Partially anomalous pulmonary venous connection treated by interventional catheterization.
A young man had anomalous connection of the veins draining the upper lobe of the left lung to both a left-sided vertical vein and the left atrium. The ratio of pulmonary to systemic flows was 1.7 : 1, and he was symptomatic with evidence of volume overload of the right heart. He was successfully treated by percutaneous placement of an Amplatzer ductal occlusion device into the vertical vein.
Walters
Darren L
DL
Queensland Centre for Congenital Heart Disease, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. darren_walters@health.qld.gov.au
Radford
Dorothy J
DJ
D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D015619:Respiratory System Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome