title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of obstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
abstract: Obstruction in supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) may be seen in 50% of cases. We describe here successful echocardiographic diagnosis of obstruction at an unusual and undescribed location in a supracardiac TAPVC. The patient was successfully managed by surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, G B Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.forename: Saibal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Mohit D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trehan
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery