Branching vertical vein with multiple sites of obstruction in supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
We present the case of an infant with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and a branching vertical vein with multiple points of narrowing, draining the confluence into the innominate vein. The embryology and clinical relevance of this interesting anatomy is discussed.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, India.
Navaneetha
N
Sasikumar
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, India.
Shanthi
S
Chidambaram
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, India.
Raghavan
R
Subramanyan
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Chennai, India.
Koothurathu Mammen
KM
Cherian
Heart defects — congenital; heart development; imaging; venous connection