title: [An operative case of bilateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous return using a direct anastomosis between the right atrial appendage and the superior vena cava].
abstract: We have experienced a case of bilateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous return without atrial septal defect. Right upper pulmonary vein returned to the superior vena cava and left upper pulmonary vein returned to the left brachiocephalic vein. This type of bilateral partial anomalous pulmonary venous return was extremely rare, and only 4 such cases have been reported in the Japanese literature. The patient, aged 3 years and 11 months, was successfully operated on, using a direct anastomosis between the right atrial appendage and the superior vena cava. This procedure is considered to be advantageous because both this right atriotomy line and suture line avoid injury of the sinus node and the sinuatrial node artery and no foreign material is used. A decrease in postoperative arrhythmia can also be expected from this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ohgaki Municipal Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Katoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tauchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishibata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*