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Bilateral Pulmonary Vein Stenting Through an Unligated Vertical Vein in a Postoperative Case of TAPVC
Author(s) -
Nigam Arima,
Trehan Vijay,
Agarwal Saket
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12322
Subject(s) - medicine , vein , left atrium , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , pulmonary vein , surgery , cardiology , radiology , atrial fibrillation
We present a case of obstructed supracardiac total anomalous connection (TAPVC) where the vertical vein was left open at surgery because of significant pulmonary artery hypertension. One month following surgery, the patient developed progressive pulmonary venous obstruction at the pulmonary vein–left atrial junction bilaterally. The pulmonary veins were stented using a technique where the unligated vertical vein was utilized to access left atrium. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12322 (J Card Surg 2014;29:705–708)