Michael J. Walsh, Ross M. Ungerleider, Vera D. Aiello, Diane Spicer, Jorge M. Giroud
Brenner Children’s Hospital and Wake Forest University Medical Center. Universidade de São Paulo. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
United States and Brazil
World Journal of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg 2013; 4: 30-43
DOI: 10.1177/2150135112458439
Abstract
This article combines material from three complementary overviews presented in the Symposium on Pulmonary Venous Anomalies during the Joint Meeting of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and Sociedad Latina de Cardiologia y Cirugia Cardiovascular Pediátrica in Lima, Peru. We discuss the embryologic basis for nomenclature, the hierarchical diagnostic categories, and the important anatomic and morphologic characteristics of anomalous pulmonary venous connections. The anatomic descriptions help to guide an understandable and sensible approach to the diagnosis and surgical management of these various disorders.
Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Absence or Atresia of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins: Other Categories
Pulmonary Venous Pathology
Year of Publication: 2013
Age Focus: Pediatric
Article Type: Review
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