[Obstruction of the superior vena cava following a corrective intervention for total anomalous pulmonary venous return treated by percutaneous angioplasty].
We report a case of a patient operated on for total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage at the age of six months. Seven years later an angiographic examination showed a obstruction of superior vena cava at Juxta right atrial. The patient, asymptomatic until the age of fifteen, was then subjected to further hemodynamic and angiocardiographic examination due to the appearance of an incessant and therapy-resistant cough. After the diagnostic procedure was completed, percutaneous balloon angioplasty was performed on the obstruction, which marked the remission of the symptoms.
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Servizio di Cardiologia S. Luca-Ospedale di Careggi-Firenze.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
Ostruzione della vena cava superiore dopo intervento correttivo per ritorno venoso polmonare anomalo totale trattata con angioplastica percutanea.