[Contribution of echocardiography to the diagnosis of infradiaphragmatic total anomalous pulmonary venous return].
The authors report the case of a neonate with an abnormal pulmonary venous return which was totally infradiaphragmatic. Multiscan and monoscan echocardiography made the diagnosis, demonstrating an echo-free zone behind the left atrium extended backwards behind the mitral ring and the left ventricle. The child underwent successful surgery, and a follow-up echocardiogram showed that this abnormal space was lessened, responding with the collecting trunk.
D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*
Apport de l'échocardiographie au diagnostic d'un retour veineux pulmonaire anormal total infradiaphragmatique.