title: Specific Echocardiographic Findings Useful for the Diagnosis of Common Pulmonary Vein Atresia.
abstract: In this paper, we report a case of common pulmonary vein atresia, which is a very rare disease characterized by cyanosis, heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Reverse flow in the pulmonary artery at end-diastole as well as in the isthmus of the aorta from early systole to end-diastole detected by echocardiography were found to be specific features useful in diagnosing the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center , Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center , Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirata
keywords: Common pulmonary vein atresia; anomalous aortic flow; anomalous pulmonary artery flow; echocardiography; total anomalous pulmonary venous connection