title: Angioplasty of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis.
abstract: We present a unique case of idiopathic pulmonary vein stenosis in an adult who presented with progressive dyspnea and severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was treated by balloon angioplasty and is well at 6 months post-treatment follow-up. The etiology of pulmonary vein stenosis in this case is difficult to ascertain, but is likely to be congenital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Military Hospital, Pune. harminder62@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Harminder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Charanjit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Naveen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome