Paul D. Anderson, Stephen P. Glasser, Stephen Czarnecki, Alan R. Hopeman
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Louisiana State University Medical Center. Edgewater Hospital. Denver General Hospital.
United States
Chest
Chest 1976; 69: 384-387
DOI: 10.1378/chest.69.3.384
Abstract
The correction of shunts resulting from partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage has become an accepted surgical procedure. Surgical complications, other than those that were purely postoperative, have been rare. The present report details the case histories of three patients with unusual complications resulting from this type of surgery. Unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction and repeated infections occurred in one patient. In another, obstruction of the superior vena cava resulted. In the third patient, an indaequate operation was performed when the site of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the coronary sinus was not recognized initially at the time of surgery.
Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections
Year of Publication: 1976
Age Focus: Pediatric
Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)
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