title: Total anomalous left pulmonary venous connection with intact atrial septum: surgical treatment of a rare case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital S. Leonardo, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masiello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panza
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morena
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marotta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellieni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery