A rare case of a systemic-to-pulmonary veno-venous connection: a pause during development of pulmonary and systemic venous separation.
A 45-year-old man with dyspnoea and palpitations exhibited a unique systemic-to-pulmonary veno-venous connection on preoperative CT images. A window of 31.5-mm diameter was evident between the superior caval vein and the middle pulmonary vein, which was normally connected to the left atrium via a 30-mm-diameter orifice. The atrial septum was intact.
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,Seoul National University Children's Hospital,Seoul,Republic of Korea.
Jae Gun
JG
Kwak
2Department of Internal Medicine,Sejong General Hospital,Bucheon,Republic of Korea.
Kyung-Hee
KH
Kim
3Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,Sejong General Hospital,Bucheon,Republic of Korea.
Chang-Ha
CH
Lee
D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery
CHD; anomalous pulmonary venous connection; sinus venous defect; systemic-to-pulmonary veno-venous connection