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An Extremely Rare Variant of Pulmonary Venous Atresia
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An Extremely Rare Variant of Pulmonary Venous Atresia

Yuki Nakamura, Kagami Miyaji, Yurie Miyata and Atsushi Kitagawa
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.101(6), pp.2382-2384
06/01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.08.085
PMID: 27211953
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Abstract

We describe an unusual case of a newborn with a rare variant of atresia of the common pulmonary vein that was mistaken for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, cardiac type. The survival of patients with atresia of the common pulmonary vein is dependent on early diagnosis followed by immediate surgical repair, although early accurate diagnosis has been described as difficult in previous reports. Reverse aortic arch flow detected by echocardiography may be an important sign suggesting such a diagnosis.
 Acidosis, Lactic - etiology Diagnosis, Differential Ductus Arteriosus, Patent - complications Early Diagnosis Emergencies Fatal Outcome Heart Atria - surgery Heart Septal Defects, Atrial - surgery Humans Hypoxia - etiology Infant, Newborn Male Pulmonary Veins - abnormalities Pulmonary Veins - surgery Respiration, Artificial Scimitar Syndrome - diagnosis Septal Occluder Device

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