[Partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with atrial septal defect of the sinus venosus type. Diagnostic role of multi-slice spiral computerised tomography--a case report].
A case of a 53-year-old male with a long-lasting pulmonary hypertension of an unknown cause is presented. Both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography as well as cardiac catheterisation failed to document any cardiac defect. Finally, a multi-slice spiral computerised tomography revealed the presence of an anomalous pulmonary vein drainage to the superior vena cava with concomitant inter-atrial septal defect of a sinus venosus type. The patient was selected for surgery.
Drozd
Jakub
J
Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii AM, Lublin, Poland.
Tomaszewski
Andrzej
A
Czekajska-Chehab
Elzbieta
E
Drop
Andrzej
A
Widomska-Czekajska
Teresa
T
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed