Successful repair of a rare type of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Matsui, Michihiko; Arai, Tatsuta; Horikoshi, S; Sugita, Yohichi; Hara, Kazuhiro; Morita, Kiyozo; Mochizuki, Yoshinari

doi:10.1016/0003-4975(91)91435-x

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“…We found 19 previously reported cases of anomalous pulmonary venous connection with an intraparenchymal course, 1 –12 including our three 3 makes a total of 22 cases (Table 1). In three of these cases, there was a luminal connection between the pulmonary veins and the left atrium or a common atrium, with some flow of pulmonary venous blood into the atrium.…”

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“…Two of the 22 cases 8,9 were diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) and three others by CMRI (two of our cases and one reported by Wang 5 ). Angiography has also been used 10 but low pulmonary vein flow due to obstruction can result in poor visualization. 4 We have recently found CT useful because newer devices provide high-resolution images without the need for sedation (imaging time < one second) and for a very low radiation dose.…”

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confidence: 99%

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