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Pulmonary‐to‐systemic venous collateral in obstructed supracardiac totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Blood finds a way!
Author(s) -
Verma Mansi,
Pandey Niraj N.,
Kumar Sanjeev,
Saxena Anita
Publication year - 2021
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.15568
Subject(s) - medicine , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , cardiology , venous return curve , vein , collateral circulation , venous blood , radiology , pulmonary vein , collateral , hemodynamics , ablation , finance , economics
We describe a rare variant of obstructed supracardiac totally anomalous venous connection in a 7‐day‐old boy where the vertical vein was occluded and the entire pulmonary venous return was draining through a large tortuous pulmonary‐systemic venous collateral. The case highlights the importance of computed tomography angiography in demonstrating such complex anatomies in congenital heart diseases.