Open AccessRadiologic review of acquired pulmonary vein stenosis in adults
Author(s) -
Maurício S. Galizia,
Rahul D. Renapurkar,
Lourdes Prieto,
Michael A. Bolen,
Joseph Azok,
Charles T. Lau,
Ahmed H. El-Sherief
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2018.05.05
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein stenosis , stenosis , pulmonary vein , radiology , intensive care medicine , ablation
Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is an uncommon occurrence in adults, but one that carries significant morbidity/mortality. PVS can be secondary to neoplastic infiltration/extrinsic compression, non-neoplastic infiltration/extrinsic compression, or iatrogenic intervention. This article: (I) reviews the common causes of acquired PVS; (II) illustrates direct and indirect cross-sectional imaging findings in acquired PVS (in order to avoid misinterpretation of these imaging findings); and (III) details the role of imaging before and after the treatment of acquired PVS.