Roberta M. Bini, Lionel M. Bargeron Jr
University of Alabama, Birmingham.
United States
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatr Cardiol 1982; 2: 161-162
DOI: 10.1007/BF02424953
Abstract
One of the major postoperative complications of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is obstruction of the pulmonary veins. This event may be apparent immediately after surgery when it is usually due to congenitally obstructed veins or later when it may be the result of failure of commensurate growth of the left atrium-common vein anastomosis or of scarring at the anastomotic site. The exact location of the obstruction becomes, then, of paramount importance in deciding if the patient can be helped by further surgery. At cardiac catheterization, pulmonary artery wedge injection was the only angiographic technique that visualized the site and degree of pulmonary venous obstruction in the case reported here.
Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Pulmonary Veins Following Surgical Repair of Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections
Diagnostic Testing. Invasive
Year of Publication: 1982
Age Focus: Pediatric
Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)
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