What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Pulmonary vein stenosis.

What does this research mean for the field?

Pulmonary vein stenosis requires a high index of suspicion for timely diagnosis, with management relying on treatment of reversible causes and transcatheter balloon angioplasty or stenting for persistent severe stenoses. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To review the underlying causes, diagnostic challenges, and current interventional and medical strategies for pulmonary vein stenosis.

August 28, 2026Journal of the American College of CardiologyOpen Access

Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Management of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

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Key result

Managing pulmonary vein stenosis requires high diagnostic suspicion and transcatheter stenting for persistent severe cases.

Why the study?

Pulmonary vein stenosis presents insidiously, often leading to significant diagnostic delays despite having multiple congenital, acquired, and iatrogenic etiologies.

Design

Review

Authors

TSTrevor SimardInterventional Cardiology DSDhruv SarmaVanderbilt University Medical Center WMWilliam R. MirandaAdult Congenital Heart Disease

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Implication

Clinical review highlights diagnostic pathways and interventional management in pulmonary vein stenosis, indicating multimodal assessment and catheter-based therapies optimize clinical outcomes.

Key Points

To review the underlying causes, diagnostic challenges, and current interventional and medical strategies for pulmonary vein stenosis.
Synthesized clinical evidence on congenital, acquired, and iatrogenic etiologies of pulmonary vein stenosis.
Evaluated diagnostic pathways encompassing noninvasive imaging modalities and invasive hemodynamic assessments.
Reviewed therapeutic outcomes associated with transcatheter balloon angioplasty, vascular stenting, and medical management.
Pulmonary vein stenosis presents insidiously, frequently leading to substantial diagnostic delays that necessitate high clinical suspicion and dedicated noninvasive evaluation.
Effective therapeutic management pairs the treatment of reversible causes with transcatheter balloon angioplasty and stenting for persistent, severe luminal narrowing.

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Population

Pulmonary vein stenosis

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Simard et al. (2023) conducted a review in Pulmonary vein stenosis. Pulmonary vein stenosis requires a high index of suspicion for diagnosis, with management relying on transcatheter balloon angioplasty and stenting for persistent severe cases.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a90fe1a73d671a805e3bb20 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.04.016

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Implication

Clinical review highlights diagnostic pathways and interventional management in pulmonary vein stenosis, indicating multimodal assessment and catheter-based therapies optimize clinical outcomes.

Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Management of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

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Pathogenesis, Evaluation, and Management of Pulmonary Vein Stenosis

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