Publications by authors named "Tamadhir Gazzaz"
Background: Secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia is a complication of congenital heart disease that results from chronic pulmonary venous obstruction.
Objectives: We aimed to evaluate the performance of chest ultrasound (US) in diagnosing secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia and to review the clinical course of children with secondary pulmonary lymphangiectasia.
Materials And Methods: Chest US was performed on 26 children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection or cor triatriatum in a prospective observational study.
Objectives: Pulmonary vein characteristics that influence survival after repair of stenosis have not been defined. We sought to develop a predictive model relating postrepair survival to preoperative pulmonary vein characteristics on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
Methods: Patients who underwent pulmonary vein stenosis repair (1990-2012) with preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging were reviewed.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigated whether primary sutureless (SL) repair of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) leads to fewer cases of pulmonary vein obstruction (PVO) compared to standard repair (SR) methods.
- Results from 195 patients showed that while survival rates were similar between SL and SR groups, the SL method significantly reduced the incidence of moderate or severe PVO, with all PVO cases in the SL group being peripheral.
- The findings suggest that primary SL repair is linked to less PVO overall and eliminates the risk of central PVO, although it may still allow for some peripheral PVO to occur.