Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis associated with cor triatriatum.
We report an 11-year-old boy who underwent surgical correction for stenosis of the right and left lower pulmonary veins at their junction with the left atrium and associated cor triatriatum. The embryology and therapeutic approaches to congenital pulmonary veins stenosis are discussed.
Ito
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M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan. shinwa@seagreen.ne.jp
Kikuchi
S
S
Hachiro
Y
Y
Abe
T
T
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000601:surgery; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation