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Management of Pediatric Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, 2022
Pediatric intraluminal pulmonary vein stenosis has evolved into a chronic illness, with improving survival. Although significant knowledge gaps remain, medical providers have found success in the management of patients with pulmonary vein stenosis using a comprehensive multimodality treatment strategy. This review discusses the core principles employed
Ryan Callahan, Brian H. Morray, Russel Hirsch, Christopher J. Petit   +3 more
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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis: A Rare Disease with a Global Reach

, 2021
Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare, but high mortality and resource intensive disease caused by mechanical obstruction or intraluminal myofibroproliferation, which can be post-surgical or idiopathic.
Jennifer Schramm, Kathy J. Jenkins, Dinh Quang Le Thanh, Guillermo E. Moreno, Sivakumar Sivalingam, Kaitlin Doherty-Schmeck, Kimberlee Gauvreau   +6 more
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Relationship between Clinical Features and Histopathologic Findings in Patients with Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Український журнал серцево-судинної хірургії, 2019
Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare but serious condition characterized by obstruction of extrapulmonary segments of pulmonary veins which leads to progressive pulmonary hypertension. Objective.
Y. Mykychak, D. Kozhokar, I. Yusifli, O. Yachnik, V. Zakharova, I. Yemets   +5 more
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Case Report: Intracardiac echocardiography-guided pulmonary vein stenting for pulmonary vein stenosis caused by a left atrial tumor

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
BackgroundPulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) caused by a cardiac tumor is rare, and experience with transcatheter pulmonary vein stenting is limited. We report a challenging case of symptomatic PVS managed with intracardiac echocardiography (ICE)–guided ...
Yoonmin Shin, Hoyoung Son, Namsik Yoon, Namsik Yoon, Juhan Kim, Juhan Kim   +5 more
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Sometimes Surgery is the Only Way to Make a Diagnosis and Treat the Patient: A Case of Congenital Partial Absence of Pericardium

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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Congenital and Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis [PDF]

Circulation, 2007
Pulmonary vein stenosis is a fascinating yet frustrating and difficult to manage condition with an exceptionally high mortality rate. Until recently, the disease was seen almost exclusively in young children with or without various forms of congenital heart disease. Pulmonary vein stenosis is a relatively rare condition.
Larry A, Latson, Lourdes R, Prieto
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Case report of the successful treatment of a rare complication of pulmonary vein stenting: atrial rupture and stent detachment

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a relatively rare pulmonary vascular disease in clinical practice, and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a common cause of pulmonary vein stenosis.
Yu wei, Qin wei, Zhu ziyang, Li fajiu
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Gene Transfer of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Inhibits Macrophages and Inflammatory Mediators in Vein Graft Disease [PDF]

, 2008
Vein graft disease is a chronic inflammatory disease and limits the late results of coronary revascularization. Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibits macrophages infiltrated and inflammatory mediators, we hypothesized that transfected CGRP gene
Jian Zhuang, Hongsui Wu, Shiliang Chen, Jian Su, Yuhui Zheng, Xiaoning Zhang, Jianguang Chen, Huanxin Yang, Zhihong Chen   +8 more
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Sinus venosus atrial septal defect with severe mitral stenosis: A rare presentation

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2015
We present a case of 32-year-old female patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis with sinus venosus atrial septal defect (ASD) and anomalous drainage of the right superior pulmonary vein into right atrium. Sinus venosus ASD are uncommon and constitute 2-3%
Shweta Shende, Avinash Inamdar, Sanjivani Inamdar   +2 more
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Persistent Oxygen Requirement beyond Prematurity: A Case of Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2017
Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare cardiac defect and diagnosis can often be challenging, as many cases present with refractory or prolonged oxygen requirement over the expected course.
Tyler A. Fick, Bernadette Richards, Carl H. Backes, Molly K. Ball   +3 more
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