Visualization of pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary artery wedge injection and documentation by pressure tracings: report of one case with persistent wheezing following correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

Meng-Luen Lee, Jou-Kou Wang, Hung-Chi Lue

National Taiwan University Hospital.
Taiwan

International Journal of Cardiology
Int J Cardiol 1995; 49: 167-172
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02277-4

Abstract
A 21-month-old boy presented with persistent wheezing 16.5 months after cardiac surgery for supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. He had presented at birth with cyanosis and at the age of 25 days, underwent initial cardiac surgery in the form of anastomosis of the pulmonary venous confluence to the left atrium. Non-invasive investigations including transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms revealed stenosis of the right pulmonary veins. Visualization and documentation of right pulmonary vein obstruction by pulmonary arterial wedge angiography and pressure tracings are presented.

Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections
Diagnostic Testing. Noninvasive
Diagnostic Testing. Invasive

Year of Publication: 1995

Age Focus: Pediatric

Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)

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