Partial anomalous left pulmonary venous return.
We report the case of a 52-year-old woman with partial left anomalous pulmonary venous return who was successfully treated surgically without the use of extracorporeal circulation by diverting the anomalous left vertical vein into the left atrium through a postero-lateral thoracotomy.
Caputo
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy. massimocaputo@hotmail.com
Carcagnì
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Presbitero
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Gallotti
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery