Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the supradiaphragmatic inferior vena cava.
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the inferior vena cava is a rare form of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection infrequently described in the literature. We report two cases where the pulmonary venous connection was to the supradiaphragmatic portion of the inferior vena cava. In both patients, preoperative echocardiography findings were misleading, which suggested a cardiac type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
Seale
Anna N
AN
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Uemura
Hideki
H
Sethia
Babulal
B
Magee
Alan G
AG
Ho
Siew Yen
SY
Daubeney
Piers E F
PE
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery