title: Surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection shunting from left atrium to innominate vein.
abstract: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) causes a left-to-right shunt from the anomalous pulmonary vein (PV) to a systemic vein. We report an uncommon adult case of PAPVC, in which the left upper PV drained into both the innominate vein and the left atrium (LA), demonstrating retrograde shunting from the LA to the innominate vein. The anomaly was surgically repaired.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Bobylev.Dmitry@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bobylev
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Breymann
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boethig
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000601:surgery*