title: Left Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return and Mitral Stenosis in an Adult.
abstract: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is a relatively common congenital cardiac malformation in which one to three pulmonary veins drain to a systemic vein, the right atrium or the coronary sinus, resulting in a left-to-right shunt and the risk of developing pulmonary hypertension (PHT). It is frequently associated to other congenital cardiac defects (mainly atrial septal defect) but seldom associated with acquired cardiac disease, and normally involves the right lung. When it involves the left lung, the surgical correction in children is normally performed without prosthetic material. The authors report a case of associated mitral stenosis and left PAPVR corrected with comissurotomy and extra-anatomic derivation with a synthetic vascular graft.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte e Departamento de Cardiologia do Hospital de S. Teotónio, Centro Hospital Tondela-Viseu, Portugal.
authors.forename: Nuno
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Carvalho Guerra
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carvalheiro
authors.forename: Ângelo
authors.initials: Â
authors.lastname: Nobre