considered as the first-line therapeutic strategy of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection. The Warden technique has very good short-term results. The aim of this study is to evaluate the stability

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Successful rapid staged hybrid approach for obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Sameh M. Said, Elizabeth A. Braunlin, James Berry, Ashley Loomis, Gurumurthy, Hiremath Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital and Westchester Medical Center. Masonic Children’s Hospital and University of Minnesota.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2022; 37: 5501-5504DOI: 10.1111/jocs.17053 AbstractObstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) represents a true pediatric cardiac emergency. The patient may present in

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Treatment and prognosis of Scimitar syndrome: A retrospective analysis in a single center of East China

Kai Wang, Xinyi Xu, Tingliang Liu, Wei Gao, Ying Guo Shanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University.China Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineFront Cardiovasc Med 2022;DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.973796 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital cardiovascular malformation; its optimal management remains controversial. This study aims to present the clinical experience

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Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Repair: Single-Center Outcomes in a Lower-Middle Income Region

Praveen Reddy Bayya, Shruti Varghese, Jessin Puliparambil Jayashankar, Abish Sudhakar, Rakhi Balachandran, Brijesh Parayaru Kottayil, Balaji Srimurugan, Praveen Kerala Varma, Praveen Kumar Neema, R. Krishna Kumar Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentreIndia World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryWorld J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2022; 13: 458-465DOI: 10.1177/21501351221103492 AbstractBackground: The management of total anomalous

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Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges

Rachel D. Vanderlaan, Jonathan Rome, Russel Hirsch, Dunbar Ivy, Christopher A. CaldaroneHospital for Sick Children. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Children’s Hospital Colorado. Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.Canada and United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2021; 161: 2169-2176DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.05.117 AbstractNo Abstract CategoryStenosis or Obstruction of Normal

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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Moving From Past Pessimism to Future Optimism

Daniel I. McLennan, Elyan C. Ruiz Solano, Stephanie S. Handler, Joy Lincoln, Michael E. Mitchell, Edward C. Kirkpatrick Medical College of Wisconsin.United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2021;DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.747812 AbstractPulmonary Vein Stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease with a prevalence of around 1. 7 cases per 100,000 children under 2 years old. Treatment options for this

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Autologous vascularised pericardial flap tunneling technique in Scimitar syndrome repair with dextrocardia: lessons from the Senning procedure

Alain J. Poncelet, Karlien Carbonez, Jean E. Rubay Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Bruxelles.Belgium Cardiology in the YoungCardiol Young 2021; 31: 859-861DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120004928 AbstractScimitar syndrome is a rare variant (5%) of partial abnormal pulmonary venous return. Surgery is required when pulmonary overcirculation is present. Following repair, Scimitar vein stenosis occurs in approximately 20%. We applied a variant of

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