title: Successful balloon dilatation of ascending vein stenosis in obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
abstract: A newborn infant presenting with severe hypoxia and pulmonary edema was found to have supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). There was a severe localized stenosis (gradient > 30 mmHg) of the vein ascending from the pulmonary venous confluence. Balloon dilatation of the stenosis provided immediate and effective relief of the obstruction (gradient 4 mmHg) until surgery was performed. In sick neonates with discretely obstructed anomalous pulmonary venous connection, short-term hemodynamic stability may be achieved by balloon angioplasty of the site of obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children, UK.
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bu'Lock
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography