Surgical correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in an adult.
Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) is rarely seen in adults, because this congenital heart disease almost always requires surgical treatment in the neonatal period, often on an emergency basis. We report a patient that, despite being diagnosed during childhood, underwent surgical repair at age 25, about one year after his clinical condition worsened.
Vicente
Walter Villela de Andrade
WV
Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, USP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. wvvicent@fmrp.usp.br
Dias-da-Silva
Paulo Savoia
PS
Vicente
Luciana de Morais
Lde M
Bassetto
Solange
S
Romano
Mina Moreira Dias
MM
Ferreira
César Antonio
CA
Dessote
Lycio Umeda
LU
Manso
Paulo Henrique
PH
Evora
Paulo Roberto Barbosa
PR
Rodrigues
Alfredo José
AJ
D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery