Compression of the pulmonary veins by the descending aorta in patients corrected surgically by the Fontan procedure.
We describe 4 patients in whom the pulmonary veins were compressed between the descending aorta and the atrial part of the heart in consequence of an abnormal distribution of the pulmonary blood flow after the Fontan procedure.
First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
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Kawahira
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Kadoba
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Matsuda
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011859:Radiography