Comprehensive echocardiographic diagnosis of right heart enlargement in association with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in three adult women

Abstract

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is a rare congenital anomaly which can lead to right heart enlargement. It may present in isolation or more commonly in association with other congenital cardiac anomalies. We present three different cases of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in adults. The importance of identifying partial anomalous venous drainage as the cause of otherwise unexplained right heart enlargement is illustrated by these cases.

A rare case of obstructive supracardiac TAPVR (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return) with aberrant right subclavian artery.

“…7,8 Echocardiographic confirms the diagnosis usually whereas MRI and fast CT also assist in describing pulmonary venous drainage. 9,10 Case Presentation Current case was a 10 months old baby girl with length of 69 cm (less than -3 SD) and weight of 5.5 kg (less than -3 SD), resident of Karachi, who presented to the out patients department of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD). The patient had history of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections since the time of birth and failure to gain adequate weight since the time of birth.…”