title: An unusual form of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return via a right-sided vertical vein in a heterotaxy syndrome case.
abstract: Heterotaxy syndromes comprise a great variety of possible cardiac defects. Anomalies of the pulmonary venous system are well recognized in heterotaxy syndromes but constitute a frequently underdiagnosed subgroup. The case report describes a girl with a rare form of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous return via a right-sided vertical vein to the right innominate vein in heterotaxy syndrome with dextrocardia, unbalanced atrioventricular septal defect with severe left ventricular hypoplasia, and transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary stenosis. Careful evaluation and imaging before surgical repair is crucial for such complex cardiac anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. Anja.Lehner@med.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Anja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehner
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kozlik-Feldmann
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Herrmann
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dalla-Pozza
authors.forename: Heinrich
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Netz
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malec
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Januszewska
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D059446:Heterotaxy Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery