title: Successful correction of a total anomalous venous connection in a 63-year-old male--case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare variant of cyanotic congenital heart disease and usually requires surgical correction within the first few months of life. We report midterm results of a 63-year-old male with intracardiac total anomalous venous return into the coronary sinus who presented with congestive predominantly right heart failure and underwent corrective surgery with unroofing of the coronary sinus and patch closure of the secundum atrial septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
authors.forename: Ulrike
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wetzel
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Scholtz
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bogunovic
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Körfer
authors.forename: Nikolaus A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Blanz
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Körfer
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kececioglu
authors.forename: Dieter
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Horstkotte
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult