Total anomalous left pulmonary venous connection with intact atrial septum: surgical treatment of a rare case.
Total anomalous left pulmonary venous connection with intact atrial septum is an extremely rare form of congenital heart disease. We describe a case never reported before in which the left pulmonary veins drained directly into the right atrium through a common vein. Surgical correction was successfully obtained by redirecting the blood flow through a newly created atrial septal defect into the left atrium using a gluteraldehyde-treated autologous pericardial patch. Follow-up at 6 months shows no signs of any complication.
Masiello
P
P
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital S. Leonardo, Salerno, Italy.
Panza
A
A
Morena
E
E
Marotta
A
A
Bellieni
G
G
Di Benedetto
G
G
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery