Sometimes Surgery is the Only Way to Make a Diagnosis and Treat the Patient: A Case of Congenital Partial Absence of Pericardium [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2017 Introduction: A 47-year-old Caucasian woman with a past medical history of multiple ablative procedures for supraventricular arrhythmias and pacemaker implantation presented with increasing shortness of breath.
Phivos Costas Symeonides
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Interventional treatment for pulmonary venous stenosis due to fibrosing mediastinitis: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineIntroductionFibrosing mediastinitis is a rare syndrome caused by the abnormal proliferation of mediastinal fibrous tissue. It often causes superior vena cava syndrome, bronchial stenosis, pulmonary vascular stenosis, etc.Patient presentationAn elderly ...
Runfeng Gao +4 more
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Lung Cancer‐Like Presentation of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
Respirology Case ReportsA woman in her 50s presented with a two‐month history of haemoptysis, dyspnea, cough and weight loss. She had recently undergone radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. A computed tomography (CT) scan of her chest showed left upper lobe opacity,
Onofre Moran‐Mendoza +4 more
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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Review
Cardiology Discovery, 2023 Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an extremely rare and lethal disease caused by multiple etiologies. PVS has a bimodal distribution in the population, affecting children and adults.
Mengfei Jia +9 more
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Complication of stent displacement from the internal jugular vein to the pulmonary artery after jugular vein stenting in the treatment of intracranial hypertension: a case report [PDF]
BMC NeurologyBackground Internal jugular vein stenting is a treatment for intracranial hypertension caused by internal jugular vein stenosis (IJVS). Reports on this procedure remain limited, and stent migration is an exceptionally rare complication. Case presentation
Xichang Liu +3 more
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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: Incremental Knowledge Gains to Improve Outcomes
Children, 2021 Pulmonary vein stenosis remains a considerable clinical challenge, with high mortality still present in children with progressive disease. In this review, we discuss the clinical spectrum of pulmonary vein stenosis and what is known about the etiology ...
Rachel D. Vanderlaan +1 more
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Cardiology Discovery, 2023 Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a rare disease and is usually represented as a complication of pulmonary tumors, lung lobectomy, and atrial fibrillation ablation.
Yanjie Li, Lan Ma, Xin Pan, Cheng Wang
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Children, 2021 A nurse practitioner’s experience in managing children with intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis. A case study of a 3-year-old patient with multi–vessel intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis.
Christina M. Ireland +2 more
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Alternative Approach for Pulmonary Valvuloplasty in Critical Congenital Pulmonary Stenosis
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022 Critical congenital pulmonary stenosis with intact interventricular septum is a cyanotic and potentially lethal neonatal cardiac anomaly. Percutaneous transcatheter balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty for critical pulmonary stenosis often presents technical
Andaleeb Ara +2 more
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