Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Béatrice Bonello; Kalyani R Trivedi; Alain Fraisse

doi:10.1002/ccd.25920

Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Oct;86(4):E190-3. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25920. Epub 2015 May 27.

Authors

Béatrice Bonello¹, Kalyani R Trivedi², Alain Fraisse¹

Affiliations

¹ Congenital Heart Disease Department, La Timone, University Children Hospital, Marseille, France.
² Biological Sciences Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

PMID: 26015092
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25920

Abstract

Primary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date. We report the case of a premature child with severe PDPVS who underwent multiple transcatheter interventions as bridge to heart-lung transplantation.

Keywords: cardiac catheterization/intervention; heart-lung; pediatric; pulmonary arteries/veins; pulmonary vascular resistance/hypertension; transplantation.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Cardiac Catheterization / statistics & numerical data
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Heart-Lung Transplantation
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy
Infant
Infant, Premature*
Pulmonary Circulation / physiology*
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / therapy*
Radiography
Risk Assessment
Time Factors