Valsartan to Prevent Acquired Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in Pediatric Patients After Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Surgery.

Background: Recurrent pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) following surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is associated with poor prognosis. Preclinical studies have shown that use of an angiotensin receptor blocker can attenuate intimal hyperplasia; notwithstanding, its clinical utility is of uncertain benefit.

Methods: This single-center study included patients undergoing total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair in 2020 to 2021.

Quantification of 3-Dimensional Confluence-Atrial Morphology in Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection.

Background: Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) continues to be a major complication after surgical repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Recent studies suggest that the morphology of pulmonary venous confluence and the left atrium (LA) is associated with PVS. However, there are limited data on the prognostic value of integrating quantitative confluence-atrial morphology into risk stratification.

Surgical repair of neonatal total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: A single institutional experience with 241 cases.

Objective: Challenges persist in surgery for neonatal total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (neoTAPVC), with the high mortality risk not mitigated over time.

Methods: A prospectively collected single-center database containing all neonates with TAPVC undergoing biventricular repair in 2012 to 2020 was retrospectively reviewed. The primary outcome was death or postoperative pulmonary venous obstruction (PPVO).

The 100 most cited papers on total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a bibliometric analysis.

Background: The number of citations a paper receives reflects its impact on the scientific community. We aimed to identify and explore the characteristics of the most cited papers on total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC).

Methods: Web of Science Core Collection Expanded Science Citation Index (1900 to present) was searched and papers on TAPVC were reviewed.

Review of surgical experience in 188 infants and young children with Ebstein anomaly.

Objectives: This study sought to review our single-institutional surgical experience in paediatric Ebstein anomaly (EA).

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the paediatric patients with EA undergoing operation between 2004 and 2020. The time-to-event analysis was studied using Kaplan-Meier estimates.