Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with a descending vertical vein.
The commonly used Darling classification for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed types (Craig et al., Lab Invest 6:44-64, 1967). In supracardiac TAPVC, the common pulmonary vein drains superiorly into the left innominate vein, the superior vena cava, or the azygos vein by way of an ascending vertical vein. We describe a case of supracardiac TAPVC draining into the azygos vein atypically by way of a descending vertical vein.
Shah
Sejal
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India. sejalshahsuresh@yahoo.com
Singh
Mukesh
M
John
Colin
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Maheshwari
Sunita
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D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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