Isolated supra-cardiac partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection causing right heart failure

Robert Sogomonian; Hassan Alkhawam; Feras Zaiem; Neil Vyas; JoshPaul Jolly; James Nguyen; Emma A Moradoghli Haftevani; Christopher Dijanic; Joseph J Lieber

doi:10.3402/jchimp.v6.30817

Isolated supra-cardiac partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection causing right heart failure

J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2016 Apr 25;6(2):30817. doi: 10.3402/jchimp.v6.30817. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Robert Sogomonian¹, Hassan Alkhawam², Feras Zaiem³, Neil Vyas², JoshPaul Jolly², James Nguyen², Emma A Moradoghli Haftevani⁴, Christopher Dijanic², Joseph J Lieber²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst), NY, USA; Robert.sogomonian@mssm.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Elmhurst), NY, USA.
³ Mayo Evidence-Based Practice Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica.

Abstract

Right heart failure (RHF) has been overlooked as left heart failure has predominated. One of the many causes of RHF is partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC), an extremely rare entity in nature. Physicians should consider the unusual causes of RHF after ruling out the common causes.

Keywords: congenital disease; ejection fraction; heart failure; partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; right heart failure.

Publication types

Case Reports