Total anomalous pulmonary venous return in an adult.
A 47-year-old man with total anomalous pulmonary venous return met all the conditions necessary for long survival. In particular, his pulmonary vascular resistance was almost normal because of right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Surgical treatment was performed with a good result.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan. mhisagi-tky@umin.ac.jp
Motoyuki
M
Hisagi
Kazuhiko
K
Higuchi
Kenzi
K
Koseni
Hirotaka
H
Inaba
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*