Open AccessSupracardiac anomalous pulmonary venous connection with unilateral pulmonary venous atresia: Diagnosis and management
Author(s) -
Vishal Changela,
Suresh Pujar,
Sunita Maheshwari
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.58318
Subject(s) - medicine , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , pulmonary atresia , radiology , atresia , cardiology , venous blood , pulmonary artery
We report a case of a 6-day-old neonate referred to us for surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Meticulous evaluation contributed to accurate diagnosis of associated unilateral pulmonary venous atresia. This unique association provides insights into the importance of evaluation of all pulmonary veins using various imaging tools.