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

Scimitar syndrome: A new multipatch technique and incidence of postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction

Robert L. Geggel, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Ryan Callahan, Eric N. Feins, Christopher W. Baird Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TechniquesJTCVS Tech 2020; 4: 208-216DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.07.027 AbstractObjective: A review of our center’s experience before March 2011 showed that one half of 36 patients who had a baffling or reimplantation procedure […]

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Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect Using a Modified Two-Patch Technique

Chawki Elzein, Mubeena Abdulkarim, Umair Abbas, Luca Vricella, Michel Ilbawi Advocate Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2020; 109: 583-587DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.023 AbstractBackground: Surgical repair of superior sinus venosus atrial septal defect associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection is usually performed with either a two-patch technique or the Warden procedure. However, both techniques can

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Sutureless Versus Conventional Pulmonary Vein Repair: A Magnetic Resonance Pilot Study

Cornelia Tremblay, Shi-Joon Yoo, Luc Mertens, Mike Seed, Frederic Jacques, Cameron Slorach, Rachel Vanderlaan, Steven Greenway, Christopher Caldarone, John Coles, Lars Grosse-Wortmann Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto.Canada Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2018; 105: 1248-1254DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.11.015 AbstractBackground: Two different surgical techniques are used to repair anomalous pulmonary venous connection or pulmonary vein (PV)

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Individual Pulmonary Veins Outgrow Somatic Growth After Primary Sutureless Repair for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Hyun-Jin Jung, Ji Hyun Bang, Chun-Soo Park, Jeong-Jun Park, Yu-Mi Im, Tae-Jin Yun Asan Medical Center and University of Ulsan College of Medicine. Seoul Women’s College of Nursing.Republic of Korea Pediatric CardiologyPediatr Cardiol 2016; 37: 290-294DOI: 10.1007/s00246-015-1276-4 AbstractIndications of sutureless repair (SR) for pulmonary vein anomalies have evolved from re-operational SR for pulmonary vein stenosis after

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Absorbable polydioxanone suture and results in total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

John A. Hawkins, L. LuAnn Minich, Lloyd Y. Tani, Herbert D. Ruttenberg, Jane E. Sturtevant, Edwin C. McGough University of Utah and Primary Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1995; 60: 55-59DOI: Not Available AbstractBackground: Despite theoretical advantages of absorbable suture in the growing vascular anastomosis, there has not been a documented advantage

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Technical modifications for improved results in total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

W. R. Wilson, M. N. Ilbawi, S. Y. DeLeon, J. A. Quinones, R. A. Arcilla, R. F. Sulayman, F. S. Idriss Christ Hospital and Medical CenterUnited States Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992; 103: 861-870DOI: Not Available AbstractTo delineate factors that contribute to improved surgical outcome in patients with total anomalous

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Primary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection using a modified sutureless technique

Efren Buitrago, Anthony L. Panos, Marco Ricci Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 2008; 86: 320-322DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.01.093 AbstractPrimary repair of infracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with a significant risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. Herein we describe a

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Modified “sutureless” anastomosis for primary repair of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Maria R. Suarez, Anthony L. Panos, Tomas A. Salerno, Marco Ricci Holtz Children’s Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.United States Journal of Cardiac SurgeryJ Card Surg 2009; 24: 564-566DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00886.x AbstractRepair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is associated with a risk of recurrent pulmonary venous obstruction. In this

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Pulmonary vein stenosis following repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Eric J. Devaney, Richard G. Ohye, Edward L. Bove University of Michigan.United States Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery AnnualSemin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu 2006; 51-55.DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2006.02.023 AbstractPulmonary vein stenosis may occur following the repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and carries a poor prognosis. Conventional surgical therapies have

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Modified Gersony-Malm procedure with sutureless technique for postoperative right-sided branch pulmonary venous obstruction after primary sutureless repair

Takahiko Sakamoto, Makoto Takiguchi, Kazuaki Ishihara, Nobuhiro Umehara Matsudo City General Hospital.Japan Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TechniquesJTCVS Tech 2023; 20: 153-155DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2023.05.011 AbstractNo Abstract Available CategoryStenosis 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 Venous Connections or

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