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Anomalous Left Superior Pulmonary Venous Connection with Intact Interatrial Septum
Author(s) -
Han Shu,
Yang Jun,
Tang Li,
Chen Xin,
Ma ChunYan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01341.x
Subject(s) - interatrial septum , medicine , cardiology , left pulmonary vein , pulmonary vein , vein , radiology , left atrium , atrial fibrillation
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) with intact interatrial septum is an uncommon congenital anomaly, while isolated left pulmonary venous connection with intact interatrial septum is rare. In this report, a 5‐year‐old girl with chief complains of mild short breath after exercise was diagnosed of anomalous connection between left superior pulmonary vein (LSPV) and left innominate vein by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) that was confirmed by 3D cardiac CT scanning. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E94‐E96)